The Beastman's sudden attack had left Mint with a minor injury.
But the morale of the entire Sea Thorn Squad had risen invisibly along with it.
The quest target had appeared, the Investigation Quest had made enormous progress, and the upgrade materials for the Snake Scale Arm Shield were right in front of him. Naturally, Xia Nan was looking forward to it.
For Veris and Kash, the bristles the Beastman had left behind at the scene not only let them confirm that the target they had been tracking for so long was nearby, but also confirmed that its identity was not some cunning beast as they had previously believed, but a Beastman transformed from an intelligent creature.
In just one night, the atmosphere of the entire team had undergone what could only be called a tremendous change.
They had hidden it well, but the Drow Half-Elf who had spent half the night smearing poison on her dagger while keeping watch, and the subtle change in Kash's tone when he spoke this morning, still let Xia Nan keenly perceive the quiet shift in attitude from these two temporary teammates of his.
Before this, whether it was the commissions to clear out beasts or the journey before coming to Green Wheat Village, the two of them had acted very professionally and had not gone through the motions, but the impression they gave was somewhat like workers on an assembly line, following a fixed process almost like muscle memory: preparing supplies, setting traps, building camp, fighting when they encountered enemies, then skinning materials and collecting spoils once the battle was over, repeating the cycle over and over.
It could not really be called a problem, but it did lack a certain enterprising mindset.
It was as if something more important lay ahead, and