Sebastian concentrated on feeling the mana cluster inside his body.
He took a few deep breaths, and tried to calm down the energy swirling through him, and coming from the relatively small bead within his body.
The swirling gradually subsided, giving way to a gentle ebb, reminiscent of waves lapping against a shore.
The intense pressure that had built up within him during the compression subsided, too, as the energy became less chaotic.
The mana cluster was still too big to really be powerful, and the mana compressed into it was not that much, but it was still better than having none.
[MANA COMPRESSION LEVEL 1 REACHED.]
The system's notification came.
But then, Sebastian recalled the many things he had to do. This was just the beginning of the things he had to do.
