"Don't we get a reward for eliminating the vicious beasts?"
Xu Fan retraced his steps.
He had thought that dealing with the Bloodthirsty Locusts would earn him at least a D+-Rank reward.
But the Mysterious Voice still hadn't spoken.
There was no Treasure Chest reward.
He didn't know if it was because there was no lord-like creature among the Bloodthirsty Locusts, so eliminating them didn't earn a reward.
Or because their lord wasn't with the group.
Like the queen ant in an ant colony, whose only task each day was to stay in the safety of her nest and lay eggs nonstop.
The rest of the colony handled all the other work.
Locusts and ants had different habits, of course, but the locusts in the Forbidden Land—
couldn't be understood through common knowledge about Blue Star, either.
"If these were locusts from Blue Star, they wouldn't be able to survive in such a harsh environment."
Xu Fan thought to himself.
But he didn't dwell on the matter of rewards.
No reward, then.
The Forbidden Land was huge, after all.
He had plenty of opportunities.
Tonight, he would get a good rest.
Soon, Xu Fan returned to the cave where he had rested earlier, accompanied by the Female Snow Wolf.
"Hmm?"
Xu Fan suddenly furrowed his brow.
The fire he had lit had gone out at some point.
"I wasn't away from the cave for long."
The round trip had been just over two hundred meters.
Only a few minutes on foot.
Even though he had encountered the Bloodthirsty Locusts,
he had ended the fight with just one punch.
It hadn't taken much time.
And there hadn't been any wind that night.
By all rights, the fire shouldn't have gone out so quickly.
Observation Haki!
In an instant, Xu Fan decisively