One's Drive

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/Shaa…/

The dust settled, revealing an enormous crater dozens of meters wide and deep.

Sand had been blown away, the sky darkened more than it already had, and cinders began to rain as molten sand and cooled glass shards drifted in the wind.

"Phew… I went a little too far this time." Dale said as he stretched his left arm

{... You call this little? You ignited all of the Mana in a half-kilometer radius! How did you even take hold of that much energy?!}

"Mana can be infused with 'will', can't it? Mental power. It's what allows us to manipulate this surreal, mystical power…"

{But you can't do that while dealing with the equivalent of lakes worth of it… You were complaining about this very problem moments before}

"Well, there are thresholds for everything, but I only used something I read in a book. Nothing too fancy as you're imagining… Anyhow…"

/Step…/