After clearing the Frostfen Hollow Gate, they raided two more Third Circle Gates. Soren received about twenty-one thousand Refined Mana in total, along with 2.5 million credits after selling all the cores and other loot. Unfortunately, he didn't get any abilities, but considering the odds, it was understandable.
He then returned home and ate dinner with Ethea, Aunt Clara, and Emperor Hector. After that, he learned the new technique the Emperor promised to teach him. It was perfectly tailored to his style, a thrusting art designed to pierce through layered defenses by concentrating all his mana into a single point at the tip of the spear. The Emperor called it Glacial Fang and told him to use it as a finishing move.
Soren spent the rest of the night drilling the movements until his arms burned, committing every step and breath to memory.
Once he got back to the bedroom, he planned a schedule for the next week.
