On that day, Helen appeared on the planet Hedrick and his aides had taken as a temporary base until the enemies arrived, unwilling to reveal Shathar's true location to anyone.
She appeared entirely alone, not even accompanied by a small battleship or an escort force, and she descended with such a powerful, suffocating aura that the residents of the palace fell into a deep and almost reverent silence the moment she landed… an aura belonging unmistakably to a peak Nexus State expert.
The sensation of pure, unrestrained destructive force radiating from her and shaking everything around her made bodies tremble uncontrollably… the very air shivered, and even solid stone seemed to recoil in instinctive fear.
Hedrick, who had neither seen nor heard a single update about Helen since the strange meeting she arranged with his siblings, went out personally to receive her.
