Apophis let out a heavy sigh, but still helped. Her entire body glowed as she sent the last of her energy into the attack.
The knight descended into the center.
BOOOM!!!
A wave of annihilation erupted. The serpents were dragged upward, shrieking, flailing.
The gravitational field tore their bodies apart. Dark water slashed them into ribbons. Lightning ripped their cores from within.
The earth cracked. The sky dimmed. Ben staggered, panting. His arms trembled, smoke rising from his shoulders.
Apophis dropped to one knee, wings folding in. A faint, tired smile flickered across her lips.
The knight sheathed his sword with a sharp click.
Then, all three of them looked up, toward the Devourer of Light.
"The system has adapted…" Ben muttered, a deep frown shadowing his face.
Even without Apophis's earlier warning, he could tell. Those serpents had been nothing more than a distraction, fodder to buy time while the system worked to take over her true body completely.
