National War: In the Name of a Meteor!!!

Dawn blazed. Though it could not compare to the sword strike that had cleaved through ice beasts and sent ice dust rolling like a sea, under the power of an A-rank Upper Tier, this strike had still reached Fang Ran's peak at this moment!

But in the next second, there was no sensation of energy making contact.

The brilliant sword mark sent back a distant echo as though from another world. Fang Ran looked at the London before him beneath the azure sky, no different from before. It felt utterly natural, yet it was like a prison trap. He could not imagine how complex and precise an ability it took to create a space identical to the outside world, one he could neither escape nor destroy.

Once again, he understood that opponents above A-rank Upper Tier were no longer enemies one could defeat through sheer quantities of magical energy alone.

Lowering the blade of Silver Severing Dragon Tooth, he floated in midair and took a deep breath, as if trying to fill his lungs completely.

I really worried about so many unnecessary things.

He had originally thought that if he appeared as Night Crow, the other side would naturally admit defeat, knowing they were no match for him. But Clotilde's appearance had disrupted Fang Ran's plans at once. Amid the flood of thoughts that surged through his mind, he began considering changes, weighing gains and consequences, worrying that his identity would be exposed.

But!

He had seen that carefree, lazy figure slowly hook down the hair tie binding her hair over the park lake where the plane had crashed, speaking calmly—almost stubbornly—even though she knew she was no match for Zero Knight White Wings;

"I will fulfill everyone's wishes."

He had witnessed that playboy, frivolous and dissolute in appearance but