Appearing

Academy City, atop a building with no doors or windows.

Leon wore a simple suit of armor. Merlin and Jupiter stood beside him, all three grave-faced and solemnly prepared.

"Jupiter, next comes contacting Chaos. Are you sure there won't be any problems on your main body's end?"

As he spoke, Leon looked up at the sky, his voice carrying a trace of tension too faint to detect.

At that, Jupiter gave a bitter smile. "That's Chaos... No matter how thoroughly prepared we are, it would be useless before a stellar-class warship fortress like that. The difference in scale is simply too great."

"Not to mention..."