(OKAY! THIS WAS WAY BEYOND CLOSE!) – thought Thauma who had a panic attack.
(I've had used up all of my mana! I thought it had failed! I've even lost conscious for moment!)
(I've barely had reactivated the core!)
(…)
(And….I failed.)
(I mean, the connection was established… But only one!)
(And extremely brittle one!)
(Even by using all of my mana I had on hand, I was barely able to connect it!)
(If that strike were to go any deeper, it would instantly detach the core I just attached!)
(If I didn't regained conscious just in time, he would had just finished me off.)
(Still…. The core connection isn't good!)
(I can't move properly yet and the output is nowhere near acceptable!)
(…)
(Well, at least I no longer have a time limit…. But this body has lost its combat ability.)
(I need the new core.) – thought Thauma as it started walking towards the core room.
"!"
"STOP HIM!" – shouted Markus as he tried standing up, only to fall once again.
(Shit!)
