Inside a spacious wooden shack with a huge wooden table at the center, the atmosphere was rather grim.
The Relic-Hunting Cohort of Egress was back, and they were sharing the results of their hunts.
Of course, they had no choice but to be transparent about Gris' death, too, even though they didn't want to dampen everyone's morale.
This was why Caleb decided to tell his temporary subordinates about the obvious bad news first, then the good news that they've defeated three of the five, leaving only The Eye and The Crown, so that the party leaders would end up in a slightly better mood.
The death of one of their S-rankers still loomed like a ghost at the back of their heads, though.
Still, they were at least in condition to discuss what needed to be done next.
Daru, meanwhile, was quite content to watch the fellow, older human's leadership, still a bit over the moon about his S-tier Legacy Sword Skill Scroll as it brushed his mind from time to time.
