"Make sure everything is ready,"
Solomon agreed readily, seemingly unconcerned by the spatial turmoil around him.
The issues Ivan had to deal with involved two runes sorcery arrays, a fantastic item, a space rift, and the incessant influx of Shadow Power—it wasn't going to be an easy fix, certainly harder than repairing a single sorcery array.
In his estimate, he would also need to handle unexpected complications.
As expected, the space rift wouldn't "go down without a fight;" the transmission of space energy and a surge of Shadow Power forced Ivan to call upon the help of two others, and only with their combined strength were they able to confine the Shadow Sphere within a certain range.
In this way, amid turmoil and anxiety, the Shadow Sphere slowly adjusted to its position.
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