Lumi became silent for a second before replying,
[Even your soul will be damaged if you fail repeatedly, Master.]
"Then I just need to make sure that I won't fail again." He lightly smiled and took a deep breath before focusing his will on the surrounding mana.
All the mana in his Sea of Consciousness surged and began swirling around the Darkness Affinity; all the other affinities moved further away from this place, giving Orion ample room to form his first rune.
[You haven't learned the Runic Language completely yet as well.]
Lumi quietly reminded him.
"All right, all right, enough. Let me try to form one now, or else you might really talk me out of it. It isn't life‑threatening just yet." Orion said before calling forth the mana toward his finger.
Just as the mana gathered, the dark orb of light in front of him pulsed with a dark aura, greedily sucking all the mana that he had gathered.
