In her fit of rage, Ultima summoned several of the Black Orbs.
With a sinister smile, she propelled the orbs towards each of the Royal Knights.
The uniformed man ―― First Lieutenant Kondo ―― sensed the danger from those orbs and,
「Brace yourselves! Those are Abyss Cores!」
Shouting out, he equipped his gun, and, destroyed one of the Abyss Cores using Dispel and Eraser bullets in rapid-fire.
He would have shot down the remaining Cores too but,
「Hello? Look, I’m your opponent!」
Carrera stopped Kondo’s barrage by herself shooting a full strength Energy Ball at him.
Kondo drew back his gun, and attempted to repel the Energy Ball while dodging.
A tremendous amount of Energy that was as if a manifestation of Carrera’s rage. But the real feat what that of Kondo’s, who had repelled it all while remaining stoic of face.
He was already analysing his opponent, planning to counter with a Dispel bullet, and if possible, Necrosis too.
But, now he had no room to look after anyone else, and as if being completely isolated with Carrera, their single combat had began. (TN: I ship ‘em already. :3 )
Abyss Cores.
These were lumps of mana which could be called the essential components of magic.
Pumping them with ridiculous amounts of mana, a genuine death ray, the “Death Streak” would be made.
Releasing them as is would manifest “Nuclear Flame”.
And last but not least, the best usage was to use Mana Manipulation to alter the lumps into a compressed state.
This would result in the strongest magic, “Gravity Collapse”.
It was the essence of Nuclear Magic.
On a similar note, “Nuclear Cannon” was made by exploding a few Abyss Core inside a tubular Magic Barrier, and pointing that energy in some arbitrary direction.
It was easy to do, and was the easiest to control.
Therefore, even at sizes as small as a fists, the Royal Knights clearly understood the power of a simple Abyss Core.
「I-impossible! How are there so many of these huge Abyss Cores!?」
「If those things blew up, this whole place will be gone!!」
「The Mages’ Barriers won’t hold, all hands, eliminate those Cores!!」
And all of them made their moves.
If left as is, and multiple “Nuclear Flames” were blasted, their Emperor, should still be safe.
But the majority of the Airships in the sky would undoubtedly be destroyed by the explosion.
Not to mention, they couldn’t allow such explosions near the Emperor even if he were to be safe.
「What monstrosity!? To summon so many large Abyss Cores without any problem…..」
That was the honest impression of the Royal Knights.
The strongest among them had used their Holy Magic to counter balance, and successfully suppress the Abyss Cores.
