A-15

Poorstag used his entire mana to close the almost completely open Emptiness Gate, forcing Pino not to open the gate entirely so that pino's core revival of magic was still not finished. Where all over his body is gone, and Pino falls out of the air, and hits the floor hard.

Poorstag was unable to catch Pino, himself falling to his knees, exhausted from using his entire mana.  Not only exhausted, he also spewed blood as a result of the reaction that came from his magic core. When a witch uses her entire mana, her magic core will react and force the user to pull which of her surroundings.

The situation poorstag faces is much more complicated than that, he has to hold pino's magic core out by forcibly closing the Void Gate and it takes all of his mana, he exerts all his abilities and uses high-level magic to seal it. Of course there is a price for its success, where Poorstag begins to become weak.

He chose to seal pino's magic core because he knew of the impact of the open and the rise of the magic core, where it would destroy his container or Pino. It happened because Pino's untrained body did not have enough power to withstand the power of his magic core, Poorstag dared to take the extreme decision to forcibly shut down Pino's resurrection, as he had read similar situations.

What he read was a story about a little boy who had an unusually large one, as his resurrection occurred. Almost one city becomes the price that the little boy pays to get his magic core, but the power of the little boy is great until he manages to become a glorious wizard figure, unfortunately his personality begins to change over time, and eventually he becomes the leader of the dark witch.

That's why Poorstag chose to close it and bring the seal unlock at a heavy price. He did so, because he was indebted to Balam. His powers declined after sealing Pino's resurrection, his power now level with the 5th-level witch.  Even so, he remains satisfied that he managed to do so and gain new knowledge.

"Terrible! Your powers are much more terrifying than I thought. You can't learn magic until you have a better body, as time goes on... where you will grow and your body will get stronger. When that time comes, you can learn magic, son. Your condition is quite rare and different from most people, whether it's a curse or a blessing," poorstag says weakly, he's tired and helpless, sitting down is hard to do and he can only lie down.

Poorstag can only see Pino lying unconscious, even as he sees a chaotic flow around Pino's body. With basic magic, he can see which streams are around them or where nature is. With erratic situations and monsters roaming around the village. Poorstag becomes anxious, he tries to get up, but his strength can't make him stand up, he can only sit down.

"Damn it! The impact of sealing the magic core is too strong, lucky I'm here, if I'm in a forest or an unsafe place, I'm definitely going to die. Balam, Valerie, I hope you can overcome the monsters that visit the village. I'm sorry, my power has been drained," Poorstag said, he shut up and tried to restore his strength back.

At the entrance to the village, Balam, who managed to reach Valerie, frowned on his forehead and looked very worried and restless. Seeing Valerie's increasingly pale and whitening face, Balam gets more chaotic, especially when he touches Valerie's hand, he can't feel the slightest warmth even as her skin gets colder. Worried, Balam gets screwed, his eyes red and blank, he sees Valerie, then he catches her and takes her into her arms.

Balam tries to give Valerie a warm taste, despite his reasoning to say something, he tries to pull him over and doesn't believe it. He continued to hug Valerie, unable to say a single word, tears coming down from his eyes wetting Valerie's cheeks and hair. While Valerie is in his arms, Balam continues to kiss her hair and hopes that this situation is just a dream.

However, hope only lives hope, especially Balam feels there is blood seeping out of Valerie's stomach. With injuries that are quite severe and which are depleted, it is certain that Valerie cannot survive, if she does not try to hold Pino most likely she is still alive but there will be someone sacrificed. At the time of holding back which stream forced entry into Pino's body, she kept removing his mana and it was too draining.

Balam doesn't move from his position and still hugs Valerie even though her body is covered in blood. He cried but could not roar, his soul was torn, and his heart was very sore. He continued to hug Valerie for a very long time, until he realized pino's existence. When s\he realized there was one precious person in his life, he immediately rose, no matter the pain he felt either physically or psychicly, he continued to rise up and hold Valerie like a princess.

Passing through several destroyed houses with the bodies of residents and monsters, Balam passes them and returns to his house to check on poorstag and Pino conditions. As soon as he got to his house, he saw Pino unconscious and naked with a wound on his chest that formed a certain seal. Balam holds back his tears, he rushes to check on Pino and discovers if he is still alive.

"Luckily... You're okay, son. I don't know what to do if you come with your mother? I don't know anymore..." Balam said he put Valerie's body close to Pino, then he hugged Pino, wrapped his naked body in a cloth. Balam sees a helpless-looking Poorstag in the corner of the room, he looks weak and his face pale with a blood stain dripping down his mouth.

"There's no need to say anything. I know what you want to say, just remember one thing! Don't allow your son to learn magic until the right time or you'll lose it like you lost Valerie. His powers are difficult to control at the moment, with the body and what is unstable and lacking it, he only delivers his life," said Poorstag, warning Balam about the risks of allowing Pino from learning magic.

After recounting the events that shook his life with Pino, Balam immediately hugged him, he kissed Pino's forehead while saying, "Son, you know now, why there's a mark on your chest and why Dad won't let you learn to even approach magic. Not only is it dangerous for yourself, even for others, but now your power is more than enough to learn magic. We're going to morshore town to meet poorstag, we're going to unseal it and resurrect your magic core, son."