Chapter 25 – Epic Battle with the Beast
Leon exhaled slowly, gaze fixed on his trembling hand.
It wasn't trembling from fear. Not anymore.
It shook because something inside him was buzzing—raw, electric, alive.
Mana.
But not like before. Not the flickering candlelight of survival. Not the shallow pool he'd learned to conserve drop by drop.
This… This was a sea. A storm. No—a world.
The moment the cocoon had merged with the core inside him, something fundamental had changed. He could feel the threads now—of ice, wind, flame, stone, lightning, shadow, and more—woven through his very blood. He didn't just hold mana.
He was linked to it.
As if the elements themselves whispered beneath his skin, waiting for his call.
I am not going to run out of mana anymore.
His fingers curled into fists. The air around them crackled faintly.
A grin broke across his face—wide, sharp, a little dangerous.
His shoulders relaxed, but his spine stood straighter than ever.
