[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/QCgTnAH.png[/img][/center] [hr][@Zeroth][@Duthguy] 

Despite the fact that he and Danny had been safe throughout the night, Jason couldn't shake the feeling that there was something lurking in these woods... Something big, with a presence that could shake the world of the living, and the dead.... It couldn't be JUST the void's pull, could it?

[quote=System]
[color=darkred]Jason[/color]
Your MP is Overfull. Mana Density has increased.
Your Mana Burn has subsided. Natural Mana Regeneration returns to Normal Levels.
Your MP is being affected by environmental factors.
You experienced a Fast Rate of Skill Progression.
[/quote]

Mana density? What was that? Did it have something to do with the potency of his magic, or presence in the world of the living?
[color=darkred]"System-- Display skill list, and explain Mana Density."[/color] Jason commanded the ever present force thats seemed to keep track of this world. The prickling sensation and increased mana drain, if Jason had to guess, was likely due to ambient sunlight; which would explain why most undead don't function during the day.  Before he could contemplate any more, a big black beetle, with snapping mandibles  had come along and started to dig around the roots of the hollow tree. It was clearly injured, and seemed to be eating in order to nurse its wounds, and seemingly regenerate mana by eating part of this tree; which seemed to have magical properties.  The fact that the bug's soul; small as it may be-- was contained in some form of bubble, suggested that its soul had some sort of protection, unlike the slime he had devoured the night before.  Shaping a pseudopod into a needle, Jason guided his mana into filling the shape as he darted to absorb the beetle's soul!!!  [b][color=darkred]"I. AM. [u]JASON![/u]"[/color][/b] he roared as his needle entered the beetle, poised to pop the bubble and absorb the soul using [b][Mana Drain][/b].