Kallen came out of the washroom and checked everyone over. Bart's and Ventura's hands had stopped cramping. When the two had first come down from the Arrow Tower, they had been unable even to hold a spoon.
Mars's nosebleed had stopped, and he was pressing a damp handkerchief to his forehead. Blanche had stopped dry-heaving too and sat quietly drinking water.
Aisili remained in good spirits because she had expended the least energy.
Xijinni was already so exhausted that her stomach kept heaving, her chest rising and falling now and then.
Without Blanche's earlier support, which had nearly overdrawn her strength, the others might have collapsed long ago. Xijinni's treatment just now had also given everyone a timely chance to catch their breath.
This demonstrated the importance of having priests in a team. Although they could not participate directly in combat, they could play an extremely crucial role in sustaining a fight and recovering afterward.
The better a team was, the more it needed a priest, because she could enhance its overall strength.
In short, this saved Kallen a great deal of time. They did not have to stop and rest now.
Kallen clapped his hands and said,
"The second wave of pursuers will arrive in about two days. There will be more of them, and they'll be stronger.
"It's simply too far from our present location to Tajima Village. We've now lost all our War Equipment. If we encounter the second wave along the way, we won't possibly be able to hold them off as we did this time.
"However, after checking the pursuers' belongings just now, we found none who had come from Blazing Valley. So I suspect something unusual has happened there. It's very possible that the influence of the Wall God Rilielsa can't reach that place,