Aura Nova was in yet another unimaginable wave of agony. She felt as though she were being devoured from within, as if some evolved species of piranhas were tearing mercilessly through her flesh and drinking deeply from her veins. Every nerve ending burned. Every fragment of her being screamed. But she could only endure.
Gritting her teeth with trembling resolve, she forcefully severed the flow of her own mana, and the instant she did, the Void Portal collapsed and vanished. Consequently, the raging lightning construct that had been tearing through her body dissipated immediately.
But the damage had already been inflicted.
