Chapter 10: A New Physique (Part 1)
Evan was laying face first on the ground of the floor room. The hall room was completely dark and there was no light inside it, but it didn't matter to Evan whether the room was dark or bright because after taking that attack head on and crashing against the wall he was barely conscious.
Blood was flowing out from his wounds and a small puddle of blood formed beneath him.
Suddenly his blood started to move on its own like it was being attracted by something.
But because of darkness and his losing consciousness, Evan wasn't able to see it.
The blood moved deeper into the hall room where a small platform was located. At the centre of the platform, a white magic circle in the shape of an octagram was engraved, and a strange black statue was located at the back of the platform.
The statue was five meters tall, and its shape was similar to a human but a one meter long horn was coming out from its head. From the features of the statue it was hard to determine whether it was a statue of a male or female.
Evan's blood moved towards the centre of the platform and came into the contact with the octagram shaped magic circle.
Just as his blood touched the magic circle, the eight points of the octagram lit up and started to absorb Evan's blood.
When the magic circle started to absorb blood, its colour also started to change and In just one minute it turned into deep red from its original white colour.
When the colour of the magic circle turned deep red the eyes of the statue which was located at the back of the platform also lit up in light red colour.
Just as the eyes of the statue lit up, Evan who was about to pass out because of his injuries heard a voice
"What do you want to sacrifice?"
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Present Time...
"Arghh" a pain filled scream came out from Evan's mouth when he was engulfed by the black smoke once again. He never felt a pain like this before. He was feeling like someone was tearing him from the inside.
Suddenly the black smoke which was covering him started to seep inside him through his eyes, nose, mouth, ears and skin.
The pain of sacrificing his physique was so intense that the pain he felt after getting injured by the bat felt like child's play to him. Black tears started to come out from eyes his staining his face, he wanted to scream because of pain but wasn't able to because of smoke which was filling his mouth.
After thirty seconds Evan was on the verge of passing out because of the pain, just as he was about to pass out, the smoke started to come out from his body.
In less than five seconds all the smoke came out from his body and moved away from him.
"I have successfully extracted your shadow physique" Evan heard the same cold voice again. He was laying on the ground breathing heavily and his vision was blurry.
Evan wanted to curse this bastard, but wasn't even able to move his finger much less curse out loud.
"Here are the cores that I promised to give you after taking your physique" he once again heard the same voice and felt something dropping beside him.
Hearing the words cores Evan's eyes lit up, and he forgot about the pain he was feeling.
He wanted to check if he can absorb other cores now that he doesn't have his shadow physique.
He gathered all his strength and sat down with difficulty. After sitting down when he looked around, he saw black smoke which engulfed him earlier floating some distance away from him.
For some reason, he was able to see everything in the hall room even though there was no light.
But Evan didn't care about the black smoke, and was about to check whether he can absorb the other cores when he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his heart.
"Arghh" the pain was even more intense than the pain he felt while sacrificing his physique.
He resisted the pain for some time, but in the end, he passed out because of the pain.
Just as Evan passed out a black aura erupted from his body covering the entire hall room including the platform and the statue.
A terrifying pressure engulfed the entire hall room and the walls of the dungeon started to shake.
When the black aura touched the platform and the statue, both of them immediately turned into dust.
The black smoke which was hovering not so far away from Evan was also destroyed by the black aura.
THUMP!! THUMP!! THUMP!!
Evan's heart started to beat faster and faster in the silent room.
An illusionary black round ball size of rice grain started to form inside Evan's heart. The small ball was pitch black and was looking like it will engulf everything that will come near it.
Time continue to pass by and the illusionary black ball slowly started to turn solid. After around thirty minutes the illusionary black ball turned completely solid and was looking like a pitch black marble.
Just as the black ball turned solid, the black aura which was coming out from his body started to retreat and was swallowed by the strange black ball.
Even after the black ball was completely formed inside his heart Evan didn't wake up and continue to sleep.
Many changes appeared on his status window after he sacrificed his shadow physique, and the strange black ball formed into his heart.
And he will see those changes after waking up.
Chapter 11: A New Physique (Part 2)
Evan slowly opened his eyes, lying face-first on the cold floor of the hallway. He tried to sit up but felt completely exhausted, as if he had just run a marathon. With great effort, Evan managed to sit up and was initially confused about his overwhelming fatigue.
Gradually, memories of what had happened before he passed out flooded his mind. Evan scanned the hall for the black smoke but found nothing except a mound of dust in the distance. The statue and platform had turned to dust due to the black aura that had erupted from Evan's body.
Suddenly, Evan noticed something amiss. His vision seemed sharper than before, allowing him to see things more clearly. Confused, he remembered the cores the person who took his physique had given him. He glanced to his right, where he recalled the black smoke had dropped something.
