Chapter 26

1.

"Haa, hngh…"

My breathing was ragged. Using so much mana that I thought I might run out wasn’t a pleasant experience. It felt like exercising just to push my whole body to its limits.

Even so, I kept drawing up more mana to maintain the passage. It made me think of Atlas from Greek mythology.

No wonder I was exhausted—I was holding up the sky.

That was the thought that crossed my mind.

"Are you okay, Lapis?"

Ribel came over and wiped the sweat from my face with a handkerchief. I was afraid I might instinctively close my eyes if the sweat got into them, so I was relieved.

Dojin was too busy fending off the Leviathans attacking the passage I’d created to notice—and he wasn’t the most attentive person to begin with.

Still, it would’ve been even better if Dojin had wiped it away...