[I can help with this.] Leo suddenly announced, startling everyone, as Karl carefully cleared the rubble of a destroyed apartment building.
The newborn turtle didn’t leave his space, he simply waved his flipper and all the broken bricks lifted off the pile and moved to the side. Underneath was another cellar stairwell, the standard hiding spot of the Redwood Sprawl’s residents.
This one was also filled with terrified demons, but they also recognized Karl as soon as they saw him.
"Oh, you’re the healing tree’s friend. Thank you for the rescue. I take it that we can come out now?" One of the demons asked.
"You can. The attackers are all gone, except the ones hiding in the ruins. Just make your way toward our Guild House, and you’ll find more help." Karl recited, using his standard response for those looking for assistance.
"Thank you, Guild Leader. We will check a few more homes, in case our friends are still nearby."
Karl nodded. He was using thermal vision and soul sight to spot hidden people, so he wasn’t likely to miss many, even if he couldn’t smell or hear them. But the more, the merrier when it came to looking for survivors.
Karl was clearing buildings when he noticed a small group of Mythic Rank auras in front of him. They were too small to be frogs, so they were most likely from one of the other portals.
The problem was, he didn’t know whether they were hostile or not.
So, he knocked on the wall of the collapsed building that they were hiding in, and tried conversation first.
"Are you alright in there? We have aid stations set up for the wounded." He tried.
If they were going to pretend that they were locals, who had been injured or trapped in the invasion, this was their best chance.
But it was a few seconds before anyone answered.
{Uhm, we don’t speak much Demon. Do you speak Serpent?} One of them asked in the Serpent tongue.
Definitely not locals, if they didn’t have the system translating for them at Mythic Rank.
Remi came out, and poked her head through the remains of the door.
{I speak serpent. Did you come here through one of the portals? We’re not going to attack you for ending up here.} She offered.
A small lizardfolk woman came forward in what looked like a defensive position, trying to block her group from Karl, while talking to Remi.
{We did. We’re not runaways, I swear. The portal just opened and we fell through.} She pleaded.
{This city doesn’t keep lizardfolk as slaves. As long as you’re here, you’re free people. No matter what your Rank. Well, the very weakest aren’t allowed in the city without paying, but there are no Immortals in this place.} Remi offered.
{No Immortals? Like none on the whole world? Are we in the Mortal Realms? Or is this a farm planet?}
Karl tried not to laugh at the ’lost pet’ type warning tag on the item, which was an Immortal Rank binding collar. The wearer wouldn’t be able to disobey orders from the controller of the item, and the item could be used to shock or even kill them at will.
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