It worked just as well on the bear, and his fist ruptured its heart. Or at least, that was what Claude assumed as he received a stream of Genesis Energy from the creature. He checked his reserves and frowned. While he had made a profit from the last fight, he felt like he could do better. The only reason the bear had been so easy to kill was the fact it was shocked from his first spell, allowing him to land a clean blow directly over its heart, but it meant using a second cast of his spell, which was ineffective. He could always throw his Power at the monster, but that was less than ideal. His Power wasn’t foolproof, and over reliance on it would and could get him in trouble, so he preferred not to fall into the habit of using it directly on his opponents. He preferred to use it on in

