Gelman slowly removed his tricorn hat and tucked it into his coat so it wouldn't fall.
Then he let his black-gloved hands hang naturally at his sides. They held nothing, reflecting only the sheen of leather.
Meanwhile, the Meat Saw, Shotgun Handgun, Flamethrower, Revolving Heaven Cannon, Spiral Cane, and Tachi: Senkage circled around Gelman like stars clustered around the moon.
Silva watched the scene, his eyes widening slightly.
This was...
An aura reserve and level of control that were practically terrifying. His aura reserves were probably greater than all of ours.
That was also what let him combine Conjuration, Transmutation, and Manipulation System in this way.
However, they still seemed unable to stray too far from Gelman. They probably couldn't maintain their conjured state beyond a certain distance.
So, if I put some distance between us, I can limit his abilities as much as possible...
Wait. There's something else.
Silva narrowed his eyes and spotted another anomaly.
Among the many weapons circling Gelman was a long, segmented object divided into five parts. A faint blue glow had accumulated in just one of them.
Some kind of progress bar?
It didn't seem to be measuring time, since it wasn't steadily filling up.
Then it must be building up through combat. The most significant difference between then and now was that the two of us had disengaged.
It didn't accumulate outside of combat. Once we fought, the difference in aura during our exchanges was probably added to the bar.
In other words, all I had to do was have more aura than him at a given point... Easy to think of, hard to do.
I definitely can't stop it from accumulating. All I can do is slow it down.
If the fight goes on long enough, something extremely unfavorable to me will