Chapter 174
"I have done my best." Grey's calm declaration sliced through the stunned silence, yanking his friends from their thoughts as they stared at him in equal measures of awe and apprehension.
His mana-charged sword—a swirling whirlwind of energy—had just carved a swathe through the battlefield, leaving behind only scattered ash and echoing disbelief. "Now it's up to you guys."
Before anyone could respond, Grey propelled himself upward with the grace of a falling leaf, launching three metres back from the chaos.
He folded his legs beneath him, crossed at the ankles, and closed his eyes in serene meditation. Around him, the air trembled faintly with residual power.
'It will take five to ten minutes to replenish my core,' Grey mused inwardly, so let's see how well they hold their own.
On the battlefield, his teammates gaped at the scorched earth where Grey's Sky Cutter had struck—fragments of bat beasts smoldering in the dust.
