Ten minutes into the orbital bombardment, the hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of "mirror farmland" that had stretched out below, shining like a magnificent silver mirror when seen from space, had now turned a terrifying, blazing red.
Explosions kept rising amid the heat, their shock waves swirling like whirlpools over a sea of fire.
And so, the energy-array factories that the Galactic Empire had spent a fortune building were obliterated amid the flickering vortices of flame. Perhaps the Katai's dreams were swallowed up along with them.
Yes, if the war had been won, these factories built on the territory of the Kaitai Kingdom might truly have become the Kaitai Kingdom's wealth.
But now, dreams, wealth, and the future—all of it was being reduced to ashes beneath the destruction raining down from the sky.
"...The endless sea of molten lava beneath the Palace of Eternal Night must look much like this," Rozers murmured.
Yu Lian glanced at his adjutant in surprise. "You play Geboya Online too?"
Rozers smiled. "I don't have time for games, but I've managed to watch a couple of the films. It's the most influential online game in the galaxy, after all. You can't avoid hearing about it. I know a little about the setting, at least."
At that moment, explosions continued to bloom across the surface of Bloodgate-4. The forces of utter destruction had spread beyond the energy-array factories, step by step.
The first to be blown apart was probably an armaments factory. The finished ammunition and other weapons inside detonated, sending another pillar of light thousands of meters skyward. Through the blinding glare, flashes of every color shimmered and shifted, a riot of brilliant hues.
Perhaps because the atmosphere on Planet 4 was so thin, the sky always looked almost like night. It gave the