There, near him, lay a ring. When Evan saw it, his heart skipped a beat. With trembling hands, he picked up the ring and examined it closely. After confirming its identity, he closed his eyes briefly and took a deep breath.
"Hahaha!" suddenly Evan burst into laughter. "This is a storage ring! I can't believe that devil gave me a storage ring. I can easily sell it for a hundred thousand credits!"
Storage rings are not rare in the Arora world, but only the wealthy could afford them. Evan, who barely had any money to buy one core, could never have imagined owning such a ring. Yet here he had obtained it for free.
Evan quickly placed a drop of blood on the ring to establish a link with himself. He then eagerly checked the number of cores the devil had given him.
When he checked the ring, Evan's jaw almost dropped to the ground seeing fifty D rank core inside the storage ring.
Evan almost died in his attempt to obtain three cores from the dungeon, but now he had a storage ring and fifty cores, all just for sacrificing his useless physique.
"Was that devil a moron? He healed me and then gave me a stronger ring and so many cores just for that useless physique," Evan muttered, wearing an expression of disbelief.
"Did he really take away my physique?" Evan doubted, opening his status window.
Name: Evan
Rank: F
Monarch Core Rank: F
Strength: F
Agility: F
Mana: F
Stamina: F+
Intelligence: F
Luck: E+
Charm: D
Skill: Shadow Walk
Physique: Shadow Monarch Physique
Title: ???
Job: None
"What is this monarch core rank?" Evan questioned, noticing a new term in his status window. He continued reading until his gaze fell upon his physique.
"This...?" Evan exclaimed, shocked by the new name displayed in his physique details.
As he observed the Shadow Monarch Physique, additional information appeared in his status window.
--) Shadow Monarch Physique: One of the forbidden physiques that exist in the world. It allows you to form a monarch core inside your heart. The monarch core can absorb 100% of a core's power. While absorbing the core, there is a 3% chance you will receive a skill of the monster from which the core was extracted.
Boom!
After reading the details of his new physique, Evan felt like an explosion happened inside his mind. It was common knowledge that a person could only absorb a maximum of 50% of a core's power, but here he is reading he can absorb 100% power of the core with the help of his new physique, and there is even a 3% chance he will get a skill after absorbing the core.
"It's just..." Evan struggled to find words. Previously, his old physique had hindered his progress, preventing him from enhancing his power. Now, with his new physique, he could improve his abilities at an unprecedented speed.
But Evan quickly calmed himself down, realizing there are many things he didn't understand. Firstly, how did he acquire this new physique? Secondly, what exactly is a forbidden physique? Thirdly, what was this monarch core residing within his heart? Countless questions swirled in his mind, causing a throbbing headache as he contemplated the implications.
"Wait, why can I see the details of this physique now?" Evan suddenly spoke while looking at the details of his new physique. In the past, when he possessed the Shadow Physique, he could only see question marks.
Whenever he tries to look for its details, all his status window showed were question mark.
However, now, to his surprise, he can see full information regarding his new physique. Evan can't understand what had changed after losing his old physique.
"The Monarch Core... I remember feeling like my heart would burst before I passed out. Was it because of this core?" Evan wondered aloud, attempting to sense anything unusual within his heart.
Closing his eyes, he focused his mana on his heart, and a vivid image of his heart appeared in his mind. Within it, he could see a minute, pitch-black sphere, no larger than a grain of rice, slowly rotating.
"So, this is the Monarch Core that allows me to absorb 100% of a core's power," Evan murmured skeptically, finding it hard to believe that such a tiny core could possess such extraordinary capabilities.
Evan gazed at the storage ring he had acquired from the devil and retrieved a red core—a fire core—likely extracted from a fire-type monster. All the cores within the storage ring were of D rank. Taking a deep breath, Evan held the core in his hand, to test whether he can now absorb non-shadow-type cores.
As he infused his mana into the core, wisps of orange fire-like energy materialized and swirled around it, gradually approaching Evan's body.
Evan Nervously observed the wisps, realizing that if his body absorbed them, it would signify that he can now absorb cores just like any other hunter. However, if he failed to absorb them, it would mean that nothing had truly changed for him.
The wisps drew closer to him and were eventually absorbed by his body. Evan's eyes sparkled with excitement as he saw his body successfully absorbed the energy of the core.
Within a minute, the core vanished, and Evan felt a slight surge in his power.
"I was just able to absorb 30% of the core's power," Evan said while rasing an eyebrow.
"Is this physique also a scam?" he can't help but think when he was not able to absorb 100% enrgey of the core.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
14 Power
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