Chapter 119: CH 119: 15,000 dead beasts
The hours ticked by, and the sun beat down relentlessly as Dave finally finished off the last of the intermediate beasts. The carnage was staggering as 15,000 beasts lay lifeless on the ground with holes and multiple wounds on their bodies.
This was due to Dave’s punch and his unrelenting will to take down each and every one of the beasts. But this had managed to take a toll on Dave’s body.
He had killed the last of the beasts, but then he discovered that his breathing had become so haggard, and he was starting to feel hungry. His movements had become so slow that he just had to carefully walked towards a spot to sit down and relax.
Despite his impressive endurance, the exertion had drained his energy reserves. And right now, the only thing he could do to regain his energy, was to eat, and that was what he was doing. Fortunately, he had some food packaged for him by Jackie, so he brought them out of his void space and started eating.
The area before him was a mess, with beast corpses strewn about in every direction. The hybrids, summoned from his void space, swarmed over the bodies, their claws clicking as they worked with precision. They had started extracting the beast crystals within them, since currently Dave was not available to do so.
Dave had expected the crystal extraction process to be a long and arduous task, but the hybrids had made it look easy as they moved with an uncanny efficiency from one beast to another in just a few seconds interval.
As he watched, a hybrid would approach a beast’s body, its eyes seeming to pinpoint the exact location of the crystal. Then, with a swift, deadly motion, the hybrid would thrust its claws into the beast’s chest, and then withdrawing them, the crystal could then be seen glinting in the sunlight. The process was repeated over and over again, with the hybrids working in a perfect synchrony.
Dave’s eyes widened in amazement as he watched them. It was as if they possessed some sort of innate knowledge, allowing them to locate the crystals with ease. Their efficiency was almost hypnotic, their claws moving in a blur as they extracted crystal after crystal from the beasts’ bodies.
Dave watched, transfixed, as the process unfolded before him. He couldn’t help but think of the advanced tier beast he had encountered earlier, the one that had effortlessly slaughtered the basic beasts and extracted their crystals with an almost similar speed and efficiency to the hybrids. But still, the Hybrid’s speed surpasses the intermediate beast’s.
After all, the hybrids were king tier, so their speed and efficiency was obviously meant to be faster. With their human-like intelligence and beastly strength combined, it made them incredibly effective at extracting the crystals.
As Dave watched, he decided to summon another asset to aid in the task; the intermediate beasts he had tamed back at the factory. They had emerged from his void space to join the hybrids in their work. With their help, the crystal extraction process accelerated even further, the beasts and hybrids working together in perfect synchrony.
As the sun began to set, casting a golden glow over the landscape, Dave’s thoughts turned to his companions. He wondered how Eric and the two girls were faring, whether they had grown tired of waiting for him.