Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

As for Chris's frustration, Raye had only stated the objective facts.

The Gear Users' desperate fighting and sound judgment had not bridged the gulf in strength, but they had narrowed it. The scales of battle had shifted from the despair of none of them escaping to a sliver of hope that one or two might barely get away.

"You... forget it. I can't beat you anyway. Anything I say would just be humiliating myself."

Though Raye's words were objective, they sounded infuriating no matter how Chris took them. She wanted to say something, but thought better of it and dropped the subject.

"Speaking of which, what are you planning to do next, Raye-chan?"

Hibiki Tachibana moved right up beside Raye without any sense of distance and tentatively asked about her plans.

"I've finished clearing out the major Heresy Technology organizations. Next, I'll begin work on my final objective."

"Your final objective? World domination?"

Raye gave Hibiki Tachibana a casual, brief explanation, and Hibiki ventured a guess.

"...You should be able to feel the specifics for yourselves in a little while. Well, I'm finished here. See you in a few days."

Without elaborating, Raye recalled her Reiku Armor and stopped trying to search. Leaving those words behind, she flew into the sky.

"See us in a few days?"

Hibiki Tachibana could not make sense of Raye's cryptic remark. Now that they had been defeated, what opportunity would they have to meet her again?

Deep beneath the sea, in a dark trench no one could find and not even sunlight could reach, Akatsuki Kirika and Elfnein stood inside a moving azure sphere wrapped in emerald light.

"Alchemy can even do something like this, Death!"

Looking around, Akatsuki Kirika took in the fantastical scene with curiosity.

"Yes, it's a fairly basic application... But