The team made it out alive and mostly unharmed. They went back to the city as there were healing items that were dropped. Upon returning, they noticed that the bodies that were everywhere, were gone. There were no more dead bodies everywhere, they had simply vanished. The people were still inside, unsure if it was safe to come out yet. Amatesa finds the bag that was left on the ground. She starts to rub an ointment on Rae's wound. That's when a Raccoon man approached them and softly said, "Do you need assistance with that? I'm a doctor, I can help. That's some of my medicine."
"Yes, you can help us. Also, how much for the medicine? We don't want to be thieves." Tatsuya said to the Raccoon.
"Given the circumstances, this will be on the house for helping us. You can bring your friend inside, our doors can shape shift for your friends larger size." The Raccoon pointed to the nearby building. They carry Rae over and inside of the building, where the Raccoon and his staff help stabilize Rae.
Once the people of the city saw the dragon's being assisted, they felt it was safe and came outside and started trying to recover what they could. Take count for who was missing, get assistance for anyone still alive, bring families back together, the list goes on. While being helped, Rae woke up to raccoons surrounding her. She looked around and fell back asleep. The raccoons had a slight jump not knowing what she would do, but they finished wrapping up her arm and helping her. The doctor returned to Amatesa and Tatsuya to talk.
"Thank you for helping us. We have been the target for attacks since our previous leader passed away. We did elect someone new, but they were killed. So, we are in chaos at the moment." The doctor said.
"We heard, we were actually going to come over and have a discussion to make a peaceful pact, but we heard of the attacks and came ready to fight. We rushed over when we heard." Amatesa said to the doctor.
"We appreciate that. By the way, was there some necromancer? All of the bodies started walking away on their own." The doctor asked.
"Yes, a high ranked one as well. We thought he was using all of the bodies to fight us, but that doesn't appear to be the case." Tatsuya mentioned.
"I just hope they respect the bodies and bury them, but I can't expect thag from thieves." The doctor said sighing. "Your friend is fine, she woke up and decided to go back to sleep, so, whenever she's ready she can leave."
"Thank you" Amatesa and Tatsuya said in unison.
The siblings walked into the room where Rae was shifting back to her humanoid form. She sees them walks in and immediately starts bowing, "I'm so sorry, I wasn't able to support you two. The two that ambushed me were well coordinated. It was like they knew what we were doing."
"It's fine, given the events, that seems to be exactly the situation. You are forgiven. We need to talk to Ryuu anyway. Can you setup a communication with your magic?" Amatesa commanded.
"Yes." Rae pulled out a ruby and ignited it. Creating a circle in the air. A few minutes later, Ryuu can be seen through it.
"Hey brother, we're done here, but we ended up ambushed. Not only was there a groups attacking the city, but another waiting for us outside of it." Amatesa started explaining. "I can give a full summary in person, but for now, you can make your way over here and see about making a connection."
"Were you guys significantly hurt? Are you OK Rae? Your arm looks bad" Ryuu asked while looking concern.
"I'm fine. I got cut badly, but I'll recover." Rae said while holding her shoulder with her other arm.
"What's a quick summary? How many were there and how strong were they?" Ryuu asked.
"There were 2 S-ranks. One swordsman the other a necromancer. It looked like the necromancer enhanced the abilities of the corpses he was controlling, and he was even capable of controlling very fresh corpses. He could control a massive amount." Rae explained.
"The swordsman has a very high durability. He can survive his neck being spun around. I couldn't tell you more, I didn't get much opportunity to fight him for much longer." Amatesa stated.
"Interesting. I'll look into who might have connections with them. You guys rest, if you can. We'll be there in a few days.
Ryuu was home along with Turquoise and Lea. "Are all of them ok?" Turquoise asked.
"They are ok, Rae is a little hurt but she'll recover. Whoever it was, must have been very strong. Cutting a dragon's skin isn't easy. Though I'm sure I know who is behind it. I'll deal with him on a separate day." Ryuu stated.