I pulled the shotgun off my shoulder and channeled my mana straight into it, charging the shotgun to a clean 100 grams of Virtual Mass.
The process cost 200 MP, and with my MP capacity sitting at 65, my infinite regeneration covered the bill in under two seconds before locking in the upkeep, dedicating exactly ten MP per second to maintain the stable charge.
Next came the background layers. I allocated 2 MP/s to a 2-second precognition window, 1 MP/s to keep my ten-meter domain active, and another 2 MP/s for a focused cognitive boost through Ice Reinforcement.
That left me with exactly 50 MP.
Just enough to run Eyes of Relevance.
With my brain overclocked and my spatial awareness dialed to the max, I was fully prepared to pull the trigger the millisecond anything tried to jump me.
And with that, I pushed deeper into the West, leaving the safe migration paths far behind.
