[Original Core]

[A power source capable of producing Lv6 Golems]

There were a total of 277 cores lying around. Mesmerized, Lee Shin-Woo and Kratia stared at them silently.

The Original Core. They were definitely the original form of the Original Bone Core. Lee Shin-Woo had barely gotten one or two of them by destroying all of the low-rank Golems in each area, yet there were so many gathered here.

"With this..." Lee Shin-Woo said without quite realizing it. "With this many cores here, it makes sense that they'd want to come collect them."

"This many cores would interest not only Arema Steelworker, but the Emperor as well."

"That's probably why he kept a general on standby."

Said general was now dead, though. Lee Shin-Woo didn't know when the Emperor would get wind of it, but that wasn’t something to worry about now.

"You get stronger if you absorb these, right?" asked Kratia.

"No. As I absorb bones with the same power, the effectiveness drops. Now I can't really get anything out of them. So with these..."

"You're going to try creating Golems?"

Kratia was quick on the uptake. Her eyes glittered with curiosity. That was what Lee Shin-Woo was looking for; no matter how talented he was in magic, talent could not make up for everything. Since he wasn't knowledgeable in...