“Well, what did we learn?” Will asked as they ate lunch overlooking the watering hole.“The monsters are hypersensitive, but not perceptive. They seem to respond to any sign of a Climber within a hundred yards, but they do not wonder where others might be going if they are beyond that range.” Loth said.“The opal crocs will probably resist Hammer of God,” Will mused. “Maybe the wirehairs as well.” The pig unicorns and birds were likely to go in one hit. The snot monsters were weak to lightning but they burrowed. Will didn’t know how well the lightning would carry to them if they were shielded by the earth.”“Worst case estimate, we only kill about thirty to forty percent of the monsters we hit.” Will could easily see the chain lightning effect of Hammer of God stopping dead at one of those two creatures, making it’s effectiveness drop drastically.“I think it would be good to bring home some Sacrifices from the Wirehairs and the crocs.” Loth said. “Remember the metallic slime?”Ah, a wirehair combined with a metallic slime? Would that be a class that manipulates metal wires or a class that grows wire hair? Food for thought. Plus the crocs are strong, have tough hide and innate magic resistance. They would make good sacrifices for Warriors.Will was eventually going to need soldiers. Brianna shouldn’t be burdened with the security of an entire Stronghold.“You’re not wrong. We’ll bring Badur through next time we come through,” Will said. They had assistants coming up the Tower to make Badur’s life easier, which meant they’d be able to bring him up to hunt some high-floor ingredients without disrupting the Stronghold too badly.Given what I’ve heard about him and the seamstress, Badur probably wants to go back down and get married, so we’ll have to do everything we can to get him some vacation time.I wonder if I could make a giant-bone wand that preserves corpses? (...)