His brow furrowed as he absorbed the shocking realization. The strange interaction between the death energy and the chaotic mana puzzled him.
It felt as if the death energy harbored a personal grudge against the elemental mana, strong enough that led it to consume and control the chaotic energy.
"Why…?" he muttered. "What is happening?"
He leaned back, the tremors in his body subsiding slightly as curiosity replaced his earlier pain.
Is it possible that death energy naturally opposed the elemental forces because it saw them as rivals for power? Or is it because of my past, where I forced the death energy into submission using lighting that gave it this unusual enmity against the mana?
A shiver ran down Julian's spine as he contemplated the realization. The death energy was far too strong and corruptive to the point that, if it was left unchecked in the past, it would have devoured his own mana without hesitation.