An excruciating few hours later...
"Finally, we're done! I thought it would never end!" Jade spoke in a relieved tone. It was already dark out.
They had to work nonstop until they finished. The reason was that there were already beasts lurking in the surroundings, waiting for a chance to steal some benefits.
It was okay in the first hour or so since the battle's chaotic energy kept them away. However, the smell of meat was too enticing for them to resist for too long.
While the group didn't mind the tye beasts getting some meat. They did mind them possibly getting some beast cores along with that meat. Which they didn't want to happen. Beast cores were a very valuable and quite uncommon resource in normal settings.
So, they did two things. Scare the beasts away while gathering cores. At first, Jade's Empress Aura worked perfectly. However, since she had no real intent behind it. It wasn't as effective as it could have been.
