Boom!

The colossal beast collapsed lifelessly, kicking up a thick cloud of dust.

“It's annoying that they don’t always drop bloodstones,” Theo muttered irritably, sheathing his sword with a sharp motion.

“Only halfway done.”

At first, he’d been excited at the prospect of evolving Umbra, systematically wiping out every magical beast in the vicinity.

“It seems like only second-class beasts drop them.”

No matter how many lower-class beasts he exterminated, not a single bloodstone appeared. And finding a second-class beast was an ordeal in itself, often taking three hours or more.

The tedium was beginning to wear on him, though …