Chapter 9: SHIT!!!
"Huff... Huff... Huff..."
Christopher sat on the ground, breathing heavily. Blood stained not only his face, but body, and hands. He glanced to his right, watching the two Beasts devour the bats they had killed.
After a deep breath, he stood and walked to the twentieth bat, tearing open its belly and extracting a glowing blue core. He returned to his spot and sat down, the core in his hand.
"Hahhh..." he sighed deeply, looking at the thirty cores laid out before him.
'Low-level Tamers would kill for these.' He thought. 'Cores can be sold on the black market or to Tamer Enterprises for money. They can also be absorbed to increase one's life force, which enhances fighting abilities and strengthens the body. That's why cores are so valuable to Tamers. To some, they're even more important than money. You can sell cores, but you can't buy them. That's the unbreakable rule. As for me...'
He began absorbing the cores, stopping after the fifth one.
'Damn it! I can't absorb more than five cores!' He thought, frustrated.
'This body's physique is too weak. Even if he becomes a Tamer, he won't get far like this... But I'm different, as the supreme tamer, I know all the ways to increase my physique, and strengthen my life force... But, all these takes time.'
Christopher sighed. This realization only strengthened his resolve to obtain the Mythical Beast's tears.
'All this fighting must have alerted the guardian... That Mythical-stage beast would be waiting for us.' He thought, annoyed.
He gathered the remaining twenty-five cores, dug a small hole in the ground, and buried them.