"Kurgh! Urgh!"

Fujimoto Ryoma extended his hand before him. He was trembling. Starting from the fingertips of his extended hand, his entire body was drying up. This was due to Mana Exhaustion; he had used up all of his mana while summoning and maintaining Susanoo.

He fell toward the ground, but Oh Kang-Woo caught him.

"Hmm…" Kang-Woo murmured as he set Ryoma down on the roof.

Ryoma was approaching death without Kang-Woo even having done anything.

"Cough! A-Aaah! H-Help... Help me..." Ryoma begged desperately with tears flowing down his shriveled cheeks.

He was paying the price of Susanoo dying. Ryoma convulsed like he was having a seizure. His skin began to sag and dry out. He was dying miserably like a vampire without blood. This wasn't something that normal Mana Exhaustion would cause.

"The price of summoning a god must be high," Kang-Woo remarked.

He looked down at Ryoma apathetically.

Then he thought about Susanoo, a deity that existed in another dimension besides Earth or Hell.

'He was strong.'

The battle itself had been short, and Susanoo hadn't...