Chapter 45: Raising morale
Once the Orc General had been turned into an ice sculpture, the Ice Princess flicked her sword to get off the ice that had formed on it before putting it back into its sheath.
Without even caring about the rest of the orcs, she flew back into the formation and landed where she had been previously.
It seemed like she wasn't going to bother with the rest of the orcs at all, but the other Awakeners didn't mind. After all, if she wasn't going to take them, then there was no reason why they shouldn't take them.
Loot in this group was determined on merit, so the corpses would be given to the one that defeated the monsters.
Based on that, the Orc General's corpse and the expensive parts that came with it would go to the Ice Princess.
For the rest of these Awakeners, the orcs that were easy picking were now piles of walking money. So if the Ice Princess competed with them for these orcs, then the money that they earned would decrease.
Her showing that she wasn't interested in these orcs won the praise of these Awakeners and they put in more effort to take down the orcs.
With this renewed vigor, it didn't take long for them to cut down the rest of the orcs.
Once the orcs were taken down, all that was left was to butcher them and pack them up.
They could have left the orcs here, but there was no doubt that these corpses would have attracted scavengers which was even more dangerous. Once those scavengers finished off the corpse and wandered around, it wasn't impossible that they would run into their group.
So they needed to clean up after their fight to make sure that nothing was attracted over.
But there was the matter of the Orc General…
The Ice Princess didn't waste any time to say, "I don't need it. You can just divide the spoils among the group."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help revealing a surprised look.
But at the same time, there were looks of joy that appeared in their eyes at the same time.
For a B Ranker like the Ice Princess, the materials from the Orc General weren't worth much, but that wasn't the case for them. The Orc General materials sold for much more than the normal monsters that they hunted since it was considered a variant and a boss.
Not to mention…the testicles of the Orc General worked much better than the testicles of ordinary orcs.
There were many rich people that were willing to pay extra just for this…
So even if it was a portion of the total amount, it was more than enough to repay them for this trip. Not to mention, there was a large bonus that would come at the end when they finished off the Orc King.
So they couldn't help feeling excited about this decision.
The C Rank leader naturally knew the situation the best and immediately gave a slight bow to the Ice Princess before saying, "Thank you for your generosity."
When the others saw this, they all bowed to her as well and started flattering her.
But the Ice Princess just waved her hand as if this didn't matter to her at all.
During this, Su Chen had already understood what was happening and was moving towards the Orc General. He pulled out a knife and hatchet out of his bag as he walked over.
At the same time, he waved at me to follow him so he could show me how to butcher up monsters.
I had never done something like this before, but it definitely wasn't a bad skill to have.
But my main focus was still the Ice Princess.
I had been carefully watching her to see what kind of person she was and I could tell that her move just now was very intentional. At the same time, it was a bad sign for what would come.
The C Rank leader and the Ice Princess, neither of them had expected the Orc General attack just now.
They had made it clear with the surprise that they had shown when the Orc General had appeared.
It seemed that whatever was happening in this break zone was going against what they had expected…which meant that what followed definitely wouldn't be easy.
Of course, that didn't matter to me since I had been trying to find a way to appeal to the Ice Princess.
If I was able to help her or even save her in the end, there was no doubt that I would be able to get closer to her. So the more chaotic this mission was, the better it was for me.
I had no fear for my life after all since I had a way of escaping no matter what.
That was just how powerful the Time Stop skill was.
As for the Orc General being given to the other members of the party, it was just a way of raising morale. The best way to raise morale is always money and the money from these Orc General material was not small, so the excitement that fell over the group was almost palpable.
It was just too bad that most of them would be sacrificed when the fight came and they would never even see this money.
Or at least that was what my impression of this situation was.
As I worked with Su Chen to dismantle the Orc General, I had to admire how much strength it took to dismantle it. At the same time, I understood why Su Chen worked so hard to build up all this muscle.
Without that strength it would be impossible for him to cut through the hard monster flesh and skin.
These monsters really were different from humans…
Of course, it wasn't just us alone who were cleaning up the battlefield. There were also general porters and personal porters of C Rank Awakeners that were here working with us to clean up the orcs.
In no time, all of the orc corpses had been cleaned up and we were heading deeper into the forest.
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