The group decided to give up on their mission and head back. No one argued with the decision. Who would want to go into the forest after what they had experienced?
They were still new to this world, but many of them wondered if most high-level missions were comparable to theirs.
However, as they discussed everything, they realized that it wasn't all bad.
Their mission was, in a way, already accomplished. The mission didn't say that they had to hunt all of the trolls. They were returning with one, and with that, they could still earn a bit of coin.
And about the optional mission? Wasn't that accomplished too?
The task was to gather information about the trolls' situation, unearthing the cause of their behavior, and determine whether they still had a chieftain.
They had all the information they needed from this one encounter, and the two adventurers who they saved would confirm it further.
