Shoutout to Bruh_Vista and Harjas_Sidhu for beta-reading and providing extensive feedback for this chapter!
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"What in the world are you doing?" Yohn asked while approaching Revian slowly.
The boy in question was intensely focused on the beaker, trying to absorb all the volatile mana escaping from it back into his mana channels.
"The secret..." Revian grunted, "...is in the volatile mana- Ah! Damn it, it escaped!"
"You have to explain what you're attempting here," Yohn said with a confused tone as Revian poured out the water in the beaker and refilled it from the large bottle beside the table.