The 8,000 experience points had already been credited when he took the spatial ring.
But Renato had no time to open the [Adventurer's Guide] now. Something far more valuable had caught his attention.
Neatly stacked jars of dragon blood, the carapace from the Deep Dragon's back, fragments of its bony skull, organs and tendons from parts he couldn't identify, supple grayish-white belly hide...
Renato found it hard to imagine how Klauthsura had collected so many dragon materials in such a short time.
"Klauthsura, so during those few minutes you disappeared, you went down into the crater to strip dragon scales and dragon hide from the Deep Dragon's corpse?"
Klauthsura replied in a flat tone, as though it were only natural:
"Correct. Gattholex, 'Lightless Decay,' was a legendary True Dragon whose age approached that of an Ancient Dragon. Most parts of its body contained powerful magic, making them extremely rare materials."
"That's not what I meant. Of course I know how valuable a dragon's corpse is..."
Renato couldn't help covering his face. He was struggling to follow the Mind Flayer's thinking.
"But there were so many out-of-control slaves around us then, and more Mind Flayers kept arriving... not to mention that Tristana and I were badly wounded. How did you dare... just go down there and skin the corpse as though nothing had happened?"
"I'm not quite sure what you're confused about." A trace of puzzlement entered Klauthsura's voice as the Mind Flayer tilted its head toward Renato. "You were still conscious at the time. The prowess you had just displayed in your battle with the Deep Dragon was enough to intimidate those Orcs and Hobgoblins, who place such value on individual strength."
"As for the remaining Mind Flayers... frankly, I don't understand why you thought they would attack us of