Darius had expected many things before he took on this risk, ranging from his body's explosion, part of him ending up crippled, all to way to a lucky success. However, he did not foresee the possibility of the spell simply fizzling out in failure without suffering any repercussions.
Well, perhaps it could be considered a success in its own way, since he hadn't suffered backlash?
Nevertheless, this brought up the question of why did the spell not activate?
The provided mana had been of perfect quantity and the routes it had passed had been calculated to be perfect.
Darius could only stand there and parse what happened over and over again in his mind as he tried to make sense of this outcome. When he reached a preliminary conclusion, he had a strange expression on his face.
