A vast expanse of white clouds drifted slowly beneath the Floating City. Axel's hovering metropolis now halted exactly above the single most lethal point on Earth. The Pacific Vortex. The ocean waters swirling violently down below formed a colossal black hole perfectly prepared to swallow absolutely anything.Yet Axel Edward could not care less about the extreme weather. He sat leaning casually in the captain's chair of a pitch-black Combat Submarine shaped exactly like a futuristic manta ray. This vessel was not built by humanity. It was an absolute, flawless clone of the armada technology from The Reapers he had just recently obliterated."Depth is exactly four thousand meters, Boss. Water pressure is normal, energy shields remain fully stable," Seraphina reported. The Sky Queen adapted flawlessly to piloting a high-tier submarine. To her, diving deep underwater or flying high in the sky felt exactly the same when operating plasma jet engines.Right beside Seraphina, Lieutenant Maya

"A hundred-meter tsunami?" Axel laughed coldly. His laughter echoed, bouncing sharply off the obsidian walls of the underwater temple. "Excellent. The Eldoria Continent is currently covered in absolute filth anyway. It desperately needs a massive washing to completely erase the stench of zombie blood."Thalassa widened her eyes in pure horror. The Ocean Queen simply could not believe what she had just heard. The man standing before her was either entirely insane or absolutely ignorant of the very concept of death."You do not understand!" Thalassa shrieked in an absolute panic. Tears instantly pooled in the corners of her sapphire-blue eyes. "The energy of this vortex is actively holding back the crushing pressure of the entire Pacific Ocean! If these chains are broken, it is not just the surface land that gets destroyed. Every single one of us down here will be pulverized to dust, crushed by millions of tons of water in the blink of an eye!"Axel halted his steps exactly in front of

"Run? The word run does not exist in my dictionary, Scarlett," Axel answered in a flat yet highly emphatic tone. "Let the city shield die. I am going to be your absolute shield today."Axel instantly cut the communicator connection on his end. He stared at the giant plasma sphere fully prepared to detonate inside the Leviathan's mouth. The intense heat began to pierce right through the temple's protective dome. That lethal light caused the water surrounding the monster to boil ferociously."Thalassa," Axel called out without turning his head. "You are the Queen of the Ocean, right? It is time for you to prove that title. Come here and combine your power with mine. Let us teach this giant lizard the proper way to play with water."Thalassa stepped forward without a single shred of hesitation. Her previously pale face was now filled with absolute resolve. She placed both her hands directly on top of Axel's hands, which were tightly gripping the shaft of the Ocean Conqueror's Trident. In

The atmosphere inside the ruined Command Center felt incredibly suffocating. Concrete dust continued to rain down from the gaping hole in the roof. Fierce winds from outside carried the violent sounds of combat and explosions, the exact location where thousands of Zark's clones were desperately attempting to level the Floating City to the ground.The original Zark stood dead center in the middle of the room, his left hand tightly gripping Elena's neck. The General of The Reapers was drenched in cold sweat, yet he forced a highly arrogant, triumphant smile onto his face. He believed with absolute certainty that no matter how immensely powerful Axel was, the man would never allow his beloved woman to die."How about it, Axel?" Zark mocked, pressing his thumb brutally against Elena's windpipe. "You might be a god out there on the ocean, but right here, on solid ground, I am the one holding absolute control! Thousands of me out there have already completely surrounded your city! Surrender

The gray dust from the remnants of General Zark's body was blown away by the sea breeze entering through the ruined roof of the Command Center. The death of The Reapers' supreme commander officially marked the end of the human faction threat on the Eldoria Continent. Up in the sky, one hundred thousand Mecha Angels still hovered gracefully, ensuring absolutely no enemies remained.Axel stared at his own hands. He could feel a brand new power coursing through his blood vessels. The Cloning System fragment he had just stolen felt perfectly integrated with his Infinity Rebate."Master Axel," Elena stepped closer with extreme caution. Her beautiful face was still slightly pale from Zark's chokehold, yet her eyes sparkled with profound relief. She held a glass tube filled with a crystal-clear blue liquid. "This is the anti-Khamul virus vaccine serum I successfully perfected last night. This vaccine can revert early-stage zombies back into humans and completely eradicate the airborne virus.