Battered and bruised, Michael and the others returned to the dorms in defeat. If it were not for the fact combat class was the final class of the day, he might have decided to skip the remaining classes and lay in bed to recover.
"Dude, mana exhaustion sucks…" Rudy said, collapsing onto the ground while nursing his head. The guy had lasted to the end alongside Michael and a few others, but this was mainly because they were one of the few who were crimson mages.
The most surprising result was actually Melody, who was the final one to drop—and only because she received far more attention from Quinn when everybody bowed out from exhaustion.
It was quite confusing since the girl only possessed two orange rings, a full two small tiers below Michael and Rudy.
"I'm going to wash up…" Melody mumbled, walking straight past the two in a zombified stated. It seemed that she was also suffering from the effects of mana exhaustion.
