Liora fought like a storm unleashed.
Her mana swords sliced through the air, cutting down bee after bee without mercy. The sky was filled with the screech of dying insects, the heavy thuds of bodies hitting the ground, and the sharp crackle of elemental powers bursting all around her.
Yet inside her heart, a cold shadow had begun to spread. Just minutes ago, she had lost control of herself.
The memory twisted her stomach into knots. She remembered the feeling too clearly—the rush of power flooding through her veins, the terrifying surge that had felt too big for her body to contain. In that moment, she had felt invincible. With that overwhelming strength, she had wiped out almost a hundred insects on her own.
But afterward... there had been a cost.
