Ember Base in the torrential rain.
Rocks rained down, and the island crumbled like the end of the world.
The open-air training ground once used by the Starborn had been battered into a pockmarked ruin, rendered utterly unrecognizable by the falling rocks.
The cafeteria in the distance had been smashed apart like a soft cake, explosions and flames stretching on without end.
Yet those two places were not the worst-hit.
As one of the only two areas specially targeted by "Skyfall."
The outer staff dormitory area on the ground had now been almost entirely destroyed.
One of its largest dormitory buildings had even been sheared diagonally in half by some unknown boulder, exposing the honeycomb-like rooms within.
"Help, help!"
"Medical squad! The western district needs support!"
Amid the successive screams of countless outer members of Ember Base.
Tiandao slowly made his way to the outer gate and raised his head toward the sky above.
Directly overhead, a colossal floating island was revealing an exaggerated tip of itself through the thick storm clouds.
Atop that floating island stood a group clad in Association Star Envoy uniforms, their faces cold as they looked down at Ember Base, where explosions and blazing fires continued to erupt.
As if, in their eyes, the terrified outer members of the Ember Organization fleeing below.
Were nothing more than dispensable cockroaches. If they died, they died—hardly worth wasting an expression on.
Yet among this group of indifferent people, two wore entirely different expressions.
One was referee Gorn from the Deep Blue Branch.
The other was Clockwork Knight William from the Steam Branch.
The former looked disgusted, while the latter could not bear the sight.
"William, they're merely a pack of people who willingly sank into depravity. There's no need for you to pity them."
Noticing William's unease,