Theo stared at the rock before glancing back at his hand.
'That was almost effortless,' he thought. 'How amazing…'
For a moment, he simply stood there in silence.
Then another thought crossed his mind.
''Let's try something else,'' he muttered, walking over to another stone.
Slowly crouching down, calamity mana began gathering once more.
Only this time, instead of forming a ball with it, Theo shaped the mana around his finger.
'Here goes nothing,' he thought, pressing his finger against the stone.
The calamity mana reacted instantly.
Unlike before, there wasn't even a second of delay.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
Dozens of cracks spread across the stone almost instantly.
Before a second had even passed, it faded away like dust once more.
''That was much faster,'' he mumbled, nodding slowly. ''Seems like there's some loss of effect as it travels through the air then?''
That was the only explanation he had for the difference.
