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He bought the ingredients for bacon and egg ramen on the way home with some of his winnings from the arena.
But Sakura wasn’t home when he got back.
He waited around for a couple of hours, but she seemed to be working late.
He paced the apartment, his head filled with guilt.
He stopped in front of the windows of the city. He looked at the glittering lights along with the looming silhouette of the thick never-ending tower at the center of the city.
Two out of the three kids he followed died today.
They had been just like him: eager to grow in power and willing to do anything to accomplish it.
He thought back to how when he was following them, he had thought the tower-zone wasn’t that different from the outer-rim. That it was like any other city.
He was realizing now, however, that that wasn’t the case.
This city with its tower that granted humanity incredible powers. It didn’t enrich the lives of the people here.
No.
It made them more violent, meaner, and, most of all, crueler.
He opened his pouch and looked down at the three monster cores he’d earned that evening. Two copper cores and one silver core.
He didn’t feel like draining their mana today.
He would the following morning.
More than that, he needed to figure out a way to get stronger within the parameters that he was allowed to work within.
He was now determined to figure out how to do so.
44
Max woke up the next day to an empty apartment. Sakura had left early for work and had pointedly not said goodbye.
She was clearly still mad at him.
Max wasn’t sure how to fix the situation, but he figured if he kept training within the rules of the tower-zone, she would eventually get over it.
He rose from his bed and got ready for the day. When he was finished, he sat on the living room floor and drained the mana from the monster cores he’d won from yesterday.
He drained the copper monster cores with ease, though the silver monster core required a bit more energy than he expected to drain it of all of its mana.
He fell back on the floor both exhausted and euphoric. The new mana rushed through him and he felt the mana channels and vessels throughout his body tensing as they grew a little bit stronger.
After a few moments to catch his breath, Max eagerly checked his profile to see how much he had gained.
Name: Max Rainhart
Rank: Unranked
Trait (Unique): Mimic. Unleash the last move you were hit with at double the power.
Strength: 8
Agility: 7
Endurance: 7
Mana Affinity: 7
Passive Skills:
Kokoro (Warrior Spirit)