Chapter 71: Crystallization
A vein throbbed on Percy’s forehead, his skin already a deep crimson colour. His eyes were shut, to shield them from the annoying streams of sweat pouring down his face.
His body shook, his muscles having already been locked in their current position for over an hour. A palm was placed on top of the other, both squeezing hard on a glowing sphere with all their strength. Two sets of bright lines pulsed underneath his flesh. The cyan ones were static, drawing orderly curves on his body, while the silver ones constantly shuffled, outlining a violent maelstrom swirling around his sternum.
‘Just a little more!’ Percy gritted his teeth.
He couldn’t estimate how close he was exactly, but he felt he’d been on the verge of compressing the pure mana into a crystal for the past few days. Today, he’d resolved himself to doing whatever it took to finally cross the threshold.
And just like that, the young man felt something snap in place, as the cyan marble stopped fighting back a few minutes later. But Percy wasn’t in a hurry to quit, unwilling to risk wasting his efforts. Luckily, he received some additional confirmation of his success not long after.
[Congratulations! You have mastered a new spell: Crystallization – Crude!]
‘Wow, it’s been a long time since my Status registered something new.’
Finally free to deactivate Circulation, Percy let go of the orb, plopping back on the cold stone weakly. His chest heaved up and down, as he watched the crystal roll away on his room’s floor. Perhaps it would have been more comfortable to do this on his bed, but he didn’t want to get his mattress all sweaty.
In any case, he was done!