The Burden Entrusted
Several minutes slipped by in uneasy silence.
Then—
A sharp, searing pain tore through Victor's body.
The faint smile lingering on his face froze.
The violent mana he had forcefully absorbed from the young dragon's heart had finally begun to revolt.
It surged through his meridians like countless raging rivers colliding head-on, each wave crashing against the next with enough force to tear everything apart.
His Demon Lord's Horn had kept the unstable power under control during the battle.
But only temporarily.
Now...
It had reached its limit.
Victor silently clenched his jaw.
It's beginning...
The overwhelming strength that had carried him through the fight slowly slipped away, little by little.
What made the situation even worse was what followed.
As the foreign mana receded, it didn't simply disappear. Instead, it crashed violently into his own mana reserves, refusing to leave peacefully.
If this continued...
