I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 228: Precious resources

Eryndor didn't have any problem with playing dirty, nor was he afraid of the consequences.

Even back then during the battle with Team Ricky, he only asked Drakarion to attack them in a way that no one would know because he didn't want to alert those teams.

He totally didn't care if those eliminated members messaged their team after getting eliminated from the survival round about the abnormality of their elimination. freēnovelkiss.com

Chances were high that he would already be far away from these teams by the time they came to know what he had done.

And look, Team Yu and Team Bronit had indeed gone their own ways without picking bones with him.

There was also a possibility that they couldn't guess that he was behind this.

Not all teams would buy information on Drakarion after all.

After Eryndor and Irene finalised a few conditions, each of them went in different directions towards their own team.

When he returned, Eryndor could see his team still removing the Snowbind Threads embedded into the ground.

They were traps he had bought from the Support Shrine to tackle the beast horde of Ice Oxen. They had removed the ones still in usable condition from the maze after their work was done.

Eryndor was responsible for leading the escape, so he had bought the entire alliance here.

If Team Yu and Team Bronit had realized what happened, then he would still have no problem fighting them here as his traps would've taken out more of their members before the fight even began.

This was also one of the reasons he hadn't eliminated a member from Team Irene, as that would lower the chances of them joining the other two teams to attack his own team.

Judging from what happened later though, with Irene making that interesting deal, he knew that even if those two teams had decided to attack him, Team Irene would have joined his side to repel them.

After helping his team remove those trap items, he began leading them to a certain direction.

When he had covered almost the entirety of tundra, he had been able to glean information on a few important places.

Where he was heading now was one of those places. It had a bunch of rare plants and herbs below the cliff, hidden by a few trees.

The problem was that it was already the nearest spot, and it would still take them around eight hours to reach.

Might as well check once again if those plants do exist. Wouldn't want all the effort to go to waste. It would be a pity if we walked eight hours only to find that other students had already taken them.

A few seconds later, he confirmed that those precious plants still existed.

He turned around and asked his team for their opinion.

"From one of my information sources, I've just come to know about the existence of a few precious plants and herbs.

"There are enough kinds of them that it will allow all of us to practice our respective power systems.

"Even if y'all decide to sell it to the Support Shrine, you can sell them for more than fifty thousand.

"However, I also know that all of you are tired and need some sleep.

"That spot is eight hours away. Even if we start jogging now, it would still take six hours.

"Should we set up camp? Or should we head towards the resources?"

There was silence within the group before Paulina asked.

"If we choose to camp, there is a possibility that someone else might take it away, right?

"We'll camp for at least two to three hours. Adding six hours of travelling to that, we'll reach there in eight to nine hours.

"Would two to three hours make a difference?"

Eryndor chuckled helplessly as he spread his hands.

"I can't see into the future girl. How would I know if those two or three hours will make a difference?"

There was a short discussion, but they still couldn't come to a conclusion.

They ended up deciding to go with votes.

Valentina shook her head.

"I am too damn tired, I'll definitely need some rest."

Edward smiled faintly.

"I can still go on without any problems."

Drakarion hesitated, but told them that he could bear an additional seven to eight hours.

Yes, Yu had spoken in the past about how people practicing power systems could go on for three to four days without sleep and maintain peak combat prowess, but that was only in the case that if they hadn't fought intensely.

As people who were at level one, they were still close to the mortal limits even if their bodies had been enhanced.

Compared to humans, who were at level zero, even the average level one person could stay awake for more days at peak performance.

However, that was only the case if they hadn't been in an intense fight.

Eryndor and his team had fought with the beast horde, then hardly slept for a few hours before they began hunting for beasts.

Then within a few minutes, Eryndor had notified them of suspicious people in their surroundings.

From that point up till now, they had been awake and been in three battles, two of which were lousy ones, of Team Jonathan and Team Lance, but the third one took considerable energy out of them, the one with Team Ricky.

It was night again, and their natural instincts to sleep were kicking in.

Valentina was someone who had fought off the Active realm beast, and also took on the lead role in fighting the strong members in all the fights.

It was reasonable that she would want to rest.

Edward, as a peak level two could still go on despite the fights.

Drakarion was at stage five, but due to being a Martial Artist, a power system which focused on the physique, he still had more energy to go on.

Eryndor was quick to tease him on that.

"Of course you can hold on. You don't use your brain at all, so you won't feel any mental exhaustion which would need sleep to recover.

"Martial Artist is a good power system you've chosen for yourself. You are pretty self aware."

There was a short round of fun where Drakarion tried to get back at Eryndo and failed, before the topic was brought back on track.

Edyndor was the one who reminded them of voting.

"I am tired too, I need some rest."

He might not have fought as much as Valentina, but his eldritch form had taken a heavy toll on his mind.

Not to mention the constant negotiations and planning which he had been carrying out for maximum benefits. He wanted to give his mind some rest.

Till now, that was two votes in favor of resting and two votes to go on.

There was a moment of silence before Syndra voted in favor of resting.

Paulina briefly looked at Eryndor before voting in favor of resting as well.

Thus, it was decided that they would take some rest.

A two to three hours of rest might not be enough to completely relieve them of fatigue, but it would allow them to be at peak combat prowess for the next day.

It was way better than continuing to head towards the precious resources in their current condition, which was nowhere near their peak state.

Since they had decided to camp, they quickly found a safe place and set up their tents.

Within half an hour, they ate their meal and went to rest.

Edward was chosen to keep watch for the entire duration, as he was the only one suitable for this.

Drakarion wouldn't be able to hold on later if there happened to be some beast which intruded upon their camp during his watch.

Around three hours later, the group had already packed up their tents and were on their way to the precious resources.

Fortunately, when Eryndor had released his extended vision in that direction and checked, those resources were still there.

It brought a sense of relief to everyone.

While moving in that direction, his team didn't employ the idea of moving in pairs to kill more beasts.

They hadn't forgotten that they had only gotten less than three hours of sleep.

It would be foolish to needlessly expend their energy.

After getting those precious plants and herbs, they could choose to find a safe spot once again and take a nice deep sleep which would relieve them of all the accumulated fatigue.

Eryndor even suggested using the Support Shrine for sleeping in.

He had found that function when he last visited the building, and found it immensely useful.

Everyone understood why Eryndor had suggested using the Support Shrine. It was because it would be daytime when they finished taking the resources.

Daytime was considerably more dangerous, not because of beasts but because of students, who were much more active.

Eryndor, their best sensor, would only be keeping watch for an hour at most, according to their practice of taking turns to keep watch, which meant he would sleep for the rest of the time.

Apart from him, the rest only had average range, making it truly dangerous in daytime.

In this situation, the Support Shrine was like a safe haven, since no one could harm them there.

Eryndor had already checked the required points as well, and it was eight hundred points for one hour of bed usage.

They would need to pay more points if they wanted a full private room, and even more if they wanted additional utilities in that room.

For eight hours, that would mean 6400 points. Fortunately, no one among them was low on points. Even if they were, others could simply share the points.

Approximately six hours later, they finally arrived at the location with precious resources.

Unfortunately, there was one more team there.