Causing explosions left and right might have been the obvious method for killing the critters, but it wasn't the wisest. Anna's actions had given their location away to everyone following them.
Kern's men were one of them. Ashton had disappeared into the dungeon before they had a chance to know the cave's location.
But thanks to the explosion, the Gold Water mercs found their way to the cave. After that, it was only a matter of time before they got the same notification as Ashton and Anna.
"We can't exit the cave now?" Luno, Kern's newest recruit, panicked hard.
"There are more important things to worry about than that," Grimm, the team leader, calmly explained, "See whether we can contact the commander from here or not. If a connection establishes, request immediate backup. If we fail, I can't have that werewolf and succubus running out of here."
"On it," Another soldier replied before fiddling with the radio.