"Will you do it or should I?"
Serah glanced at Neron in response to his question. His eyes seemed somewhat distracted, but he didn't lose sight of their objective.
"I think I'll handle—"
"Such hubris." The deep and commanding tone of Reed Sterling interrupted Serah.
He was floating in the air, at this point. His body burned with such concentrated energy that everything around him was simply eviscerated.
The ground kept melting and breaking apart, while space warped in response to the abundant Mana emanating from his body.
Reed Sterling's appearance had also changed. He now donned a staff that seemed to have been constructed with millions of Mana Cores, due on the sheer concentration of energy around it. Reed's garb was now glowing bright blue.
His eyes glowed a brilliant blue as well, and veins of blue energy appeared all over his skin and face—like cracks on a charred surface.