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"Whoosh—!"
Pink streams of light blossomed like flowers, flashing endlessly through the air. Like meteors falling from the heavens, they wildly stormed toward the front in a torrential barrage.
"Bang—bang—bang—bang—bang—!"
The pitch-black streaks formed from shadows were like stones crashing into a cluster of eggs. Amid muffled explosions, they rammed the rain of missiles rushing over like a tempest, detonating them one after another and kicking up clouds of smoke and fire.
Watching Black Bat forcefully detonate every attack from 'Artemis II (Permanent Homing Missiles II)' with such profound yet overbearing methods, then charge toward her without losing any speed, Ikaros, who had entered Pandora Mode, no longer wore the icy expression she had possessed in Queen of the Skies Mode. Instead, maintaining her holy aura, she closed her eyes and spread her hands as though praying.
"Aegis II (Absolute Defense Circle II)—!"
At once, a protective barrier of an extremely rich color, yet transparent enough to reveal Ikaros's holy figure within, rippled out from her body. Like a shield, it enveloped and protected her.
"Screech—!"
Almost at the same moment, the pitch-black streak shot out from the missile barrage of 'Artemis II (Permanent Homing Missiles II)'. Its speed suddenly doubled, and with a tearing shriek through the air, it flashed before Ikaros and slammed viciously into 'Aegis II (Absolute Defense Circle II)'.
"Clang—!"
With a crisp, deafening sound like steel colliding fiercely with steel, a shockwave burst outward from the point of impact, sweeping in every direction and raising dust that instantly engulfed half of the Phil Empire royal palace's Imperial Treasury.
"Crack—!"
Immediately