"What... is this...?" Inside the Light Space, Shinji, who had already begun to weaken, stared at the Final Angel before him in disbelief.
Even Gomess, with its hideous face and enormous body, had not frightened him at first. Yet the creature before him now filled him with terror, both physical and psychological.
For an instant, a voice in his head told him to run. This was not an enemy they could handle as they were now.
Panting heavily, Dark Radiant Zero looked up, his nonexistent pupils contracting sharply-the 150-meter-tall "Final Angel" slowly turned its heads. Pale, bone-like tentacles writhed like giant pythons, the purple orbs at their tips crackling explosively and tearing cobweb-like fissures through space.
"Shinji... we have to... stop it..." Zero gritted his teeth and barely managed to raise an arm, but the Color Timer on his chest was already flashing in a continuous blur.
His body was also far weaker than he had imagined. Every movement brought tremendous pain.
The Final Angel showed no mercy. Its three heads instantly opened their jaws wide, firing purple energy beams laced with purple lightning! Zero used the last of his strength to dodge sideways, but a beam grazed his shoulder armor.
Boom! His silver armor shattered with an explosion of sparks. He fell like a kite with its string cut, and as he hit the ground, light particles sprayed from his wound. The red light of his Color Timer flickered on the brink of death.
The shoulder of Shinji's shirt was stained red. Blood flowed from the wound there.
Before they could catch their breath, a tentacle came coiling toward them like a venomous snake. This time, it struck the wound on Dark Radiant Zero's chest with pinpoint accuracy!
"Aaaargh!" The agony made both Zero's and Shinji's vision go black.