Inside Zeta, Haruki exclaimed in amazement, then grew even more fired up:
"Zeta, let's go."
"Yeah!"
Having somehow become a stand-in, Zeta answered and charged forward with somewhat heavy steps—
Earlier, when he had confronted the D4 Ray head-on and been blasted straight out of his Delta Claw form, Zeta had actually been seriously injured. Even with the boost from everyone's faith and Gwen's supplies, he was far from fully recovered.
Fortunately, the distance had not been too great. The moment Destrudos pulled out the Spark Gun from its abdomen, Zeta had already rushed before it. Without hesitation, he threw himself against its wound, knocking it back two steps, though he himself was forced back two steps as well.
Destrudos, directly controlled by Celebro, did not hold back either. It opened its mouth and spewed a mixed beam at Zeta. His nerves were still sluggish from his previous injuries, so Zeta simply took the blast head-on with his chest.
Even so, Zeta merely swayed. The timer on his chest, which had only just returned to azure, began flashing.
Fortunately, before Destrudos could finish that blast, the Spark Gun it had just thrown away stabbed into its mouth amid dazzling lightning, shattering those ferocious teeth.
"Wake up."
Gwen casually flung a freezing current at Zeta to perk him up, while his hands never stopped moving. The Spark Gun spun, then smashed downward.
Rumble!
Amid thunder and lightning, every spike from Duncan on one of Destrudos's legs was destroyed.
"If you can't knock this thing over, tear off those eyesores first."
Knowing full well that the strange parts on monsters often possessed strange abilities, Gwen immediately transformed into a horn-breaking maniac. As he spoke, the Spark Gun thrust out, intending to destroy the spikes on Destrudos's other leg as well, but it