Level Six Harvest

Thalia spotted the squirrels too. But they were tiny, barely any meat on them. Not worth wasting energy to hunt.

That made her think of the Level 6 mutant tortoise again.

If it died, the crystal core inside it would slowly fade away.

A Level 6 crystal core—and its meat too. Both were rare and valuable.

She had already come this far. If she didn't go back and take it, she'd regret it for the rest o