The overwhelming joy flooding through her in that moment couldn't properly be described.
Then, suddenly, pain violently shot through her mind hard enough that her body nearly collapsed.
A strangled hiss escaped her instinctively as several of the glowing slits immediately shut themselves across her body.
Because directly in front of her, Noah's mana was unbearable to look at. It completely drowned out everything else within her vision.
Even after instinctively shutting down most of her new senses, the lingering afterimage of Noah's mana still remained burned into her mind.
But Ophis wasn't afraid. She had accepted that Noah was simply beyond her. Beyond nearly every existence she had encountered since arriving here.
Several of the glowing violet slits slowly reopened across her body once more, though this time she instinctively avoided directing them toward Noah entirely.
Instead, her attention shifted toward the space around her. Towards the mana that was everywhere.
