It would be a lie to say that he wasn't affected by the slaughter.
He was not in the mood to do anything significant in the last couple of days.
All he wanted to do was make the preparations for his departure as fast as possible, and breaking through to the bronze rank sounded like a hassle. It's not like there's an imminent threat in the area. And even if there was, he has Sasaki to help him.
But that mindset ended today.
"I'm going to leave the hamlet and venture on my own. At the very least, I should be at the bronze rank, right?" Deklan rubbed his chin in contemplation, noting that it would probably be more dangerous out there than in the forest. "Some said people can be the scariest, and they aren't wrong."
Recalling what Zayne did, Deklan shook his head.
People can really be the scariest.
Deklan wiped the sweat drizzling down his face and sat under the Ward's canopy.
He then raised his hand and summoned a Lv. 3 Mana Apple from the inventory.
