Elio emerged from the system book, his body still vibrating with the energy of the newly conquered level 6.
This time, aware of the dangers surrounding him, he decided not to summon Ember. The light of his faithful salamander would only serve to alert the immobile Locus around him of his presence.
With a fluid motion, he opened his book to the absorption page and let himself fall into the mountain of cores surrounding him.
The sensation was familiar but no less impressive: thousands of small energy spheres brushing against his body, each representing a victory of the barrier over the monsters besieging the city.
He descended as if the ground was swallowing him, his body sinking deeper and deeper into the sea of cores. Finally, after a short but intense time that he couldn't calculate precisely, his feet touched solid ground.
