Daewon stepped forward onto the floating stone, his boots scraping against the edge as he stared at the sky, his eyes fixed on the massive black dragon.
The air around him grew heavy, thick like a storm was forming from his body alone, and without saying a word, he closed his eyes and let his mana flow.
At first, it was like a slow ripple, the kind you see when you drop a stone in still water, but then it grew faster, sharper, wilder.
His power started leaking out of him, spilling into the space around him, and the other awakeners near him Seoha, Alexa, Lee Min Joon, even Gideon jumped back at once, landing on separate stones or floating platforms, shocked at what they felt.
The wind shifted, twisted, and the air around Daewon exploded as a wave of red-orange mana burst from his body like fire cracking through the sky.
His hair, normally falling messy over his forehead, now rose slowly as if caught in an invisible flame, dancing and floating, wild and untamed.
