Lola responded with her usual playful grin, the expression somehow more radiant now that her power had reached its new peak. She stretched gracefully as she rose from her meditation position, her movements carrying an effortless fluidity.
"I feel incredible," she answered, her voice warm with satisfaction.
"Like I've been carrying weights I didn't even realise were there, and someone finally removed them all at once. My mana reserves have expanded exponentially, and the quality of energy I can channel now has improved. I had always thought that archmage rank was the end, but this...this is something else. I could fight two or three clones of my previous self."
She held up one hand and conjured a small sphere of fire that burned with such concentrated intensity it appeared almost white rather than the typical orange-red flames. The demonstration lasted only seconds before she dismissed it with a casual gesture.
