Chapter 22: Hell Lake.
Arah sighed in relief and looked around.
It seemed their group was among the last to finish fighting. Bodies were scattered across the misty field, bull corpses half-submerged in red fog. Hunters stood in small clusters, catching their breath.
His gaze shifted toward Iane’s direction, only to notice something odd.
There was an additional bull corpse near him. Not the one that had followed him at the start, it seemed he had time to fight another one. Iane was already collecting its red soul disc.
Arah frowned, then turned to the corpse of the bull they had killed.
There it was, floating just above its body. A crimson soul disc, glowing faintly.
It felt different. More refined than the black ones. Purer, and colder as well.
Iane approached them with a satisfied grin. "Nice work. Didn’t think you’d actually kill it."
"How about you give us the disc you just got?" Sofise asked, not missing a beat.
Iane’s smile faltered slightly. "Uhh... you want it now? Uh... how about after the Bloodfiend raid? There’s bound to be more red beasts by then."
Sofise sighed and nodded. Then she looked down at the corpse of the bull they had taken down.