It was hard to tell whether the girl followed my words out of fear or due to some other reasons. But it wasn't hard to activate the recurring stone in my hand as soon as she slipped outside of its effective range.
Once again, after a few moments of charging, a slight tremor exploded outwards from the stone. At first, nothing seemed to have happened. That is if one didn't count how everyone in the area affected by the coming disaster suddenly froze in place.
It seemed that both humans and those mutants were capable of sensing the death looming over their heads. But there wasn't anything that any of those future victims could do.
Then, the disaster came. The air cracking under the force of the magical energy riling up. Exploding outwards from the stone, the mana resurgence travelled forward in a cone. As if the air of the place was filled with tiny amounts of gunpowder, a spiritual spark, and then nothing.
