Beside the steel train, everyone stared in shock at the huge blood-colored spatial rift. The Kabaneri World belonged to a low-martial world, so under normal development, a scene like this should never have appeared.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth trembled. Four golden walls of light sealed off a two-kilometer radius around them. Dark clouds churned across the sky, as if doomsday had arrived.
Crack!
One invisible chain after another shattered, and the world's restrictions on power were lifted.
The monster covered in black insects froze in place. After coming into contact with the blood aura within the spatial rift, its body began trembling uncontrollably. It felt an urge to turn around and flee.
Suddenly, the blood aura dissipated. The pressure weighing on everyone eased, and the distant spatial rift vanished.
"What just happened?"
Protagonist Ikoma swallowed. None of the others nearby said a word.
"It's over? Just like that?"
The monster covered in black insects was also somewhat bewildered, but it soon focused its gaze on the dozen or so plot characters and Contractors. It needed to split off lower-level individuals as quickly as possible so that it could occupy this world sooner.
The monster covered in black insects called itself Samer Fimo, and it came from the Void.
Where the spatial rift had disappeared, Su Xiao was standing amid a huge swarm of Kabaneri. These Kabaneri, covered in dark-red cracks and with extremely high internal temperatures, had all stopped moving. Their virus-corroded brains had made them lose the ability to sense danger.
"Roar!"
Several Kabaneri lunged at Su Xiao with bared claws and fangs. With a whoosh, blood aura spread outward with Su Xiao at its center. The Kabaneri around him fell in swathes like dominoes. The Kabaneri, supposedly incapable of stopping unless their indestructible hearts were destroyed,