Wanted to do another fully rendered page (as opposed to quick pics on notebook paper) before the story came to a close, and this seemed like a good place to do it. My daughter was genuinely sad when the kids got left behind! Although when they were being consoled by hippogryphs, she could guess what the kids might do. So it was all the more reason to make it big when they did.
It seems like I've got a bit of a Jack Kirby vibe going on here with the Monster King. Not the rendering, of course, but the pose looks a little like one of his villains coming right atchya.