Rion walked back towards the camp and studied the grade three null core he had just plucked out from the three-horned kareth.
It was twice the size of the grade one, and the purple smoke within it was much denser and darker. The dark purple crystal at the heart of the smoke was the size of a small bead, and it was absorbing the faint light around it like a black hole.
His grip tightened around the grade core, and he stored it in his inventory.
[You have stored a (Tainted Null Core)!]
A smile appeared on his face, and the screen disappeared soon after.
He stopped in his tracks and flexed his hands by clenching and releasing them a few times.
He stood there in silence and felt the changes within him.
Physically, his instincts had become much sharper than before, and his muscles were brimming with the level of strength he had never witnessed.
But the change within his mind or his spiritual and conceptual existence was much greater.
