Chapter 40 - Manipulation

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After meeting with the rest of the members in the woods, team Thailand has decided to rest for the night instead of continuing to travel. With most of the members getting injured and their spiritual energy being depleted, it would not be advisable to go straight for the river. It would just turn into a suicide mission.

Camping in a fairly flat land that did not have too many trees on it, the members quickly found their spots to rest. As not to gain attention from other teams, they decided not to create a campfire. Their only source of light was the bright twinkling stars and the full moon. Since it was cold that night, some of the members of the team took out their portable heater to keep themselves warm.

Meanwhile, some of them took guarding positions as requested by their leader: Ae. The rest of the members decided to sleep while the others, like Pannin, took this chance to train themselves through meditation. Everyone already took out health potions to help them recover quicker from their injuries. They also drank spiritual energy recovery potions to regain their spiritual energy. Since everyone, except Can, was from well-known and rich families, they obviously have what could be considered the best of items that prominent beast summoners could have. Most of them have high-quality potions for quick recovery. In this trip, most of them have everything that was necessary for survival. This includes high-quality beast catching devices, traps, and weapons. In addition, they also brought things that would give them comfort such as food, spare clothes, a portable heater or air conditioner, sleeping bags, lotion, insect repellant, etc. These people would be the future pillars of B.S.G, therefore, it was obvious that they would get the best treatment as much as possible. Can, on the other hand, did not have any of these luxurious things that would give him comfort like his other teammates. The things he had in his storage ring were food, potions, the <Summoning Control> training manual, and the complete map of this dimension that were given to him by his master. When he took out the lowest quality potion that he has for his injuries, which was a high-quality potion, he could not help whether if he should drink it or not. Knowing that he was the poorest out of everyone in his group, if he decided not to use this high-quality potion on his hand but sell it instead, then he would surely fetch a huge amount of money. Thinking about it more carefully, he would not want to be a burden to his teammates due to his injuries, so he reluctantly drank it.

Earlier the team encountered a pack of Uncommon Grade beasts called Steel Chonchons. Individually, dealing with one of these beasts would not be a problem, but a pack of them was a different issue. Since they were attracted to the scent of blood from miles away, they were able to locate Can's group immediately. From hundreds of Steel Chonchons to thousands, they came and attacked endlessly. The only way to defeat them was to destroy their pack leader. The problem was that the pack leader looked the same as the other Steel Chonchons. Thankfully, Ae had sharp eyes and was able to eliminate the pack leader. When the leader died, the Steel Chonchons became disorganized and started to flee. In the process of fighting these beasts, Can got injured. He was not injured because he was careless. He got injured protecting one of his teammates from the attacking beasts. This selfless act earned more admiration from his teammates. Of course Can did not do it for the sake of getting admired by his teammates. He did it because he thought it was the right thing to do.

 He did it because he thought it was the right thing to do

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