"Do we got him?" asks Bloodman after seeing the black lances fall on Ben's body.
There is only a field full of black lances on the spot where Ben stands. They can't see anything because the black lances cover their view. Seeing the number of black lances, they are sure that Ben has been skewered by those.
"Of course, he won't be able to defend that," says Ajeel confidently.
But their faces stiffen instantly when they hear cracking sounds. Many black lances on a straight path toward Vistarion suddenly get crushed onto the ground. A clear path appears and Ben can be seen sitting smugly on the ground without any black lance on his body.
There is no black lance that stabs him and all the black lances are stabbing the ground around him. He was using his Gravity Magic to repel the black lances that almost hit him. As for the R.I.P. spell that Larcade used, it didn't affect him.
Ben is immune to mind-controlling magic, so he could resist that spell. He just played along to give his enemies some false hope. If there is anything that can describe how evil Ben is, then his hobby to give his enemies false hope before crushing them will be one of them.
"Nice try, people, but it seems you don't know me that much. I don't know if you don't know or just underestimating me. But those kinds of attacks would just waste your magic power instead of hurting me. Although those black lances are quite interesting. It looks quite similar to my spell a few days ago. Or maybe you made it based on that," says Ben while standing up.
He walks again through the path he made between the black lances. Ben enjoys his walk that looks like a badass overpowered Main Character walk. Even at his current level, walking alone toward millions of enemies still feels very thrilling.
"You have attacked a few times, so it's my turn now, right?" asks Ben before snapping his fingers.
A pair of black gold magic circles appear on his left & right. They rotate in different directions and keep following him as he walks.
Ben grins and simply chants, "Bombardment!"
Right after he chanted that, the 2 magic circles shoot black-gold light beams rapidly. It's like Ben is shooting Gatling Guns at his enemies using big-ass explosive beams as bullets. The magic circles move around to target the enemies in all positions.
The Spriggans are blocking his attacks using their Magic though because they can't lose their men this fast. Ben doesn't care that they block his attacks. He doesn't even increase his attack power because what he does right now is simply terrorize his enemies using this strong rapid attack.
Even if the Spriggans aren't intimidated, the soldiers will be terrified. They are seeing explosions above their heads that happen without any rest. Those explosions are caused by one man, but it needs all their Spriggans to defend.
"Invel!" shouts Irene.
Invel Yura nods before he extends his right hand toward Ben. Suddenly, the ground freezes and the ice moves toward Ben at a high speed. Instead of freezing Ben's attacks, Invel chooses to attack Ben from the ground, avoiding the massive solar bullets.
His ice reaches Ben's location and Invel tries to freeze Ben. But Ben just grins and releases heat energy strong enough to prevent Invel's ice from reaching him. Ben keeps walking while releasing the heat and he melts the ice as he walks.
Even the ground is melting and turning into lava because the heat is so intense. What Natsu did in The Grand Magic Games can't be compared to this. Ben can turn this entire area into lava, but he holds back because he wants to have fun.
Invel grits his teeth while keep trying to freeze Ben, but to no avail. He also tries another spell that puts an ice collar on Ben's neck. But that spell also breaks even before reaching Ben because of the heat he's releasing.
So Invel changes his target toward the 2 black-gold magic circles beside Ben. But they are still inside Ben's heat protection, so he can only freeze the bullets. Even so, the frozen bullets still fly toward them and they still can explode because they aren't getting frozen completely.
The explosions have become weaker though, so Invel's attack is not that useless even though it can't stop Ben's attacks completely. He is very frustrated though because it's the first time someone can counter his Ice Magic so easily.
Ben keeps walking without any care, but then the ground around him suddenly moves. The ground on his left & right suddenly raise, forming massive walls. Then both massive walls suddenly crash themselves with Ben in the middle, creating a very strong impact.
Irene was the one moving the ground through her Enchantment Magic. Then August adds the attack by compressing the merged massive wall to be smaller and smaller until it turns into a small mountain. Both of them have made sure that Ben doesn't escape as he did 4 days ago.
But it seems this combination isn't enough for August because then he makes the compressed mountain explodes. This explosion can't be compared to Neinhart's blast because this one is very massive. It can destroy the entire Vistarion easily if August makes the range bigger.
It's an Earth Type magic explosion, so Ben should get damaged. August has calculated many things, so he has high confidence that this will work. But sometimes, even a Mage of his caliber can make errors in their judgment.
Ben appears in his initial spot without any sign of injury. He floats on the massive crater created by August's explosion. Around Ben are black, red, and gold magic circles, 2 of each color facing each other that shape a cube that encases Ben inside like a box.
These magic circles defended Ben from their continuous attacks. He made them to melt Irene's Earth Walls when they crashed into him. They protected him when August compressed the walls and exploded the whole area.
"That was a nice combination. Now try mine," says Ben while extending his hands forward.
The 6 magic circles fly in front of him and make a circle formation that faces the enemies. They glow and form a small black-red-gold solar energy ball in the middle. Ben grins before he punches the energy ball, making it cracks and explodes.
"Evil Dragon God's Madness: Great Annihilation!"
A spiral black-red-gold solar beam comes out of the explosion and shoots toward the millions of Alvarez troops. It keeps getting bigger and bigger as it gets closer to Ben's enemies. The beam is destroying the ground as it moves and the millions of people look very small compared to it.
The 12 Spriggans don't have any choice but to block this attack with all their power now. It's not only their men who are in danger but them too. If they hold back, then the massive attack may break their blockage.
Irene boosts all Spriggans' magic power to block this attack. Then they use their magic to make layers of shields. The average Mages also help make shields even though theirs are weak, but every bit counts.
Ajeel makes a very thick & tall sand dome, then Invel forms a thick layer of ice in front of the sand wall. Neinhart makes a Windshield in front of the thick ice. Bloodman makes numerous thorny vines using Mard Geer's Curse behind the sand wall.
The 2 new Spriggans who haven't shown themselves because they kept wearing hoods finally show themselves. Surprisingly, they are God Serena and Jacob who were revived using Neinhart's Hystoria of The Dead and enhanced by Zeref using Black Arts.
Zombie Serena who has bad blood with Ben creates 8 layers of the shield using his 8 Dragon Slayer Magic behind the thorny vines. He still has his Dragon Slayer Magic even without the Dragon Lacrimas in his body. The magic has been running through his veins, so it doesn't leave his body.
As for Jacob, he makes a Space Shield behind Serena's 8 Dragon Shields. He has learned some new Space Magic spells just to face Ben because he wanted to have his revenge. Although his chance is slim because his revived self is weaker than his real self, Serena too, so they will gladly help the others if it means they can kill Ben.
Wall then encases the shield layers using his electricity. Larcade covers the layers of shields using his White Arts. August also covers the whole shield using strong Barrier Magic that can block powerful attacks.
The shields are massive already, but Brandish increases their size using her magic. Lastly, Irene uses her Enchantment to strengthen the shields. This is the strongest defense ever created in the history of Alvarez.
Ben's great attack hits the defense and a massive impact is created by the clash. The shockwave and impact even reach towns far from Vistarion. The clashing sound can be heard from the whole of Alvarez and the surrounding towns.
That's just how strong the clash is and it still goes on. Zeref who watches from his castle is frowning while watching the clash. "So that's your plan, huh, Ben? You really always thought steps ahead. But I don't know if you made the correct choice or not. Do you really want to make this a 3 sided-war while being alone, you crazy madman?"
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