NBFF 160

For an Awakened to use magical power, the existence of a core, a space within the body for storing magical power, was essential.

An ordinary Hunter possessed only a single core.

But in the past, Oh Hyunseong had possessed five cores.

It was a deformed structure that had only been possible because he handled magical power originating from the power of the soul rather than ordinary magical power.

Even the shape of his cores was unique, taking the form of rings rather than the usual circular shape.

Even for someone like him, he had believed that five cores was the limit until the very moment he retired as a Hunter.

Yet after coming down to Changyeong-ri, he had even managed to construct a new core.

That meant he now possessed a total of six cores.

However, that didn’t mean all six cores had been active.

After the battle to subjugate…