Bloody Irony

Gathering up the spoils sounds like an easy job. All one needs to do is to cut open the fallen monster, get their hands bloody to extract their spiritual stone, and then move on. 

This surely is an easy job...

But even an easy job multiplied by tens of times turns pretty tedious. Adding on the factor of looking for all the fallen monsters scattered not only through the clearing but also through the forest area made this task surprisingly hard. 

With the two of us working tirelessly, we managed to clear out the clearing from all the stones in just a few minutes. Then, we returned to the nest, where I could finally see the effects of Lucius' carnage. 

'And here I thought I had it hard,' I thought, massaging my wounded side. 

The nest that used to be bustling with monsters now turned into a scene of a bloody massacre.