A Raid That Went Wrong

When the two Soulmancers had left, Jake calmly turned his head in their direction.

"Finally, some peace." Jake mumbled to himself, slightly relaxed now that he no longer felt eyes prying at his back.

He had also finished gathering all the dispersed Water Lumyst in the devastated area, even absorbing all the radiation that rendered the region completely uninhabitable. He certainly didn't want to be labeled a world destroyer.

Jake then descended to the ground, where his two irksome companions had fully recovered from their injuries. As he approached, Crunch and Lord Phenix, enjoying a well-deserved mud bath, promptly stood to attention, flinging mud in all directions as they shook off their fur and feathers. Jake, standing right in front of them, became the primary target of these 'projectiles'.

"...Master?" Crunch stammered tentatively, seeing a vein throbbing ominously on the forehead of the 25-meter giant towering over them.