Chapter 82: Chapter 83: Departures Part 1

We actually won.

The second battle of Harrizel is over and we somehow managed to fight through, to win our freedom and send the Vermix fleeing. Of course there are casualties. Too many, in fact. A little less than half the human population remains and scattered among the bodies, a few fallen Arizals too.

Thank God Clarence scooped Pratt up almost near the beginning and took her, like many others, to the opposite side of Harrizel. He took large groups at first, still strong enough to carry up to five or six at a time. But after the seventh or eighth trip was made, when a Vermix momentarily intervened and slashed his arm, Clarence could only take one to two at a time. But he continued, relentlessly searching through the jungle and open lot. Thanks to him, many were saved. But not everyone's been accounted for.