Chapter 37: Warmth
"And that takes care of that," Declared Raven, as he finished off the last of a pack of Monsters that had attacked them, a group of five Giant Boars.
"What lousy timing...I just washed up a short while ago and now I'm all sweaty again," Sighed Celia, wiping her brow.
About a week had passed since the pair set out to train in the depths of Pearl Forest, it was late at night, a few minutes to midnight, and they had been about to set up camp for the night and go to sleep, before being interrupted by the pack of Giant Boars.
"On the bright side, we've got a mountain of meat now," Pointed out Raven with a wry smile.
"Sure, but there's no way we can eat all of them before they spoil. Even if we chop them all up and put the meat in our Storage Rings, it'll only keep them from spoiling for about a day or so," Responded Celia, as she stretched up her arms and stifled a yawn.
"Yeah, that's true...in which case, we'll just have to eat as much of it as possible tomorrow," Surmised Raven with a thoughtful nod.
"Sounds good to me, I'm certainly not going to complain about that. I doubt we can finish even one of these things between us in just a single day, though..."
"Given how big they are, yeah, I'd be inclined to agree. Okay, then, I'll scatter the bodies of the other four a good distance around us, each in different directions. That should help distract and satiate any hungry Monsters that venture in this area while we're asleep," Suggested Raven, as he looked around at the Monster corpses.
"It really is convenient that your senses will wake you up in response to any danger while you're asleep...I never feel well-rested in the slightest in situations where we have to keep watch in shifts," Smiled Celia, as Raven picked up a couple of the Monster corpses and flew up.
"I'll place these away and then butcher the last one once I'm done, could you finish setting up the tents while I'm at it?"
"Mhm, sure, leave it to me," She replied with a thumbs up.