Zayn stepped into his room and shut the door behind him with a quiet click.
The air inside was still slightly warm from when Elisse had been there earlier, but now, the room felt empty.
He exhaled softly, running a hand through his blonde hair as he moved toward the bed.
Three glowing orbs rested on the mattress, pulsing faintly in the dim light.
The monster cores.
He sat down on the edge of the bed, his crimson eyes locked onto them.
These weren't just any cores — these were from the creatures that had nearly killed him tonight.
The large octopus-like monsters and, most importantly, the B-rank Boss that had driven him to the brink of death.
Zayn reached out, fingers hovering just above them.
For some reason, he could see the energy radiating from them, something he had never been able to do before.
The two lesser cores from the octopus monsters glowed with a dull, greenish hue.
