Only Mages Toy with Energy

These were not weapons originally installed on the warship, but weapons Tony had created using the other knowledge he possessed. He had simply mounted them on the outside of the warship, powering them with the "Ark" energy source he had built himself.

And so, beneath the eyes of cameras watched by the entire world,

dense beams of laser fire shot from the warship, piercing the entire sky and sweeping back and forth without pause.

Boom, boom, boom—

The entire world was filled with the sound of continuous explosions.

It was as cruel as using a machine gun to mow down ancient soldiers who knew only how to charge with cold weapons. Under such a dense barrage, the alien aircraft had nowhere to dodge. One after another, they exploded.

Even those enormous Floating Dragons could not withstand the combined assault of several laser beams.

"Do you know how powerful I am now, you filthy monsters?" Tony shouted, spreading his arms amid the explosions. Just as suppressed and desperate as he had been before, he was now equally exhilarated.

After a brief pause,

the entire world erupted.

No one had expected the aliens who had crushed Earth's armies to be crushed so thoroughly by a warship created by Tony.

The images of the explosions and the howls of the Floating Dragons struck something deep inside everyone.

Countless people threw open their windows and howled in excitement.

This level of power shocked certain people as well.

"This absolutely cannot have been developed by Tony!" Ross stared fixedly at the screen, his eyes red. "Absolutely impossible! That level of defense, that kind of destructive power—how could he possibly possess such technology?"

What he really wanted to say was: how could an individual possibly be allowed to possess such technology?

If it were handed over