"Did you think you could escape my grasp?"
"Keep dreaming."
"I've grown tired of this game of cat and mouse. It's time to end it. I'll watch your struggles with a smile."
Bzzzt-
In that instant.
The countless eyes that blotted out the sky transformed into endless atomic machinery and mercury-like fluid. Everywhere they looked, in every direction, above and below, the atomic tide filled everything.
And they immediately felt the space shrinking rapidly.
A tremendous tremor shook everything.
The atomic frenzy launched an attack on them from every direction almost instantly, leaving no blind spots.
"Watch out!"
Silver Fantasy pulled Lynn to her side. The Blade in her hand blazed with searing light, her gaze ice-cold. Her slash seemed to cleave the heavens, instantly shattering the atomic machinery sweeping toward them.
She spun around sharply, a blinding death ray bursting from her palm.
The atomic machinery sweeping in from another direction was also reduced to dust by her tremendous blast of energy.
But it accomplished nothing.
The atomic machinery pouring in from every direction was endless. In an instant, it gathered again and launched a second assault on them.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom-
Atomic machinery kept exploding.
And Lynn immediately noticed that Ether's mercury-like fluid lingering around the perimeter was also changing rapidly. Limbs and torsos kept struggling out of it, and figures identical to Ether emerged one after another. Bare-chested, with silver hair draped over their shoulders, they all wore cruel expressions.
The next moment.
Those countless figures of Ether charged at them.
Clang-
Lynn's Trident blocked the claws of two Ethers with a heavy clash, sending countless sparks flying.
On the other side, more Ethers rushed toward Silver Fantasy as she fought the atomic tide. Like wraiths, they constantly sought any possible opening, then attacked with