325 Mana Disorder (1/2)

Herman didn't have to do anything else to deal with this.

He only increased the power of the Devouring Hand to allow the surging mana to flow in.

Seconds slowly passed.

A large amount of mana was pouring in Herman's body. Whether it was Suyass, or Barlow, they could both clearly see Herman's body swelling, his robe fluttering due to the surging mana. He started to look like a balloon filled with air. It looked very funny and ridiculous.

But Suyass didn't laugh, and neither did Barlow...

Because they knew that Herman who looked funny and ridiculous was in his most terrifying state, what made Herman's body swell like a balloon wasn't air, it was a large amount of pure mana.

It would create a disastrous explosion if it burst.

In fact, Suyass and Barlow could already feel a frightening aura being formed, and although Herman was focused on keeping the Devouring Hand under control, Suyass knew that once Herman's mana reached a critical point, what would await them would be a despairing explosion.

Only Suyass who experienced the Devouring Hand knew about this terrifying ability.

It was back then, in the forest of the Gold Forest Plane, that Suyass had personally seen Herman fight a Level 30 magic beast. At that time, Herman had only been a 9th Rank High Mage, yet he forcibly devoured over half of that magic beast's mana before erupting with it, killing that Level 30 magic beast in one move.

That battle left a deep impression on Suyass.

Herman had burst with a power far exceeding his rank at the time, that was an attack surpassing his limits. That Level 30 magic beast let out a blood-curdling scream as it fell at Herman's feet.

He might have been the one who had meticulously lured that magic beast over in order to block Herman's pursuit, but Suyass was so shocked that he even forgot to flee.

Now, Herman was once again being filled with mana.

Suyass knew that there was not much time left for that young High Mage, he would soon end up like that Level 30 magic beast if he couldn't counterattack immediately.

”Kid, you don't have much time left…” As the Devouring Hand crazily gathered mana, Herman felt that familiar sensation of mana and sneered.

Herman had already devoured enough mana, and that Spiritual Magic Tool had contained such a large amount of pure mana. Herman was now certain that if he erupted with that mana, the explosion might even be able to knock down an Archmage like Suyass, let alone the young mage before his eyes.

But Herman was in no hurry.

Herman still maintained his Devouring Hand.

Because he wanted to see that young mage slowly despair, he wanted to see the helplessness on his face, like all his previous opponents did as he used the Devouring Hand.

Everyone in the Black Tower knew that Herman took great joy and pleasure in killing Gaugass Battle Mages and watch them as they wept in despair.

But Herman had miscalculated this time.

The Devouring Hand was already operating at its limit, mana was frantically pouring in, yet the young mage in front of him didn't seem afraid. On the contrary, he was still looking at Herman with a smile.

”Indeed, I don't have much time left to study this fascinating ability, this is quite regretful…”

”Hmm?” For some reason, Herman felt cold when he heard that young mage's calm words.

This was a rare feeling for Herman.

Herman carefully recalled, it felt the same as a few years ago, when he entered the Gold Forest's Somal Magic City. When he stole that Abyssal Evil Dragon's eye, the Dark Elf Queen looked at him in the exact same way.

'This feels so similar…'

'It's the same hair-rising feeling...'

'But why?'

'A barbarian from Gaugass, a twenty years old mage, how could he make me feel this way?'

Unfortunately, Herman didn't have time to think.

He suddenly discovered that the mana within his body had became chaotic. This feeling was akin to having countless vipers digging into his body and frantically stirring his insides.

It didn't take long before Herman's inner shirt became drenched in cold sweat.

Herman was panicking, it wasn't as if Herman never suffered from mana disorder, after all, a strange ability like the Devouring Hand wasn't something that should appear on a mage. That ability was too evil and dangerous, thus Herman never used this ability to absorb mana for himself, he only used it to create an explosion with the stolen mana.