She did not even look down at the controls. Her left hand rested casually on the handlebars, while her right still gripped the Dark Sacred Sword emanating ominous black energy.
The engine's roar suddenly rose, accompanied by a shriek that tore through the air.
"Vroooom—!!!"
The black steel beast became a bolt of lightning ripping through the wreckage of prosperity. In an instant, it shot out of the paradise ruins reduced to scorched earth and plunged into the relatively intact commercial street on the other side.
At the center of the commercial street.
Cú Chulainn was using collapsed billboards and twisted streetlamps to skim through the air at low altitude, like a blue fish.
He sensed the terrifying magical power behind him and the savage roar of an engine. Glancing back, he said:
"Tch! Why did she have to pick me to chase?"
Yet he was not frightened. Instead, he bared his teeth in a wild grin.
"Then let's see who's faster, Black Saber!"
He abruptly changed direction. Rather than leaping across the ruins, he dropped straight down toward the relatively intact main road below.
There, terrified traffic had descended into chaos from the earlier explosions and tremors.
"Mind if I cut through?" Cú Chulainn laughed as he landed precisely on the roof of a speeding, streamlined bright-yellow hover sports car.
The tremendous impact made the sports car dip sharply, and the rich kid inside let out a terrified scream.
"What the hell?! Who are you?!"
But Cú Chulainn could not care less. He tapped the Demon Spear against the roof, launching himself like an arrow once more toward a heavy hover motorcycle roaring ahead as it tried to accelerate away.
"Hey, buddy, nice ride!" Cú Chulainn flipped in midair and landed firmly on the back seat. One hand slapped