Priestess Girl's sudden collapse startled everyone, but fortunately, an examination revealed that she had merely exhausted herself. It was nothing serious. Clark immediately arranged for someone to take the young priestess away to rest, while also preparing a room for Fang Zheng... After all, he was Sweetwater Town's great benefactor and naturally deserved proper hospitality.
Fang Zheng took the opportunity to make an unreasonable request of Clark. He hoped Clark could help collect the Spirit Crystals from the Black Wolves' bodies. Clark agreed without the slightest hesitation. Hunters like them occasionally went into the mountains to kill low-level Demon Beasts and dig out their Spirit Crystals to sell for money. They were already well accustomed to the process, so upon hearing Fang Zheng's request, Clark immediately pounded his chest and promised to handle it personally. No one would dare pocket Fang Zheng's Spirit Crystals.
Clark worked quickly. Before long, he handed Fang Zheng all the Spirit Crystals dug out of the Black Wolves' corpses. Unfortunately, their quality was quite ordinary. Other than the alpha wolf's crystal, which gave Fang Zheng twenty points of Crystal Energy, the rest were worth only one or two points each. Moreover, not every Demon Beast had one, so Fang Zheng ultimately gained only fifty points of Crystal Energy. It was a little sparse, but better than nothing.
With nothing else to do, Fang Zheng grew curious and began asking Clark about something very important.
Where exactly was this place?
"This is Northern Alliance territory... Uh, Mr. Fang Zheng, didn't you know?"
Clark was visibly surprised by Fang Zheng's question, but he answered honestly nonetheless. Then, somewhat cautiously, he voiced his own doubts. Sweetwater Town was already at the edge of the Northern Alliance. How had this gentleman gotten here?
"Don't even mention it."
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