After I had rested up, gaining some Essence back, we continued our hunting journey. The three from Zone C carried Julius's corpse back to their base wordlessly.
In all honesty, I wouldn't have been surprised if they tried to fight us out of revenge, but it seemed this group of people were more rational than most. They could see that they were clearly outnumbered, and they had witnessed my strength firsthand. If I was that strong, than obviously my allies weren't weak either.
"Do you think killing him was a bit overdo there?" I asked the three girls with me as we walked.
"I don't know… maybe," Monica said. "But the truth is, your last knife pierced through his shield and hit him too. Even if you wanted to not kill him, it wouldn't have worked."
