They continued snarling and drooling, their heads swiveling as they scanned the area for prey. Reidar realized the Ignis were aware of his presence—they just couldn't pinpoint his exact location.
These were the elite—the royal guard, or whatever passed for it in this ruined kingdom. They had been strong before the fall, and the mana had only made them stronger, which made sense because Kilovar had been the heart of the Ignis civilization.
If any organized military force had survived the apocalypse, this was where they would have been stationed, and if those soldiers had turned feral after the system was pulled, they'd still keep some of their training and discipline.
