Gone
It was flat, rough but flat. And there was no Tempest.
Kieran stared. He could not understand. The smooth tall pillar-like stone that the Tempest was standing on the last time was there but the high-level monster itself was not.
He looked up but there was no sign of it. The Captains stood around him impatiently and his hand clenched as we walked toward the stone.
He bent and sniffed the ground. There were bones here, monsters bones that Tempest had fed on but they were old, the wind and cold had made them brittle.
There were no new bones. It told him Kieran that Tempest had not fed here in a while. Changed location? Or...he looked around, his sharp eyes picking at things but there were no signs of a battle.
"Well? Tell me where Tempest is Kieran." Belialthorn said.
He bowed. "Tempest is gone."
Belialthorn looked around but he didn't see what the scout was seeing. "Dead?"