"This was about what I expected. We still walked into a trap. Merlin was practically like a hen—wherever he went, he had to lay an egg along the way."
Deathstroke raised the energy sword in his hand and drew upon his Cosmic Energy. Frigid flames of seven colors surged around him. "One of Kamar-Taj's common spells uses a Teleportation Portal to throw people into the void for Infinite Freefall. Looks like we can update our intelligence: Merlin has mastered spatial magic."
The moment Bobo saw the Cosmic Energy, he jumped off Deathstroke's shoulder. He was now checking whether his backside had caught fire, vigorously slapping at his pants as he asked, "I have no idea what this Kamar-Taj you mentioned is, but what do we do now? None of the four of us are spellcasters. How are we supposed to break this trap?"
There was nothing to see in the pitch-black space. Other than the weightless sensation telling them they were falling, there was nothing else.
"Magic is fundamentally a form of Cosmic Energy. Merlin couldn't possibly have invested all his magic into creating a trap, so he created this Pocket Dimension for the Infinite Freefall. I'll force it open with energy far beyond what it can contain."
As he spoke, he slowly drew in a breath, then moved to the edge of the flying carpet and stabbed downward with his energy sword.
It was an ordinary motion, as though he were merely stabbing the air. Yet the torrent of energy pouring out with the strike instantly illuminated the black space. Everything seemed to be dyed in rainbow light, and everyone turned multicolored.
The intense light forced Bobo to close his eyes. Even so, the brightness shining through his eyelids left him dizzy and disoriented.
But when he opened his