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"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
"Fwoosh..."
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The sounds of air tearing rang out one after another without pause, echoing through the vast night sky alongside the sharp howling of fierce winds and repeated explosions.
"Arghhh!!"
"Hehehehe..."
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The screams of the DEM Wizards continued, accompanied by chilling laughter. Gunshots soon followed, filling the area with all manner of noise and proving that the chaos had yet to end.
In a corridor beneath DEM Branch's First Office Building, Ellen drove Pandora Gear's engine, speeding deeper underground while listening to every sound from above through DEM's wide-area radio. Her eyes were filled with gravity.
Just from the sounds, Ellen could roughly tell what the battle above had become.
Clearly, DEM was at an absolute disadvantage!
The successive screams over the radio channel and the static caused by one lost contact after another were enough for Ellen to guess the situation on the surface!
If this continued, DEM Branch's destruction would only be a matter of time!
That was something Ellen absolutely did not want to see!
It was not that Ellen particularly cared about DEM's research facilities or buildings. Even if all of them were destroyed, she would not furrow her brow in the slightest. The reason she did not want to see it was simply a matter of pride...
The investigation and capture mission on Oromi Island had been declared a complete failure the moment they arrived, due to Wu Yan's interference and Albaal's destruction!
The mission to capture the Spirit Diva had also been ruined by Natsuki's intervention!
And now, even DEM Branch, guarded by Ellen herself, had been attacked by the Spirits who