Watching the beast's cores manifest, Hadrian heard distant thunder rumblings, which surprised him as it was not the season for it.
When they fully formed, Hadrian hesitated to accommodate them.
Having the rank two elemental path cores had affected his number of mage vessels, which he attributed to his tier, so he wondered what having another pair of rank two cores would mean.
My enemies are strong.
With a lick of his lips, he called at the essence.
I need to be as strong as I can be.
Since he had the rank one force path core, naturally, he could accommodate the rank two cores.
His muscles strained and veins bulged on his body as he felt like a mountain had been dropped on him.
Gritting his teeth, he accidentally bit his lower lip, breaking its skin.
Expected, and like always, he persevered through the effects of grasping the force path essence.
After a few minutes, the physical manifestation of the cores had vanished.
