[Finally, it was Mai Zenin's turn to receive guidance.]
[Her technique was called the "Construction Technique," and its effect was exactly what the name suggested: by consuming her own cursed energy, she could manifest things she imagined in her mind in the real world.]
[This was an extraordinarily unusual technique, because it was not simply a discharge of energy.]
[Using her own cursed energy as a foundation, she could construct actual matter from nothing, starting from zero. Things constructed this way would never disappear, even after the technique ended and the caster stopped supplying cursed energy.]
[However, this creation of something from nothing, which defied common sense, naturally came at an excruciating price: an extraordinarily high consumption of cursed energy, along with immense backlash and strain on the caster's body.]
[With Mai's current cursed energy reserves and physical constitution, her limit was barely producing one ordinary revolver bullet a day, after which she would fall into a state of near-total exhaustion.]
[After hearing her description, you briefly channeled your cursed energy and tried the technique out of a desire to investigate.]
[As your cursed energy drained away, an inanimate object slowly took shape in your hand.]
[Indeed, just as Mai had said, the cursed energy consumption was staggering.]
[But the instant the technique activated, your keen intuition caught a hint of something unusual. Something about the way it consumed energy seemed wrong.]
[You frowned slightly, carefully recalling the sensation of cursed energy being stripped from your body.]
[This consumption did not seem as simple as deducting a fixed "amount" of cursed energy. Some deeper, harsher binding vow seemed to be involved.]
[To verify the bold conjecture in your mind, you decided to conduct an all-out test without holding anything back.]
[And so, without any warning, you raised your hand in