The energy within Ikaris began to surge, golden patterns lighting up across his body.
"I am the Eternals' strongest warrior! I should have been the one leading everyone to fulfill our mission!"
"Not that softhearted Ajak!"
"Once I kill you, everything will be back on track!"
Before he had even finished speaking, Ikaris turned into a streak of golden light and charged straight at Hermione.
Air burst outward in a shock wave. His speed was staggering.
The laser beams in his eyes gathered to their utmost intensity, ready to burn this insolent witch to ash.
Hermione glanced at him and gently lowered her palm.
"Crush him."
"Planetary Devastation."
Boom!
The sky darkened once more.
The enormous stone sphere that had been hovering in midair began spinning furiously.
Its gravitational field instantly locked onto Ikaris.
His flight slowed abruptly, as though he had plunged into an invisible mire.
"What?!"
Ikaris's eyes widened.
He desperately tried to break free, unleashing the energy within him in a frenzy, but his struggles were meaningless against the gravitational field of seventh-level force magic.
A second later, the stone sphere plummeted from the sky.
Ikaris had no time to react before the asteroid-like sphere smashed him square in the face.
Its terrifying mass, formed from tens of millions of tons of compressed rock, slammed into him with world-destroying force.
Every Eternal's expression changed.
Only then did they remember that, in their shock over the truth, they had forgotten what a terrifying spell this witch had been casting. Their arrival had merely interrupted it.
Now that the stone sphere was moving again, its terrifying pressure made everyone's scalp prickle.
"Scatter!"
Gilgamesh roared and was the first to shoot backward.
The others reacted as well, fleeing in every direction.
Rumble!
Carrying Ikaris with it, the stone sphere plunged