Unbridled Power (Part 2)

'Dammit, we left too many impurities. Without the Immortal Body array and the potions we gave her, Phloria would have exploded during the first seconds of the process.' Lith inwardly cursed.

'No time for hindsight. Let's focus on softening the waves just enough to delay the process even if just for a few seconds.' Solus thought.

The problem was always the same. If the body, the impurities, and the core weren't balanced, the breakthrough would either happen so fast that the body wouldn't have the time to recover, or so violent that it would inflict damage beyond repair.

The former left behind a bloody puddle while the latter made the mage burst. The Immortal Body array combined with the magic circle allowed Lith and Solus to control both variables, but their lack of experience with Awakening different cores levels was showing.

They made mistakes and learned from them, but Phloria paid the price for it, suffering excruciating pain.