Absorbing

Jax jumped down the various logs, feeling strain with every jump. Still, he was definitely lighter than usual. Not by a lot, but enough.

"I'm no doubt a tenth lighter than I usually am."

After jumping all the way down, he pulled out an unlit torch from his Inventory and lit it before walking away from the Spider Queen's lair.

Gemma was quite surprised at that. "You're not going to dismantle its body?"

"I don't have the time," Jax said. "There should be people coming this way at any moment. I can't spend my time back there trying to get its venom sack out."

"That makes sense. At least you weren't stolen from."

Jax nodded.

He walked away, and even when he was far enough, the boss's lair did not vanish. The field did not swallow it up at all. He felt vindicated in having made the decision to leave at that moment.