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Tola is severely weakened by the use of Blood Magic, but surely nothing bad would happen, right? On a side note, did people remember that weird guy who was asking about books containing actual magic? Aren't we glad he totally accepted that there simply wasn't anything he was looking for and moved on with his life, instead of brooding and possibly spying and then being upset when someone walks around with a badge displaying a Start Rune? Good times!

There's some action, but at least I didn't end this chapter with a cliffhanger, hm? This chapter comes in at 6178 words, meaning Book 2 is past the 50k words mark already! And we're building up to the "big" stuff. On a side note, you ever work out at the gym or do a bunch of heavy lifting, and the next day, all your muscles are sore every time you move? That's a pretty mild version of the burn from Blood Magic. Maybe it's more like having a full-body sunburn, except it goes all the way through your muscles instead of just your skin. And using magic while you're recovering is a lot like having your sunburn slapped hard. Ouch. But sometimes you're just too angry to really care, you know?