Further down the hall, Alex felt a burst of mana coming from behind them, and he chuckled.
'I knew he was holding back, but that is more than I expected. The kid's got almost as much mana as me. His growth is scary fast,' Alex thought, smiling to himself.
He wasn't the only one to feel the burst of mana, Violette and Kary frowning slightly before a fire grew inside them.
'I can't let him surpass me,' they both thought, simultaneously.
David could feel it as well, but he just smiled, his thoughts focused on what was to come.
As for the others, their mana senses were weaker, and the burst only brushed against their senses like an oppressing feeling. But given its direction of origin, they brushed it aside and focused on in front of them.
Kary was already signalling them to a halt with her raised fist, her eyes turning to slits as she saw something weird on the tunnel walls.
