Ambush

After parting with Ben, Verdona flew to space. She used magic to create a space-time tunnel, which allowed her to move relatively faster than light.

Suddenly, a **** pulled her out of the tunnel. She managed to stop before crashing to the ground.

Looking around, she found a figure floating in the air, looking down at her.

"Charmcaster."

"And you are that bitch Gwen's grandmother, right?"

"Are you the one who cast the curse on Ben?"

Charmcaster didn't answer: "You are in no position to demand an answer from me."

She released a purple blast from her palm toward Verdona. The latter also released a similar blast to counter. Two blasts slammed against each other in the middle.

"You know that you cannot win in terms of spells, so you want to make this a battle of attrition? Too bad for you, we Anodites are made of mana, with powers that humans like you can barely comprehend!"

Charmcaster just faintly smiled: "Let's see about that."

Verdona felt that something was wrong, but two sides were locked in an energy arm wrestle and she could cast any spell. Sure enough, in just a few minutes, her mana was drained rapidly and fell to a dangerous level.

Inside Verdona's womb, there was an egg floating, protected by a bubble-like barrier. As her mana was exhausted, the barrier blinked a few times, then disappeared. Millions of sperms rushed toward the now unprotected egg from all directions, then the fastest of them all reached it and breached inside.

Verdona could feel that she had just been fertilized, but that was the least worry for her right now. After all, the consequence of that only arrived nine months later. The consequence that she had to face right now was that she was losing the beam-o-war.

Charmcaster: "Are you already out of steam? Then it's time to end this boring duel."

Her blast suddenly became larger, pushing the collision toward the other side and causing an explosion. Verdona was thrown away like a rag, falling on the ground and unable to get up.

"How...

"How did I win? All the magic in the universe flows from Legerdomain, and I'm the queen of that realm."

She snapped a finger and conjured some magical ropes from thin air, tying Verdona.

"No need to worry about your life. I still have some use of you."