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Chapter 1308 - Anthony On Tour - Gravity
🕑 Added 2024-02-15 07:12:07 +0000 UTCThis is their secret plot? They want to drop a freaking mountain on my head?! Why waste all that time with subterfuge and the like when this was the plan all along?
I guess they wanted the brathians out of the way—the important ones, anyway. With Eran and her family gone, they figured they could go ahead and try to squash nearly ten thousand ants in one fell swoop.
I’m not about to kid myself, though. It’s me they want. Same as the Legion, who seem to be gearing up for something in the distance. Opportunists.
With the big bad mythic, tier seven ant out of the way, the rest of the Colony aren’t nearly so dangerous to deal with. It makes sense, in a coldhearted sort of way. I mean, what did we ever do to the golgari? Nothing!
Well… nothing that bad.
Smaller chunks of stone, each the size of a house, are already tumbling down the side of Greystone as the enormous hunk they’ve carved away is still breaking free. Slowly, it pulls further and further out, reaching hundreds of metres from the side of the mountain already.
The sound is awful, like the mountain itself is screaming.
Ahhh, this is a bit of a tight spot, isn’t it? Something that big falling from a height like that… I don’t even want to try and calculate how much force that’s going to generate.
Goes to show, even in a world filled with all sorts of ridiculous magic, dropping a big ol’ rock on someone is still pretty damn effective. Not that I could describe this as a ‘rock’. You can easily fit a demon city or two on a plate that size.
It’s at times like this that I truly appreciate the wonderful capabilities that having multiple brains, each running multiple mind-constructs can afford a monster. It might seem like I’m considering this situation in a rather relaxed manner, but I promise that’s not the case. My main mind is fairly relaxed about it all, but only because dozens and dozens of other minds are completely wigging out.
“Eldest! You need to flee!” Protectant materialises out of nowhere to yell at me.
In fact, the entire squad appears for possibly the first time ever. Judging by the look of them, they’re getting ready to force me to abandon ship using some method they’ve cooked up. In fact, I know that’s what they want to do, because I can sense it through the Vestibule.
“Relax,” I tell them easily. “I can take care of this. Don’t do anything weird. Actually, could you do me a favour and get ready to defend me from the Legion? I’ve got no doubt they want to get in on this action.”
“You could protect yourself from that danger by leaving, Eldest!” Protectant insists.
I glare down at the much smaller ant.
“That’s not how we operate in this family, Protectant. Grant put herself in harm’s way to keep me alive, and she died for it. Don’t think, not for a single second, that I wouldn’t do the same for any of you. This is the Colony. I’m not more important than any of my sisters, and I’ll be damned before I run away and leave ten thousand of my siblings to die in my place.
“Now get out of my way and rally the troops from the other ships. It’s going to get dangerous here in a second.”
They don’t like it, I can see they don’t like it. What I’m saying goes directly against their own orders, which is to put me first, no matter what. On the other mandible, they know I’m right.
“Are you even doing anything, Eldest?” Protectant tries one more time. “I can’t sense you doing anything to defend yourself.”
Overhead, the mountain continues to rumble as an unthinkable mass of rock tears itself loose, then begins to fall.
“Of course I’m doing something! Don’t be daft! Just wait… another… sec.”
Whumph!
At that moment, all the mana I had reached out to draw towards me arrives in a torrent. My greedy minds seize upon it and begin shoving that vast flow into the ready and waiting gravity construct I have prepared.
I’m going to need a heck of a lot of gravity mana for this situation.
“See? Now go!”
My guards scatter to rouse the rest of the ants aboard the ships to action. I tune them out and turn my attention to churning out all the mana I possibly can and stuffing it into the spell I need.
I’m ripping in so much mana I feel like I’m in the eye of a hurricane. Energy is flowing at a ridiculous rate, flooding into my core, then straight out again and into the construct. Even the construct is straining to the point of bursting, there’s so much power being forced through it.
Out the other end comes sweet, sweet gravity mana.
With my main mind, I seize hold of it and condense it, squashing it down, compressing it further before finally holding it tight as a ball of densely packed gravity mana. Which grows more dense. Then more dense. Then more.
Overhead… I try not to think about what’s overhead. The size of the rock is… comical… horrific… absurd. An enormous plate of stone has now sheared off the side of the mountain and flattened out, falling toward the fleet at tremendous speed, though it appears to drop in slow motion.
It won’t be long until I can’t see anything overhead except for this hunk of stone, and it’ll still be twenty seconds before it lands on my head. It literally feels like the sky is falling.
I have to say, this is spiteful stuff from the golgari. I’m guessing they’ve done it this way so they can claim that it was a mistake? They lost control of the magic holding the mountain together. There was a mistake made by the Shapers performing maintenance on Greystone. Whatever.
