Bang! Smack!
Boom!
Clang! Ding! Thud, thud, thud!
Because of the Fragmentum's corrosion, Rivet Town's lights could not cover as wide an area as Boulder Town's. Only dim light maintained the most basic illumination.
Strange, eerie noises came from a building on high ground. If anyone still lived here, those sounds would probably have frightened them into moving out overnight.
Even now, the Fragmentum creatures that had been wandering nearby fled one after another, as though they had encountered something utterly terrifying.
Inside the room, furniture such as cabinets, chairs, and tables lay overturned on the floor. Paper and dust lay scattered and piled up, leaving a mess everywhere.
An enormous, deep-blue creature nearly four meters tall hovered in midair.
Points of light like a dim starry sky reflected off its outer shell, making it look incredibly imposing.
Its current predicament, however, was not particularly good.
The Ice of the Outer Universe stood pressed into a corner. The ultracold air leaking from its body froze the surrounding walls and floor.
It was certainly a powerful monster, but right now, this powerful monster was panicking.
If it had a heart, it knew that heart would have been pounding violently, practically trying to leap out!
Weak, pitiful, and helpless, the Ice of the Outer Universe nervously watched its surroundings. Even having its back to a wall gave it no sense of safety or reassurance.
This way?
Or that way?
Its gaze kept moving through the darkness.
It did not know what exactly was chasing it or what was going on, but it had to stay alert to keep those things in the darkness from catching up.
The Ice of the Outer Universe had originally set out in a wonderful mood. At the time, it had no idea anything like that would happen.