The next two weeks fell into a steady pattern.
Jack would wake at dawn or what passed for dawn in the perpetually dim bioluminescent forest.
He'd eat a quick meal, usually demon meat from his previous processing, then begin his work.
Five corpses per day. Three hours each. Fifteen hours of butchering, breaking down demon after demon with increasing efficiency.
His Butcher skill leveled rapidly with the constant practice.
[Butcher: Level 1 → Level 2]
[Processing speed increased by 5%]
[Butcher: Level 2 → Level 3]
[Material yield increased by 5%]
[Butcher: Level 3 → Level 4]
[Chance to extract rare materials increased by 5%]
The levels kept coming as Jack worked through corpse after corpse.
His hands became steadier.
His cuts became more precise.
He began to see patterns in demon anatomy that he'd never noticed before, understanding how different demon types were constructed.
[Butcher: Level 4 → Level 5]
[Processing speed increased by 10%]
