Quickly, a minute went by, and Xander got a system prompt.
[Small Towers: 6/800 - Large Towers: 0/4]
'It's not much, but it's progress,' Xander thought. Much like his death charge, he had to start training his mind to look at any progress as a positive and not let himself get hung up on the wide gap that was in front of him.
He then looked at the map, and sure enough, as he expected, the tower they were currently at was now highlighted, signifying it was currently conquered.
"How many towers are conquered this time?" Axel asked as he walked over.
"Only 6 small ones and 0 of the large towers," Xander answered.
"Damn, it was 10 the last time I conquered this tower. It sure is going to be hard to keep 800 of them conquered so we can get out of this hell hole and back to civilization," Axel responded.
Once Na-Ri, Mia, and Hana were done gathering the beast cores, the group of five all found a seat inside the pavilion.
