A direct hit at point-blank range had barely left a mark.
Against normal Ravagers, it might have worked.
Against Brutes or anything with similar armor, it was useless.
He needed more power, or a different approach.
Ben tapped his fingers against his arm while he thought.
If a standard bolt could not do the job, then he needed something else.
Explosive tips.
His thoughts went straight to the Explosive Talismans.
If he fixed one to the tip of each bolt and set it to detonate on impact, then raw penetration would not matter as much.
The explosive force would make up for it.
Ben's lips curled into a smirk. "That would work," he thought.
The reload mechanism of the portable crossbow was still clunky, but it was good enough to use for now.
He turned his focus back to his army.
It was time to upgrade the rest of the Krell.
He applied Adaptive Muscle to all of them, reinforcing their fibers and improving their reflexes and movement speed.
