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Right at the moment when each Presider defended against the Stellar energy attack, Andronze performed numerous maneuvers to weaken the damage.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"Activate Command Room Shields! Activate Dug Down Deep!" Andronze shouted in panic, and her throne and suit were the energy sources that created a shield.

The top of the Babel erupted into smithereens. However, the stellar core remained in place and did not move an inch as the platform that held it collapsed. Instead, it sent the attacks in a different direction and was slowly drained out before vanishing.

All the other Presiders had their defenses up, but Andronze took the blast with little defense. The only defenses that appeared were the very command center itself, and it used Universe Energy to resist.

Universe Energy shield and stellar energy that had traces of Universe energy met.

BANG!

The Command Center was a separate compartment and had its energy sources. And so, when Andronze activated the Universe Energy, the entire command center was protected by it as it was designed to withstand attacks that exceeded weapons of mass destruction.

Powerful water surged upwards, and the entire Babel began to sink as it used Dug Down Deep to make the entire base move down to weaken the punch.

"Now!" Gardo ordered.

BOOM!

Several powerful bombs were detonated, stopping the entire base from moving downwards. The techs had the compressing power of Gardo, and it shrunk several Big Bang Booms.

Using Dug Down Deep technology, the Nile Serpent, under the control of Lowengren, placed several of these altered Big Bang Booms in the middle of the soil. The Nile Serpent then used another important part of the Dug Down Deep techs and made the soil under the Big Bang Booms denser and stronger.

The goal of these bombs was not to create a bomb that could blow through the base but something that could keep the entire fortress from escaping or moving down.

The explosions pushed up, and the attack of the Stellar energy pushed down.

As Seeker had already revealed the form of the lighting they created in his past life, they knew that the eruption would create energy that had a dense, physical form.

The energy won't take the form of a lightning bolt or a beam, but it would be s hard, dense energy that assumed solid form due to its mixture with Universe Energy.

"The attack pushes down like a sword, and this entire base sinks. If that was true, the entire Babel won't get damaged but would be pushed down." Gardo watched as he stood right on top of the base structure of the Babel.

An intense vibration shook the entire fortress. Andronze saw that the Babel could not use Dug Down Deep.

The attack tearing through the floors finally made contact with the Command Room where Andronze was. It was like a massive nail-pierced down and struck the Command Center, which also used a shield that used Universe Energy.

The stellar energy struck, and the entire command center collapsed and was pushed down numerous layers.

Harker had left the Command Room and was jumping down the collapsing rubble. The attack of the Stellar energy came as a surprise except to him, who managed to leave the room right before the attacks came down.

It was so chaotic that he could slip out of the command room and leaped off the window just when the attack from the stellar energy was released.

Yet even then, he was moving as fast as he could as the radiation and energy from the attack were so strong that they would have been able to kill him.

Along the way, an empty Supreme Exoskeleton flew towards his location and quickly wore itself on him, and he retreated to avoid the heat and radiation of the attack.

Dug Down Deep finally worked as it could now dig through the sand. Still, the attack had already compromised the integrity of the fortress that even with the help of the entire fortress moving down, the stellar energy was still demolishing floor after floor and sent the entire base down.

Finally, the stellar energy dispersed.

Among all that was struck by the stellar energy attack, none was more badly damaged than Andronze's fortress.

The defensive matrix that created a massive shield of numerous layers had vanished.

"AHHHHH!" Andronze roared as she painfully poured in more Universe Energy to connect the broken channels all over her fortress and restore the energy.

Even as the building bent side-wards, these important energy channels continued to function and compensated for returning the shield.

Presider tech was far superior to earth's tech in that such damage would only weaken or destabilize the defenses for a second and return once more. This was even more so since Andronze used her Universe Energy to restore the structure's 'form,' reconnecting all energy channels and creating an insanely quick self-repair.

The entire fortress glowed as even the Nile Waters began to dive towards the tower and become the replacement and channels for any parts missing!

Harker quickly saw the Nile Waters and the Universe Energy at work to repair it.

"Hmph! Too late! Arthur already predicted this!" Harker laughed as he released a solarium blast that contained Meng's desolation.

And it wasn't only Harker who was waiting. Several others were ready and had already sent numerous attacks towards the fortress. Many Unlocked, including Gardo, followed Harker's lead, flew from all directions, and attacked the Babel tower that had now been deformed.

With Arthur's prediction, the Unlocked timed the moment when the self-inflicted attack would damage the structure of the entire base. And with the capture of the Nile Serpent, they had already known the very structure and form of the tower.

And the attack met the quick restore.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The defense systems of the tower didn't have time to activate, and the delay allowed yet another barrage to reach the Babel.

The ongoing bombardments of the different Presider groups had not ceased.

Tiana, Feyor, and Myrth still had numerous powerful guns aimed at this fortress. However, their attacks never reached the numerous shields that blocked them.

But now the Command Center was damaged, the Babel was broken and had not yet been amended, and the Unlocked made their barrage.

All the attacks reached.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Unlocked army quickly retreated after making the attacks, and the army of Andronze was exposed to all forms of attack.

Dozens of the Unlocked armies were reported dead as they could not survive the blasts. While these attacks would damage the base of Andronze, they were still fighting behind the shields, and the chaos of these attacks claimed many. The teams were not just fast enough to make their retreat and received the bombardment that was falling all over the place. And even with their unlocking, the torrents of episodes were still too much for some of them.

Harker and Gardo made their retreats and took comfort because none of their strongest fighters had died.

Many members of the Pangean Army died. In addition, acquaintances of both Harker and Gardo were killed.

"Damn it..." Gardo and the rest knew this would happen. But he was still not ready to face the deaths.

"I guess my Zone isn't enough yet. When Alean used that ship to move from the base of this fortress and up to where Seeker and the rest were, she faced an entire bombardment and didn't get hit!"

"We don't have Meryl's bright light now, Gardo. Alean timed hers when Meryl attacked!"

"No. It was Zone. She knew when to move in. But for me, when I lead my team, and I get several dozens killed!" Gardo was in no laughing mood.

"You should be used to losing men by now. Protector of the Provinces." Harker answered.

"I wouldn't have cared before... but I know all of them... I remember them." Gardo gritted his teeth.

"Such is the curse of the Unlock... Every death we count is more personal. But you have to get used to it. After all, we are all to be generals!" Harker was more composed as he was already used to having losses among his soldiers.

"Boss. Don't worry. We will overcomer." Jane Moore, Gardo's assistant, spoke out.

"Yeah. Don't worry about us!" Brent Stinser of Gardo's core team answered.

"Everyone! You must overcome!" Harker still used his powers and pleaded to all the Unlocked.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ongoing barrage continued to reach the surface of the Babel. While others could safely hide back into the fortress through the doors, many were still too late.

"Who's the skies?" Roselyn asked the sniper of the Warfreakz.

"The armies of Andronze are fighting back now!" Lucy Leon answered.

"Then it's time to move! Team! Let's kill Andronze!" Harker declared as he flew towards the base of the structure and continued to evade the bombardments.

"Move through! I don't want anyone dead, you hear me?!" Roselyn of the Warfreakz ordered.

Harker's trio and their special forces also charged forward.

Warfreakz, the top members of the Dalisay family, Harker's Trio, and his team all rushed towards the center of the wreckage of Babel and began to shoot at the command center that was still in one piece.