"Black. Bull. Ship."
"Bombardment! Mode!"
Alone inside the stone cabin, Henry absorbed the massive amount of mana from the strong magic region while activating Combination Magic to transform the ship's structure.
Huge cannon barrels began forming at the front of the Black Bulls ship.
At the same time.
Magic Knights stood behind the cannons' input ports and activated their respective magic.
"Flame Attack Magic: Flame Takedown!"
"Glass Creation Magic: Glass Sword!"
"Lightning Creation Magic: Thunder Bird's Cry!"
"Ice Attack Magic: Bridge of Ice Spikes!"
This was its bombardment mode.
Their magic served as the shells, and once it was fired through the cannon barrels.
Its power would increase severalfold—or even tenfold—under the effects of Combination Magic and the immense mana.
[Bang bang bang bang.]
In an instant.
Thick, elongated pillars of mana light shot out from the ship-form Black Bulls.
Compared to the four from the 'original timeline,' there were now a full eight cannons.
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The beams crossed dozens of kilometers of sky in the blink of an eye, closing in on Shikoutazer.
[Hummm——]
The entire night sky suddenly turned red.
It was the light blooming before Shikoutazer's hat brim.
It then transformed into a spherical energy blast and collided head-on with the eight incoming mana beams.
[BOOM!!!]
The midnight sky let out a mournful cry that echoed through heaven and earth. Lightning born from ionization spread and expanded like a web.
The crimson mass of energy held back every beam and visibly pushed them back.
The eight mana beams writhed and convulsed like dying giant pythons, trying to stop it from advancing.
But all they could do was slow it slightly and desperately cancel out more of its energy.
"Can't. Stop it."
Henry's drawn-out warning sounded through the Black Bulls once more.
Sure enough.
The eight mana