Not letting the disagreement about methods slow them down, the party moved on towards their end goal, the keep with the surviving family in tow. The formation remained largely the same, Orchid and Parum remaining just a bit closer now thanks to Cuth's request of doing so in case some trouble would approach from behind them.

The dragon had retreated higher up into the sky, flying in circles as if patrolling above the town for some reason. The children seemed very interested in the creature and occasionally asked some questions from their parents, but were quickly shushed. This was not the moment to be curious, they were told and promised they'd hear as much as they could be told once they had made it to the keep. Somewhat content with the answer, their little voices did stay silent for a while, often not any longer than the next passing of the dragon.

It had been rather peaceful further away from the keep with just the two groups on their way, but now that they made it closer to the keep, there seemed to be more traffic. Most of these were spotted from quite far and they quickly vanished again between the houses, but all of them shared something in common: The groups they saw had kobolds in them... and there was this one bigger lizard they couldn't quite see from this far away. Probably for the best. To the groups horror, as Trear was peeking around the next corner they would presumably need to take, they came face to face with a kobold. A moment of surprise was shared between the two, before the kobold yelled something behind them: [color=lightcoral]"Mobi re lyriki tenpiswo!"[/color]

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Group had their Stealth check rolled in secrecy.
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[hider=Translation - Draconic]
The kobold is shouting "There are others here!"
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