Chapter 180: Cracking the wood
Irwin's heartbeat shot up as crackling lightning bolts appeared inside the monstrous maw before him. With a jerk, he brought his hammer up, enlarging it to as big as it would go. It barely covered his body in time to block a barrage of arm-length lightning bolts that slammed into it.
For a split second, he felt a tiny sense of relief. Then, the crackling red energy flowed through his metal hammer into his hand and through his entire body. His eyes widened in surprise as his muscles spasmed and cramped up while his kinetic energy surged out of his control.
"You have to kill it before it reaches the other side," Ambraz shouted, his voice muted from inside Irwin's pocket.
How, Irwin wanted to scream back.
But he couldn't because the energy running rampant through his body was causing it to jerk and cramp up and ignore his attempts to try something.
"Irwin!"
The panic in Ambraz's voice made Irwin try even harder to regain control over his body, but nothing was working. He couldn't even feel the handle of his hammer, and the only things he could see were the monster's clawed hands flailing around, luckily no closer to him than before.
Move! he screamed in his mind, trying to force his body to respond.
A throbbing pain was starting all throughout his body as his Kinetic energy built up, filling his entire body and making him feel like he was going to explode if it continued.
"-er!"
Irwin thought he heard Ambraz scream something at him, but the roaring of the monstrous thing was causing his ears to ring. Pain began rippling through his arms and legs, and he saw the skin on the back of his hand darken while red lightning jumped from his fingers to the hammer and back.
Something slammed into his ear, then Ambraz shouted into his ear.