Chapter 67: The Final Battle
The morning was anything but ordinary. Raiden wiped away the sweat streaming down his body from training while Levi, Freya, and Speed worked through their own routines outside.
Two days had passed since they heard from Aeris, and still, there was no official word from King Hannes about the looming war. Yet they couldn’t simply wait for such a message before training.
Though they all lagged behind Freya in mana control, Raiden was closest to matching her.
Drawing on his universal understanding of mana and everything Freya had taught him before she recovered her memories, he had learned to scatter his mana throughout his body like air, infusing it into his flesh, blood, and bones.
Though the technique remained unstable, he was beginning to master it.
The moment he finished wiping away the sweat, he began stretching his body as he made his way from the training room to Soul’s room. He had to check on her.
He began to reconsider his decision to see her. With the enchanted stickers covering the walls, entering her room was nearly impossible—even her meals were left outside until she opened the door herself to retrieve them.
Raiden kept hesitating and reconsidering, but before he knew it, he found himself standing outside her door. With a deep sigh, he decided to check on her anyway.
The moment he reached her door, he placed his hand firmly on the handle and gripped the door frame with his other hand. He braced himself to open it, knowing that if he wasn’t careful, the concentrated aura trapped within the room could send him flying.
The moment he opened the door, the aura burst out like pressurized wind, sending a shockwave through the corridor. It lashed against his bare chest while the force invaded his mouth, nose, and eyes, making them water as it slowly pulled him backward.
He tried to push forward, but it was like fighting the inevitable. Every step he managed only brought him back to where he started as the relentless wind pulled him backward.