Yet at that very moment, Ryoma Mogami suddenly made his move. His partner, Astas, attacked Taiki. Although Marcus Damon blasted Astas to death immediately, Astamon's attack still struck Taiki squarely. The Brave Snatcher they had struggled so hard to capture shattered as well.
The furious group wanted to tear Ryoma apart, but Taiki stopped them. "Everyone, this isn't Ryoma's fault. He was manipulated. That Astamon isn't dead yet."
What? Astamon wasn't dead? Everyone was shocked. Fortunately, the Saviors were all battle-hardened fighters. They located Astamon in moments and forced him out with a barrage of attacks.
"Astamon, why?" Facing Astamon, no one felt more heartbroken or anguished than Ryoma. He had once thought himself the strongest hunter. In the end, he was nothing but a worthless hunter who couldn't even control his own Digimon.
"Hahaha! You think you're worthy of being my partner? Allow me to introduce myself. I am Astashelan, commander of the Bright Galaxy Federation's Eastern Fleet."
"Commander of the Eastern Fleet? What's your connection to World Tree?" Marcus Damon caught on immediately.
"World Tree? You mean that Surveillance Machine in the Fifth World? That piece of junk is just an ordinary mass-production model in my fleet," Astashelan said dismissively. As for the truth, Marcus Damon and the others clearly had no chance to find out.
"That will do," Astashelan suddenly said. "There is no longer any power in this world capable of stopping me. Just be good and become one with Crystal Worldmon." As soon as he finished speaking, his body crumbled bit by bit. Far away, a beam of light shot into the sky. Then data energy surged across the entire world in waves. Wherever those waves engulfed, everything became data energy.
Just as the waves were about to reach Taiki, Clock Elder and Clockmon leaped