The portal snapped shut behind him and he was back in the farmhouse hallway.
He checked his mana. 296 left in the Dungeon Heart Fragment's reserve. His personal pool was empty from the portal but it would regenerate naturally over the next few hours. The Fragment though, that battery was his lifeline for inter-dimensional travel and he'd just spent over 700 points on a twelve-minute trip to make out with his business partner.
Worth it though.
But the Fragment's remaining 296 mana meant he needed to be careful. Crossing to Evon required a hundred mana per second. Three seconds of portal would cost 300. He had 296 which was four mana short of a three-second crossing.
I need to recharge this thing in Evon. The Dungeon Heart Fragment absorbs ambient mana from the Evon atmosphere.. If I go over tomorrow morning and spend a few hours near the Totem or in the forest the battery should fill back up.
But that brought up the real issue.
The Totem.
