Noah was momentarily blinded. The sheer radiance was too much for the human eye to process, forcing him to squint before he subconsciously closed his eyes altogether.
He raised a hand to shield his face, the heat of the mana brushing against his skin like a physical weight.
'What is happening now?' he thought to himself.
He kept his eyes clamped shut for a few seconds, his heart hammering against his ribs in a frantic rhythm.
He could feel the atmospheric pressure in the room shifting, the humming of the air reaching a crescendo before suddenly snapping into a heavy, absolute silence.
The vibrating bed beneath him went still, and the blinding glow began to fade into a soft, ambient warmth.
He slowly opened his eyes.
His pupils constricted as they adjusted to the dimming light, and then they widened in profound shock at what now laid on his palm.
