Closing her eyes, Lia slowly exhaled.
As she focused her mind and paid close attention, she began to feel the flow of mana within her body more clearly.
The motion of pulling up that flow and letting it run down her arm into her weapon.
Thanks to practicing countless times until now, it was a process she could perform as naturally as breathing.
However, Lia went through the steps very slowly and carefully, just as she did when she first learned it.
Everything else was the same as usual, but she made a slight change to the process of refining mana to alter its properties.
Mana flickered from the tip of the blade. It was mana of a different nature than the fire attribute she always used. Small sparks flew from the tip of the sword.
...Did I succeed?
The moment Lia thought that, something flew rapidly toward her from one side of her vision.
'Hap...!'
Lia, who was concentrating on handling mana, barely managed to dodge by tilting her head.
