**Two Years Prior**
"Huff... Huff..."
[Mana Distillation... A process where one is able to separate themselves from their own Mana without dying.]
[By doing this, you are able to give your Mana autonomy, and it can operate independently from you.]
[Granted you give it a specific instruction, or rather, a code.]
Berkah mused, veiled by a cloud of rising smoke and his bare feet sinking into the heaps of ash which were once a bed of lush greenery.
His ears were terrorized by the sound of his squelching flesh which was currently regenerating, and the distant crackles of dying flames.
"Huff... Huff..."
He breathed heavily, but his eyes remained unwavering as he focused intently on his palm, as though the answers he seeked were etched deeply in-between his flexion creases.