Ordeal

"Unlocking the pre-crafted Vortex spell."

"Deducting ten spell points!"

As soon as something in my mind clicked, I didn't hesitate to cast this potentially suicidal spell.

I remember too well what happened when I wasn't able to accommodate all my energy within the confines of my own body. If my guess was right, using this spell would pose a risk of putting me back in that situation again… But I couldn't afford to abstain from using it!

With the weak fireball sucking on my energy as if some vampire that latched onto me and refused to let go, I couldn't just sit down and watch how the remaining bits of energy available to Eve were dried up!

As soon as this last reservoir would dry up, she would turn powerless against her kidnappers! Even without looking down at the state of her situation, with how fast she was using the energy up, I knew that I had to hurry anyway if I wanted to somehow help her!