Chapter 399: I Just Want to Go Home

Talia I looked down at my hands and found my fingers vibrating. The shock of using too much magic was already creeping into my bones. "If you do it too much, your mind will break apart," Lucia had said. Yes, I had a headache, but none of that compared to the physical strain of holding my hands out and bending the weaves of the magic in the air. I wasn't born into this life, but whatever this pain was, I hated it. My fingers clenched into fists, nails digging into my palms. “Is it done?” I asked, my voice soft but steady. That big creature had given me so much trouble—well, more like Baron had. Luckily, it was just large, and the magic it held within was unstable. I had been able to reach in with some air magic, focusing mostly on its joints after taking care of most of the weakened mages surrounding it. The warriors around me made quick work of them, moving even quicker than I could. Eventually, the big creature fell, bleeding a strange purple blood that made me gag several times. If