Chapter 213

"You're right there. Nothing worse than getting caught out in the open by a monster attack. They've been active lately, too; we saw signs that might have been another attack between here and Assah, but whoever it was, was long gone by the time we arrived. Could have been the Guard Patrol putting down some bandits as well I suppose, but we didn't see a patrol." Cain tells the merchant, striking up a conversation. 

"Doubtful that. Most guards are bought and paid for; they don't bother the bandits. They just tell the bosses that they never saw a thing while they were out. If you saw signs of a battle with no bodies it was most likely monsters. But if it's an old sign, they will have left. They don't stay in one spot long; it makes them too easy to hunt."