'What?' I only managed to spare a single thought before I lost control over my body.
The moment I lowered the output of my energy to return my perception of time flow to its usual state... Everything fell apart.
"GAH!" a pained moan escaped my lips when I crashed, face first, into the side of a nearby hill.
'It's a miracle I didn't break myself on any of the trees on my way here,' I thought bitterly, slowly gathering myself up.
It was massive luck on my end that this strange lightning appeared behind my back. If it were to strike right where I stood...
A shiver shook my body as I turned my face back to where the attack came from.
'Who?' a single question filled my mind as I scanned the area in search of an opponent.
Yet, I was unable to sense a single unnatural ripple in the lake of mana in this area.