Evan had made rapid progress on nearly every front, except one, his abilities.
He'd raised them to E-rank, then set them aside for the time being, since gaining more ESS had been the priority. On top of that, with the life energy trick, his mana cores got drained in the process, making it impossible to sacrifice them for rank advancement.
That said, this hadn't stopped him from setting some aside, especially since the life energy trick only worked when he himself killed the creature, not when his clones did, which meant mana cores kept coming in regardless.
He had not paid much attention to them until now.
After Branleaf, the journey to the capital, and then the incident that brought him here, too many things had happened one after another.
But now things were different.
