Chapter 1068
Two steps within the boundary of the Silver Fang territory was the planet Sagrigan. It should have been safely embedded within their defensive lines, but as the incident with Gniteria showed they had no ability to prevent intrusion into their territory. Even so, the defensive complement available was sufficient to deter most forms of attack.
Durff had not been informed of any of this- or if he had, he hadn’t been listening. He had come with a plan, and nothing was going to stop that. His hammer came down atop their barrier, making it tremble… but that was all. But if he hit it harder… he took a great swing, sufficient to crush a mountain. His hammer rebounded from the barrier without causing any damage at all. Okay, maybe the barrier would stop him actually. He looked over towards Catarina.
“I’ve got it,” she said. “One moment.”
Durff expected her to break through like Koralo, creating a small path for them to move through. Koralo had done some cool things with rings. Instead, Catarina had a small sword and was poking at the surface of the barrier. He wasn’t going to disparage her choice of weapon, but she sure didn’t look like she was trying very hard to break the barrier.
Then… the barrier started to fade away like mist under the bright sun. Durff thought it would stop, but it didn’t. As far as he could tell, the entire planetary barrier fell apart.
“We’ve got one hour,” Catarina said. “Better make the most of it.”
He looked at her. “Are you going to be breaking their formations?”
Catarina shook her head. “Of course not. I’ll be retrieving them.”
Could you do that? Well, he supposed they were usually just fancy rocks. Or fancy metal inlaid in fancy rocks. Or… things like that. But formations also usually protected themselves from being picked up. That wasn’t Durff’s business though.