Lin Mo watched the adventurers talk, his gaze drifting to the side.
Ally sat alone in a corner with her knees hugged to her chest. Sunlight filtered through the gaps between branches, falling across her in scattered patterns, making the fur atop her head glimmer and stretching her shadow long.
She quietly, intently stared blankly at the grass before her.
The break soon ended, and everyone returned to the vicinity of the cave. By then, the smoke had completely dispersed.
There were around thirty or forty Giant Rat corpses scattered across the ground. These low-level monsters had no useful materials on them, so they cut off each of their left ears as proof of completing the quest.
"Next, we can head to the Lorraine Riverbank and search for traces of the Great Slime... If all goes well, we can finish two quests today."
The largest river in Lorraine Forest was known as the Lorraine River, and the riverbanks along its course were where Slimes were most densely concentrated.
The Giant Rats' burrow was in a relatively shallow area of Lorraine Forest, while the riverbank they were heading to was somewhat farther away.
By the time the group finally reached the riverbank, it was already noon.
So they decided to rest and eat something.
Unlike creatures such as Cat Demons and Giant Rats, Slimes had no strict hours of activity. They were active both during the day and at night.
There was no need to torture themselves beneath the blazing midday sun.
Interestingly, while they were eating, a group of Goblins suddenly darted out from the nearby woods, intending to catch fish by the river.
Lin Mo kindly solved their hunger problem once and for all, while also earning a few points of proficiency.
By around three in the afternoon, as