As quickly as they could they built a wall to protect the village against any new
monster-attacks, but paralysed with fear and with no knowledge about that kind of
military matters, they couldn't effectively build good fortifications to defend themselves.
When a new attack would come, they would most certainly be slaughtered.
Caddman was not seen at that time and most of the remaining colonists believed
that he had fled and left them to die. Mace however didn't believe Caddman was mad.
He thought Caddman was trying to seek a way to defeat the monsters.
Lee, who was the leader of the colonists, was not so convinced about that and he decided
to end the threat himself. He tried to negotiate with the monsters but they captured him
in his effort. Mace, who had earlier shown his courage and skill by saving the village
from the first attack, now was the only one capable of successfully finding out what was going on.
He volunteered to seek for Lee and to find out what the monsters wanted in order to secure the
safety of human life on the planet. He had to succeed in his mission, or else the remaining
villagers would die a violent and quick death, without knowing who or what it was that killed
them and for what.
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