The Fiend and the Fog

'The fiend inside is now in its dying moments. I advise you to enter, let me absorb its energy.'

She was about to do so, before she asked:

"When it dies, won't the death energy rise dramatically?"

'Well…' the system got surprised by her question, 'sure, but isn't it waste to let only skeletons eat it?' it asked, trying to divert her attention away from proceeding with her crazy plan.

"No, this will be much better. Keep my skeletons coming and level up, and let's wait for them to finish their upgrade."

'What about me? what about your energy?' the system bellowed angrily, as it was already regretting telling her earlier about the benefits of the death fog to her skeletons.

"Don't worry, there are many more dead dogs scattered everywhere. Just a couple left for you would be enough, right?"

'…'