Life continued its relentless march.
The daily challenges against the lvl 10 locus and core collection became a well-established routine.
Each day, billions of cores reached Elio's hands, which he distributed following a clear hierarchy: first to those who had risked their lives in battle against the artromus, then gradually expanding to new soldiers reaching higher levels.
However, Elio noticed a worrying pattern.
The visible sea of cores outside the city was beginning to show signs of depletion. Soon they would have to rely more heavily on cores generated daily in the two conquered deposits.
The wind and earth emblems found their place in the city's reward system, providing new forms of power for those who proved their worth. Although cleaning the second deposit proved to be a monumental task... The acid cauldron had left a mark that required considerable efforts to neutralize.