Heat rose from within Max's body, rushing through his veins like lava before spreading toward his organs and setting him on fire from the inside. The pain struck every part of him at once, yet beneath it, Max could feel the two hearts moving.
The void heart and the incomplete Mana Heart began spinning around one another. The void pulled at the new heart, repeatedly reaching toward it as though determined to consume it, while the Mana Heart repelled the darkness and restored every fragment torn away from its incomplete structure.
Neither could overpower the other, forcing the two opposing hearts to coexist within the chaos.
Their movement grew faster until a mana vortex formed inside Max's chest. Everything released by the void heart was dragged into the violent rotation, creating a mass of refined mana that rushed toward his Magic Soul.
