Chapter 497: The Sooner the Better
Tala’s attention returned to her iron, her connection to it, and her authority over it. She let out a long sigh, realizing that she had a long way to go. This is a bit tenuous for our more grandiose plans at the moment. I think we need more practice to be able to have as much freedom with the iron as I foresee being possible.
-Well, then. Let’s get to it.-
Indeed.
-You know what this means, right?-
Tala sighed but then nodded before smiling. Snap drills.
And so they began. At unexpected intervals, Alat was going to pull Tala’s aura away from one or more of the iron spheres that Tala would have held about herself.
Tala had to maintain her authority over the bereft iron and keep it from being voided.
The first time—less than five minutes later—Tala failed utterly, the sphere which had been resting against her navel voiding in an instant.
She staggered at the horrific feeling of loss as it threatened to overwhelm her.