Alice smiled.
"You said that yesterday."
"I meant it yesterday too."
The Queen ignored her.
Her attention remained on the battlefield.
A crimson magic circle appeared before her.
Symbols rotated.
Complex patterns intertwined.
She spoke calmly.
The circle brightened.
"Far Sight."
The battlefield immediately sharpened.
Her vision crossed kilometers in an instant.
She could see soldiers.
Buildings.
The GFR.
Even individual bolts on its armor.
Then—
She noticed something.
A large section near the machine's upper torso.
A circular structure.
Partially exposed.
Alice narrowed her eye.
"Hm."
Back below—
Kai and Andre finally reached Noah and Eric.
Andre immediately collapsed onto the ground.
Breathing heavily.
Kai wasn't much better.
Noah rushed over.
"Did it work?"
Kai pointed at the giant machine.
The missing shield answered the question.
Noah grinned.
"It worked."
Eric looked genuinely proud.
"Of course it worked."
"The C4 worked."
"It wasn't C4."
"It was absolutely C4."
"It wasn't."
Their argument continued.
Nobody cared.
Then Alice's voice suddenly came from a communication crystal carried by a military officer.
"Stop arguing."
Everyone immediately shut up.
Alice continued.
"I found something."
Noah's expression became serious.
"What?"