An hour and a half later, after a thrilling and perilous battle, we finally managed to collect all 200 claw spikes with relatively smooth progress. At this point, I was practically on the verge of collapse, my mind a chaotic mess. Yet the quest rewards kept me going, carrying me over to Nana's side to present the hard-earned items.
Nana's condition seemed even worse than mine. She opened her eyes weakly, took the quest items, and pulled a strange container from inside her tunic. Channeling her inner energy, she instantly condensed the 200 tiny claw spikes into a single mass. Nana then extended her right palm, hovering it just above the cluster of spikes, as a pale blue energy gradually enveloped them. Sweat began to bead on Nana's forehead. Clenching her teeth, she exerted herself once more, and finally, the blue energy successfully fused with the spikes. The next moment, that mass of spikes transformed into a pool of crimson liquid within the vessel.
Nana let out a hard-won breath, then produced a packet of white powder from her tunic and mixed it into the crimson liquid, which subsequently formed a thick, deep-purple substance.
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