Stepping onto the sand below my feet, I slowly moved through the air alongside Latia.
Looking down at my hand, I clenched and relaxed it several times. It was no longer pitch-black while the runes had long disappeared from sight. However, despite using only 25% of my mana, I knew more than anyone that such power always came with consequences.
The runes that I had used were barely tier 2 runes, which was the very reason as to why they faded so quickly. Of course, I put in a feature that would allow me to deactivate them at will, but that feature was not needed for now, or at least until my understanding of runes reaches tier 3.
The main reason I even added it was to ensure that I could retract the energy before activating the skill, just in case.