'This again,' Asher thought with growing frustration, his eyes narrowing as he realized he'd made a catastrophic miscalculation.
He had burned through every drop of his ether in that single, devastating attack, and now just remaining upright was taking every ounce of his willpower. His legs trembled, and his vision swam with exhaustion. 'Why does it always drain me completely whenever I use the connection?' At this rate, using this ability was completely impractical.
It was like being surrounded by a horde of monsters while holding a gun with only one bullet. No matter how clever his strategy, he'd be royally screwed the moment he pulled the trigger. Sure, the attack had been effective—devastatingly so. That single blast had literally decimated the loop array, and the people caught within it had simply... vanished.
