Chapter 103: Movement
Even as his scalp fell from his head, Moreno was still screaming until his body slowly gave out, falling to his knees and then flopping to the ground.
His rage was warranted. When he took control of the ring, he had poured his Soul Mana into it. How could he not tell that he was pouring his Spirit Mana into a well of Water Mana instead of the runes of the treasure he was trying to control?
In truth, in that moment, both had embedded into his shoulder. When Theron ejected the ring at him, he cast a mutated version of [Water Scythe] as well, shrouding it in [Touch of Mirage] so that it was completely missed.
The ring in Moreno’s shoulder had been very real. What Soul Mana he was pouring into it was also very real.
But because he wanted to catch Theron off guard, and because he didn’t have much time to work with to begin with, he ejected it swiftly, just throwing it out.
In the hectic situation, all he felt was something leave his shoulder. But he didn’t even realize that what was flying out of his shoulder wasn’t the ring he thought it was, but instead Theron controlling his shrunken [Water Scythe].
That was because when Theron used [Bursting Water Shield] on that very ring earlier, he hadn’t just ejected it at Moreno; he had also destroyed the Soul Mana Tracts on it.
Moreno thought he was controlling it, but in truth, the situation had gone from one climax to the next before he even noticed that the runes on his treasure were broken.
Even if Moreno knew the truth, he still wouldn’t be able to accept it. How could it be so easy to destroy the runes of a treasure?