At the command, Soren released his hold on his internal reservoir.
He allowed his mana to surge outward from his core in a steady, controlled wave. The response from the Resonance Chamber was instantaneous. The silver runes encircling the obsidian platform flared to life, shifting from a faint twilight glow to a deep, brilliant azure. Above him, the crystalline focusing lenses aligned with a sharp, synchronized click, channeling the rising energy and broadcasting it outward.
In the observation area, the calm atmosphere fractured.
Elenaria's fingers froze over her primary console as the monitors began to update in real-time. The predictive data from the Bureau had already accounted for a 3rd Circle breakthrough, but the live telemetry displaying his mana density and purity was entirely unexpected. The line graphing his energy signature spiked upward, aggressively piercing through the standard baseline models for a newly advanced mage.
