Chapter 153 -"Ashes of the Mind"
"Damn…"
Lynx let out a quiet sigh at the sight before him.
His once-sturdy mental world—the black sea —
It looked… different now.
It had always been dark, true to its name.
But now, it wasn't just the color.
A slick, oily band of filth floated across the entire sea, polluting it like a stain.
A mark left behind by corrupted mana.
"This is driving me insane."
A foul stench began to rise from it, slow and sickening, and Lynx finally brought a hand to his forehead.
There was no way to cleanse that filth.
Well—maybe one.
To empty out all the mana he had…
And start again from scratch.
It had been a steep price to pay for survival.
But seeing it with his own eyes… it hurt more than he'd expected.
"I spent my whole life gathering this mana…"
Still, there was at least one silver lining—
The speed at which he could recover it.
If it was Lynx, he'd be back to normal in three months at most.
But what if it had been someone else?
