WorldCrafter - Building My Underground Kingdom-Chapter 157 - Ben Fighting The Magus Solo
157: Ben Fighting The Magus Solo
157: Ben Fighting The Magus Solo
Magical pulses warped midair, redirected and grounded through the glowing runes etched into the floor.
The final detonation struck with force enough to flatten mountains, The barrier cracked like glass.
Her voice cut through the aftermath like a blade.
“I won’t let you.”
Elvira raised her hand, and the glowing dome pulsed once, twice, then surged with blinding light.
The barrier wasn’t passive anymore.
It roared with power, threads of mana weaving through its surface like molten veins.
Sigils shimmered in rapid succession, reshaping, locking, reinforcing.
Elvira start changing the barrier properties adjusting it to couner each elemental effect.
BOOOOM!
A wave of fire, shadow, and lightning crashed into the barrier like a tidal wave made of pure destruction.
The ground trembled, molten rock burst from cracks, and the very air screamed under the pressure.
Many complicated calculation run trough elvira’s mind as he change many things each second.
Ben look from the side, clenching his grip on his pickaxe.
The are to defense is to massive for him to block.
But seeing Elvira do everything alone make him feel annoyed.
‘Elvira should be able to block this, but his feeling cannot do anything, I hate it!’
The dome rippled, groaned…
then held.
The explosion wrapped around it, pressing in like a mountain trying to crush an egg, but it didn’t break.
Instead, the magic twisted outward, deflecting the force in all directions.
Bolts of fire scattered across the battlefield.
Shadows were dissolved after being shine by a bright light.
The explosion faded, but the storm had only begun.
A violent pulse of energy burst from the Magus, his figure shrinking down to the size of a normal man.
His aether bled into the air, twisting the atmosphere.
The cavern ceiling darkened, morphing into a roiling mass of clouds.
CRACKLE!
CRACKLE!
Bolts of violet lightning arced through the sky of stone, lighting up the darkness in jagged flashes.
Elvira’s breath caught.
Her knees trembled, not from fear, but from exhaustion.
Her mana reserves were nearly tapped, her thoughts sluggish from overchanneling.
She stared at the brewing storm above with widening eyes.
Her lips parted.
“My beloved… maybe we should—”
She wanted to say it.
That they should run.
That if she faltered during this, the entire base could collapse.
That they couldn’t risk it.
But Ben cut her off, “We will go with Tsunami escape plan.’ HE than turn toward Draeven, “Follow Elvira for now.”
Draeven give a nod, he still want to fight agains the Magus, taking revenge for his brothers, but he know better than to do a suicide.
For him even if he cannot kill the Magus today, one day he will.
Elvira agree with the plan, but the way ben act make her worry, “Than let’s go.”
“Both of you go first, I want to make sure to kill that bastard.”
Elvira eyes widened, “My Beloved it’s too dangerous, it’s not that I don’t believe you but he’s stronger than we expect.”
“Don’t worry I will escape soon after.” Ben said firmly, he already have a plan in mind.
Elvira still filled with worry but she know there’s no talking ben out of it, with a nod she move entering the castle, with draeven following behind her.
Ben look upward toward the gathering purplish lighting.
CRACKLE!!!
CRACKLE!!!!
He than turn his gaze toward The Magus, his eyes narrowed.
CRACKLE!!!
A howl tore through the sky as the clouds split wide open.
The purplish lightning descended like the wrath of a god.
A single bolt, wide as a castle wall, crashed into the barrier with a sound that shattered stone and thought alike.
BOOOOOOOM!!!
The ground heaved.
The barrier screeched in protest, magic fracturing in lines of glowing blue before exploding outward in a dome of light and shattered force.
The walls crumbled.
Stones flew like cannonballs.
The air itself ignited from the heat.
The bolt didn’t stop there.
It carved downward, a spear of judgment, slamming directly where Ben had stood.
The world went white.
Then silent.
Then still.
A massive crater steamed at the heart of the battlefield, the stone turned to molten glass, the impact site scorched black.
But Ben was gone.
A blink later, the wind shifted.
The Magus’s eyes narrowed too late.
Ben appeared mid-air in front of him, his body trailing smoke, pickaxe already descending with the weight of a meteor.
The Magus crossed his arms, lightning bursting outward, forming a barrier of chained spells, but it didn’t matter.
The pickaxe cleaved through it like silk.
BOOM!
The impact hurled the Magus downward, his body crashing into the stone with bone snapping force.
He skidded along the ground, tearing a trench behind him before flipping upright mid-roll, lightning snarling around him.
Ben didn’t give him time.
He dropped straight after him, swinging again.
The Magus caught the next strike with his forearm, sparks exploding as the pickaxe clashed with his flesh.
CLANG!
The shockwave split the air.
Stone buckled beneath them.
Lightning clashed against block-breaking force.
“You’re still standing?” the Magus spat, eyes flaring.
Ben’s grin widened, wild and unflinching.
“You’re still bleeding.”
After the clash it’s clear to him the Magus has become weaker.
He have choose to shrink his power to recover his wound, and probably seal the soulfire in his body.
Ben’s boots slammed into the cracked earth, launching him forward like a cannonball.
His pickaxe was a blur of metal, cleaving downward with the fury of an avalanche
The Magus matched him step for step.
He moved like lightning incarnate, each flick of his fingers conjuring arcs of violet electricity that twisted into spears, and blades.
CRASH!
A chain of lightning spears collided with Ben mid-swing, but instead of stopping him, they fizzled on impact.
The pickaxe devoured the Aether, and Ben spun with the momentum, slamming it into the ground.
BOOM!
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A geyser of dust and stone exploded upward, momentarily blinding the Magus.
From the smoke, Ben surged out, cloak whipping behind him, eyes locked forward.
He swung.
CLANG!
The Magus blocked with a gauntlet of hardened lightning, but the impact sent him flying, his feet carving trenches into the stone.
Before he could recover, Ben closed the gap, again, again, again, like a force of nature that refused to be stopped
