A Handsome Reward

"Three epic cores."

“Huh?” For a brief moment, Cleo paused.

She wasn’t mistaken, what she heard clearly was Riel asking for three epic ranked cores as a reward.

"Is it too much?" Riel seemed disappointed to see her squinting face.

As a result, she quickly cleared up the misunderstanding.

"It is, in fact, very simple."

"The problem is that epic-ranked cores aren't very useful. They are, however, extremely uncommon. Will the fact that I only have two suffice? I'll also give out other rewards."

"That's a reasonable bargain."

I closed the deal with my only usable hand at the time.

I was getting excited on the inside, and if it hadn't been for my body, I would have danced on the floor.

Finally!

'My deathpact angel is ready to hatch!'

Cleo tilted her head, clearly bemused by Riel's excitement.

'What will he do with an epic rank core?'

Epic rank cores were completely useless.

Not because they were useless, but because no one had discovered a way to use or refine them. The most anyone could r