Bab 376: Flag Set

Someone's red flag comment the night before had definitely been at fault for this morning, Karl decided.

He hadn't even gotten to have a morning coffee, much less breakfast, when the alarm sounded with the additional urgent tone that said Hill Giants were attacking and closing quickly.

Everyone was headed out at the same moment, running across the camp, or riding on the beasts to save time.

A lot of time in the case of Lotus and Rae, who had just realized that she could continually shadow step with an attached cleric, as long as Lotus didn't fall off. The basic requirement for Shadow Step was that at least half of your body had to be in the shadows. 

Most Rogues accomplished that with a swirl of their cloak, Rae accomplished it either with Earth Magic or with Lotus' cloak billowing across her back.

It worked out splendidly for them, and they were in place within seconds, shocking the Elites who were already in place.