Ethan had returned to his base after several hours of traveling through hostile territory. The journey back had taken considerable time, but the expedition's rewards justified every moment spent in enemy domain.
His dimensional storage rings now contained a treasure trove of advancement materials that represented weeks of normal hunting compressed into a single excursion. Three golden cores pulsed with Mid-Gold energy, their crystalline structures containing power that will boost his attributes. Around a hundred silver cores gleamed with accumulated potential, while nearly a thousand bronze cores created a foundation for systematic territorial development.
Most came from storage rings of eliminated threats. Others were from direct hunting.
