Ethan retreated to a safer distance, his face darkening.
He finally understood.
Even after activating the powered combat armor's backup hidden energy, he could erupt with strength close to Lily's for a short time—but the biggest gap between them wasn't raw output. It was purity. Every thread of Lily's snow-white lightning could rip open the structure of an enemy's power, while Ethan's attacks, for all their savagery, were easy for an opponent like that to dismantle the moment they made contact.
If he kept forcing his way in, he'd only drag Lily down.
So Ethan didn't try to play the hero.
He spun and charged toward the other fronts, unleashing every last drop the armor's backup reserve could produce—no holding back.
Against ordinary enemy troops, that power hit completely different.
