Kondo and Carrera.
They remained standing with only will and pride.
A will to never accept defeat in his uniform, and a pride in her demonic strength which forbade the same action.
But in reality, both were in tatters.
Kondo inducted the “Abyss Annihilation”, and successfully redirected the flow of Energy.
The next time, he would have been able to do this much more perfectly, and without damage to his body.
But that time, was definitely not now.
To remain standing after a magic attack that was like the very incarnation of mayhem proved the sheer strength of his will.
Albeit consequently, all his chakra (spirit energy) had been drained, and he didn’t even have the strength to manifest a single bullet.
In simpler terms, he had no power to fight back.
It goes without saying that his guard was still up. But at the moment, he couldn’t nullify even simple attacks, and the next direct hit would definitely spell his defeat.
That was Kondo’s situation.
As for Carrera, her state wasn’t unlike Kondo’s.
Both her arms were gone as a result of using “Abyss Annihilation”.
Unable to properly control her Energy from the effects of Anti-Spirit Energy, the overwhelmingly adverse reaction disintegrated both her upper limbs.
She left a strange picture, standing straight with no problems even though various parts of her body were missing.
However, she was a Spirit Form.
So, she would not fall no matter how battered her appearance was.
From her 6 wings, only 2 remained, and held up her body.
Even with her enormous reserves of remaining mana, she couldn’t really make use of them since her Magic Circuits were destroyed.
Regeneration would obviously take a lot of time, and she didn’t have that time in the middle of battle.
Yet, Carrera faced her foe, and prepared for the showdown.
The one’s watching over Carrera’s faceoff.
These were Emperor Rudra, Major General Xam’d, and his subordinates, a few Elite Mages.
Though the Emperors defence was impregnable, the members of the bridge were not self-assured, and were busy maintaining the barriers from the deck to the upper levels.
The reason being, every other Airship had fallen, and this ship was their lifeline.
They had attempted to contact home for reinforcements, but communications were cut off by some kind of signal jamming.
This was obviously the work of the Greater Demons that surrounded them, and they suspected that Teleportation Magic had also been jammed.
Their escape from this ship had been blocked, and retreating towards the ships floating on the ocean also seemed hopeless.
Under those circumstances, protecting this ship was the best course of action.
However,
「Xam’d-kakka, if that impossibly destructive power from just now hit us, we wouldn’t stand a chance.」(TN: -kakka is honorific like -sama)
