Time passed like that.
The hours moved quietly inside the basement, slipping so gradually that none of them truly noticed when one moment turned to another.
Both Lia and Seraphina had completely absorbed the monster cores.
The pile that had once been scattered across the floor had gradually disappeared, as one by one, the marble-like stones had turned colourless as their mana was drawn into the bodies of the two women sitting quietly across from Lucian.
Seraphina took about twenty minutes to absorb all the energy from the E rank core.
Unlike the smaller F rank cores, the E rank core contained a much denser concentration of mana.
Absorbing it was harder than the previous ones, even though she didn't have to struggle much.
With her high talent and natural sensitivity toward mana, she gradually managed to draw it in.
Currently, it was night.
All three of them already had dinner and were about to sleep.
