"..."
However, Gwen could tell that Kevin's strike was probably no match for the blow the End had launched at him.
The result of the collision would inevitably be the destruction of Kevin and the others behind him...
Gwen, who had never expected his smooth journey to cause such a tremendous butterfly effect at the final stop, shifted his gaze slightly. His steps halted. Without turning back, he simply thrust out a palm.
The invisible force held against the End's beam cannon for a moment before both vanished.
Having lost its obstruction, the End's attack continued surging forth. It passed through space that had silently returned to normal and collided in the next instant with the flames erupting from Fire of Annihilation in Kevin's hand.
After clashing with Gwen's palm, the End's assault aimed at Gwen no longer possessed its initial power and could not gain the upper hand against Kevin.
At the same time, beyond the battlefield, the first—and last—Moonlight Throne, built by gathering the final remnants of the Previous Civilization's industrial capacity, finally lifted all restrictions and activated at full power without regard for any cost.
As Honkai Energy rapidly drained from the End beneath the Moonlight Throne, Kevin also gave everything he had, squeezing out every last bit of strength. At last, the flames surged back upward and engulfed the figure that had descended upon the moon to deal humanity's civilization its final blow.
Yet when the flames dispersed, revealing that figure merely somewhat weakened in aura, with no sign of defeat whatsoever, the surviving few all fell silent.
In the end, the prepared spacecraft returned to Earth. Only the devastated moon, along with several footprints beside little craters marked by falling tears, proved that they had once been there...
Meanwhile, Gwen, who had still been forced