The Death Lord wondered, [How can a human possess so much mana?]

He shot a sphere of aura to weaken the momentum of Heroic Strike as he backed away. However, it was impossible to completely dodge Heroic Strike. As such, the Death Lord held up his ax to block what he couldn’t avoid. The toughness of his ax was apparent by the fact that not a single scratch had appeared. But it seemed that it still couldn’t block all of Heroic Strike’s might.

[GAH!]

The shock delivered by the strike caused him to cough out another mouthful of dead blood. However, while his body might be breaking apart, the death energy he was outputting was only getting stronger.

While the Death King used his death energy to control the undead, it looked like the Death Lord’s entire body was made of death energy. If I hadn’t learned Breath of Death, I might have been in danger.

“How can there be a limit to amassing mana?” I asked.

He explained, [Of course, there is. For humans, there is a clear limit. In fact, even elves, dwarves, beastmen, and even dragons have limits.]

Peika clashed with him once again. However, the black mana barrier he created was sufficiently powerful enough to block her attack.

[Even elementals!] he continued.

Peika whined, [Master, this guy keeps…!]

I reassured her, “Yeah, I know.”

The death energy emanating from him split into several streaks and flew towards me like a whip. I...