Just looking at that ball of light filled Aequus with a sense of dread.
But before he could change his mind, Randall pointed forward, and a beam of light shot out.
Aequus barely had time to cross his arms over his chest before the beam slammed into him.
There was a muffled thump. This time, the sound wasn't particularly loud, yet everyone felt as though it had echoed inside their own hearts.
A wave of destruction swept across the entire grounds. As the three strongest people present, the Princes felt their senses screaming warnings, filling them with the urge to flee.
The soldiers seated at the very front felt it especially keenly.
The raging wind had already reached them.
Panic immediately began to set in.
Only after a dozen or so seconds did the disturbance gradually subside.
A massive crater spanning the entire grounds appeared before everyone's eyes.
At its center stood Aequus, who had burst into tears again.
The earlier barrage had felt overwhelming, leaving him unable to keep up, but the power of each individual shot had actually been bearable.
This time, however, his defenses had been broken outright.
Naturally, this single shot couldn't have been stronger than all 108 earlier shots combined.
But those attacks had been spread out, not unleashed all at once!
Right now, Aequus truly felt that Randall was an absolute bastard.
Just one shot had done this to him. If Randall fired 108 of these like before, he would probably be done for!
"Stop looking so miserable. This counts as training too."
Randall fed Aequus a mouthful of motivational fluff.
Aequus pulled a face uglier than if he had been crying.
When his superior served up motivational fluff, he had to swallow it through his tears whether he wanted to or not—and then