After confirming that his latest test worked, Matt started to drain his mana pool.
He fed the air until it became heavy with mana, and the formation plates began absorbing and condensing it.
Each plate created a drop of mana that merged with all the others.
As the mana started to escape the single drop, it activated the talismans he had created for this purpose, which in turn, acted as a barrier to prevent any mana from escaping.
Matt watched with growing glee as the drop of mana grew larger and larger.
When it was the size of a grain of rice, he started to notice instabilities, and rushed to reinforce his formation, but it was too late.
The entire sphere exploded under the pressure. Minkalla protected him from harm, but he did need to start over.
His next test got the mana to the s
