In fact, one could argue from both sides, that after knowing the good news and bad news, the situation was overall better than before, or vice versa.
The former because, sure, the rest of the beasts would still fall into pits on the path of choke points, still be redirected through the detours and the narrow tunnels at the end of the maze still existed.
They still had a chance. The situation was overall better since only the manual traps were useless now.
But one could also argue that the situation was worse.
Because, all of the above points would only be useful if the Active realm beast was taken care of.
Else no matter how many beasts died in the horde, they would still add onto the disaster they were facing.
Eryndor's extended vision tracked the Active realm beast as it headed towards Valentina.
Yes, it hadn't been able to resist the Guide Piercer.
