Meanwhile, Josh was having a blast. Actively using mana would have drained his reserves quickly, but this was different. It was a passive! In fact, this exploit was not actually that hard. It was just a matter of figuring out the trick to counter the yawn.
The sloth's attack was a mental one. The best method to resist it was to have a strong will and picture a reason to live. It was that simple! Well, in theory. In practice, such a thing was relatively hard to accomplish.
Most people would die in their first sloth encounter without the support of magical abilities. Once they became reliant on skills, it became harder for them to realize the core issue. They would naively keep stacking defensive skills, but there was a limit to that.
