A factory in the western district downstream along the Rhine River.
Evening: 19:07.
"I suspected O'Brien was relying on outside power to control so many Dolls. Sure enough."
The handsome young man with blond hair and golden eyes stood on a stairway beside one of the factory's smoke outlets. Ahead of him, highly concentrated EVE particles were being compressed into clusters of energy visible to the naked eye.
These energy clusters were placed into three-dimensional metal devices, then carried into special storage rooms by the Hohenzollern Group's alchemy Automatons. These Automatons looked somewhat outdated, and the factory had no real security measures. This place was most likely already semi-abandoned.
The only reason these machines were still running was that the Hohenzollern Group wanted to get some use out of its waste.
Xia Xiu turned his gaze toward a large EVE Extraction Engine at the very center, concealed beneath meme deception substance. Its EVE particle extraction rate was enormous, but its output rate was pitifully low.
"Finally found you."
The corners of Xia Xiu's mouth curled upward. His eyes looked like those of a hunter who had found his prey, cold and excited.
Now was the best time to strike and wipe O'Brien out. Letting him escape would be troublesome.
Vast quantities of light particles gathered around the blond young man.
[Light Body Transformation Module · Activate!] [Aether Manifestation-Mimicry]
A Light Body Giant over twenty meters tall towered amid the entire steel jungle. The radiance emanating from him illuminated it all. An enormous ring of red light appeared in the giant's hand, and he swung it toward the EVE Extraction Engine. A massive torrent of red light erupted instantly.
Boom, boom, boom-
The red torrent mercilessly destroyed the entire EVE Extraction Engine. A tremendous explosion rang out, accompanied by