Dark thought for a moment, then had DemiDevimon fly out and bring Meowth inside as well.
Naturally, this sort of handiwork was best left to the strong, cute, and well-behaved Meowth.
"Meow!" Meowth immediately voiced its reluctance.
"Ahem." Dark leaned close and whispered something into its ear, and its expression immediately brightened as it got to work in earnest.
While Meowth extracted the candle wicks, Dark went outside. Looking at the milky-white wax scattered across the ground and the candleholders flung in every direction, he sighed.
"Time to pick up the trash."
The materials that could be harvested from Candle Spirits were likewise their wicks, but theirs were ordinary yellow. Other than being rich in magical power and having an affinity for the fire element, they had almost no other distinguishing features.
Even after examining them with the "Eye of Truth," he only picked out around ten with slightly higher value, though they were still inferior to the Insect Tree.
To make up the numbers, he simply selected twelve "yellow wicks" and placed them together with twelve "purple wicks" and twelve "pink wicks."
When he returned to the secret chamber, the joy on his face could no longer be contained.
"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say I've had quite the haul, would it?"
He picked up the "Trash Slime" and gave it a fierce kiss.
Accidentally refining the "Trash Slime" back then had truly been incredibly lucky!
Having rested long enough, Dark picked out a few more monster materials outside before setting off on the next leg of his journey.
When he used "Greed III" to evolve the "Trash Slime" into "Greed Slime II," Dark had even thought that tonight's gains were already enough. Even if they found no more treasure chests, it would not matter.
However,