Red looked at the piles, realizing that he might have enough to reach level 16. He definitely had enough if each stat required sixteen to nineteen cores. He still had a big pile of Might and Magic Cores.
He realized how smart it was to exchange all the bodies for loot before absorbing them. If there was a kobold that was lower than level 13, then he would not get the cores for them. He realized that exchanging them all for loot first worked in his favor.
For the following absorption, it took eighteen cores for Strength, Vitality, and Endurance to reach the threshold. This time it took him sixteen cores for Dexterity to reach the threshold, two fewer cores than the previous level.
In the end, everything was about luck. If luck was on his side, it would take him sixteen cores. If luck was not on his side, then it would take nineteen. He didn't think much about it since the gap was minimal.
