Afterward, the leader of the Resistance Army in the Thirteenth Non-Purification Zone strode toward the ship's viewport and looked up at the enormous silver mechanical Stellar Ring outside, whose outline was already becoming clear.
The colossal Stellar Ring floated in space.
Like a dazzling galactic belt forged by divine craftsmen, it encircled the blazing star at its center.
It was the pinnacle of Aquarius human civilization:
Silver Mechanical City
Yet even from afar, with only its rough outline visible, it was simply far too immense.
Endless metallic radiance gleamed beneath the starlight. Its scale far surpassed the Dyson Sphere humanity had envisioned, clearly an astonishing masterpiece of a higher civilization.
Even the energy ripples released by the entire structure immersed the whole star system in an indelible, glittering galactic glow, filling everything with the aura of the future.
Countless ships traveled through it, yet against such a grand backdrop, they were as insignificant as drops in the ocean, merely blending into a tangible manifestation of civilization and wealth.
"I will save everyone.
Only then will Bloodstained Dawn truly prove the meaning behind its name."
Gazing at the magnificent Silver City, the tall and dashing female captain, Boyle, repeated those words.
She had never wavered!
She merely adjusted her collar. After taking a deep breath, she walked forward with firm steps and gently knocked on Lucia's door.
Then her slightly androgynous yet uniquely magnetic voice softened with rare gentleness:
"May I come in?"
Inside the room,
upon hearing Sister Boyle's voice,
Lucia, who had been sitting beside the bed in a daze, finally showed the faintest flicker of emotion in her eyes, like ripples spreading across a calm lake.
Though the girl herself could not yet understand that emotion, within the rich spectrum of human feelings, it was a warm shade