Although it felt like Ash was showing too much emotion, in reality, he was doing it deliberately—only to make himself appear vulnerable in front of the young dragons.
'Fifteen minutes have passed... my core is only halfway filled with mana. I need to stall for at least fifteen more minutes. If I can manage that, I'll have just enough mana to escape this place safely.'
BOOM!!!
Another burst of fire breath swept past him, the intense heat grazing his body. His clothes caught flame at the edges, and patches of his skin burned, but both were quickly healed.
Ash's figure moved like a blur through the forest. He was no longer suppressing his strength. Each of his steps cracked the earth beneath him, and the resulting force pushed him forward like a missile, propelling him faster and faster through the trees.
