Arriving at the intensive care unit of Askus, Se-Hoon found Sung-Ha standing idly at the entrance and hurriedly approached him. 0

“How’s his condition?”0

“…Complications from old age. And his mana circuits have started to necrotize.” 0

Se-Hoon's expression tightened. Unlike mana impairment, which only hinders one’s usage of mana, that was life-threatening. 0

“What’s the cause?”0

“They say it’s because his body has weakened.”0

There were usually two major reasons why mana circuits would begin to necrotize. The first was the collapse of a hero’s synesthetic mindscape, rendering them unable to sustain mana. And the second… was physical frailty, which made controlling mana impossible.0

Those two reasons were similar yet fundamentally different. If the former was likened to gaining trembling hands that continuously spilled water from a cup, the latter could be likened to the cup itself shattering. 0

If the necrosis was due to injury, there might be a way to fix it, but…0

If it were due to illness—or old age in particular—curing it was practically impossible. With a new understanding of the severity of Jin-Hyun’s condition, Se-Hoon glanced at the ICU. 0

Although he didn’t live long even before the regression… it shouldn’t be this soon.0

What caused it to speed up so much? Deliberating the cause, Se-Hoon’s thoughts soon arrived at the Flame Sect’s assault before Babel went on vacation. 0

That must be it.0

The dream mana, which had been silently accumulating in Jin-Hyun’s body through regular drug intakes, was the problem. Unlike before, when it had slowly eaten away at Jin-Hyun over a long period, the stored...0