Platinum Retreat: Negotiations Above the Theocracy

Rumble!

The ultimate explosion consumed the entire space.

In Sebas's perception, his vision was completely swallowed by an extreme white light, accompanied by a roar loud enough to deafen him and searing heat that seemed to set even his skin ablaze.

Pain flooded every inch of his body!

Defensive measures such as the skill "Aura Protection" and the passive skill "Steel Skin" seemed to lose their effect all at once.

Sebas uncontrollably wanted to scream, but the instant he opened his mouth, scorching explosive energy poured into his throat like a backflowing flood.

It was not just Sebas!

Mare, positioned behind him, was also within the blast radius.

In an instant.

Mare only instinctively raised both hands in front of him before his body was kneaded about like a small branch caught in a whirlpool.

He could clearly feel his body burning away—first his arms, then his legs, followed by his torso, all turning to ash within the white light.

"This feeling—it was that time!?"

Mare's final consciousness recalled that same pain.

It had been when the Draconic Kingdom was destroyed!

That Draconic Queen had used the same move.

"Dejire... Dejire Oriculus," Mare's final consciousness thought as that name flashed through his mind.

A lowly human woman in formal attire, stepping through mud.

Rumble—rumble—

A volcanic shockwave blew away the entire ground. Massive clouds of dust and scorching shockwaves formed a mushroom cloud in the air.

Extreme light and heat covered an area several kilometers wide. Within the attack range of Platinum Explosion, almost everything had turned to ash.

The light faded!

At the center of a massive crater beneath him, Sebas lay within the heart of the explosion, his entire body charred black. After all, he had been closest to the blast.

The air twisted beneath waves of high-temperature