He glanced at Stelle without asking any questions, then immediately turned his line of sight toward the stars.
Clearly, the Astral Express Crew's prior communications had already filled him in on what had happened.
"That thing is huge... Do you think it'll destroy the Space Station?" March 7th asked worriedly.
Himeko patted her shoulder reassuringly. "Don't worry. Herta built the Space Station. It won't be damaged that easily."
The moment she finished speaking, the Doomsday Beast suddenly plummeted at high speed, the upper half of its enormous body crashing straight into the edge of the platform.
The eyes at its dragon head—replaced by searing flames of Destruction—were locked firmly on Stelle amid the crowd.
"ROAR—!!!!!!"
Raising its right claw, the Doomsday Beast reached for Stelle without a word.
"Why am I such a hot commodity?!"
Stelle let out a strange cry and turned to run.
Then she discovered that a large group of Legion Voidmotes had surrounded her escape route as well.
"I really am a hot commodity!!"
Little Grey Hair swiftly turned around and ran back.
"Wow." Jiang Lianqiu whistled. Unlike in the game, where they only had to fight the boss, reality had the Doomsday Beast ahead and Legion Voidmotes closing in from behind. The situation was far more dangerous.
"You deal with those Voidmotes. Leave the Doomsday Beast to me."
"I'll go with you, Lianqiu." Himeko stepped forward. "I can't use my orbital cannon inside the Space Station, but dealing with the Doomsday Beast in outer space won't be a problem."
Outer space...
That reminded Jiang Lianqiu of something.
He nodded. "All right—"
Before the final note of that "all right" had faded from the air, Jiang Lianqiu's body blurred.
It was an afterimage left behind when his speed suddenly surged to its limit.
Boom—!!!!
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