Max continued breathing heavily, his void heart pulsing with so much power that his head began to spin. Each beat sent another violent surge through his body, filling his veins with darkness and spreading far beyond the limits of what he could control.
"I am nothing like him. Nothing..." he repeated, his voice becoming increasingly unstable as William's words continued echoing through his mind. "I am nothing like Henry..."
He repeated it again and again, no longer realizing how much damage he was causing to the castle around him. His void magic continued pouring from his body, crawling across the floor before spreading into the walls and ceiling. It devoured everything it touched, draining away the mana within the ancient stone before consuming the material itself.
