I had seen that speed before. The breathless cast was the casting tier above what an Acolyte should be capable of producing.
There were many reasons why Acolytes could not cast very quickly, and one of them was that the strength of our channels could not withstand pushing Anima very quickly through them, and that was just mentioning the physical part of it.
Only time could solve this issue, as the more an Acolyte casts spells and grows their discipline and Anima Depth, the stronger their bodies and channels become.
Rex was casting too quickly, meaning he was not seventeen years old.
However, I had proven there was another way to get stronger, which was to abuse your body until it breaks.
Shame that you only had to die to get the benefit, though.
The cast that crossed the six meters between us was not Flame, as I thought, but the dark-light of Veilcraft. The compressed pulse of unmaking that operated on the substance of the spell rather than through it.
