"Attention! Analyze the situation immediately! There are critical fluctuations emanating from the quicksand barrier. All parameters are in chaos. The mana from the internal magic circuits is all converging toward its center—it's as if part of the barrier was just struck with immense force!"0

The Nightblades technician handling the quicksand barrier was visibly tense, his skin flushed with agitation.0

After roughly half an hour, they had finished analyzing roughly half the barrier. The next steps were further adjustments and fine-tuning. It was only a matter of time before they fully cracked it—but in the last ten seconds, the technician had watched in horror as the section of the barrier he was responsible for rapidly thinned. The mana within was being redirected to other parts of the barrier.0

According to the feedback from the observation spells they had set up all around the barrier's perimeter, mana from other areas was also rapidly converging toward a single point—the very center of the barrier.0

"Warning! The overall mana within the barrier is being depleted rapidly to counteract an extremely powerful impact. The critical threshold for triggering quicksand destruction has been breached!"0

The technician roared in frustration. The situation had escalated too suddenly. No one could have predicted and effectively responded to such a drastic change in mere seconds. Much of his anger was mixed with helplessness and irritation.0

"Should we forcibly inject an external mana source to sustain the barrier? If the barrier is destroyed by the internal impact, all our efforts will be useless!"0

A colleague beside him was sweating profusely. The wildly fluctuating measurements on the potentiometer...0