After that thought crosses my mind, I immediately get to my feet and run back to the drake's room. my hope is that I can open the doors back to the other trials, maybe I can resume the trials. if so, then I can feed on more shadow demons!
Unfortunately, the doors back to the rest of the trials won't budge, no matter what I do with them. although, I do manage to vent a little frustration by trying to beat them into submission. well, that option is gone, only two options now.
I'll spend the next few days trying to work on my core, if I can't figure it out by then, I'll focus on the sword. With that in mind, I decide to meditate and take a look at my core.
Since I got to rank two, that hasn't had any effect, so now I need to find a different way to do it. first, I try to change the manifestation of my will into different elements to see if anything affects the core.