"An earthquake? How is that possible!"
"Run outside!"
"Please don't panic, and don't run. Please find the nearest table and take cover—"
"Mother—Mother!"
"Wait, the sky... is falling!?"
In Star Country, an all-domain barrier had unfolded over Gala City. This was the defense system Gala City had built specifically after the Sky Curtain shattered, meant to deal with extreme weather or tectonic movement. In theory, even if it faced a tornado or an Earthquake Tsunami, Gala City should have remained unharmed.
Yet under Felix and Daedalus's eyes, the all-domain barrier held for only a few breaths before shattering with a thunderous crash, almost completely meaningless. The sky dripped downward like a melting candle, the city shook without end, skyscrapers collapsed, and the earth cracked open. It looked every bit like the end of the world.
Felix flicked out strands of whirlwind, doing her best to send people trapped inside buildings to open areas. But there was not a single truly safe place in the entire city. Even midair might split open with spatial rifts that swallowed and tore apart flying artificers.
Summoned by the Noble Charter, the Multistar Artificers joined the rescue efforts without exception, but they were still powerless. Because this was not the city collapsing, nor was it the earth collapsing. It was the entire world collapsing!
"What the hell is going on!?" Felix raised her head and stared up at the chaotic sky, burning with anxiety. "Could Ash—"
"Felix!" Daedalus's voice was filled with terror. "You—"
Felix looked down and discovered the color was draining from her clothes.
No, not her clothes. She turned to look at Daedalus and found that this devastatingly beautiful Most Beautiful Woman Under the Multistar had also shed all her vivid colors, leaving only bleak black and white behind.
Besides them, there