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It took him far too long to realize it was even doing anything at all, instead assuming the movement he was seeing was nothing more than an extension of the strange, ever-present warping it was going through, but he was wrong. Tendrils of it were stretching out in all directions and in one movement they smashed down, hitting against the earth and sky, bringing a sharp sound of cracking with it that shook Ben to his core and let him alone see the consequences that the seemingly random act had.

More than just its effect of shaking the world around them, knocking down trees in all directions and throwing up plumes of dirt into the sky, each strike resulted in a series of cracks lingering in space itself. Each only existing for a few seconds at most before healing under the universe’s own power but all undeniably there, their existence worrying enough to pull his mind from the unnatural monster before him.

God, I really really don’t want to know what will happen if it keeps doing that.

Seeing it only made the countdown to demise start ticking faster in his head as he directed Thera to get closer, the entire time trying to think about what they could possibly do. The thing was floating in the sky and had to be kilometers across, even if they managed to kill it, bringing it down would likely be devastating to the area around them.

Not that there’s actually a choice in the matter here. Maybe if we manage to get lucky then it will be as light as styrofoam and won’t have an effect similar to dropping a giant meteor on the planet. Which would mean there’d only be a giant uninhabited region that nobody could go to because going anywhere near this huge thing might still break their mind even with it dead. Great. Not to mention what would happen if it undergoes some form of decay and starts polluting the world with whatever it’s made of. Okay, note to self, assuming I live, find a way to get off this planet. For now, back to the task at hand. Thera’s going to be burning a lot of mana for this.

Knowing they were going to need plenty of rainbow mana crystal, Ben broke the enchantment on the soul crystal he’d already made while at the same time getting Thera to cast her new spell, watching as ghosts escaped it, only to be forced into peace meer seconds later, freeing up the resource for his own use as he used his magic to break it down into a few hundred small bullets, each waiting to be enchanted upon as he drove up the speed of his minds to their newest maximum, turning each into a modified version of a soul crystal while adding only a few noticeable differences.

The first was strengthening them to the extreme. He’d made bullets and fully intended to shoot them, meaning the force of firing couldn’t be allowed to destroy them or the enchantments along the way or upon impact. If they couldn’t stay whole then they had no chance.

The second change was more minor in comparison. He’d always built the crystals to light up briefly after absorbing a soul, he just changed that to be a permanent affair, making it so that if any of them really managed to absorb the beast’s soul, they should be able to tell.

Finally was the last additional function, one that didn’t come from any of his rings but instead from within his own status. Long ago, he’d practiced and experimented to figure out how to use his bind skill in enchanting and it was time for him to put it to use. Tying its effect into the light enchantment so that the tracking aspects would only activate for the crystal that actually succeeded in its job and materializing a compass to tie the effect to, giving him a way to track it after.

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All that left was the manner in which he’d shoot them as he looked at how far away the beast still was, along with the force it was likely going to take to hit it.

Well, the good news is that as long as I can make it fire far enough there’s basically no chance I miss. The bad news is to get as much force as I think I’m going to need, every shot I make is probably going to hurt. Oh well, one day I’ll get the pain resistance of my dreams.