It took Colin way longer than it should have the find the two death crystals, as well as the four soul crystals belonging to the crabs and lobsters. Normally, he would have been able to use [Aura Vision] or [Demon Eyes] to track the ambient demonic energy in the soul crystals, but with the large amount of decay energy hanging around. This masked the location of the soul crystals, especially the death crystals, which were practically invisible. The only good news was that the corpses were reduced to nothing, leaving only the crystals behind, saving Colin the trouble of fishing them out of their body. He was a bit sad about all the lobsters and crabs corpses that were lost.
"Alright, that makes seven." Lily said as she placed the crystals into her storage ring
"And I have ten." Colin said as he placed the crystals into his storage ring
"Hmm, not for long if that greedy leprechaun has anything to do with it." Lily smirked and Colin's eyelid twitched
[Alice, how are you and the others?] Colin asked through [Telepathy].
[Yes, everyone is alright, most of us are seriously injured, but no casualties.] Alice replied
[Good, all the undeads on our end is dead. Tell everyone to meet us in town.] Colin said
"Let's head to town and claim our prize." Colin said with a smile and Lily frowned
"You know it isn't that easy right. There are still tons of beasts around, ready to pounce on us. That town is also close to the ocean, which means that we are likely to get attacked by sea beasts, or worse, sea monsters. Not to mention there is a portal in the town, which allows any demon in the underworld to just walk into town." Lily said and Colin groaned
"Look, we are already here and it's not like anywhere else is safer than here. Plus, this place wreaks of death, it will keep away any nearby beasts for weeks." Colin said
"Or attract more monsters." Lily retorted
"The best we can do is continue leveling up and evolve as quickly as possible." Colin said
"Fine, but I'm hungry. We need to find something to eat." Lily said and both of them flew towards the city
They soon arrived and they could hear the sound of engines in the distance, as it approached the town and they could see the silhouette of Alice and the others standing at the entrance to the town. Alice and the others were covered in blood and wounds, especially the werewolves who were covered in bloody claw marks all over their bodies. Looking behind them, Colin could see a large pile of beasts of varying species and sizes.
"You guys alright?" Colin couldn't help but ask when he landed infront of them
"Yeah, things got a little out of hand. While fighting the ghouls, we were suddenly attacked by a ride of beasts, even a tier 4 leopard was among them. Luckily, that huge cloud of decaying energy scared most of them off, including the leopard. We managed to rescue of the corpses before they were consumed by decay." Paul explained, gesturing towards the pile of corpses behind him.
"Good job, now we have something to eat. Make me something to eat please." Lily said in a cute voice and Colin rolled his eyes
"We'll get to that, but first, we need to find some where to stay, clean it and fortify it if need be. I refuse to cook in a filthy kitchen." Colin said
"Ok, let's find somewhere to hunker down." Lily said and took to the sky, followed by Colin and the others that could fly. They flew around the town, looking for somewhere to set up base. Colin decided to choose a hotel, obviously not the one the undeads used, since there was so many of them. They soon settled on a large hotel, with around thirty or so floors, in the middle of the town. It had a wide courtyard, it was high enough for them to spot enemies from afar if they tried to come near, and most importantly, it was far enough from the ocean. The ocean was also undamaged, which contributed majorly to their decision.
"This will do." Colin said as they landed on the ground and the others on the ground caught up to them.