The Crystal Zone was surrounded by black clouds descending from the sky, creating a tornado-like vortex ready to devour anything nearby, while simultaneously protecting the crystal zone from outside reach.
WOOSH!
Infori and Nathan struggled to hold on, preventing themselves from being swept away by the powerful wind, while some of their bodies were no longer strong enough to hold on any longer.
"So strong...!" Nathan muttered.
"Eck!" Infori tried with all his might to hold on, but his feet were already slowly moving toward the vortex. "We can't keep doing this! We have to get away...!"
"But the pull of this vortex is too strong...!" Nathan replied, his feet also slowly being carried away by the immense force of the wind. "Ack! Uh...!"
The vortex grew larger and larger, even soaring high into the sky. Its force of attraction grew stronger and stronger, and objects around it were being pulled by its force.
On the other side, in the plaza. Flynn, who had just left the inn, saw the tornado, a massive whirlwind that reached the sky.
And after seeing it, Flynn realized the tornado was on Storm Road. "Damn...! Infori...!" he muttered.
Infori and Nathan, still trying to hold on, saw objects around them begin to fly away, pulled by the whirlwind. Even the road they were standing on was slowly cracking.
"We have to leave quickly!" Infori exclaimed.
"How!!" Nathan replied.
Their legs, unable to support themselves, were finally carried away completely, their feet, unable to withstand the pressure, finally slipped from their feet. In an instant, their bodies were lifted up, along with the surrounding ground, which floated.
"WAAAHHH!!!" they screamed.
The force of the wind carried them into the tornado, so that their bodies were no longer visible.
⟨⟩ ⟨⟩ ⟨⟩
Lilith cut through the body of one of the wolf monsters that attacked her, but another wolf came to attack, and Iris easily finished it off.
"They never end...!" Lilith said.
"Yes, exterminating them is easy, but if they keep appearing, it's the same thing. That's why I hate danger zones," Iris replied.
Then, they were shocked to see a Knightley Queen knight surrounded by three Morak and two wolves at once. He looked terrified, his hands trembling so much he couldn't move them.
The five monsters finally charged forward, and the knight could only accept his fate.
"Wow!!"
But his fate might not be to die here.
CLING!
With one slash, the five monsters vanished instantly. The knight opened his eyes, seeing his captain standing in front of him, protecting him just now.
"Captain...?"
"Be careful! We don't know where they'll appear," Flynn said firmly.
"Y—yes!"
Flynn charged forward again, charging forward with his greatsword at the swarm of Morak. With one powerful slash, he flattened the Morak without a trace.
But that wasn't enough. They—the Morak and other monsters—continued to appear due to the still-unclear danger zone. "Isn't that enough…"
Flynn then ordered all the knights in the front row to retreat, including Lilith and Iris, who were also listening.
"Knightley Queen's knights in the front row, retreat! I'll finish this all at once!"
Hearing the command, the remaining knights in the front row immediately ran back, leaving their captain in the front row who was about to launch a major attack.
Iris, who was nearby, asked Flynn, "What are you going to do?"
"I'll try to finish them all off!"
"Will that work? Even if you use your strongest power, the danger zone won't stop until the source is destroyed!" Iris asked, doubting Flynn.
"Therefore, the small ones must be eliminated first before targeting the source!" Flynn replied, then moved his sword up and finally down, stopping it right in front of his face. He seemed to be praying to his sword, allowing him to fully utilize its abilities.
Flynn closed his eyes, chanting a mantra to his sword.
"Transform thunder into mighty power!"
His body and sword began to be enveloped in a yellow energy that glowed amidst the darkness. The winds began to move quietly toward Flynn's sword. His sword, now enveloped in a strong gust of wind, even swept away all the dust on the ground.
"Submit to the speed that transcends the boundaries between reality and time...!"
His body began to emit a powerful aura and lightning struck the surroundings.
A large number of monsters began to move toward him, wanting to attack before they were attacked, alarming the knights, Lilith, and Iris.
Flynn suddenly opened his eyes and loudly proclaimed the name of his sword and its skill.
"Let's go! Exceed The Storm — Raging Storm Scale!"
Flynn pushed off with his feet, sending him soaring at incredible speed.
WOOOSSSHHH!!
His speed tore through space-time, sending a massive wave of energy surging through his surroundings. All the monsters, wolves, and monsters that appeared before him vanished instantly—their very existence seemed to have been severed from the fabric of existence.
The resonance and electromagnetic waves caused the linear flow of space and time around the plaza to cease.
Flynn's body continued to surge forward unhindered, his eyes fixed straight ahead unaffected, the path he was walking on cracking from the intense vibrations.
Finally, he reached the point where the Zone crystal was located.
The tornado still protected the Zone crystal from external threats, the vortex growing larger as it absorbed everything around it, but that didn't stop Flynn in the slightest.
(I'll end this!)
Flynn gripped his sword tightly, his body continuing to accelerate at ever-increasing speed.
"HAAAAAAA!"
Finally, Flynn managed to break through the tornado and thrust his sword blade, destroying the Zone crystal—
CRACK!
The crystal was pierced and shattered into countless pieces.
The vortex protecting the Zone crystal disappeared, and the flying objects fell to the ground.
ZONE CLEAR