While they were speaking, they heard a loud thud one after the other. They snapped their heads to the side to see the two birds finally drop their snakes.
Riven didn't waste time.
Drawing the Green Cloud Sword, he slit open both serpents and extracted their gallbladders - the skills which he had learned from his guards… who surprisingly knew how to skin animals and cook.
The orbs were deep purple, thick with spiritual energy, and still pulsing faintly from within.
He placed them in a clay wine jar filled with fire liquor to sterilize the blood stench.
"Selene. Nysalea," he said, calling the two girls over. "Each of you, take one."
"What about you?" Nysalea asked immediately.
She hadn't expected to be offered the first pick.
"These aren't ordinary snake gallbladders," Riven explained calmly.
"They increase raw strength, boost internal vitality, and offer resistance against all forms of venom. Even for our Innate bodies, this is a treasure."
