"...You're planning to use that move?"

Adrian was stunned for a moment, then quickly understood what I meant. But even as he moved behind me as told, he was still worried, "Will it work? Didn't you say it still isn't ready?"

"It should be fine... probably!"

I answered absent-mindedly, though I couldn't help feeling a bit nervous inside.

After Nicola recently forced me to overuse Reality Authority twice, I noticed my tolerance for the side effects seemed to have improved somewhat. If I wasn't wrong, maybe some of the magic and moves I'd only imagined before could actually be used now!

"What are you two talking about? Don't tell me you're hiding some power? Impossible..."

The bald man with sunglasses, who was testing his new right arm, sensed something was wrong when he heard us talking. He quietly gave Reider a hand signal. Without another word, they both charged at me.

"Heh, ever heard of a palm that comes from the sky?"

But they were too late. I was already prepared, raising my finger to the sky, then swinging it down hard—

As I finished speaking, a bright blue light appeared overhead, instantly turning into a huge light pillar several meters wide that rushed down, immediately engulfing both of them.

At first glance, this looked a lot like the "Lost Paradise Shock Wave" I'd used many times before, but it was actually something I'd been slowly developing since awakening my blue wings. By using the principles of " Lost Paradise Shock Wave" but replacing light elements with water elements, and adding in the reality control ability I'd mastered later, I created a completely new technique - "Lost Paradise Annihilation Wave"!

Of course, I came up with the name myself, but its effects were totally different from "Lost Paradise Shock Wave" which only worked against monsters. "Lost Paradise Annihilation Wave" was a real killing move.

"Did you get them?"

Adrian could hardly believe it. After the light pillar disappeared, he walked forward and looked down at the bottomless hole that had appeared in the ground, and couldn't help exclaiming, "Looks like you really did it!"

Actually, this deep hole formed similarly to Star Glory Knight Meredith's self-destruction. In theory, anything touched by the light pillar, whether monster or object, would be directly erased from reality, leaving absolutely no trace of its existence.

"It still needs a bit more of work..."

But I shook my head and sighed. Leaving aside the side effects of using this move, just the actual area of the annihilation effect was much smaller than I'd planned! Not to mention the time needed to gather elements was a bit too long, which might give enemies a chance to counter.

"So did we actually eliminate those two..."

Seeing I didn't look too good, Adrian quickly turned and came to help me up, but his question stopped halfway.

Because he also noticed something wrong. Looking up, at the top of the cave behind us, through the round "skylight" newly created by the annihilation wave, there was actually a transparent sphere floating there, with three figures vaguely visible inside.

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Soon after, that transparent sphere lowered its height and stopped in mid-air. Looking carefully, two of them were the bald man with sunglasses and Reider, while the third one in the middle was Mamos, the blonde girl we'd seen before.

"What were you guys thinking? That was way too close! If I'd been just a bit slower there would have been big trouble!"

As expected earlier, she hadn't died in Meredith's self-destruction! Right now Mamos seemed to be complaining to the two beside her. It looked like this sphere-like barrier was also created by her.

"How is this possible!"

But the key question was, what kind of barrier could withstand the power of "Lost Paradise Annihilation Wave"? I couldn't help blurting out in surprise, but quickly noticed that there were signs of light distortion around the sphere.

Could it be...

When I thought of this I picked up a small stone and threw it at them.

Just as expected! The moment the stone was about to touch the edge of the barrier, it mysteriously disappeared, then the next second quickly flew out from the other side, as if it had skipped the flying process inside the barrier.

"What's going on? Are these all illusions?"

Adrian was completely confused, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

"They shouldn't be illusions, it seems more like something on the spatial level..."

I corrected thoughtfully. Although this barrier looked weird on the surface, you could still find certain patterns and principles in it.

I remembered seeing this kind of thing in many sci-fi novels - it was a purely theoretical barrier that warped the continuity of surrounding space. This also explained how they survived the "Lost Paradise Annihilation Wave" - they were never actually hit!

"As expected of someone who crossed over from Earth, you saw through the mystery right away!"

My guess was confirmed by Mamos, but this time they didn't continue attacking us. Instead, Mamos apologized to me:

"We really caused too much trouble earlier, the captain was too rash, ignoring my advice! If I hadn't arrived at the last critical moment, they would have already died by your hand."

"What? I was also anxious to retreat, but they kept blocking the way..."

Hearing this, the bald man with sunglasses immediately dropped his tough muscle and called out quite grievously. But seeing Mamos glaring at him with an annoyed look, he instantly deflated like a punctured balloon and rubbed his shining head, changing his tune: "Fine! We did lose the fight, and I was somewhat driven by competitiveness! Anyway, thanks to your space skill. I'll be more careful next time!"

"So what exactly do you want?"

I couldn't hold back anymore and cut in loudly, while quickly changing my wings back to white wing state.

Although they seemed to be showing a desire to clear up misunderstandings, Mamos was probably also involved in the earlier attack that controlled Nicola and rescued the man with gold necklace. So even though she was showing goodwill now, I didn't dare let my guard down.

"Don't worry! We never meant to be your enemies from start, it was just to save and protect ourselves! If possible, we could even cooperate..."

Seeing the situation, the bald man with sunglasses restated their thoughts again. But Mamos interrupted him:

"About our background, with your insight you probably already have a rough understanding. But even so, due to various restrictions, we can't explain to you here. Moreover, there's an even bigger crisis waiting for us, so for now we have one request - please be merciful and let Reider go! After all, he's a very important member of our team."

Was this asking for mercy? Seeing their attitude seemed quite sincere, and also not having found an effective way to break through that barrier yet, I felt somewhat hesitant. However, Adrian still had many doubts, staring at Reider while reminding me:

"Don't forget this guy is the main culprit who threw the whole empire into chaos, and this civil war was also triggered by his stubbornness! As long as they still have designs on the empire, the aftermath of this incident won't easily end!"

"You don't need to worry about that at all!"

Hearing this, the bald man with sunglasses immediately guaranteed: "The capital was already taken by the rebels not long ago, Mamos saw it herself! So there's no meaning for us to stay here anymore. We'll give up on the Ilandra Dominion Empire. As captain, I can promise that from now on, no one in our team including Reider will ever interfere with the empire's situation again!"

Actually, they had nothing to fear! Even if we didn't agree, there was nothing we could do to them.

"Anyway, this conflict was all due to misunderstanding, and I believe we'll meet again soon!"

After saying all this, Mamos waved goodbye very friendlily. The entire barrier along with the three people inside instantly vanished from before our eyes.