The golden glow resulted from viscous mana seeping through all the cells in his body. For those who looked at him from the outside, he looked like he was entirely covered in a golden sheen, glowing brightly.
However, lost in the unfamiliar agony, Oliver was oblivious to the reactions of those around him. For the first time since he could remember, genuine pain consumed him. His face contorted in a fierce grimace as raw mana ripped through his body, tearing apart blood vessels, nerves, and cell walls from within. And the reason for that was the oversaturation of mana in his body, deliberately made to increase his body's mana sensitivity.
'I expected this to happen, even then…' Oliver's eyes watered as a stinging pain assaulted all his nerves. '...But this is more painful than expected.'
