Also, it was the power to buy time for the spiritual power shield device to replenish its shields, but now they no longer had that time, indicating that the war had entered its final phase—either you die, or I do.
Finn Lewis longed to help them, but he did not have the ability to do so, yet this situation did not last long. Musell Evans's voice came through, "My friend, we can no longer hold back the flood of enemies. We have no choice but to abandon parts of the defense line. We're going to shrink the shield down to its minimal size, just enough to protect a single spiritual power crystal."
Mussell's words shocked Finn. He immediately looked down and realized that he had no idea when the situation had become so dire.