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The world of The Mantis Gland series is a brutal place.

The Mantis Corruption - Book Three - 14. Chapter 14 - Ronging, Part Four

It's not easy to kill a Messiah, so keeping any of them locked away, even temporarily, was the goal.

Every several years, the winter snows fell heavier on the mountains north of Xin, and the subsequent spring thaw caused the great Ru River to overflow its banks. Most houses built in that region were constructed on tall stilts that were sunk deep into the earth. They allowed the flooding to freely flow beneath the homes without destroying them.

Much of the inhabited land near the river was currently under several inches of water. The flood was vast, and the pits that the people of Tuilii la Ru dug in the dry years to catch and imprison the monsters of Gunge were filled with water.

In the interim since the last flooding of the Ru River, Ronging was the only creature to hunt for a photonova gland in that township, and he was their only prisoner. Once the unguarded hole was full and he was free, he turned his back on Tuilii la Ru and began to lumber out into the sprawling grasslands. With his addiction still satiated, his only urge was to return to his own kind.

Ronging was unpursued, and he trudged back toward Gunge

... the long journey home.
2023
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Good--Ronging is fleeing the town that held him prisoner. He can cause them no more harm nor does he want to hurt them. He satiated. He has a very long trip and Tisa and Olona found out.

I hope no monster come this way from the Gunge, unless they do not fear capture.

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2 hours ago, scrubber6620 said:

Good--Ronging is fleeing the town that held him prisoner. He can cause them no more harm nor does he want to hurt them. He satiated. He has a very long trip and Tisa and Olona found out.

I hope no monster come this way from the Gunge, unless they do not fear capture.

Their thoughts are very basic. I doubt they are capable of fear.  Remember they started as practically indestructible Messiahs who have little reason to have fear.

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So even the long captivity did not cause a new craving to come forth.  Wonder what will happen when it is discovered that he is gone...

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2 hours ago, drsawzall said:

Letting him live was a HUGE mistake.

They didn't have a way to kill him, so it was let him pass through or trap him.

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59 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

They didn't have a way to kill him, so it was let him pass through or trap him.

flaming objects tossed down, boulders, sharp sticks and a dozen other methods come to mind...

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54 minutes ago, drsawzall said:

flaming objects tossed down, boulders, sharp sticks and a dozen other methods come to mind...

So far all we've seen that can kill them is a diamond blade, volcanic magma, and the shift energy which made them. They don't even get overly stressed fighting each other. The things you mention might be mildly annoying.

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