"Hah, this is depressing." Luke muttered, releasing an exhausted sigh as he remained seated atop the cart, bathing in the pale glow of the moonlight.
The moment he had seen Regath crash to the ground and finished collecting all the gemstones within reach, his first thought had been to rush home and assure his family that everything was fine, and that he was safe as well.
Safe, at least, in the sense that he had not sustained a single injury from his opponent. The dried blood around his ears and nose had been the result of his own spell, and even that had already been cleaned away.
However, the system had warned him that his body had undergone a series of changes within those few short moments, pushed far beyond its natural limits. The repeated use of Concentrated Burst had also inflicted internal damage.
