Chrysalis

It needed to be tested at some point, and what better time than now? I’ve increased Gravity Magic to the second rank thanks to all my stuffing about with Gravity Fields, and the bomb was always going to be on the list of things that I want to see how the Altar interacts with.

As it turns out, quite well.

As the spell is unleashed and I activate the Altar of Self, I’m rather startled to feel all of the gathered energy drain out of it.

All.

Not a single skerrick left. As it is usually wont to do, the Gravity Bomb soaks up every drop of power it can get, and when it does, it goes absolutely nuts.

HOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWL!

The air screams, and I mean SCREAMS. I didn’t put anything like my full reserve of gravity mana into this thing, and it sounds an awful lot like some of the biggest I’ve ever cast.

I, of course, do the sensible thing and sprint away like my life depends on it, which it likely does. Despite the fear of my own mortality this spell always seems to invoke in me, particularly when I’m near it, I keep a close eye trained on the ominously dark sphere as it streaks away from me into the teeth of the oncoming horde. Hordes.

The two armies had been running toward each other, ready to fuse into an even greater mass of slavering destruction, but the flight of my friends and I has changed their trajectories. Like murderous puppies chasing a toy, the lead demons in both groups have angled towards us and led the rest of their fellows to follow in behind.

So it is that when the Bomb strikes, it detonates right in the faces of the frontrunning monsters from two armies, both of whom are leading their allies into danger like twin pied-pipers.

more Will energy into a super-dash, but I don’t have the juice! This far down, it’ll take probably an hour to refill

FWOOSH!

dark sphere of the Gravity Bomb expands rapidly in the swirling vortex of

Holy moly!

the bomb grows to its full, horrifying size and begins to do what it does best: drag in and

is the noise. The two demon armies behind me are immediately lost in the haze of ash and dust as the air fills with debris

demon larvae are getting swallowed

atmosphere of the third stratum is allowing me to witness another new sight. I can clearly see the path the air is travelling as it spirals down into

running, Tiny! Don’t look back for

as I yell at him. This is not a time

am, is absurd. I grip the ground with my

yourself so damn chonky?! You’ll have to be twice as far from every bomb from

can’t take this

passing, though. With every step, the grip of the gravitational pull lessens, and several dozen metres in front of me, my friends must be well in the clear. I always feel a moment of panic when Invidia is too close to these things. He’s so small, and not a particularly strong flier, it wouldn’t take much for

put all the distance we can between us and the demons for when all of this blows over. When the dust settles, I don’t

as the bomb drags in everything it can touch and crushes it. The horizon behind us is looking dark indeed as even the light seems to be struggling back there. Such a horrendous power I’ve unleashed. What would happen if I put all of my Gravitational Mana

to try it at some point, but I shudder just

more staying power to boot. We’re kilometres away when it finally flickers and fades, the ensuing quiet all the more jarring after