Fafnir had once warned Angel that, given his strength, it was best not to watch high-level battles directly. If he truly wanted to watch, he had to use an intermediary—for example, the wisp of wind Fafnir had used before as a link through which to observe.
Fafnir had stressed this for two reasons. First, with Angel's strength, rashly watching a high-level battle would not truly teach him anything. Second, it might affect his future choices and even leave lasting harm on the way his own energy operated.
Angel had not thought much of it at first. After all, he had watched part of a high-level battle above the Void Giant Tower before, and he had felt no discomfort whatsoever.
But now, when he watched the battle between Orucia and the Lord of No Flame, not only could he not catch sight of them, he truly began to feel worse the longer he looked.
It was as though a nameless, restless fire was rampaging through his chest, throwing his internal energy circulation into disorder.
Angel immediately closed his eyes and desperately tried to suppress the unpleasant sensation, but the discomfort clung to him like a shadow and grew increasingly severe.
Angel knew that his own energy circulation must have been affected.
In truth, this was a low-probability occurrence. But Toby's Freezing Curse had already been unsealed, and under the influence of the Calamity Curse, even a low-probability event could become infinitely magnified.
Solving this problem was not difficult. So long as he could find a quiet room, he could regulate the flow of his magic through meditation.
But under the pressure bearing down on him, he could not move at all, much less find any quiet room. Moreover, the outside environment and the sounds of battle were far too loud for