"That is..."
Lu Chao frowned and focused his gaze into the distance.
A group of figures appeared at the hatch.
They wore identical black combat uniforms, held silver-white electromagnetic kinetic rifles, and had transparent glass visors over their faces, obscuring their features.
There were ten of them in total. Their steps were perfectly synchronized, like a precise war machine, and several of them were at the Superpowered Rank.
The figure at the front wore a dark gray trench coat. His features were cold and stern, his hair gray-black, and he looked somewhat like one of Earth Star's white people.
Yet upon closer inspection, a scale-like mark could be seen on his forehead. He was clearly a pure-blooded Klar.
He wore no mech armor, yet he radiated a suffocating pressure.
He was astonishingly a peak Nonhuman Rank powerhouse, looking down upon the people of Radiant Capital.
"Captain Gorn!"
Avira quickly cried out excitedly. Covering her severed arm, she staggered toward the center of the open ground and looked up at him.
Davis also leaped down from the flying car's hatch and came to Avira's side. He looked up as well, even raising a hand in salute.
"Avira. Davis."
The man called Gorn gave a slight nod, his gaze sweeping over the two of them.
When he saw Avira's limp left arm and the sunken fist mark on Davis's chest, his brow furrowed slightly.
Then, when he saw Helido's corpse—
The headless body lay in the center of the mall ruins, blood staining the shattered floor tiles around it red.
The silver intelligent sphere hovered above the corpse, blue light flickering across its surface like a war beast that had lost its master.
"What happened?"
Gorn's voice sank, and everyone could feel the stifling chill within it.
"It was him!"
Avira abruptly