[Unity Gun]. Michael's strongest attack that could easily burst through any kind of defenses that a mage could conjure. The eight elemental cores pumped out mana to his veins, creating a concoction of pure energy—one that could annihilate any kind of mana known to man.
Now if he tried to release this Unity mana as is, then the result of it would only be a powerful flame that surrounded his fist.
But using his knowledge of his previous world, Michael could change the way his body distributed mana, its mana flow, and leverage physical and mechanical properties of mana.
By mimicking the way a gun worked, Michael was able to store the immense energy of the Unity mana and release all of it in one single go.
Water, Fire, Air, and Earth created one half of the eight elemental mana. Michael named those four mana as the Natural elements.
Meanwhile he named the group of Light, Dark, Lightning, and Poison as the Abstract elements.
Just by itself, the combination of the Natural Elements cancelled each other out, annihilating all of the energy conserved in all four mana types. The same went with the Abstract Elements.
And by combining the Natural and Abstract Elements, he was able to create Unity mana, the ever powerful force that was second to none.
To make the [Unity Gun] work, Michael combined the Natural Elements and used it as the 'gunpowder' of the bullet. And by rapidly striking this 'gunpowder' with a primer like the Abstract Elements, he was able to create an instantaneous explosion as Unity mana was created.
And by changing the mana flow in his body, he was able to create a barrel inside his finger where the controlled explosion of the Unity mana was directed towards.
With the help of ChatJK4, the creation of this Unity Gun was as natural as breathing.
At least, that's what he thought.
Light flashed on the tip of his finger, it signaling the creation of the Natural Elements (Air, Water, Fire, and Earth). He just needed to strike it with the other four elements.
But just as he was about to do so, he suddenly felt a strange power overcome his entire body. A resonating power, one that was alien to him and completely unfamiliar, jumped out of his chest and attached itself to the forming Unity Gun in his fingers.
ChatJK4, what's happening?!?!
His trusted personal AI assistant scanned his entire body before its sights landed on his chest—specifically, his heart. Surrounding one of the valves was a metallic liquid of some sort that was the cause of this strange new sensation overriding his body.
[It's the GodForge piece, sir. It was suddenly activated as soon as it sensed the formation of the Unity Gun]
Michael was shocked, to say the least. He thought that the GodForge piece was merely a simple piece of metal that was the same as any other material in the world. He even scanned its entire body to sense for any kind of anomaly or spell hidden inside.
Even ChatJK4 was caught unaware of such a thing, or else it would have already warned him from the beginning and prevented it from entering his chest.
All his scrutiny led him to believe that the GodForge piece was a normal piece of metal with a little bit of Unity mana still left inside.
But the power resonating from inside the GodForge piece was completely different and alien from any kind of power that MIchael had ever encountered.
Just the fact that his Supreme Skill didn't pick up on its presence meant that it was not made up of mana at all!
Now, Michael would have been a lot more concerned regarding this strange new turn of events, but the power coming from the GodForge piece was actually reinforcing the [Unity Gun] in his finger!
It was making the spell more…physical, more real, if that made any sense.
Just then, Michael noticed the strange looks that the Flarecorp wizards were giving him.
They weren't looking at the bright white light coming from the tip of his finger.
They were looking up!
Michael slowly turned his head upwards until he saw a giant projection of the upper body of a feminine woman.
Its entire face was made out of some kind of metal as shiny as aluminum but as immaculate as a diamond. Despite how unnatural she seemed, she looked at Michael with a gentle gaze, one that was akin to a mother looking down at her son.
She had her hands spread out towards him, as if she was welcoming his very presence.
He couldn't help but look at her face. He didn't know if he was looking at a very realistic sculpture or a real living human being. The difference was minute. He could even swear that he was seeing tiny movements and changes of expressions from her face as he looked up at her, but a second look would only make it seem as if she never moved at all.
"Who are you?" he asked her.
But she didn't respond. She stayed in the same state as she was before: unmoving.
He couldn't even tell if it was a projection, an illusion, or a spell. It seemed none of those.
It reminded him more of how his shadow moved through reality itself, except this womanly figure wasn't a shadow of a human, but the shadow of a figure that was beyond the three dimensions.
He didn't know why, but he just wanted to spend the rest of his days analyzing this projection. It seemed as if he could answer the very questions of the universe itself if given enough time.
However, time was not on his side.
Michael's distraction with the projection above his head allowed the 6-star wizards to finally gather enough mana to conjure up another spell in their hands.
Now that they knew Michael could defeat them all individually, they decided to finally let loose and combine their powers to take down this anomaly of a child, this monstrous genius that could even contend with the monstrous geniuses of those conglomerates.
Their magic circles formed, shimmering and flickering in and out of existence. But they pushed through and completed the magic theory.
All four wizards pointed at Michael from the North, South, West, and East sides.
Their magic circles created a connection with each other, with lines and nodes appearing in the air and bridging themselves to make a sphere of magic surrounding Michael.
It would only take a few more seconds before the wizards' spell finished, creating the dreaded 8-star spell [Phoenix's Last Stand] that could even destroy an entire city and level it to the ground.
Just then, the metallic woman moved. It reached for Michael with its gigantic hands, guiding his [Unity Gun] to point towards the skies.
Michael felt the strange power of the GodForge piece bursting out from his chest and powering up the [Unity Gun] to the point where he could no longer contain it in his body.
His hands shook, and the light at the tip of his finger began to grow even brighter.
Just as the [Unity Gun] was about to burst, Michael heard a voice coming from above him.
"....build me…," she said, just before the [Unity Gun] shot out into the skies.