In the darkness, sparks filled the sky like snow, reminding everyone that the blazing fire tornado dozens of meters tall from moments ago had not been an illusion.
They faced the powerful black figure slowly descending from the night sky.
"Heh. Hahaha."
A low laugh, then a loud one.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
Francis suddenly erupted into a strange, exhilarated laugh. Amid that frenzied laughter was an eager anticipation of even greater chaos, making him seem especially abnormal as the horrific wound on his left hand rapidly healed.
"Whoever you are, whatever your identity, even how you found this place no longer matters. I only want to ask you one thing."
"You wouldn't happen to..."
Then his smile abruptly vanished, leaving only an unnatural gleam in his fixed gaze.
"Have you seen what's down there?"
Without answering, Fang Ran coldly swung the Mechanical Dragon Tooth Greatsword sideways. Flames immediately ignited around him, while the mechanical single wing on his back spewed a dim glow.
The instant he charged forward, swarms of Mechanical Monsters surged toward him!
His shield blocked the rain of bullets and beams, his interference measures clashed against invading attacks, and, wreathed in scarlet flames, he charged alone into the pitch-black tide of monstrous machines like an unmatched warrior facing an army.
He slashed the Mechanical Dragon Tooth Greatsword into the core of a Mechanical Monster covered in spinning blades, then gripped the hilt and viciously twisted it deeper inside!
Flames erupted as though ignited by a spark. His black gauntlet released the hilt and seized the tough filament connected to it. With the immense strength granted by the Wandering Night Stars Armor, he turned that Mechanical Monster into a massive flaming flail.
Fang Ran swung it in a violently expanding arc, sweeping aside a ring of monstrous machines before hurling