"That reminds me," William said, his tone turning sharp and serious. "Is there any news from the scouts? Have these tides appeared anywhere else, or are we the only ones being hit this hard?"
Lara blinked, snapping out of her daze. She looked at the devastation around her—the closed portal, the piles of bear carcasses, and the masters holding their new, glowing weapons. The tide had been turned here, but the look in William's eyes suggested the war was only just beginning.
"Only at two other spots near here," Lara replied, quickly transitioning into a briefing on the recent developments across the various battlefields. She updated him on the ongoing forging lessons back at the city and the logistical nightmare of coordinating the different factions currently scrambling to mass-produce the spears.
