--{Star Killer}
When the strongest did not exist, it was unquestionably an unrivaled power in this world.
Even Artosh's current destructive power could not compare to it.
But if he were close enough, and if Artosh realized what Roland was plotting, perhaps there was still the slightest possibility of deflecting its trajectory.
Yet when he, too engrossed in battle, retreated of his own accord, that outcome became possible only in theory.
The instant Roland pulled the trigger, that power, which even at seventy percent could burn every obstacle to ashes, converged into a beam and instantly pierced the planet's core.
Amid the hum of energy, it surged relentlessly forward, shattering the Star Core and making the wellspring of the Elf Corridor erupt.
As dense, spiderweb-like cracks spread across the crust, it let out a disintegrating wail. Then a red sheen radiated outward once more, turning it into scorching waves resembling glass and amber.
Every vista shattered amid the howling, breaking into tiny fragments that fell into the winding waves.
Immediately afterward, the molten, blazing liquid surged wave after wave into the enormous, bottomless wound that had split the planet apart. Strangely, however, even this backflow made no sound, as though shackled by invisible fetters.
Suddenly, only a crane-like cry could break the silence.
It was an answer from the pierced Star Core within the planet.
Like the tremors before a volcanic eruption, before its full form had even appeared, a terrifying force hammered space into violent ripples. The enduring waves swept up the backflowing, blazing liquid along with the planetary fragments that had not yet fully melted, driving them upward and opening up an enormous vacuum.
Then nothingness began to spread.
It was a sight vastly different from what Roland had imagined, with neither a grand display nor a tremendous