Ben stepped forward. He raised the pickaxe. "One shot," he murmured. "That's all it'll take."
He ignited the energy that the pickaxe absorbed.
The weapon shimmered with Mana. The dome reacted, drawing power from the castle to enhance the field just long enough.
Ben exhaled And swung.
SWOSH!!!
The pickaxe pierced the outer dome, passed through the overlapping magical barriers, and struck the Magus square in the chest.
The world went silent for a breath.
BOOM!!
The entire containment dome imploded with a deafening thunderclap, the collapsing force drawing everything inside inward. Light warped. Air split.
The Magus's body was launched like a comet crashing into his castle.
Ben didn't wait. The instant the Magus's body slammed into the castle wall with a crash that sent cracks webbing through the stone, Ben leapt.
The wind howled past him as he dropped like a meteor, pickaxe gripped tight in both hands, eyes locked onto his falling target.
BAM!
