Huff-puff!
The group sat onto the cavern floor, breathlessly gasping for air. They had been fighting hundreds of A-rank beasts continuously for nearly half an hour, the relentless assault testing their endurance and team-work to its limits.
Thankfully, the beasts were finally all dead. Despite storing many corpses during the battle to clear movement space, many still littered the floor, waiting to be collected and processed for cores and materials.
Grant surveyed the team with an approving expression, "Well done, everyone. You all performed excellently. Although I am surprised that only two S-ranked beasts were among this horde. Based on their numbers and the supposed danger level of this gate, I would have expected more S-Rank threats mixed in."
The others nodded in agreement, sharing his assessment of the disproportionate ratio.
Everyone except Moon, who knew the truth.
