Starting with Firefly, Speedrunning the World — Section 33

At this point, she no longer needed to hold back deliberately.

Kamen Rider Glare was unlike the other Desire-series Kamen Riders. Its basic combat mode would be difficult to deal with; only its full combat state would suffice.

"Protocol approved. Execute Scorched Earth Operation!"

[DHGDR-Secondary Combustion!]

The next moment, Sam swung her armor-clad right hand forward. Crimson flames spread across the Stellaron Hunters, while magma-like cracks covered the entire massive island beneath their feet, reducing it completely to scorched earth.

In an instant, the flames covered the entire island and an unknown number of kilometers of the surrounding sea.

Seawater evaporated on a massive scale, and no one knew how far the sea level had fallen.

The immense amount of vapor turned the area into a fog-shrouded expanse.

But this environment would not affect Sam's combat ability, just as it could not affect Kamen Rider Glare.

Kamen Rider Glare possessed base defenses surpassing diamond, as well as the ability to fight unaffected by any extreme conditions.

Whether in space or underwater, it was as though he were standing on solid ground.

But this was not Sam's attack to begin with—merely the effect of entering Secondary Combustion.

In the span of a moment, every plant and animal on the island, along with all life in the surrounding waters, turned into blackened charcoal.

At the same time, parts of Sam's armor turned crimson. Flames rose from her limbs and chest, like a fire crystal butterfly fluttering its wings.

"What exactly is this...?"

The sudden inferno shocked Girori. He had no idea what had happened.

Just feeling the temperature around him, he knew that if he had not transformed into Kamen Rider Glare, he would have become a lump of charcoal in that instant.

Such an outrageous, large-scale area attack.

Even in his memories, nothing like it existed.

Was this really the sort of wanted criminal that existed in their future era?

He could not help but doubt it.

But one thing was clear to him: he had misjudged this Stellaron Hunter's strength. If he did not make some changes, he might truly be in danger.

So he raised his right hand, and the three control units within it transformed into vortices of data.

[Data, Delete!]

The data vortices flashed toward Sam, appearing before her in the blink of an eye and leaving her no time to react.

Yet when the attack ended, Sam was still standing where she was, both hands raised in front of her.

When he lowered his arms, he found that Sam was unharmed...

"Now it's my turn, right?"

"Molten Core, detonate!"

[Molten Core Engine activated!]

As Sam's Molten Core Engine began operating, flames burst from her chest the next moment.

Then Sam swept her right hand toward Girori, and extreme heat rushed straight at him, turning the ground into a lava-like substance.

Even while inside Kamen Rider Glare, Girori still felt the flames burning within his body. Even his thoughts became sluggish for a moment.

One had to know that Kamen Rider Glare's stats far surpassed those of ordinary Kamen Riders. With one hand alone, it could defeat other ordinary Kamen Riders.

Its defensive capabilities were even absurdly powerful, yet it still could not avoid being affected at this moment.

Just then, Sam charged at Girori through the flames and mercilessly threw a punch!

Even the air began to warp from the extreme heat.

Girori did not dare let his guard down. He immediately recalled all his control units and deployed a defensive mechanism.

[Circle Deflector!]

The circular Deflect Pits that had originally been distributed across his body instantly appeared before Sam, deploying the electromagnetic deflection shield, Circle Deflector, and granting Glare an almost impregnable defense.

But this time, his defense failed to block Sam's attack perfectly. The electromagnetic deflection shield shattered directly, forcing Girori to instinctively stagger back several steps, nearly losing his balance.

At that moment, Sam continued her assault, stomping one foot onto the ground.

"Annihilation Plan!"

A tidal wave of flames erupted after Sam kicked the ground, completely engulfing Girori.

But it was not over yet. As everyone knew, Kamen Riders were incredibly tough to kill, much less this Kamen Rider Glare before her.

Though Kamen Rider Glare was indeed in a miserable state at the moment, he still endured the discomfort in his body and immediately took out his Providence Card.

After quickly making the Vision Driver scan the Providence Card again, it activated with the sound effect of "Delete!" Girori gathered energy in his foot and unleashed a Rider Kick at Sam.

