Luca's entire body froze the moment his space mana reacted on its own.
The sensation felt completely different from anything he had experienced before.
Usually, every fluctuation of mana inside his body remained under his control. Whether it was space, time, or ordinary mana circulation, he could always feel the process happening consciously.
This time—
Something else had responded.
The space surrounding him rippled faintly.
Tiny distortions appeared and vanished around his body like invisible fractures spreading through reality itself.
The chained figure's smile widened.
Not mockingly.
Not cruelly.
But with the satisfaction of someone witnessing exactly what they expected to happen.
Luca immediately forced his mana under control, suppressing the disturbance before it could spread further.
"What the hell are you doing?" he demanded sharply.
The creature merely tilted its head.
