Chapter 85: Gabe’s gamble
Gabe’s palms burned as the white sphere expanded between them. The dark blob rapidly took shape right below the duo, putting pressure on them to fuse their mana faster.
Naturally, they’d already abandoned all caution, willingly accepting the painful cost of the technique. Their eyeballs felt like they were melting in their sockets, the entire front side of their body peeling.
‘We need to time this right.’ Gabe said. ‘We’ll only get one shot.’
Percy nodded.
‘Yes. There’re three things we need to do at once. We have to push the rest of our mana into the sphere, while at the same time unleashing your blessing to raise the temperature even further. Meanwhile, I’ll try to direct as much of the explosion towards the golem and away from our face.’
‘Make those four things then. Let’s also try tossing our wings into the mix. Even if the ambient mana fails to add to its strength, it might shield our body from some of the damage.’
With the plan set in stone, the duo held their breath, focused on their opponent’s form. Of course, they couldn’t gaze at it directly, as their head was tilted away from the radiant star thrumming between their hands, but they could still observe it through Mana Sense.
The vague outline of Green finally finished taking the shape of the golem, complete with four sabres tightly grasped in its fists. Not wasting a moment, the two rushed to their tasks before their enemy started hurling weapons at them.
First, they stopped flapping the wings, only slightly adjusting them to maintain their orientation, allowing themselves to fall closer to the construct. Pushing all the mana out of their two cores, they let it gush through their channels, soon flooding the spell with an influx of fuel, causing it to burn brighter than ever before.