I have no idea how many tons of material rained down, but it had to be a lot. Thankfully the integrity of things like soil and stone are more than a little 'iffy' here on Pangera. By all rights, the planet should collapse in on itself given the fact that it's largely hollow, but when we add mana into the mix things get weird.
So the whole mountain didn't collapse on us, which is a plus, but we were still rather squished.
In fact, it was Invidia that made the save. Acting as fast as thought, the green eyed demon is able to apply his prodigious mental powers and create an eight layered barrier over our heads. They don't hold, of course they wouldn't, not against literal tons of material, but they do enough that we aren't smooshed to paste, slowing the falling rock to the point we are pinned rather than dead.
[Nice save, Invidia!]
[Givessss more praisssse!]
Can't be stingy considering he just saved our lives.
[You really made the five hundre-, one thousa, let's go with ten thousand IQ play! Great job!]
I keep revising my estimation of his brain power upward as I think about the sheer size of this dude's brain. Invidia chuckles evilly with glee and I can feel his satisfaction radiating over our mental connection. You can have all the praise you want champ. You do good work.
Alright, now what?
[Can anyone move?] I ask.
[I can, master.]
can wriggle
[A little. Be careful!]
cry hit my thoughts than I feel a sharp pain in one of my legs. What the heck? I wriggle furiously and kick until I give up and start pumping earth mana through the omni-elemental construct. Once
of bringing down more rock on my own head, I soften some sections whilst hardening others, compressing the loose soil into rock pillars that
beady, near blind eyes staring up
in frustration as I fail to reach my opponent. Eyes now filled
That hurts dammit!
large moves since I might bring down more rock on my own head! I'll have to keep reinforcing the area around me and creating space
termite! I'll get to you soon, then you'll get
careful as you move,] I belatedly warn my pets, [you might make your situation worse. You
at me and I get images of him lying flat under a mass of dirt. His bones are too solid to break, but his muscles are certainly a
magic your way over to Tiny. Heal him up and then try to solidify sections of
[Yessssss.]
around us. There are thousands of them digging towards
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