Turning Against Each Other

No one knew what kind of torment Tales, who seemed relaxed at this moment, had just endured.

Lying on the ground, he suddenly realized that he had forgotten Black Sword's final lesson while under the dual assault of weakness and pain: Sin of the Hell River often stimulated power beyond the body's limits.

Even though Tales had spent six years observing Starfaller's Ending Power until he understood it perfectly, imitating Fate's Bend still came at a tremendous cost—the grueling battle in which he had barely held off Nikolai had drained Tales far beyond the ordinary, placing an unimaginable burden on his body.

After Starfaller had broken his limbs, he had collapsed to the ground. He had overexerted himself, failed to recover, and happened to be seriously injured, desperately in need of treatment.

Pain was the first sensation Tales lost. His wounds grew warm and numb, no longer causing discomfort—but that was clearly not a good thing.

In his daze, the young Prince realized with alarm that his body was gradually growing cold.

His hands and feet began to stiffen.

Breathing became increasingly difficult.

His mind weakened little by little.

His vision darkened.

His hearing faded.

He grew more and more tired, more and more sleepy.

In his muddled mind, a thought surfaced: his life was slipping away.

But Tales no longer even had the strength to call for help.

Then that strange yet familiar power began to boil within him "joyfully," as if it possessed a will of its own!

At the moment he was about to lose consciousness, the mysterious Ending Power seemed like a sprout finally receiving sweet rain. It flourished inside him and spread outward.

The sudden return of excruciating pain jolted Tales awake just as he was about to black out!

He couldn't sleep.

Tales clenched