Chapter 3056 Engine Starts (Part 2)

Chapter 3056 Engine Starts (Part 2)

'If something goes wrong, no one will recognize the Prime Engine from its description, but Surtr and the others are hard to miss. This must look like a squabble between cursed objects so that no one will suspect their involvement.' Lith thought.

<"Then I'll tear you apart until your core is exposed and throw you to the gods-damned Council. I can't kill you but they can seal you for a very long time. Do yourself a favor and get lost."> The Elemental Lord said.

<"Make me."> Tendrils of gold-veined white stone erupted from the Engine's right hand and took the form of a scaled-up version of the Fury.

A blade was pointless against an enemy with no vitals and whose body was made of solid stone. Lith and Solus knew that and had reshaped Double Edge to host the Fury instead of Ragnarök.

<"You are not worthy of my spells!"> Argantyr infused himself with all the elements, charging at the Engine like an angry bull.

The difference in size was enormous, the tower's battle form barely reached the hips of the 100 meters (328') tall lost city. Lith stood his ground, activating the Hands of Menadion, the Heart, and the Watchtower.

He conjured a gravity field with himself at its center and reversed the direction and acceleration of the gravitational pull. Everything now fell away from the Engine, Argantyr included.

The Elemental Lord felt like a tall wave had crashed against him and now he was walking against a violent current that became stronger as he got closer to the Engine. He used earth magic to lock his steps and not lose his footing but his charge slowed down in a jog.

When he reached the geyser, it took the Engine one hand to bring Argantyr's fist to a halt. The other hand rotated the Fury so that when Lith swung the hammer at the lost city's chest, it struck with the pick side.

The curved point of the Fury lodged itself inside the stone buildings, giving Lith the leverage he needed to lift Argantyr in an overhead throw with the help of the gravity field.

The Elemental Lord slammed against the ground with a boom of thunder, quickly followed by many others. Lith freed the Fury from the enemy's body and rained blows from above after switching to a two-handed grip.

The Elemental Lord had access to Life Vision so he could see the five exit points before the Engine emerged from any of them. The problem was that he had no idea where to turn.

There was a dimensional exit point in front of him, one behind, one on either side, and one above.

Argantyr punched through the dimensional door behind him and it closed shut, severing his arm at the elbow. At the same time, the other three exit points around him exploded and Lith emerged from the one above.

The lost city's Life Vision was blinded so he failed to notice anything until the Fury burst his head open, releasing the Tower Tier Spell, Nova Eclipse, inside the stone buildings that comprised his humanoid form.

It was the tower version of Final Eclipse that like the original spell used fire and darkness, but it was much stronger due to the amplifying effect of the Master Mirror which also added the air element to the mix.

A tornado comprised of black flames filled the empty corridors inside the lost city, working its way toward the pseudo cores while eating at the protective enchantments.

The purpose of the spell was not to deal damage but to follow the energy flow inside Argantyr and locate the physical vessel of his pseudo cores.

'He's extinguishing our flames. No matter how much mana we pump, he has the advantage that his barriers weaken our connection with Nova Eclipse, but that is only if we play one card at a time.' Solus took the wheel, Blinking the Engine at a safe distance before activating the Tower Tier Gravity spell, Wheel of Fate.

A black mist shrouded the Elemental Lord while a rotating gravity field swirled around the lost city, sealing his movement. Unless Argantyr stood in the high-density darkness core of the spell, Wheel of Fate altered the direction of the gravity, making its victim spin like he was trapped in a washing machine.

If he moved to the center of the spell, however, the black mist eroded stone and mana, forcing Argantyr to redirect his power to his external defensive arrays and not leave enough energy to stop the Nova Eclipse that ravaged him from the inside.

To make matters worse, each earlier blow of the Fury had left behind a small strike team of six-eyed Demons of the Darkness that now roamed inside the lost city. They used their Abomination Touch to drain his energy and converted it into spells.