If he refused, Axel would still be asleep, or dead. If a horde of monsters came through here and killed all the villagers, they would have fought each other as soon as the humans were dead. Those without skills poured hot water on monsters trying to climb up the walls. John moved between the monsters, double checking the ropes just in case. With Axel in the lead, they searched every nook and cranny of the cave for bandits to kill. He half expected everything to go tell hell while he slept. It was so horrible to look upon that anyone seeing it would tell themselves it wasn’t there. This was not his only clue on the location of the bandits. “I would follow Rayner but I will continue on our original quest instead.”
“A difficult choice but I understand. The end of its limbs looked like springs and he could hear a coiling sound as it prepared to attack him.
