The holy energy experienced a sudden, massive surge, as if a new believer had provided it with fuel like never before.
A believer who had caused a massive spike in holy energy—whoever it was, they had to be someone noteworthy.
The mana, which had a barrier earlier to single cells of it, suddenly experienced a new profound onslaught of the holy energy, which had gained a massive strike in its volume.
Yet—
It couldn't pass through the barrier and devour the mana core.
Leon was on the brink of death.
And finally, it happened. With nothing to heal him from the shockwave to his brain, blasted to pieces, his body stopped twitching now, under the layer of crimson, his body stayed lifeless.
He was really dead.
A cold numbness crept from his fingertips to his chest. His heartbeat pounded once—then faded to silence. Darkness pressed in from all sides, swallowing the world.
