Gladeus was a tenth the size of Ebonia. In fact, they were still very far from the star. It continued expanding before their eyes until a certain point when it appeared as a vast continent, which meant they were close. As the astralship descended, it almost seemed like it would crash into the ground. Even an ether-class astralship would have to go through the process of deceleration. If it failed to reduce its speed and slammed into the nova source world, it would cause quakes that spread from the surface to the fusion formation, even if the astralguard formation was activated. Of course, the outcome would be complete destruction of the astralship. On the other hand, if an ether-class...0