On the return journey, aboard the Iron Throne, Cheng Yu held the purple orb of light, seemingly lost in thought.
He had already obtained two of Big Shot's seven authority fragments, leaving five still uncollected. The factions that held those remaining fragments were the Vax Corporation, the Kabonebog Church, Playa, and, finally, the Alliance Leader of Pan Chabuko, who had escaped.
Which faction should I strike next? Cheng Yu pondered.
While Cheng Yu was still wrestling with whom to attack next, the Star Sea had already erupted into an uproar.
At Playa's Defense Command, Matthew stared at the soldier before him in disbelief and asked,
"What did you say?!"
The soldier clearly had steady nerves. He repeated,
"Sir! There are no signs of any living creatures anywhere in Shatla."
Matthew fell silent, feeling an unprecedented weight settle over him. Shatla's demonic web prevented anyone from infiltrating its core territory, so no news had come from there yet.
But Matthew knew very well that Duke was a Limit-Breaker. Even if he was no match for the enemy, he should not have been defeated without the slightest disturbance.
Unless... Matthew once again recalled that pure-white figure radiating an endless, terrifying aura!
Matthew mused aloud,
"Could that RTX Destroyer Legion have something to do with that being...?"
He immediately decided to visit the oldest Limit-Breaker, someone who might know about that pure-white figure-the Starry Sky Hunter King!
Star Sea City was no longer as prosperous as it had once been. Ever since Balchik disappeared, its station in Star Sea City had become the largest gathering place for the surviving Balchik people. All the soldiers originally stationed at Vanguard Fortress, Balchik's station in Star Sea City, had become Balchik's last armed force.
Likewise, not long ago, Jenny Martha, the Pan Chabuko Alliance's