The wolverine was adjusting shots in real time to keep pushing the Bashe near the next tower in sequence, facilitating each subsequent shot by positioning the target exactly where it needed to be for an optimal next impact.
It was extraordinary control requiring not only precision in the initial launch but also perfect prediction of how the serpent's massive body would react to each blow. Ren was treating the Bashe as an object in a physics problem to solve, calculating force vectors and adjusting angles to guide movement toward the desired result.
Multiple vectors combine into a final trajectory.
And the Bashe was the problem being solved.
The shots from the second stake onward no longer carried the augmented wind-and-fire propulsion the first stake had used.
Some more observant spectators wondered why, if the same impact force applied 2 or 3 times would have been sufficient to split the serpent completely in two and perhaps end the battle immediately.
