Elanora offered a wry smile, elegantly settling herself into a chair opposite Alariel's desk before sighing again dramatically. "Troublesome indeed, Alariel. Extremely troublesome. You know I was inspecting the Origin Mana Pool after Orion's rather... extraordinary breakthrough?"
"Yes, Viren informed me about the incident," Alariel nodded thoughtfully. "But surely the pool isn't damaged beyond a simple replenishment?"
Elanora's crimson eyes gleamed with subtle frustration and amusement. "If only that were the case. That boy didn't just deplete the surface mana from the pool—he drained even the mana stored deep within its source."
"I've never witnessed anything quite like this. He somehow managed to completely empty the Origin Mana Pool itself."
