"What's wrong, handsome?" Lydia's voice suddenly resounded from behind Leo.
Without turning around, he spoke, "There's so many people here. How will this work? Do we all have to work together?"
"Although that would be ideal and have fewer casualties, it won't happen." Lydia shook her head.
"Why not?"
"Because of greed." Trent said as he walked out of the van.
"Greed, huh… Now that you mention it, how are the rewards split?"
"You will receive what you earn. If you kill a monster, that monster's mana core is yours, but if you're too busy with another monster, someone might steal it from you." Khrome said.
And he continued, "That's why most people bring a mana core slave or two to focus on collecting the mana cores."
"Mana core slaves…? What kind of name is that?" Leo was speechless.
"It's as it sounds. They're slaves whose only purpose is to collect mana cores— even at the cost of their life." Lydia said with a somewhat unpleasant expression on her face.