Grinding Begins

Warden had already got more than benefits from this delving than he imagined, but it hadn't ended yet. 

They have wasted one precious day inside the dungeon with Warden's breakthrough on receiving the boon. Jason had paid Four hundred iron-grade essence stones to book it for a standard system daytime, and Warden had wasted a fourth of it while sleeping.

There was also payment to the two helpers, which was another two hundred essence gems in total. Jason already paid half of it, which already emptied his pocket. For the rest, he meant to use the loot to repay them.

And of course, the payment to the Hunting Grounds organisation didn't end with just the essence stones, as they would have dibs on a part of the materials Warden and co looted from the dungeon. Of course, there were not overly tyrannical about it and there were ways to trick them, either through your backing or your wit.