Nova forced himself to rise and went towards the spider's corpse. Using his dagger, he began to split its head.
When Nova completely separated its head, he finally saw the appearance of a shiny core.
Suppressing the excitement of wanting to cry out loud, he took the bloody core out and held it near his heart.
'If the compatibility is high enough, maybe I can use it as a main ingredient for my first potion.'
Even the thought of gaining a special ability and becoming a full-fledged stage 1 explorer made Nova laugh out loud.
He even forgot that he was tired and injured from the fight, only excitement was all over his face.
'It's even a head core! Perfect! My luck is really good.'
The cores from monsters are used to make potions, which grant people special abilities.
Other than the core, some auxiliary materials are also needed to make them. Based on the type of core, different types of auxiliary materials are needed.
The special abilities also depend on the type of core.
The core formed in legs will give any type of movement ability, and the core formed in hands will give any type of melee combat ability.
Since stage 1 explorers can only absorb one potion, they would seriously consider the type of core.
The most desired ones were the head (brain) and heart core of the monsters. As the two most important parts of the body, the abilities derived from it were complete and extraordinary.
As Nova was taking some of the spider's blood in a tube to check his compatibility, he felt something touch his shoulder.
Nova's eyes widened in surprise, he immediately dropped the core and turned around while switching his knife in one smooth motion.
Before he could turn around, his hand was grabbed, Nova didn't know what happened and before he could realize, he was facing the familiar blue sky.
"How can you greet someone with a knife?" a voice asked. "Or did you forget your elder's teaching?"
Nova was completely enraged when he heard that voice.
No matter who was in Nova's situation, he would do the same.
Nova even wanted to ask the man 'Did you ever learn common sense?'
Coming behind a person like a ghost and touching without permission. Anyone would assume it was a silent monster or an assassin.
But when Nova saw the man's attire and face, he chewed back his words.
The man was wearing brown leather armor with a sword hanging on his waist. His pale face with neat and tidy apperance, made look like a princess knight, not like an explorer who came to earn money by killing monsters.
The main reason Nova fell silent was that he saw a black dragon badge on his chest.
In the Arkon Kingdom, the black dragon symbol represents the Watson Family — one of the four major noble families.
No one would dare to impersonate them and even if the one in front of him was not an actual noble, Nova did not want any conflict with him.
He was already exhausted from the battle and the opponent seemed too strong.
"Why are you silent? Did you not hear my question?"
The question made Nova look at him in disbelief.
'Do you even think about the situation?'
Instead of conveying his thoughts, Nova replied against his wish, "I'm sorry, I thought it was a monster sneaking up."
"Ahh! I should have realized this before." The man exclaimed.
Hearing his innocent voice, Nova had an urge to punch him in the face.
"No need for that sir, but can you tell me about your purpose?"
"It seems that you guessed my identity" The man looked Nova up and down, then nodded in satisfaction. "I'm Eric Watson, from the Watson Family and I'm here to invite you to the battle with the King of Winter."