It's all over...
After colliding with the War Steed, Lapaton was flung onto the deck from his position at the bow. When the crew helped him up and he regained consciousness to look around, he knew it was truly over...
Within his line of sight, flames shot up into the sky, and waves of heat kept rolling in—waves of heat coming from one exploding warship after another.
Among these exploding warships were those commanded by Lapaton, as were Rocky's. In short, the entire expanse of space had become chaotically engulfed in these explosions.
Seeing this, Lapaton knew the breakout had failed, and he truly couldn't escape this time.
In fact, from the moment he noticed the enemy had positioned all their warships across the sky, determined to block his escape at all costs, he had anticipated this outcome because once a collision of such magnitude occurred, it would result in mutual destruction—no one would fare well.
