'Time for round 2,' or so he thought would happen immediately after absorbing the souls.
But as his ability to think properly came back to him, and with his newly acquired ability to sense souls, he knew it wouldn't be enough. Not if he wanted to do what he had previously planned.
Hobgoblins were everywhere, and their numbers reached well above a thousand. He couldn't tell exactly how many, since his range of detection couldn't go that far.
However, he could sense that as soon as there was some free space, hobs would step inside his range, which could only mean that there were much more of them than he had originally expected.
With nothing else that came to mind, he turned back his attention to his soul, in search of an answer it could perhaps provide.
Power originating from all the accumulated energies surged inside Aito's body. His soul vibrated with excitement, like every fiber of his being.
