Asher looked at both of them and said, "What happened to you two? Did you guys play in the sand or something? If you wanted to play in the sand, you should have at least waited for me to return. We could have played together."

Noah’s face twitched in irritation after hearing Asher’s words. His clothes were torn in several places, and his entire body was covered in dust and dried blood.

Adam let out a tired sigh and said, "While you two were peacefully wandering around, we were fighting for our lives against a Gold 1-Star beast."

Asher raised an eyebrow and replied, "And yet both of you are still alive. Seems like the beast was too weak."

Noah and Adam became even more irritated, but they soon understood that he was just teasing them for fun. If they kept reacting to his taunts, it would never end, so they decided it was better to stay silent.

Not getting any reaction, Asher did not say anything further.

Aria, who was standing beside Asher, glanced at the two of them and calmly asked, "Did you at least manage to kill it?"

"Yeah," Adam replied with a tired nod.

Asher then asked, "What about this cave? Did you check if any beast is living in it? And if there was one, where is it? Did you kill it?"

Adam answered weakly, "There were three Dreadfang Bears, but we already killed them and took care of their corpses so that other beasts wouldn’t be attracted by the smell of blood. They were only Silver Rank beasts, so they were easy to kill."

Noah then looked at Aria and asked, "What about you? Did you get anything to eat other than beast meat? If not, then it will be disappointing because we already have enough meat ourselves."

Adam added, "Yeah, monster meat without any seasoning will not be tasty, and after such a rough day, I really want to eat something good and tasty." Then he looked at Asher and continued, "I guess you were right about a tasty body being important."

Asher did not reply and simply took out Crimson tear Fruits from his subspace and threw one to each of them.

Noah and Adam caught the fruits with surprised expressions.

The moment they saw the Crimson Year Fruits in their hands, their eyes widened in shock.

"You actually found these?" Noah asked in disbelief.

Adam quickly took a bite, and a sweet flavor instantly spread through his mouth. The exhaustion on his face seemed to lessen slightly as he let out a satisfied sigh.

Noah said while enjoying the fruit, "So, how did you guys find them in this huge forest?"

Aria replied to Noah’s question, "We found a Three-Tail Monkey, killed it, and then followed its trail to find the location of the fruits."

Adam then said, "You guys were quite lucky then. What rank was it?"

Asher replied" Gold 1 stars"

Adam looked at him as if trying to see whether he was telling the truth or not. Then he remembered that this idiot was the most honest person he knew, then he said, "So how did you guys kill it? Was it already injured, or was it fighting another beast?"

"No," Aria replied calmly. "It was perfectly healthy."

Adam’s expression stiffened slightly. "Then how did you two even manage to kill it? You don’t look like someone who fought a Gold Rank beast."

Asher said casually, "It was nothing important. Just forget about it."

Adam raised an eyebrow at Asher’s casual tone but didn’t press further. Instead, he leaned back against the cave wall, still processing everything that had happened.

Aria quietly observed the group. Even after a full day of exhaustion and battle, the atmosphere around them had strangely stabilized. Despite their arguments, they still functioned like a team.

Outside the cave, the wind howled through the trees, carrying distant beast roars that reminded them they were still deep inside dangerous territory.

At 10 pm

Adam broke the silence again. "We should take shifts for guarding. No one sleeps at the same time."

Aria calmly said, "I only provided support in battles, so I am the least tired. All three of you must be exhausted, so you should sleep first. I will take the first shift."

Then Asher said that he would take the second shift, Adam would take the third, and Noah would take the last.

Asher stood up, looked at Noah, and said, "Noah, make separate rooms for us in the cave using your earth magic."

Noah looked at him in confusion and asked, "Why do we need rooms?"

Asher replied in a serious tone, "For privacy reasons. Just do it."

Noah sighed but didn’t argue further. He placed his hand on the ground, and faint earth mana began to spread through the cave floor.

Stone slowly shifted and rose, reshaping itself as walls formed one after another. In moments, the open cave was divided into several small, rough but solid rooms.

Adam looked around in surprise. "Not bad... you actually made it look comfortable."

Aria ran her hand along one of the stone walls and said calmly, "Efficient use of earth magic."

Noah wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered, "Next time, at least give a better reason than ’privacy.’"

Asher ignored the comment and walked toward one of the newly formed rooms. "Pick your rooms and rest. We leave early tomorrow."

After entering the room, Asher lay down on the hard ground and waited for an hour for everyone to fall asleep.

Only Aria remained awake. Then Asher created a mana clone of himself while suppressing his presence so that no one could sense him. After that, he teleported to the chasm he had marked earlier.

After teleported into the chasm, after teleporting in to the fox ,he looked around his surroundings using mana sense. There was no presence of anyone else, only large stone formations.

The chasm was silent, almost unnaturally so. Even the wind felt muted, as if the depth of the place swallowed every sound.

Asher narrowed his eyes and extended his mana sense further, carefully scanning every corner of the rocky expanse. The deeper he probed, the more he confirmed it ,no life signatures, no hidden beasts, nothing except dense stone.

"Perfect "