From the information he had collected, he came to understand that the pseudo-cores were nothing but an image, more of an illusion than an actual functioning core. He was uncertain why the necromancer would do that, but at least he understood the creatures this much more.
After he was done confirming this conclusion with the remaining undead, he began turning their remains into pulp, to make them easier to hide away.
However as he was doing that, he heard something move behind him.
He swung around, still on high alert from the battle he had been in just a few moments ago.
It was the owl-humanoid he had driven into the ground earlier. Its body was beginning to contort, creating make-shift limbs as they rearranged themselves.
~So they come back even after you've eliminated them?~ Lucius thought to himself.