A real hero

Ikky regained consciousness after many minutes of agony; his body ached; even the simple act of breathing hurt, but the worst thing was that he noticed that his body did not react to the mana, he noticed it, he felt it, but trying to control it was impossible; it did not react, and when it did, the degree of pain blurred his vision.

Leira was crying beside him when he woke up.

"It's okay, little one... I'm fine..." It was a lie but it was not the time to show weakness in the middle of a battle that had not yet ended.

"But your body... your mana cores..." Leira began to stammer.

"Tssss don't say anything; there is not much point in worrying them about that now... I'm sure I'll be fine..."

Not even he had confidence in what he said. He had suffered a backlash from excessive and uncontrolled use of mana, especially from using all the chaos energy at once, and his body was paying the consequences, and they were very serious.