Compared to the Rider Kicks of Grand Prix participants, Kamen Rider Glare's Rider Kick possessed overwhelmingly greater power.

The instant Girori launched his Rider Kick, Sam moved as well. She leaped into the air in a similar motion.

"Execute!"

With the boost of the Molten Core Engine, a perfect Rider Kick struck Girori head-on.

Their collision caused the few remaining islands on the sea to be completely swallowed by the ocean.

The two fell into the water. Girori looked even more bedraggled now; even with the privileged power of Kamen Rider Glare, he could not hold on much longer.

After all, even future people had their limits. His body could not sustain a battle like this. More importantly, it was not just his body—even Kamen Rider Glare's equipment had begun to crack.

By comparison, Sam was practically unharmed.

Yet Girori still refused to give up. He once again had the Vision Driver scan the Providence Card, and after the second time, the sound effect rang out!

He directly unleashed a finishing kick.

[Shut Down]

"This ends now!"

Sam remained utterly calm in the face of that kick.

Instinctively, she wanted to use even greater power and let the world witness a sight seen only during the dinosaur extinction.

To give Earth's surface a makeover.

That was one of Sam's area attacks: Supernova Overload!

But she restrained herself.

It would feel great, sure, but if she really did it, all humanity would perish.

Better to end the battle quickly.

Those thoughts flashed through her mind as Sam raised her right hand... even more terrifying flames spread from her body. At that moment, she seemed to become a sun.

In fact, the Molten Core inside the armor was much like a sun itself.

With the Molten Core activated, the Molten Core Engine reached a terrifying level of output. Sam bent forward, then erupted the instant Kamen Rider Glare drew near.

Transforming into a miniature sun, she kicked him with both feet at once.

A massive mushroom cloud rose once more. The seawater churned violently, throwing up waves hundreds, even thousands of meters high. Yet they were immediately vaporized by the extreme heat, becoming clouds of mist hotter than one hundred degrees.

Obtaining the Driver

[Stellaron Hunter Sam, overwhelming victory!]

Sam hovered in midair, surrounded by dense mist at a terrifying temperature. Even the sea level seemed to have dropped considerably.

Countless marine creatures had been unable to escape, turning to char beneath Sam's flames.

That was why Firefly was unwilling to use this power in a city. She was a mechanical warrior created for the cosmic Swarm Disaster.

To combat the Swarm Disaster, the Sam armor's output had always been designed for large-scale destruction.

It could truly set the sea ablaze, set the sea of insects ablaze!

Even if she controlled her strength, her true killing moves would inevitably affect too wide an area.

This was already the limit of what she could suppress.

She had only used Secondary Combustion, and her output had not even been fully opened. She had not used Supernova Destruction either.

Not to mention going all out, entering Complete Combustion, and using the armaments designed for Sam.

Yes, Sam had her own armaments.

But she had never brought them out so far, because there was no need against these people.

Unless it was Geats, who had already mastered the power of creation; the original founder of the Desire Grand Prix, who could turn back time; or Mela, the future-person fugitive known as the Godslayer.

Only those people could truly be called opponents.

They were worthy of Complete Combustion, worthy of greater output.

Of course, it would be best to fight in space or another dimensional realm. Otherwise, she really would become the culprit behind the world's destruction.

How would she be any different from them?

"As expected of Kamen Rider Glare. You still have one last breath left after all that."

Firefly had not forgotten her objective. She had not come to kill Girori, but for the administrator's Driver on him.

For the Desire Grand Prix's operations, whether it was the game administrator or the producer behind the scenes, both could be replaced.

Their deaths would not have much impact.

As long as Suel, the original founder of the Desire Grand Prix, remained alive and still controlled the power of creation, no consequences would be too significant.

Although the administrator's belt was important right now, once Suel appeared, it would not be as important as imagined.

Of course, that was for later. For now... the Vision Driver was still extremely important, a key item of the Desire Grand Prix.

In some sense, it was even more important than the Driver of the other game producer, Niram—Kamen Rider Gazer.