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And while it was an easy solution when the situation grew too immediately chaotic, it was also part of the reason why the storm kept worsening. Ultimately, the technique only served to heighten the disturbances in the atmosphere, especially when conducted by multiple people in rapid succession.

Almost like they were boiling the sea.

He could already tell that the environmental damage of this battle was going to be a lasting one. And being in the middle of the Luthic Ocean to boot? The coasts of Eloa, Ardora, and Qenghis were all going to feel this one. Maybe the other continents, too, if things didn’t conclude soon.

It thrilled him to his core.

Sure, it was annoying. Kallmakk was a bastard. Morgunov was a jackass. The Vanguard were fools.

But dammit if it didn’t also feel good to truly let loose again. With as safe as he normally liked to play things, opportunities like this had become genuinely rare.

When it was finally his turn to receive the brunt of Kallmakk’s attention, Dozer couldn’t help smiling just a bit.

A solid beam of dark energy divided the sea in two, creating a canyon with cliffs of water so deep that the ocean floor became briefly visible in the moments of lightning flashing across the sky.

Dozer didn’t dodge it, though. He swatted it away with the back of his hand, and the beam arced off into the distance like a streaming firework, skipping across the water before finally exploding into a black dome of pure energy that kicked up yet more tidal waves.

Dozer’s entire arm was smote black, numb, and trembling, but that was all. Not as bad as he expected, honestly. Probably not Kallmakk’s full power, then, judging by some of the other mad things that he’d witnessed the feldeath do.

Heh. Or perhaps he was simply stronger than even he himself realized. It had been quite a while since he’d tested his own limits, after all.

Dozer’s ability was a rather uncommon one. He’d only met a few people over the course of his life who shared it. Moreover, it was peculiar enough that he’d come to believe some people might have manifested it without even realizing what it truly was, instead believing it to be something else. Vibrations, for instance. Or perhaps velocity as a whole.

But those were too broad. Young alteration users often made that mistake, not understanding the more specific natures of their powers until they were much older. It didn’t help that they usually started off pathetically weak, compared to other ability types.