Space Collapse

Rumble! Rumble!!

Suddenly, an extremely strong tremor spread throughout the entire Wandenreich, causing countless people to stagger and fall to the ground.

Inside the hall, Haschwalth, who was preparing to make another move, looked up.

After the ceiling broke, I saw cracks appearing above the sky. Those cracks spread rapidly, like white strokes on a black canvas.

His pupils contracted slightly, and he couldn't help but say.

"That's... insane!"

After saying that, he flew up and passed through the roof, heading in a certain direction.

The remaining three were visibly taken aback.

"Trying to escape?" Rocks asked, puzzled.

"What happened?!" Kong asked.

"Chase after him! We can't let him get away. If we don't defeat him, we'll never see Kaya again!" Basard said decisively.

Then the three of them jumped up, Basard grabbed one of them with each hand, chasing after Haschwalth.

The surrounding scenery flashed by, and the buildings became ruins. As they moved away from the castle, they discovered that the outside world had undergone a complete transformation.

The earth cracked open, as if by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake, and deep, bottomless rift valleys appeared.

Countless people and buildings fell into it.

Fragments of space are falling away, the colors of the world have faded, revealing pitch-black voids from which a bone-chilling cold emanates.

"Damn it! This world is collapsing! At this rate, everyone will die!"

Basard roared angrily, his heart filled with bewilderment.

Only Quincy could do something like that, but which Quincy would do such a thing? Do they want everyone to be buried with them?

While they were in hot pursuit, Haschwalth had already reached his destination at an extremely fast speed.

It was a building that still stood on the ground.

Haschwalth stood in front of the door and sensed that the space in front of him was a weak point, from which a faint tremor was emanating and spreading along the Reishi to the four directions.

He pushed open the door and went in. The first thing he saw was two people, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Has anyone arrived?

"Tsk! A little faster than I expected!"

It was a large hole more than two meters high, pitch black like a black hole, standing there straight, and a force of attraction emanated from within.

Two people stood at the cave entrance; one was a marine, and the other was a pirate.

"I can't stop now. Is it okay to hand him over to you?" Shiki said in a low voice, reaching one hand into the black hole and disappearing from his forearm upwards.

"I won't die after you." Zephyr stepped forward, facing Haschwalth directly.

"You want to destroy the Wandenreich? Why?" Haschwalth looked at Zephyr. "Vice Admiral Zephyr, is this the choice you've made?"

"Kill everyone, along with this space itself," Zephyr said indifferently.

"Including pirates, the Marines, the Celestial Dragons, and even us Quincy?" Haschwalth said calmly, "The world will regress five hundred years."

"Without Quincy like to cause trouble, without the World Government, without pirates and the Navy, it would be an incredibly peaceful world," Zephyr said.

"... Fuck it!" Shiki was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst out cursing, "I'm going to die too? Didn't you say we could get out after destroying the Wandenreich?!"

"The Wandenreich is built in the shadows. Once this space disappears, we will be swallowed by the dark side of the world. Whether you survive or not depends on how tough your life is," Zephyr said calmly.

"Then I'll stop right now..."

"Too late! The destruction program has already been activated. This is a countermeasure a naval soldier gave me."

As he spoke, a hint of nostalgia flashed in Zephyr's eyes.

He met the marine for the second time in the Wandenreich. The marine said that he hadn't gone anywhere for the past ten years, but had instead been honing his Spiritual Power here to reduce the fragility of the space.

The Quincy can actively open entrances and exits to the Wandenreich, and that Marine threw himself into them.

Because the Quincy who opened the entrance had gotten lost in the passage to the outside world and remained there forever, thus creating this unclosable black hole.

Shiki's ability is to manipulate non-living objects other than himself to float.

What would happen if this country, existing only in the shadows, were to float away? Would it leave the shadows and go to the outside world?

"No! The Wandenreich will only destroy itself in the process of rising, and then die in the cracks of the world!" Zephyr said resolutely.

"For this insane plan, you killed everyone, including yourself, and the Navy." Haschwalth raised his sword and pointed it at Zephyr.

"Let's explain properly in another world. If you really have someone to blame..." Zephyr suddenly snapped, "Blame you for giving me hope, and then suddenly destroying it!"

"Is this what you intend to do, Zephyr?"

What?!

Three more people entered the house. When Zephyr saw Kong among them, his expression froze, and he seemed less resolute.

"Steelbow Admiral Kong..."

"No need to say anything more!" Kong waved his hand, a smile actually on his face. "I also think that the world would be better off if pirates and Celestial Dragons disappeared. When pirates are gone, our Navy will have no reason to exist."

Seeing that Kong was supporting him, Zephyr took a deep breath, his mind no longer filled with confusion.

Basard opened his mouth, but was speechless.

"Hey! Stop talking to yourself! I don't want to die yet!" Rocks stepped forward, sword in hand. "Just take down Shiki, right?"

"I... I'm being sucked in!" Shiki was both shocked and furious. In the time it took to speak, most of his body was sucked into the black hole.

Ordinary people cannot control Spiritual Power. When Zephyr transferred Reishi to Shiki was the first to die.

Brake--

Rocks unleashed a black and white sword strike, but Zephyr felt it wasn't enough, so he stepped forward to Rocks' attack.

"Superstar's Fist!" Zephyr unleashed both hands, briefly clashing with the sword energy.

He decisively finished the Vollständig and then shattered it.

He inwardly mocked himself, thinking to himself, how could he, who had caused the deaths of countless naval soldiers, be called Superstar? He was now all alone.

"Get out of my way!" Rocks charged forward.

Kong followed closely behind, but his purpose was to fight alongside Zephyr against Rocks' attack.

BOOM!!

Fist and sword collided, sparks flying.

Seeing that Rocks was fighting Zephyr and Kong, Basard simply turned to Haschwalth.

"Burner Finger! 4!"

Basard concentrated the extremely the Heat temperature in his right palm, which he clasped together, forming a knife-like flame that surrounded the front of his right arm.

Then, with a burst of energy, he slashed forward, transforming the attack into a wide-ranging burst of flames resembling fish fins.

Sizzle!

Haschwalth casually swung his sword, cleaving the flames in two.

"Flame Hell!"

Basard raised his hand and unleashed a swirling, cone-shaped flame of astonishing temperature forward, which flattened the building like a sea of fire and engulfed Haschwalth with explosive force.

After delivering the blow, he took a breath, his eyes fixed ahead, when suddenly his pupils dilated.

Haschwalth emerged unharmed from the heatwave, a spark still lingering on the tip of his sword, and he had even sheathed his shield.

Basard suddenly saw a blur before his eyes, and the next second, Haschwalth appeared behind him, brandishing his sword and splattering blood.

Puff!!

A huge wound appeared on Basard's chest, gushing out like a spring. Basard became dizzy and collapsed to the ground, motionless.

After eliminating Basard, Haschwalth looked at the others, and the scales behind him tipped in an instant.

"Time is up..."