26 Invitation. (1/2)

Ozul and Raven woke up a little late. The Sun was already up and annoying as ever. Even Raven had also started to think that the Sun was irritating after spending so much time with Ozul.

Well, the real reason may be that it forced her to wake up instead of snuggling with Ozul.

Ozul stood up and did not notice that Raven was awake. He picked her up and brought her to the room before he went to freshen up.

Since the Viscount had died last night, they had no enemy. So, Ozul was planning to absorb at least two more Rank-4 Cores. It will bring his Ball of Purity and physical strength a qualitative change.

Half an hour later, Ozul stood up and informed Raven about his departure, who had woken up during that time.

Raven looked gloomily towards Ozul before she shut the door and went back inside.

Ozul being Ozul, did not care and just went alone. Mid-way, Ozul remembered something!

'Dammit! How could I forget the Core from the Viscount!? I had told Raven to store it in her Spatial Ring. And here I was going to hunt for Rank-4 Beast Cores when I have a Rank-5 Mage Core.'

Last night, Ozul did not forget to cut open the Viscount's chest to obtain the Core. It will be the first time that he will absorb a Mage's Core.

He did not stop and just took a U-turn back to his house.

Knocking at the door, Ozul had to wait for quite a bit before Raven slowly opened the door. It looked like she was ready to fight any foe!

Seeing his face tho, she relaxed her posture. But then she remembered that he had refused her just a moment ago to bring her with him.

'Did he change his mind?'- Raven thought as she was thrilled to have an adventure with him!

Raven thought that Ozul might speak any minute saying that—he changed his mind. But...

Ozul extended a hand towards Raven as if asking something from her. Raven tilted her head a little—thinking what this gesture could mean.

Seeing no response from Raven, Ozul again looked at her as if looking at an idiot. He spoke;

”Core from the Viscount.”- This reminded Raven that Ozul had taken the Magical Core from the Viscount and gave it to her for storage purposes.

She took out the Core from her Storage Ring and put it on Ozuls palm. Raven again waited to hear the response she wanted, but Ozul walked passed her and went into the living room.

Raven stood frozen at her spot and only moved when she realized that Ozul did not plan to go out.

In the dining room, Ozul did not have any hesitation in swallowing the Core.

Again, a burst of impure Mana was released from his body, and the rest nourished his body and Ball of Purity.

Raven came running in when she felt the burst of Mana. Ignoring the worried Raven, Ozul was checking his improvements.

The result tho was not so satisfying. Only his physical strength had a considerable boost; his body was as powerful as a Rank-4 Fighter. But the density of his Ball of Purity had stagnated.

It improved a bit, but after that, it seemed to be missing something. Ozul felt as if it wouldn't advance any further if he did not provide that missing thing!

'What can I be missin- Of course! What could it be but my arms and the leg!'- Ozul realized that the only thing he missed was, of course, his limbs!

They were his emptiness, but removing them—emptied him. It is a confusing concept, but he liked the comfortable feeling brought by them. But the void left behind by separating him from his 'emptiness' was agonizing!

One emptiness 'filled' him, while the other left a painful void.

But if he cannot improve, he will not be able to get his 'self' back!

'This is going to be a problem.'- Ozul did not know any other way to increase his strength!

Unlike Ozul, all the other Mages take years, if not decades, to reach his level. No one in the history of this world had advanced this much in a matter of only weeks!

Ozul would be the enemy of the whole world if people knew about his feat.