With only two shadow goblin cores remaining in his inventory, Tatehan realized he needed to move with extreme efficiency and speed if he was going to reach the spaceship before completely exhausting his power supply.
He pulled up his inventory display to confirm:
[Shadow Goblin Cores: 2]
He sighed, frustration mixing with determination. He needed to be very fast now, pushing the dust rider to its absolute limits for the remaining journey.
Initially, encountering more shadow goblins along the way hadn't been his primary concern, he'd actually expected to run into some, maybe even hoped for it as an opportunity to replenish his core supply. But right now, that hopeful expectation sounded more like a desperate alternative than a reliable plan.
He had two cores. Each core powered the dust rider for approximately one hour of operation. That gave him two hours of travel time maximum before he'd be stranded on foot in the deep wastelands.
