"..." Vastocean flinched, raising his arms in a tight cross-block using Twin Elemental Aegis once more and waiting nervously for something to come out.
He held his breath for one second... two seconds...
But a second later, nothing came out.
The air between them remained completely still save for the drifting wisps of steam.
'Hm, it seems like I can't eject what I've devoured with the Starry Night.' Ford took note as he tried to release the attacks he just absorbed, analyzing the inherent limitations of his new power on the fly. 'It purely annihilates or absorbs the mass into energy... it isn't a storage chest, it's more like a bottomless pit of pocket space I can divert energy to.'
'Huh? Nothing happened...?' While Vastocean was still frozen in his defensive guard, waiting in wide-eyed confusion for a counter-blast that never came.
