"No," I yelled. "Drop it." Then slower, "…drop … it." I had more trouble stopping Dark Bear from eating the qi-cores than we had killing the monsters. It was the one time I actually looked forward to fighting a troll just to reverse the trend.
I grabbed the qi-core from the ground, glared at him and dropped it in my pack. "You can eat what Mother feeds you, like the rest of us."
We stayed out on the plains as darkness fell and continued to kill our way towards The Reach. Our vision was limited in the darkness but with two moons and qi-sight we easily pin pointed monsters and there was enough moon light to dispatch them.
Hell hounds, giant lizards and spiders, creepy insect like monstrosities and a roaming band of ferals were on the menu.
It was morning and Demon Bird guided us to a pack of hell hounds.