The notification came with a bitter revelation.
[You have killed a high level demonkin]
[You have gained 5 levels]
5 levels.
And that was it; no special reward, no pat on the back, all they received from killing the Corrupted beast was five levels, which was negligible since most of them could gain that much by killing an excess of 500 low level demonkin, which they now knew was far easier, so it didn't feel like any accomplishment. Especially with the earlier deaths that evening.
"Dina, are you sure you don't want at least a small vial?" Eris asked her fellow hero later that night while the heroes aside from Ikaris sat around a campfire inside of their designated tent, unlike the first time; Dina's magic had been completely sapped away, and she was regaining mana but it was a slow process.
