It had to be said. He was the one hurting himself the most. First of all, he was too stubborn to do it by himself because he was, without a doubt, stronger than his peers, though that was not the only reason. Cheon Areum liked to challenge himself, to push past the limits. He was eager to test just how far he could go. Having a healthy body and abilities rivaling the world's strongest hunters, he wanted to play around with them as much as he could.
Getting another core was fun and all, but due to absorbing multiple S-Class gates from all over the country so suddenly, his body totally gave out from the overload of negative energy. He could hear his bones constantly cracking when he stored energy, but he was overflowing with energy, so he had unfussily just strengthened his body with the energy, and when he came back to his senses, his body was in unbearable pain.
