Ye Chuqi only smiled. She truly hadn't known. When she proposed the wager, she had asked for ore and Beast Cores out of habit. The pleasant surprise was that Akes had collected so many: ore so jumbled she couldn't tell what it had originally looked like, and dark, ugly Low-Rank Beast Cores.
Ye Chuqi accepted the lot without hesitation, making the Archmage brothers' eyes twitch. The items might be cheap, but in such quantities they added up to a tidy sum. The Beast Cores in particular were all in good condition despite being low-rank. With a wave of her hand, Ye Chuqi put everything away.
The barbecue in their mouths suddenly didn't taste quite as good.
The Griffins returned from their romp, and each received only a small piece of barbecue. Given their size, it wasn't enough to fill a gap between their teeth. The meat vanished into their mouths before they could even taste it. But if Ye Chuqi tried to satisfy their appetites with barbecue, she might as well settle down here and forget about leaving.
So after Ye Chuqi firmly refused to give them more, the Griffins drooped. The aroma of barbecue still lingered at their noses, and they had lost interest in the High-Grade Beast Companion Feed piled before them.
Seeing Akes and the others holding barbecue yet looking so miserable about eating it only upset the Griffins more.
Akes was quick to notice their unfriendly stares. She immediately changed her tune and wolfed down her barbecue in a few bites. The Griffins gave her one last resentful glare before turning all their attention to the Archmage brothers.
The Archmage brothers: "..." They couldn't help eating faster too.
When Cyril, Nora, and Ivan returned, they found Akes and the Archmage brothers sitting there, looking awkward and