Black Lightning

'What?' I only managed to spare a single thought before I lost control over my body. 

The moment I lowered the output of my energy to return my perception of time flow to its usual state... Everything fell apart. 

"GAH!" a pained moan escaped my lips when I crashed, face first, into the side of a nearby hill. 

'It's a miracle I didn't break myself on any of the trees on my way here,' I thought bitterly, slowly gathering myself up. 

It was massive luck on my end that this strange lightning appeared behind my back. If it were to strike right where I stood...

A shiver shook my body as I turned my face back to where the attack came from. 

'Who?' a single question filled my mind as I scanned the area in search of an opponent. 

Yet, I was unable to sense a single unnatural ripple in the lake of mana in this area.