The Red Snow turned her bow around and, with her reinforced hull and engines, began to accelerate with a surge of excitement. This time, however, she wasn't charging toward the mass well ahead, so there was no longer any tragic sense of purpose in rushing toward the light.
The Sky Shuttle-class cruiser, which had broken through every layer of the capital's defense network, simply turned around and headed straight for the dense cluster of artificial lights glittering behind her. There were the fighters and patrol ships that had come to a halt, the hesitating batteries and fighter platforms, and the approaching Moon Rabbit with several battlecruisers.
So, just as the Red Snow's charge had been magnificent, her retreat was now just as spirited, like a pet dog bounding into its owner's arms.
Fortunately, nobody cared about that anymore.
All the powerful figures across the Celestial Domain who were watching this scene had already been captivated by the dazzling spectacle that had suddenly erupted at the edge of the star system.
A nebula of rainbow light had suddenly boiled up at the edge of the galaxy!
Countless rainbow-colored beams, like spears hurled by gods, ripped through the gaps between dimensions and launched a flood-like assault at the figure almost lost in the void.
But the rainbow light passed through nothing but an afterimage. The Earthling's true body had appeared elsewhere, a long spear made purely of crystal forming in his hand at some point.
The crystal blazed with brilliant, fiery radiance, like the sun, yet seemed to vanish into the boundless starlight.
He leaned forward and hurled the crystal spear with all his strength. Space rippled with glasslike cracks wherever its tip passed.
It was "Long Night Meteor." But this time, it seemed that the entire universe was being brought down.