92 Latent Potential (1/2)

Its master never came, not even a whisper.

I have expected something of the sort.

In the power scale of thing, if I was its master, I wouldn't bother to come to save a lowly goblin shaman of the 2nd circle either. But that is because I am a human, and I have seen what these green imps have done to the humans, whom they have captured by raiding peaceful villages in the surrounding hills.

The massive pile of bones in one of the compost rooms tells me all I needed to know.

I didn't need to go and check the dreadful nursing and birthing chamber, where countless girls being stringed up from their amputated arms and legs. Their pregnant bodies are drenched in piss, shit and cum. Their soulless eyes stare at nothing.

And I thought solving a jigsaw puzzle is gruesome.

Hydra recon team had told me briefly all about the goblin raids before they return home to the prime reality. They want to help the peasants as any moral person would, but the right thing is not necessarily the correct thing.

Their doctrine tells them to prioritize the mission above everything else, that is to stay put and observe the natives and assess the danger. And as trained men, they take their mission seriously regardless of what their personal desire may be.

Nevertheless, there will be a time when they will get the chance to eradicate these creatures.

Although the goblin is sentient, it isn't like this will be the first time I commit genocide on a species. I will totally do it if it is for the greater good.

Note that I say sentient species, not intelligent species. Just because you can think doesn't mean you are intelligent.

These Yoda-like midgets are pretty dumb when compare to other lesser races on Azula. Their language sounds as unintelligent as it is.

A lot of grammar is missing, but my mind fills in the blanks automatically. Otherwise, it will just be like this: ”me… female… want…”

”female… young… human?”

Bruce growls and looks around the bloody room before roaring at the other Legion avatars, who are completely silent, waiting for me to give them commands.

That is pretty much it.

If the goblin is intelligent, I would have a nice discussion and exchange contact information instead of resorting to something like this.

The goblin shaman gurgles as I check through its organs once I finish flaying it alive. Its yellowish eyes rolling about, disorientating. It is still alive and conscious under the dissection because I desire it to be so.

This is for making a threat against me. Oh, it knows how powerful I am, but it is arrogance and prideful due to the backing of its master.

It must be one of the ugliest young master I have ever seen!

I eventually found a black sphere hidden somewhere in its body. Within the sphere, magical energy is spiralling like a beautiful miniature galaxy.

This is its magical core, which I dubbed as a monster core since the ones inside human are different if they have one. Some humans have magical pathways like the elves instead. Another reason is because all goblin, regardless if they can use magic or not, has a magical core.

The moment I pull the monster core out, the goblin growls one last time before its body convulses and expires despite the nanomachines trying to keep it alive.

This isn't the first time I have done such a thing, and I believe that when its monster core is harvested, it will die regardless. And from experience, its monster core can only be harvested when it is still alive.

When a goblin is killed, its monster core immediately shatters and releases the purest magical energy Selene has analysed. This energy is absorbed into my magical core, strengthening it.

Thus, this is what Alex has dubbed experience points since the energy absorbed can be measured, and there is a limit to how much experience can be absorbed by a person's magical core before it requires to be evolved to a higher level.

Seems very game-like.

Kill mobs to level up!

However, draining that pure magical energy directly from the monster core is much more effective. It gives me a lot more experience point, but not that much if the creature is incapable of magic.

Hence, I didn't bother with the lowly goblins anymore.

I will just let Legion deals with the annoying mob.

And since a soulless avatar cannot absorb any of that pure magical blue meth, it all goes into me. The exception to this case is Bruce over here. This guy sucks in all that Blue Sky like it is trying break bad.

It does feel like taking meth and smoking weed at the same time, giving me a rushing sensation as well as floating feeling when the energy stimulates my magical core. Then that stupid burning curse comes, torturing me relentlessly.

I will enjoy my time torturing that Dragon God for trying to turn me into a M.

Goblin asides, the shamans are all disabled and incapacitated instead of outright killed, so I can harvest their monster core afterwards.

I am sure these monster cores can be used for something else. But for now, I use these monster cores to create powerful minion like Bruce. With a monster core powering them, they are capable of using magic properly. How powerful their magic is, depends on how powerful the monster core is.

Even at the first stage, a 2nd rank monster core is probably worth quite a bit, so I will keep it for now. As for the rest, their power within are absorbed into my magical core, making me super high.

This does feel like taking drugs!