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Once the communication ended, Noah wiped away the blood from his hands. His expression lost all the emotions he had been showing and he seriously started to ponder his next course of action.

The hunt for the remaining stragglers had been far easier than he would have imagined as they were simply too weak and not united in any way for them to pose any danger to him.

When he received the call from Omid, he couldn’t stop himself from acting. This was partially because of his desire to brag but this also had the goal of creating unease in his enemy.

—Do You think this will be useful?

“Depend. I doubt it will be particularly useful but it will certainly slow him down and cause him to make some mistakes.”

In a fight between equally skilled pilots, the difference in mentality could be the difference between life and death. Noah did not think he was worse than anyone when it came to piloting skills but the tech of his mecha was certainly old.

“We will have to fight together.”

—We have been doing this for some time now..

“Hahah. You are right.”

He chuckled while still observing the interior of the mecha. There were many things he wanted to test and thanks to the translation The Queen shared, he was able to glean far more information than he would have been otherwise able to.

The only sad thing was that, because of the difference in height and mass, Noah was unable to use the scavenged weapons he got from the battlefield.

This was very disheartening as with a few better weapons, he could have drastically increased his chances of success. Thankfully, he wasn’t short of ideas and some of them would give him.

“As for taking those mecha. Seems like it’s impossible without the access code. It’s possible to do more basic things; Such as messaging and threatening the boss.” He shook his head. Noah had never been one to fixate one solution. If the Mecha had been usable, he would have switched immediately.

He chuckled and walked out of the Meca while holding the core of the mecha in hand. All in all, he had managed to collect nearly all 20 cores of the mecha that appeared in this place. Outside of the two he already absorbed, he had 18 in his hands.

He didn’t know how strong it would make him but it would certainly make him very sleepy when he entered such a situation, the Queen had higher chances of taking over and controlling his body or he would enter a berserk mode of sorts.

Currently, Noah has three options.

He could keep the core to eat them now or later. This was the most straightforward increase in power.

Secondly, he could keep them to sell them later once he acquired the means necessary to do so this was a great solution overall. Noah knew he would have money once he sold the planets but with the ruins in this place. He doubted they would give him the rights he asked for.

High chances they would simply dispose of him. Noah would never underestimate how corrupt a government could be. Much less one that spanned an entire galaxy. With such things in mind, having the equivalent of 20 new Mecha was certainly very appreciated. He didn’t know how much it was worth. But it certainly wouldn’t be cheap.

As for the third option, Noah took out the one core he was holding.

Ouroboros.

This core, which shares the same name as his mecha, was deemed as a growth type and was supposedly able to absorb the energy from other cores.

But how did it happen? How many cores were necessary? How much energy did it have to absorb?

—-You wouldn’t have to think so much if you just gave them to me.

Noah ignored the words of the Queen. He felt like he was some father who had to feed two very needy children.

Thankfully, the core in his hand was not sentient or anything like that.

“Very well. I guess it’s time to test.”

He jumped away and started running deeper into the forest. He knew that Omid might come after him at any time but Noah was truly not worried. In the worst-case scenario, he could simply flee by entering the dimension.

Even if he came out and hundreds of years or whatever came out, he did not need to care about this. It wasn’t like there was anyone left still waiting for him now.

Clenching his fist, he gazed down at the core once he reached a suitable place.

“Now what do I do?”

He twirled the core a little in consideration, curious about what he should do. It was when a new screen appeared in front of his eyes.

But this one was different from the previous blue screen even if the color was very similar.

“Huh…”

[Registering Biodata. Please provide the date necessary]

Noah tilted his head for a second. This was nothing new per se. After all, even his Mecha needed to register his biodata as a password of such.

“Should I lick it?”

Noah considered acting mischievous. He wondered if saliva or even something like piss would register. After all, they represented Bio Data as well.

In the end though and for his own sake, he decided against doing this. It would feel like insulting himself in a way if he did so.

“Then…The good old blood?”

A small black scalpel formed between his fingers and he cut his skin after pushing away the black substance serving as armor before cutting himself. Compared to the kind of pain he generally went through, this was absolutely nothing and the wound closed fast.

Once the blood splashed on the core, something seemed to change as the Blood itself was devoured extremely fast.

Unlike when he filled it with his Dark Matter, there was no flash of information. But something different happened.

Something that he could not explain. It was then —-

[Synchronization Starting]

[Synchronization rate: 10%]

[Status:

Designation: Perpetual Core Ouroboros

Type: Unique/Growth

Growth: Egg.

Level: 0/10]

[Would you like to feed it?]

[Y/N?]

Noah, more curious than anything, clicked on the yes and the result was immediate. A flash of light nearly blinded him as the core in Noah’s hand started melting and being sucked in.

It only lasted for a few seconds but when Noah took another look, he realized that while the previous cores were all destroyed and crushed, as if they had been hollowed out, the Perpetual Core showed no particular changes

Only…

[Level: 5/10]

Was that it?

He didn’t know what he had expected but this…This was pretty underwhelming all things considered.

—I told you you should have just given them to me.

“Shut up.”

Noah gritted his teeth, he felt a gambler who went all in and now lost his house while his wife was berating him on the side for being a stupid bastard.

He sighed and shook the disappointment away, focusing on the good side. The core could grow and this growth was done in stage. This was good. Even if it wasn’t useful now, it would certainly be useful in the future.

He simply had to live long enough to ensure that future.

“Once go up I will blow up the ships and take the core as well.”

Surely this would be enough to bring it to level 10 at least, right?

‘I wonder if I am playing some pet-raising game nowadays.’

He had a feeling that…This core was an even bigger glutton than the Queen.

Being a father to needy children sure was hard and he couldn’t even go buy milk in this situation.

What a bitter world this was. He thought quietly while putting back the core and stretching. He could feel the dark matter in his body circulate faster as he focused.

—Noah!

“I know.”

Whoosh!

Space rippled as a large mechanical arm appeared out of nowhere and blocked an incoming attack. The wind was blown away but Noah showed no surprise.

He looked up and behold, he could see a large Frame coming at him from afar. The speed was already at a different level from the others one he fought and Noah could feel it in his bones.

This fight was going to be as hard as the one he had against the queen.

He would have to bet everything this time once again to clinch victory.

Golden Light shone in his eyes.

This was going to be fun.