128 Fog?! (2/2)

Understanding the dangers due to this situation, the mercenaries did not spread out this night and some even hopped on the trees in pairs.

In contrast, the trio did not change their routine at all. There was still more than 60% of the Mana that Raven and Blaze had yet to absorb.

They both sat cross legged before Ozul released another fraction of Mana for them to absorb. Like always, he again reminded them to try and sense the essence.

”Listen here. This is the last time, you will have to absorb all this Mana together the next time if you can't sense Mana this turn.”

However, his reminder this time was more of a death threat than reminder. It made both Raven and Blaze jump on their feet.

”But-” x2

”There will be no buts. You will sense the Mana this turn otherwise there won't be a next turn,” Ozul said, not letting them even plead for their lives.

After saying that, Ozul created the Ball of Purity spheres and started practicing with them.

Blaze and Raven on the other hand had already started sweating even when the night was as cold as it could get.

Keeping the Mana at bay while also searching the essence mixed within was as hard as finding a needle in a haystack with a bomb ticking behind, threatening to explode at any minute.

Ozul let them do their thing while playing with six different spheres. After a while, he got bored of it and decided to try it out.

Although he had improved to a point where he could control four spheres in different directions simultaneously, he had yet to try it out like an actual attack.

He released all of the Ball of Purity and the matter suddenly turned into numerous thin needles.

Due to the fog surrounding him and the thin size of the needles, the mercenaries did not even notice anything out of usual. Everyone was minding their own business.

As Ozul willed it, the sea of needles hovering above him all divided into four groups. The four groups then separated as he willed them shoot in the four different directions.

Each group of needles seemingly disappeared in the fog, but Ozul could feel each single piece of it. And he was happy knowing that his practice had bore fruit.

The practice that he did with just those small spheres were so that he could get the feel of moving them in a different direction simultaneously.

Once he could do that to a single body, he could perform the same process on a group of bodies.

Satisfied with his progress, Ozul sat back on the ground and started practicing again with an improved mood.

Just as he was going back to it though, Ozul noticed the sudden steam coming out of Raven and Blaze's bodies. Both of them were sweating as their skin had a tint of redness all over.

He approached them and noticed that both had difficult expressions on their faces as if they were holding themselves from losing control.

Ozul quickly tried to assess their situation and sent a stream of Ball of Purity inside them.

As the stream of Ball of Purity entered inside their bodies, Ozul directed it towards their Mana Cores.

As it got inside, Ozul was able to analyze their body from inside. At that time, he was surprised to notice that a thin stream of reddish energy was getting separated from the foreign Mana that he had released inside of them.

Ozul knew what this was. It was the essence that he had sensed earlier inside the Mana of the drakes!