The Power That Transcended Fear

"Mandatory evacuation in progress. Everyone must leave immediately!"

"Repeat, this is an emergency. Everyone must evacuate outside Coast City immediately..."

"..."

Air raid sirens blared over Coast City. Patrol armored vehicles rolled through the streets, broadcasting orders for civilians to evacuate beyond the city limits as quickly as possible.

Russell did not join the army's commotion. Instead, he went to a bridge crossing the river in the city center. True to its name, Coast City was a city by the sea.

Lots of water!

Besides its famous air force base, the city also had the busiest port on the West Coast. Facing the ocean and warm year-round, it was also one of Russell's trump cards against Parallax.

Black-and-white wings, his newly learned lightning skill, plus the Pacific Ocean beside him—if he came up with a reasonable strategy, sending Parallax through Hell's Gate would be ridiculously easy.

At the same time, in outer space, a massive shadow swept across low Earth orbit and moved toward Coast City, California, America.

Parallax!

From afar, it looked like a dark mass of unknown matter, occasionally releasing dazzling yellow light from within. In appearance, it resembled an indescribable octopus. Looking closely, Russell had encountered a similar creature before.

On the cruise ship in Deep Freeze, the Sea Monster he had killed looked extremely similar to Parallax.

A huge head, plus mouthparts extending from countless tentacles—a near-perfect copy.

Or rather, a bargain-bin version of a candy-distributing demon god!

Parallax stared with its yellow lantern-like eyes as it leisurely moved toward Hal's hometown. The yellow energy there had served as a beacon, guiding it to Earth.

Parallax intended to make Coast City its first city to invade. First, to replenish some energy and spread a little fear.

Second, purely to disgust Hal. If the Green Lantern was