They moved in a rolling wheel with sagiri at the centre, covering the remaining distance.
"Has something moved?" Salka asked. His bow was drawn out, and the same as Kolu and Matasi. They had slowed down after sagiri's speculation, and they were now just a few feet from the nest. sagiri could feel Yavaga's heartbeat now since it was beating the loudest among the creatures surrounding him. sagiri drew his two blades and held a defensive stance, too. It would be detrimental to just wait for everyone to defend him while he was just sitting ducks.
"We can't go in slow. We need to go in, quickly pick him, and move out," Matasi suggested, and sagiri was quick to refute the idea.
"The tree snakes are not the problem, I could kill a full nest myself. Something is taming them, and as we know, they are pretty feisty themselves." Salka said.
"What then?" Kolu asked.
