Clemence One,
was mercilessly swallowed by the thick blood mist permeating the planet's atmosphere. The entire world was tightly shrouded in an ominous red curtain, so oppressive it was suffocating.
Yet within that abyss where despair and oppression intertwined, escape pods were like the last unyielding sparks in the night sky.
They broke free from the shackles of the ground and tore through the heavens with unwavering resolve.
Even so,
beneath the Blood Moon's light,
their pale silver hulls instead glimmered with a faint yet warm radiance.
Like fireflies rushing into the flames,
or stars returning home.
Just like that,
they formed orderly rows, their trajectories intertwining,
gradually converging into a brilliant Milky Way that pierced through the heavy blood mist and advanced toward the edge of the atmosphere,
and even farther, toward near-orbital space.
The quiet yet breathtaking sight also soothed the tension left in Su Wen after the battle.
Next,
he probably would not need to act personally anymore.
Behind Joyce, the entire scene seemed to have been imbued with an unprecedented serenity and magnificence.
There was noise,
but no cheers,
only the faint trails left by the escape pod fleet streaking across the sky, along with the resilience and romance blooming amid despair.
Inside the escape pod that traveled alone yet resolutely toward the depths of space, Miss Joyce happily cupped her face as she leaned against the window.
"Mr. Kevin, look.
It's so beautiful!
It's really so beautiful."
Klosan leaned against her seatback, slowly spinning a ballpoint pen in her hand, as though that could keep her focused and prevent her from falling asleep outright.
She still did not entirely trust this relic technology.
Triss, Saint Mourning Hughie Fal's sole survivor who had come to Clemence One, merely sat quietly in her seat.
A complicated light