Leaving the room, Ryan's body was still a little warm from all the action that had taken place. Smiling, he took a bottle of water from his inventory and began to hydrate himself. He walked back to Sunset Village, where he was going to help finish the thrusters.
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Several days had passed since Ryan's departure from Alterhein. During this time, he spent most of his waking hours using his mana reservoir to the maximum. Every twelve hours, Ryan consumed pure mana crystals to replenish himself, but his energy dropped dramatically every half day, almost reaching the threshold for death.
What depleted his energy the most was helping with the transmutations that Artemis had developed. As efficient as it was to forge the components, it was still wearing his body down. However, Ryan's help made the entire process of producing the thrusters ten times faster.