The night stretched on, longer than it had any right to. My vision blurred at the edges, eyes heavy as stone. I could barely force myself to look at anything — each blink felt like lifting weights.
Being draped over the shoulder of Levi's clone for... however long it had been... let the fatigue really sink its teeth in. Undoubtedly, Pyre Saint must've burned through a vast amount of essence to activate her ability.
And then there was Kassie. She'd used Tyrant's Advance too.
I was pretty much spent now that I wasn't moving anymore. Thinking about it, it was a damn good thing I'd managed to double my essence pool.
'Even with that, I can barely handle two villainesses going all out.'
I couldn't have imagined taking multiple skill activations from both of them otherwise.
Summoning them cost less thanks to their time in The Nave, sure. But their ability usage still carved out chunks of my spirit essence like a dull knife. And I'd burned through my own attributes on top of that.
