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In the quiet night, following the retreat of the warlocks, the two of them managed to easily and safely return to the forest.
Of course, they had to take a roundabout way, but it was worth it.
On the way, they encountered several goblins and kobolds even some Dire wolves. The density of monsters was increasing rapidly.
Esdras didn't hide his swordsmanship abilities much from David, this was not a situation in which he could take it easy and play around.
Besides he didn't care much to hide his swordsmanship anyway, mages wouldn't think much of it unless they were on the receiving end of his sword.
This is because of the well-established arrogance and domination of spellcasters for thousands of years.
Just like what happened with the two warlocks before Esdras escaped into the dungeon. Although they saw that he displayed slightly unusual abilities with the sword, they didn't think much of it.