He slept soundly until the next morning.
The new shelter's light-blocking, wind-proofing, and insulation were so outstanding that when he woke up, he didn't even realize it was already light outside.
Leaving the warm sleeping bag, he headed straight for the base of yesterday's life-saving tree.
After a night of flash-freezing, the bodies of the four Yukon Wolves were completely frozen solid.
Fortunately, a good amount of wolf blood had drained from their wounds. The soil beneath where each wolf lay was stained a dark brownish-black.
He hauled them all back to the shelter, and just like that, his work for the day was set.
Skinning, gutting, and butchering the wolf carcasses into sections for easy use later on.
While he was at it, he also needed to properly process the leftover mutton and bear meat.
It was only after he had finished portioning out all the meat and was lying down to rest that he remembered he seemed to have forgotten something.
