Without waiting, he stepped forward and walked straight into it. His foot was not blocked by it at all as he phased through it uneventfully, once more surprising everyone there.
“What?” Jake asked before explaining, “This barrier is made of pure mana from the environment. Activated by Miranda by channeling the core, and as the owner of the city, it naturally doesn’t affect me.”
It felt pretty good to stun the people within the lodge with his deep understanding of mana… and totally not the other weird words he threw out.
“City?”
“Core?”
Perhaps the whole city business hadn’t been mentioned to any of them yet.
“Miranda, you handle that too,” he quickly delegated. “And find out what to do with those followers of Abby’s that remained behind. Don’t bother hiding anything unimportant for n
