[Level up +4 to all stats]
Ken smiled as he saw the message, another level gained for him.
Ken looked at the bodies on the ground and let himself think for a moment.
More were still in the forest. More were still pressing against the elves outside the town. The level up was good, the stat increase was good, but there was no time to stand still and appreciate either. He would have to move soon.
He didn't move yet though.
The town around him had not recovered from the silence. The people stood where they were, some clutching each other, some with their hands over their mouths, children pressed into the sides of adults who had forgotten to breathe. His mother was still on the ground, his youngest sister's face buried in her chest. She looked up at Ken slowly, and something moved across her face that she didn't put into words.
Ken looked away from her.
On the ground, the young man hadn't moved.
