Chapter 257
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Operation 「Spear of Heaven」. Dozens of Knight Awakenings aimed at a vital point deep within enemy lines.
Crunch!
Having completed her mission, Hanna Usar chewed and swallowed five or six energy bars in quick succession.
She squeezed the rest of the ultra-high-calorie liquid meal from the pouch on her thigh into her mouth.
She drained every drop from her filtered canteen, filled it with river water, shook it a few times, then drank again.
A knight's calorie consumption was this steep.
Mana was, in the end, a fire that used the body as its furnace. The greater the power of mana, the more that blaze devoured its wearer's flesh and blood as fuel.
During one night of fierce battle, a knight burned as many calories as an ordinary infantryman did in a week.