Filled with strong curiosity toward the mysterious expert mentioned by Giovanni and discussed among the players, Stelle and March stepped onto the stage of this Interastral Tournament Festival finals.
And of course Nero and the others came to watch.
"Attention all audience members, attention all audience members..." When everyone returned to the venue of this Interastral Tournament Festival once again, the place was already packed with people, and the broadcast echoed throughout the entire venue, "The Interastral Tournament Festival championship is about to begin. Please enter in an orderly manner..."
At the venue, everyone found Wilder and completed contestant registration and Aether Spirit verification through him.
After that, they only needed to wait for the tournament to begin.
During the waiting period, they also ran into quite a few acquaintances, so they gathered together and chatted for a while.
Only when the broadcast started inviting contestants to enter did Stelle and March ride the elevator toward the central arena like soldiers heading into battle.
In the tournament, Stelle and March defeated "Iron Arm" Luka, Guinaifen, and Silver Wolf, who called herself "Punklorde's cyberspace wanderer," one after another...
Worth mentioning was that Silver Wolf was an expert, the kind of expert several stories above everyone else.
This pushed Stelle and March into a hard fight. The Aether Spirits they personally raised were very difficult to compare against Silver Wolf, a veteran player deeply experienced in Aetherium Wars. So at the end of this match, they brought out Aemdo Omen Falcorez.
As they took out Nero's Aether Coin, Falcorez's biological data began appearing in the real world. Surging flames rolled into waves, sweeping through the entire venue like a spiraling storm.
And in the center of the flames, magnificent armor gradually filled with fire and stood up on its own. It lightly clenched its hand, and the flames condensed into a sword of judgment.
The flames covering the entire arena did not fade away. The battlefield environment changed because of Falcorez's appearance.
Amid a deep roaring sound and a howl like solar wind, a brilliant blaze suddenly bloomed above the magnificent silver armor's head, burning fiercely like a star.
The moment this mysterious and powerful Aether Spirit appeared, it instantly ignited the atmosphere of the venue.
The Aetherium Wars players seemed as if they had taken stimulants as excitement shot to the limit. Cheers surged like waves, flooding toward Stelle and March.
"My god! Look at that!"
"What kind of Aether Spirit is that? I've never seen one before, it looks insanely strong!"
"A special ability attribute, and it can change the battlefield environment. This is completely unheard of!"
"It's so cool!"
"How do you even obtain an Aether Spirit like this?"
"It changes the battlefield the moment it appears. This Aether Spirit is definitely King-tier among special abilities! I'm willing to pay one hundred thousand credits for it!"
Even Silver Wolf could not help widening her eyes after seeing Falcorez.
Without question, Falcorez was an extremely rare Aether Spirit. It was hard to imagine what kind of person could copy a creature like this into an Aether Coin.
She admitted it. She wanted it badly.
She really wanted this Aether Spirit.
But right now, the battle still had to continue.
Even though Falcorez's entrance was overwhelming, Silver Wolf did not think she would definitely lose.
However, the flame environment brought by Falcorez was constantly burning her Aether Spirits. The upcoming fight had to be ended quickly.
Silver Wolf began arranging her moves, directing her Aether Spirits to focus fire on Falcorez.
On Stelle and March's side, they directed their other Aether Spirits to block Silver Wolf's offensive setup while having Falcorez directly unleash its ultimate move.
As the sword of judgment formed from flames pierced into the ground, endless fire erupted outward. Towering flames continuously swept through the air in arcs like solar prominences.
Silver Wolf's Aether Spirits could not withstand the terrifying power of this attack and were ultimately defeated.
At this moment, Stelle and March's popularity among Aetherium Wars players nearly reached its peak.
Not for any other reason, only because of the powerful Aether Spirit Falcorez.
This sentence might not fit very well here, but in the eyes of these players obsessed with Aetherium Wars, the two beauties, Stelle and March, were clearly less attractive than Aemdo Omen Falcorez.
This was the first and only Aether Spirit in Aetherium Wars history that was publicly recognized by numerous players as a King-tier special ability the moment it appeared, and one that truly possessed terrifying dominance. It was also the only King-tier Aether Spirit.
Mere beautiful girls were not even worth half of it.
And what happened to Silver Wolf did not stop there.
In the next match after defeating Silver Wolf, Stelle and March would face Giovanni once again. During this process, Nero secretly went to find Silver Wolf.
Naturally, he had a purpose in looking for her. His target was Sam, but his real purpose was to show Mr. Yang some mech photos.
As for the reason, he felt Mr. Yang liked mechs, so since there was a chance to get more detailed photos of Sam that they had never seen before, they might as well try.
Silver Wolf originally wanted to leave behind a projection here to continue watching the match, but at this moment, she truly could not ignore the intense gaze beside her.
And at some point, the boy who had appeared beside her indeed had an extremely strong presence, making it difficult to fully focus attention on the match.
On the other hand, this boy was also someone Elio had specifically instructed them to observe closely, an existence outside fate itself, impossible to find in any prophecy of the future or past, yet impossible to ignore in reality.
The last mission involving contact with him had succeeded, but the goal had not been achieved. Even after close contact, the "script" still contained absolutely no trace of this boy.
At present, all of the Stellaron Hunters' judgments about him were based on the most basic observation and speculation.
Plain observation seemed to have become the most effective, perhaps the only effective, method of observing him.
Moreover, most of the Stellaron Hunters' understanding of Nero now came from the previous battle, and most of the conclusions they obtained were shocking.
Elio said he could not predict him. Kafka said he was unaffected by spirit whispering. Blade said he could learn any move after seeing it once. Miss Samuelle said the strength of his physical body alone was enough to rival Sam...
In short, with all kinds of buffs stacked together, when Nero stood beside Silver Wolf and stared at her expectantly, she really found it hard to focus on anything else.
"Can you stop staring at me already? If you've got something to say, say it quickly. Of course, if you want to capture me for the Stellaron Hunter bounty, forget it. Besides, the me standing in front of you is only a projection anyway."
Silver Wolf turned around, forced to move her attention from the arena to Nero.
"When you all teamed up to fight me last time, wasn't there that silver-white robot with flames going 'whoosh whoosh' all over its body? Do you have any photos of him? Send me a few!"
Silver Wolf, "Huh?"