The journey back to the academy was uneventful. The students of his batch and the fifth batch were carrying only small bags or sacks. Clearly, collecting herbs had given them little opportunity to gather substantial resources. Probably, Athar was the one who had done the best among these two batches, having obtained two F Rank cores.
Meanwhile, the students from the other two batches were carrying large sacks, and without any doubt, they were filled with monster cores and valuable beast parts.
Athar could not help but feel a trace of envy toward those students. If he had been given the same opportunity, he too might have been carrying just as many beast cores.
Though physically present on the bus, Athar's mind was elsewhere—lost in glimpses of his battle with the hyena.
He kept replaying the scenes in his head, wondering what he could have done better. Although he had dominated the fight, Athar still felt there was room for improvement.
