Bab 163: Neighbours

Bob led the group forward again, toward the ridgeline, where they could hear the sound of trees being broken, and occasional shouting. There was no doubt that their target was there, and that they would be able to find it without much work.

He had already planned their combat strategy to have Rae held in reserve for evening watches, so the current formation was the golems surrounding the casters, with Karl in the rear and Thor at his right flank. 

The Lightning Cerro made an impressive shield on his own, and having him on the warrior's sword side kept him from getting charged while he was fighting with his back turned.

For a young beast, Thor had proven to be remarkably well adapted to combat strategy, and he seemed to instinctively know what to do.

That was actually mostly Karl and Thor giving him insights into the situation and letting him make his own decisions, but the remainder was just his pure love for smashing things.