Null couldn't decide which course of action would be best. He could use his nullification skill to break the spell but that would release the Eldritch Abomination from its pocket dimension and they would still have to defeat it. The other option was to explain the situation to the council and isolate the planet from the rest of the universe.
Normally, option 2 was the only sane option. There were two reasons why Null was actually leaning towards option 1. The first was he suspected the council knew this and this was the reason he was sent here. He worried about the consequences of not following the council's plan.
The second reason was that the voice of the universe was willing him to do it. He had always believed that the voice of the universe was passive, it was just there. The voice on this planet seemed alive and was in pain. He couldn't explain it but Null felt the universe had arranged for him to be here to fix this.
There was also a third reason but he wouldn't tell the others. Animals were not enough to sustain the Abomination. Somehow the Abomination was able to convert peoples souls into energy which stopped them from returning to the soul field. He didn't know what the consequences of this were, but he was sure it wasn't good.
For all these reasons, Null did the unreasonable thing and release the Abomination using his Nullify skill. The moment he cancel the spell and the pocket dimension the Abomination escaped its prison. Null Gate the party back to the shuttle.
"Chris, Tell Littleman we will need his help and that we have to evacuate everyone"
"Null what have you done!" Chris was incredulous he couldn't believe they had released that thing.
"Don't worry this will be fun, remember to Call your target" Null had also attached his laser to his suit and was firing at the same spot over and over but each time it hit it would instantly heal.
Littleman had scanned the creature and they didn't know what to make of the readings. It seemed to be a creature that could use true magic but it also channelled a large amount of energy. Littleman had already signalled the enforcer ships to fire at the creature but it had the same issue as Null, the damage would be instantly healed.
"Don't you have anything more powerful, aren't you Valtaui higher level race?" Chris was hoping the Valtaui or enforcer were going to save them.
"We don't bring our powerful items into the field, as it is not safe to do so. Also, our powerful weapons would destroy the planet"
"Hey, big-sis come on we need you, look at this big fella we get to fight" at Null words Jania woke up a little from her stupor and saw the Abomination and smiled.
"Yes! I bet I can do more damage than you" Jania then ran off with Kusarigama in hand to try and hack and slash the monster. Null had noted that Jania seem to be a bit of a battle junkie and enjoyed the thrill of battle even in VR.
The excitement of the battle seemed to be affecting Jania. She was enjoying herself and the longer the battle went on the more in tune she felt with the universe. She could suddenly understand more about her body how each move flowed into the next. Jania was somehow directly channelling the motion field and it had directly affected her speed and strength she was currently launching a frenzy of attacks that no ordinary human would be able to keep up with.
Sadly she was facing a powerful Abomination but her new berserker transformation allowed her to dance around the battlefield cutting off the smaller tentacles.
Chris was now trying to adapt to the new reality. "Mum! Quickly get your Drones up and running, I need you to see if you can find any weakness or we don't be able to bring this thing down"
Lisa studied the footage from the drones. She had noticed that it was draining life from the organic building and hypothesised that it was using that energy to replenish itself. Chris took in his mother advice and order Jania and Null to target any tentacles that were heading towards the buildings.
Null hadn't realised that he had been flying for a while now, it seems the secret to flight was to not think about it. Using his aerial advantage he was able to target any of the tentacles before they reached the building.
Littleman had also noticed the same pattern and was aiming for the same tentacles with his energy blade. For a 60cm tall humanoid bunch of nanites, he was hitting quite hard. They were making progress, the tentacles seemed to be moving slower and taking longer to heal than before.
Null was worried. 'this doesn't make sense, we haven't dealt enough damage for it to be slowing down, it could always consume the souls it already possesses.'
The abomination was feinting its weakness, it was setting up a surprise attack from underneath. This would have worked except Null, Jania and Littleman could all see it. Null flew to be directly above the abomination and cast a full-powered magic missile. He had spent so long trying to perfect the spell that both his affinity and spell control had risen. The spell had so much force behind it it could even stun the behemoth that was the abomination.
"Everyone Left, you must evacuate the area immediately!" Littleman had broadcast his message planet-wide to all the other explorers. This suggested that he was done playing around. Everyone used all the resources they had to make it to the shuttle as quickly as possible.
There was a mass exodus from the surface as all the other explorers also left the planet even if they were ignorant of the reasons. If a tier 2 race tells you to evacuate, you evacuate. As Null's group was leaving the atmosphere they detected 3 more Valtaui ships arriving.
Seemingly sensing the danger the Abomination sacrificed more than half of its lifeforce to teleport into orbit to be next to the new arrivals and released a massive psychically charged blast. The blast had the same properties as the one that had killed Null mother in her merge pod.
"Oh Firetruck!" Null had sensed the blast early enough that he could shield their shuttle.
"Firetruck? hasn't Chris been teaching you how to swear?" Jania was amused at the little outburst but then remember the bigger picture. The blast had taken out almost 2/3rd of the fleeing ship and the council's escort ships. The 3 Valtaui ships were intact by had stopped moving the abomination had wrapped its tentacles around their shields.
The ships would move a bit and then reverse and move forward again.
"They are trapped in a time loop, we can't let that thing touch us" Null was out of idea's he had hoped that the Valtaui or council had a plan to eliminate the abomination once he released it.
He didn't have a spell or a weapon in their arsenal that could deal with this thing.