"Jump."

At the same time as I uttered those words, a dazzling light cut across the universe.

"..."

"..."

"..."

It was as if the stop button was pressed. The crew members, the Controllers included, were stunned as their eyes were fixated on the screen to check the battlefield information. They were dripping with cold sweat and they looked ridiculous. Unfortunately, my vision was distorted the moment I tried to get a good look at them.

Boom.

"Goddamn it! Dae-ha, are you all right?"

Celestia helped me up as I rolled on the floor, but that didn't mean the pain that hit me would disappear.

"I think you've said something similar a couple of times before, but... This time too, I am clearly not okay. However, phew. I can't believe this is happening all of a sudden. It's a little, ugh... baffling."

Even I, who endured the torture of the demi-humans, was breaking out in cold sweat due to the pain. It felt like the muscles in my whole body were twitching; it was as if there was a blade wriggling in my stomach like a snake. On top of that, the agony that surged throughout my whole body felt like someone was striking my head with a large hatchet. What was even more annoying was that these two pains were completely separate entities.

"You fool! Why did you use Mana when you were injected with the torturous substance?"

"Then was I supposed to just die in that situation? No, that aside, my head hurts so badly... Is this also the effect of the torturous substance?"

It was a question directed to Celestia, but Hyun-il answered instead.

"The torturous substance does not affect the brain because they would...