Chapter 57 Part 3) Mana Bomb (Patreon)

“I… I just hugged you?” Desaray extended her hand, wanting to take her father’s hand in hers, but Ricky quickly pulled his hand back. He could feel the bone-chilling aura coming from her.

“Desa, I …” Ricky felt bad. He had just retracted his hand from his precious daughter. But he had no choice. His hand would have froze if he didn’t do it.

“No… it’s fine. I.” Tears began to well up in Desaray’s eyes. She wanted nothing more than to be able to hug her father when she wanted to. To go back to being able to be near those she loved without worrying about killing them.

“Desa, don’t cry. I am sure there is a way to fix this. You hugged me just now, so I am sure there is a way to control your aura.” Ricky began to panic. He could never stand it when Desaray cried. His baby girl was supposed to be happy all the time, never sad.

“It’s fine. At least I got to hug you just now, even if it was only for a short time. I am a little emotional due to the lack of sleep.” Desaray forced a smile. But deep down, she felt depressed. If not for everything that was going on, she would ask Lilith to help her now with her aura, but at this time, she couldn’t afford to do so.

Ricky knew she was forcing a smile right now and sighed. He decided not to expose her lie as he said: “Go get some rest. A clear mind that is well rested is what you need for the troubles ahead.”

“I will do that.” Desaray smiled and turned to leave. She really did need to take some time to rest. Getting all emotional now was not good for someone who was the leader of a kingdom.

Not far away, Lilith, who had come to seek Desaray and ask her about her plans now that the Battle of the Gods was underway, witnessed the whole scene. “Unconsciously retracting her aura. This means there is hope in her controlling it better. She might even be able to control it to the point that she can even make it stronger, allowing her to create an innate skill.”

Lilith had some hopes for this. If she could strengthen her aura, she could keep all her enemies at bay without expending any mana. “For now, she does need to rest. I will go check on things outside.”

After Lilith left, Ricky was still standing in the hall, clenching his fists. He felt useless. Not only could he not help his daughter in the battles to come but he could also not even console her when she needed it the most. “There must be something I can do to ease her burden.”

“Regal, are you sure this thing is safe?” Becky asked. She had been helping Regal with one of his projects.

“It’s safe as it can be. Just don’t hit it. It might set it off.” Regal replied, making Becky take a few steps away from the massive metal egg. It was almost fully black but had a blue sheen over its metallic surface. There were no wires or anything like that to be seen, just an egg-shaped metal structure.

“I know I have been helping you, but I still have no idea what this thing is.” Becky had been helping this entire time but never asked what she was helping with. She just found working with the runes to create a circuit-like system was very interesting.

“This is a Mana Bomb. Once detonated will suck in all the mana from its surroundings, even from the bodies of living beings, and condense it into a tiny ball, creating a reaction that will turn mana into its original form. That original form will then activate the runes inscribed within to create origin magic that will wipe out everything that survived the activation process in a large radius. If I am right, it should even work on these so-called gods.” Regal replied. “I got the idea from the books Her Holiness filled the library with. I was able to use the Elder Dwarves’ ancient runes to create this. Origin magic is a banned magic since it can cause great destruction all races would refrain from using it since it is hard to contain. But this new method will allow for controlled usage thanks to the knowledge of your world.”

Becky began to sweat. She now realized she had just helped create the first mana-based weapon of mass destruction. She never wanted any part in such a project! She just wanted to learn how to write runes since it seemed to be something close to coding. She wanted to see if she could use them to create a virtual reality game!

“You do not need to be scared. I would never have made such a weapon if it were not for the fact that these gods had appeared. I am useless in battle, but I can at least make something that can help fight against even the gods.” Regal did not want to make such a weapon, but he felt this was the only way. Desaray also approved of the project only on the assumption that it would only be used as a last resort. The thing standing in front of him was something he had been working on day and night for the past few days. He had not even had a chance to test to see if it would work or not. He was too scared to even do it!

“You work too fast!” Becky did not understand how Regal could make such a thing in such a short amount of time. Yes, he had many people here helping him, but this was just too much!

“We have no choice. We might not even survive what is to come so we must work quickly and hope we are making the rich decisions.”