3 months later.
Floating above Cylius' hand, the 10 beads were radiating powerful auras. They were surrounded by a black fog, which made the originally invisible 8 beds visible.
Just by being there, they were affecting reality and influencing their surroundings. Cylius was sure that if they weren't restrained, their auras would clash with each other and create powerful disasters.
These were the eight rune cores. He had obtained this from four different planetary systems, all of them led by powerful stars with several solar masses.
It turned out that stars really didn't like their planets getting destroyed. When he had destroyed three, the star from before appeared and almost killed him. If not for him being a student of the academy, they would've killed him for sure.
