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Amon felt every tissue in his body press tight as he plunged into the river.
It was as if everything in his body had been knocked out of him.
As if he was standing in the center of a vacuum.
That's just how dense the mana was.
It felt like a hydraulic compressor squeezing his mana veins tight, threatening to bust them with overload at any moment.
Pain engulfed his whole body as he felt his consciousness blur.
The strong compression was too much for his brain to handle.
He felt his heart thump against his chest as if it was burning.
Amon's eyes became bloodshot.
He was drowning in the sea of his own consciousness.
Slowly fading away, part by part.
'What…'
The light at the surface started growing further as his vision narrowed.
He kept drowning deeper and deeper.
'What am I doing here?' He asked himself.
He didn't know.
He didn't remember.