Since they want to do it that way, they can’t really complain if I happen to damage their precious mountain while defending myself.
Right?
Comments
Gopard
Thanks for the chapter!
Gonvas
T6 fully powered gravity bomb could do that. It automatically pulled in gravity mana. The "problem" comes from the fact the only gravity mana it can pull comes from Anthony's gland. There's no external gravity mana to continuously power the spell.
alt31415
Yeah but that'd probably kill Morrelia. Don't think that heavy armor helps you swim.
KopiCAT
Well, that's the danger right? At some point Anthony will likely become powerful enough to deploy permanent black holes, unless they are dealt with quickly. Which they should be, otherwise they'll tear the planet apart. There is honestly no upside to him being able to do that, only downsides. Which could actually become a good counterbalance to the immense power of the gravity bomb. Turning it into more of a last resort kind of attack. And one that requires some serious effort afterwards to clean up. So far, all he really needs to do is wait it out.
Pedro Espitia
Would be kind of cool if Anthony threw a tsunami or a whirlpool at the legion. His elemental spells have kind of fallen to the wayside and would be interesting to see the legions reaction to a spell that resembles a natural disaster
Gonvas
With preparations yes. Same way they teleported Anthony, pets, Al and T8s heralds. Brilliant on her own no, shouldn't be able to handle the cost.
Jack Erixxon
WE SEEK!!!
Kiongku
Down dark Rinoz! Down! Down with your temptations.
Nathan Quitugua
I wonder if there's a tipping point for the gravity bomb where it becomes self sustaining. Like the gravity starts pulling in enough mana to sustain its form and it just...stays. Until someone actively tries to break it apart, it'll keep pulling in more matter and more mana and possibly even grow bigger in size and pull.
RinoZ
Climax? This is the entree. Silver City still to go!
Grey Knight Lord
I bet that the Colony have found a way to mass teleport Ants and they will bring Tiny, Crinis, Invidia, Vibrant, Leeroy, and every tier 6 and maybe secret 7s they can muster. Maybe even Demon Allie’s
Karuken Complex
Hahahaha yeah TRUEEEE. BoD is good but cm'on Rino don't leave us hanging!
Ruwa
Willing to bet its going to be a gravity bomb that he's about to unleash and it'll be like nothing he has unleashed before.
alt31415
Starving like Tyron when he gets an Idea(tm)
McMax
Ten bucks says next chapter is someone else watching him fling the mountain back at them and it gonna be so good.
Tim
For those who want this cliffhanger to fall immediately, consider this is probably the climax of anthony on tour! If it takes 10 chapters, i just want it to be great! For the good of the colony, I’LL SACRIFICE MYSELF! Or at least sacrifice an immediate resolution for this wonderful suspense.
Anton Shomshor
This is no cliff hanger. This is a cliff falling.
alt31415
Why do you hurt us this way, Rino?
Kiongku
I should have never read the chapters that quickly. Dark Rinoz is here.
Nobles ones
Double cliffs? I should have gone to bed.
MrMac
A little more starving perhaps?
Gega Dela Geňa
Welcome to the club.
Greyg
Dude it’s been a week BOD fans are starving
BelligerentGnu
Gaaaaaaaah. Never have I resented BoD's existence more than right now.
Ether's Blessed One
Rinoz has bought a mutation [Rapid Chapter Release And Inevitable Cliffhanger].
RinoZ
your pain brings me joy.
Rahsheem Reid
Ooo grav bomb ftw
Tsunami
Never realized RinoZ was so sadistic. It's as if my mind is short circuiting. I keep scrolling down looking for the rest of the chapter.
Tsunami
Agreed. That gut punch launched my way. Is. Not. Cool.
SirSquidlington
Omggg this cliff hanger is so mean! Moar!!!
campione_p
nooo because it doesn't leave it like that.... AAAAAAHHHH
Nobles ones
Why do you hate me? This cliff hanger feels targeted
Koala Man
I’ll see that mountain and raise you a gravity bomb let’s see who’s bluffing and who’s not
Drew Lim
One more please?!
Alexandre Allemand
fucking awsoome
MrMac
But what happened next???? Damn the literal cliff is killing me
Buck
Woohoo!! Teach’em a lesson Anthony!! Can’t wait to read how this pans out! 😂
Roombot
"I’m not more important than any of my sisters, and I’ll be damned before I run away and leave ten thousand of my siblings to die in my place." What a based G.
Roombot
I'm flabbergasted at the speed this content comes out. And I LOVE IT!!!
Ben Waschuk
Thanks for chapter :D
