151 Rush for a Cure

- "Are you kidding me?" Lith's mind refused to accept Solus' words.

"No, I'm not." She replied. "Do you remember what happens every time you overcome a bottleneck?"

"Of course that I do. The world energy flows into me, because after the transition my mana core is empty…" When Lith managed to put two and two together, his mind went blank, and so did his face. –

"Are you all right?" Kilian couldn't see through the mask, but Lith's sudden silence, freezing in place for several seconds, could only mean bad news.

"Peachy." He replied with a hoarse voice.

- "Exactly!" Solus continued mercilessly. "Nature abhors the void, so once we cure them, if their mana cores have degraded too much, when the world energy fills them, the patients may be able to perceive the mana flow, discover their cores and become true mages.