The Worm Witch noticed the miserable look on the Beastman's face. "What's with that expression? Do you have a problem with me?"
The Scorpion Beastman Captain jolted and quickly forced an ingratiating smile onto his wrinkled face. "Heh heh, I was just thinking that from now on, I'll only be able to get so few Crystal Cores, and..."
'The future feels a little bleak.'
In the past, they had all relied on witch medicine to advance. The pain of advancing with witch medicine was so intense that many Beastman Warriors would die, unable to endure it.
But ever since Fierce Beast Crystal Cores became available, he had never experienced that kind of pain again.
Looking at the few Crystal Cores the witch had set aside, the Scorpion Beastman Captain felt bitter.
'I was hoping to get two Crystal Cores this year to advance,' he thought. 'But now it looks like I'll have to suppress my rank and not advance too quickly.'
