Silence fell. Everything around them went quiet.
Anub'arak seemed to have vanished.
He did not appear again.
Rex did not lower his guard at the sight. This was a contest of patience now. The slightest lapse would give Anub'arak, lurking underground, the chance to strike a fatal blow.
He looked toward Neptulon the Tidehunter.
Neptulon the Tidehunter was still lying there obediently, but wounds had appeared on parts of his body. During Jaina's battle with Anub'arak, the protection around him had not been flawless. There had been gaps in the defenses, and he had suffered some injuries.
Neptulon the Tidehunter was behaving himself so thoroughly that he had not even begun absorbing elemental power to repair his body.
Neptulon the Tidehunter was a water elemental, so naturally his body was made of water, not flesh and blood. Repairing flesh would have been somewhat difficult, but a body composed entirely of elemental matter could begin mending as soon as he absorbed some elemental power. The process simply was not particularly fast.
Yet Neptulon the Tidehunter had not even tried to heal his injuries. That showed how sincere he was being. He had no intention of escaping at all.
Neptulon the Tidehunter was showing every sign of sincerity, but his behavior only made Rex more wary.
It truly proved the old saying that only setbacks made people grow. Neptulon the Tidehunter was learning far too quickly.
His former recklessness had disappeared. Faced with a situation like this, he had made no attempt to escape, and that alarmed Rex. Beneath such obedient behavior lurked cunning.
The relationship between the two of them could hardly be called friendly. The more obedient Neptulon the Tidehunter became, the more wary Rex grew.
Snow began to fall.
A chill descended from the sky, and Rex watched the