To produce the most effective results, the researchers had pushed their methods to extremes. Their goal was simple, to learn precisely how much magical damage a body could endure before death. For that, they had spent years refining the process. Each experiment hovered right on the edge of killing its subject.
Every patient was different, some had stronger bodies, some weaker. Their tolerance to mana exposure varied wildly, and even the strength of the Cerebus Guild healers was inconsistent. How much they could restore, how long they could sustain their light magic, all of it affected the outcome.
It was a gruesome balancing act.
After repeating the experiment enough times, every subject eventually died. Even if their outer wounds were healed, the inner toll always won. The body simply had a limit, a point where it could no longer bear the endless tearing and mending.
