A piercing alarm blared as red lights flashed incessantly, and several glaring danger symbols abruptly appeared on the screen in deep red.
—Unknown high-speed object detected approaching! —Poseidon Fortress, Area A32 under attack! —Poseidon Fortress, Area A32 damaged! —Structural damage detected from Underground Level 1 to Underground Level 12. Collapse may occur at any time!
These alerts popped up almost simultaneously.
In other words, the outcome had been decided the instant the Honkai Consciousness flung out those spikes!
Inside the conference room, everyone stared at one another, their faces filled with shock.
Only the mechanical female alarm continued echoing through the Sea God's Dwelling.
"D-Damaged?!"
"What kind of joke is this? How could the indestructible Poseidon Fortress be breached?! And in such a short time? The system must be malfunctioning!"
Just as the higher-ups were about to send someone to investigate the truth...
Another spike fell from the sky!
The tip of the diamond-shaped spike gleamed coldly. It moved so fast that the naked eye could not even catch sight of it.
Everything happened in a flash!
Boom!!
This time, the spike happened to pass through the most heavily defended part of Poseidon Fortress—the Sea God's Dwelling.
There was no time to react.
The specialized metal, said to possess astonishing defensive capabilities and to be several times thicker than the material used in the outer sections of Poseidon Fortress, was like a balloon pierced by a needle before this casually flung spike from the Honkai Consciousness.
With a bang, it shattered into pieces!
The spike continued downward!
"Ah!"
Several "lucky" national representatives in the room let out shrill screams.
But when they saw that half their bodies were gone, along with the bloody scene beside them, their faces turned deathly pale as