Nathan waited for some time and blew his special whistle a couple of times, but still, there was no sign of Doombringer.
'What could be wrong?' he thought, feeling a sense of dread washing over him. This was the first time something like this had happened. Often, as soon as he blew the whistle, Doombringer would arrive within a couple of minutes.
His delay today was unsettling, and Nathan had a bad feeling about it. There were a couple of scenarios that resurfaced in his mind, but he tried to stay positive, shaking the thoughts as he turned back to Hans, Cole, Gordon, and a few Awakened who had accompanied them.
Because of the presence of monsters outside the walls, most of the non-Awakened were told to stay back and seek shelter here in the Armstrong Duchy. Traveling with so many people could only be inviting trouble; the last thing Nathan wanted was for a beast horde to attack them on their way.
If something like that were to happen, it would stall them.
