(Heartfelt thanks to 'Liu Jin Yu Shui Yue', 'The Nonexistent Existence', 'A Lazy Dragon', 'At the Time of Apocalypse', and 'I Love My Little Sister' for their tips!)
(I heard Ru Qing's area was about to be hit by a tropical storm. They wouldn't lose power, right? Probably not, right? Please don't let it happen [teary eyes])
Thin smoke rose from all over her body as Astrea panted continuously. She glanced at her trembling hands, then at Ikaros far across from her, tightening both the hand holding her sword and the hand holding her shield.
As an Angeloid designed for close-quarters combat, Astrea's sword could break through Ikaros's Aegis Absolute Defense Circle II, her shield could block Permanent Homing Missiles, and she could even reach the speed of light. She was no ordinary powerhouse.
But because of that, Astrea's weakness was also painfully obvious. Once the distance between them was widened, even if she did not lose, she definitely would not come out well!
Although entering Pandora Mode had given Astrea long-range attacks as well, making up for that flaw to a certain extent, her opponent this time was Ikaros!
When it came to long-range attacks, among the Angeloids, who could compare to Ikaros, the strategic-use Angeloid known as the Queen of the Skies Mode?!
Astrea's meager long-range attacks meant nothing before Ikaros. They could not possibly hurt her, and might not even be able to cause her the slightest trouble!
This was the gap created by their differing models. It was also why, despite their levels and equipment being roughly equal, Ikaros had always held Astrea down!
It was not that Astrea was weaker than Ikaros, but that in terms of abilities, Ikaros somewhat countered Astrea...
And Astrea knew this very well in her heart...
This so-called "roughly equal