Pulled
After everyone had regained their senses, a few explanations and announcements followed suit.
Once that was done, everyone could rest for an hour, eat, sleep or cultivate before they departed from Niarn.
There was no time to waste anymore.
It had already taken more than enough for everyone to gather in Niarn, and their journey to the soul mine would further take seven more days.
As such, if the Soul Monarch was desperate enough to protect the small Soa crystal mine, he would most probably send a few of his Guards to the mine.
However, everyone expected to encounter numerous wandering souls instead of the Guards as they were more likely to have other tasks to do.
In the end, intelligent races were just better at the tasks that required scheming, trickery and tactical knowledge in order to fulfill specific tasks.