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Anlesa ran down the main street. The panic had spread everywhere, but people were trying to move to evacuation points and be escorted by guards for safety.

Thankfully, there appeared to be no creatures, monsters, or bandits attacking from the north side of the city.

[I will need another weapon.] (Syrus)

[Your longsword still not fine to use?] (Eva)

[No, it should be okay to use it, but I would rather not use it against a pile of rocks. That is just going to destroy its sharpness.] (Syrus)

Her previous borrowed weapon was currently underneath a very large lizard, so it was time to borrow a few more.

Once her target was spotted, Syrus manoeuvred to the left and took two swords from a barrel of weapons.

[More thieving?] (Luna)

[I’m surprised that you are the one making jokes in this situation.] (Syrus)

[Half joke anyway.] Said Luna, she took particular notice of the poor quality of the swords. [But I have learnt it is best we keep the mood in here light, no matter the situation.]

[That’s fair, alright.] (Syrus)

[Now I must ask, why didn’t you pick up the spear? I have no doubt that you would be able to use one properly.] (Luna)

In the barrel were a few spears and swords of various shapes and sizes.

[Honestly, I wish there was a war hammer or polearm with a good brick on one side. I picked the swords because those spears’ poles were rotted. These blades might be no good but they should at least stay together until the job is down.] (Syrus)

Finally, they reached their target, and they weren’t the only people who chose to face it.

“Get the rope! Contain its movements!”

“Aye Aye!”

“Watch out for that arm, Luke!”

“ARGH! Righty oh!”

The large rock construct swung its body around violently, destroying the buildings in its wake, nearly crushing the hunters and guards who chose to fight it.

The construct appeared humanoid with two massive legs and arms connected by a torso, but it had no head.

Syrus judged the situation. It appeared that the plan was to prevent the thing’s mobility. Which successes very much depended on how the creature moved. If it could be made to float, then their plan could be useless, but now that Syrus had a closer look at the construct, it did appear that its weight was impacting the ground and that its legs were doing the job of legs.

Syrus jumped in for a quick testing strike. Her blades skidded off the rocky legs of the creature, and she continued her momentum to retreat.

[Yep, bloody hard-arse rock.] (Syrus)

[Were you hoping for soft rock?] (Luna)

[Not going to lie, yeah.] (Syrus)

Anlesa chose to work with the surrounding hunters. Going on with the attacks of the acting leader commander. Based on how everyone was listening, Syrus assumed he was someone important in one of the guilds.

[Eva, try to use Manipulation to see if there is a connection to break.] (Syrus)

[I will.] (Eva)

Eva focused all her might on the mana in the surrounding area, but she was worried that without at least touching the construct she wouldn’t even have a chance of succeeding.

[Syrus, what is the likelihood that we are able to stay in contact with the rock construct?] (Eva)

[That has to be judged.] (Syrus)

The sheer weight and size of each of those rocks was enough to crush a person; Syrus didn’t want to risk more than needed in this fight.

To give them an answer, one of the hunters ran up to the creature's leg with a hammer and began trying to smash it.

It didn’t even swing its arm at the hunter as one of the three boulders that made up its left leg started rotating. The spinning rock smashed into the hunter, sending him flying.

[That doesn’t look like a nice way to go.] (Syrus)

The person was still alive.

The ropes they tried to use to contain the construct snapped due to the spinning rocks.

“Dammit!” The commander yelled. “Where is the backup I requested?!”

Multiple people were firing their attribute attacks at the construct, but it wasn’t the most effective. It was being chipped away at, but no one currently here knew magic powerfully enough to amplify their attack to do serious damage.

Syrus believed it would be possible for her to destroy the rock construct in front of her, but all her plans required setup or were mana-costly. Neither of which she was exactly excited to waste at the moment.

The constant surge of attacks was doing something—the fire, water, wind, and lightning explosion when eating at the rocks—but like Syrus, no one was ready to pour copious amounts of mana into their attacks. They could all hear the trouble in other parts of the city and they couldn’t afford to waste all their energy here.

[Syrus, can we please try touching the rocks?] (Eva)

Syrus was silent as she observed the situation. [I will give you one shot. Just tell me when you are ready.]

[I am ready now.] (Eva)

[Fine.] (Syrus)

Anlesa leapt into action again. Sliding past the construct swing, and from a running position, she leapt onto the construct’s rocky back with her sword piercing down.

Syrus' sword stabbed into the construct, and Eva played her hand onto the rocky surface.

The only thought in Eva’s head was to succeed.

However, it didn’t take long for the rock construct to swing its whole body to swat the fly.

Its rocks began to spin.

[We need to get off–] (Syrus)

[Just one moment!] (Eva)

Thud.

The construct paused for a moment. Before it started spinning again.

Alerted Syrus jumped off to avoid the attack, leaving the sword in the rock's body which quickly got bent out of shape as the spinning rocks crushed it.

[Were you successful?] (Luna)

[I… felt I was able to disturb something…] (Eva)

Syrus noticed the pause as well, but it was only for a moment, and she had no idea how long they would have to be touching the rocks before a true impact was made.

[I believe it’s time for us to switch our approach.] (Luna)

[Pardon?] (Syrus)

[Well, if your fire and brute force aren’t enough. Maybe we need to remove it from our sight.] (Luna)

[Are you thinking of teleporting the construct away?] (Syrus)

[Is that possible?] (Eva)

Syrus and Eva’s questions came from different concerns. Eva didn’t know the scope of Luna’s Space attribute abilities as she kept her training light and always prioritised time for Eva and Syrus to train. Syrus’ issue was the mana cost; her hesitation in her plans was the steep cost.

[Teleporting non-living creatures is always easier than living… the fact that it has mana within it would cause difficulty. However, my plan is to only teleport a part of it.] (Luna)

[Now is that even possible?] (Syrus)

[If it was an actual living creature, no…] Luna paused. [It might be impossible still. When teleporting items it would always just teleport the whole thing.]

[So how would this situation change anything?] (Syrus)

[Well, as you said. It appears to be a bunch of rocks that are only touching each other.] (Luna)

[...And if I disconnect the connection for a moment again…] (Eva)

Eva was understanding Luna’s plan.

“Sigh.” [Sure, just make sure we stay above fifty-percent.] (Syrus)

[I’ll do better than that.] (Luna)