And—
Welt, and the Stellar Railway beneath his feet.
When he came back to his senses and saw the Herta Space Station already visible in the distance, the corner of Welt's mouth twitched. After a long while, he looked at Jiang Lianqiu, who had returned to his side.
"Mon... monster...!!"
"You just simulated my Black Hole, wiped out the enemies, and used warped space-time to make the train break through the Legion's defenses at high speed!?"
"I just suddenly wondered whether, after using time to leverage space, I could use warped space-time to get the train there faster."
Jiang Lianqiu let out a breath.
"I was worried I might not be able to do it, but it looks like... it was pretty simple!"
"Pretty simple... heh... hahaha..."
Welt was dealt a heavy blow.
Even for him, mastering those methods had taken immense time and effort. He had only managed it through painstaking exploration, step by step.
Yet this young man had listened to him explain a few principles, watched one demonstration, and replicated everything?
Was that even right?
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Welt gazed deeply at Jiang Lianqiu as an unimaginable thought rose beyond his control.
An Emanator...
—perhaps that was not this young man's endpoint at all.