Camilla withdrew her mace and brought it down on the crystal. Not a single spark or scratch appeared from the impact. Seeing that they couldn’t damage the core, they started to back out without needing to speak.
All was for naught.
With his spiritual sense, Matt could feel the slight draw of the core pulling in ambient mana. With a bit more checking, he found the conduits that were feeding mana to the core.
The increase in light and spin was visible, but slow. The problem was that both were increasing. After a few seconds, the rate of increase became somewhat concerning.
Matt’s AI raced with the calculations, and the output was bad. Warnings from his AI started covering his vision even before the predictions were finished.
“Oh, s**t. Run!”
Matt’s shout jolted them out of their stupor
