The laser streaked across the sky like a rainbow, striking Seymour and knocking him clear out of the air.
Electric arcs flickered across his body as he lay on the ground.
"You're still as useless as ever."
Tethys gave Seymour, whom he'd taken down in a single move, a cold glance, then hurried toward the military base.
There were still important things there, along with the people the Cosmic Star Gods had sworn to protect.
He didn't have time to waste on Seymour.
Besides, Carlos still had the Evil Moon Warrior, Anubi, at his side.
Carlos had gone after Gaia, Seymour had intercepted him, so Anubi must have gone to capture Dilu and the others and seize the Star of the Galaxy.
Electric arcs flickered across Seymour's Soul Shirt. He looked toward Tethys's retreating figure and struggled to his feet. "Lord Carlos, I've failed. Tethys is heading back."
"Useless."
Carlos's furious voice came through the communicator.
Something had gone wrong on his end, and he'd been counting on Seymour to make some progress. He hadn't expected Seymour to fail, too.
Seymour didn't dare complain.
This was his fault. He'd forgotten to bring troops along to intercept Tethys.
"Get back to the battleship. Even though we failed, we still have a bargaining chip!"
When Seymour didn't say anything else, Carlos ordered him to return.
"Yes, sir. I'm on my way."
Seymour could clearly hear from Carlos's tone that something had gone wrong on his end as well.
The next moment, he dragged his badly damaged body away, transformed into a huge black metal ball, and shot into the vast sky.
After dealing with Seymour, who'd blocked his way, Tethys sped up and headed back to defend the military base.
When he arrived, he saw Hidden Wolf leading Crab in an attack