After the deep-blue Gransam erupted with light, it changed into a lighter shade of blue. Its red sections turned yellow, and its overall exterior underwent considerable changes as well, especially with a disk-like device now mounted on its back.
"You showed up after all."
Shirakawa Shuu's voice rang through the communications system in Xiao Ran's cockpit. It was as though he had anticipated Xiao Ran's arrival long ago. As he spoke, he controlled the machine's arms to circle before it, condensing a black sphere of energy. Raising it one-handed, he hurled it straight at the monster.
"So my appearance was part of your calculations as well." Xiao Ran's voice was calm and indifferent. His golden eyes watched every movement on the screen as his hands rapidly guided Dawn from side to side. He raised the twin lance cannons before its chest once more and unleashed another terrifying attack.
This attack, however, was completely different. The enormous beam that shot forth began splitting continuously—once, twice—transforming into countless beams that blanketed the monster's head. Beam after beam crossed space and struck the monster's armor, sending circular ripples spreading outward and triggering explosion after explosion, splashing countless streams of green fluid from its body.
In particular, the countless eyes growing across the monster's surface became Xiao Ran's primary targets. From Xiao Ran's observations, these eyes did not merely possess vision; they could also unleash Beam Attacks. Most of the beams had been fired from those eyes.
Although Xiao Ran's volley was a scattershot, he had concentrated its main targets on the eyes spread across the monster's body. Coordinating with New Gransam's attack, his precise control allowed a single barrage to encompass nearly every visible eye on the monster's front.
The success of that attack blinded at least a third of the eyes on