My Children Swarm the Cosmos

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟒: 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲, 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐎𝐫 (5)

February 26, 2621.

The 40 fleets commanded by the Force Core of the Vehlpciaarct entered the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy.

【First, the Teterek, the Mahadto, and the Deal Core must be found.】

【The Deal Core must have visited the capital of the Teterek first in order to make the Teterek the dominant species of the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy.】

The Nanozator fleet, shaped like a mechanical sea urchin, accelerated towards the binary star system where the capital of the Teterek was located.

They used the gravity of the galactic center to minimize the time it took to travel.

After passing through the galactic center, narrowly avoiding neutron stars and black holes, which were classified as dangerous celestial bodies, they confirmed the light of a binary star system where two stars blazed.

【Force Core. Remnants of light from the capital of the Teterek were captured.】

【Acknowledged.】

From that point on, the Force Core analyzed the changes in light. As they approached the binary star system, the shape of the light changed rapidly, aligning with the present time.

【. . .There was a fleet battle there.】

Fierce flames can be seen. The two fleets are using firepower against each other, and explosions are occurring on both fleets. That’s what the past looked like.

The Force Core did not take this lightly.

【Record the light remnants without fail.】

【The fleet on the left is presumed to be the Deal Core. It seems that they launched a massive anti-matter sublight missile against the Chimeraz.】

The Deal Core couldn’t possibly have had such a hard time against the Mahadto.

【That the Deal Core used anti-Chimeraz weaponry in that fleet battle. . .】

【That’s right. The fleet that is targeting the Teterek’s capital planet from the right is most likely the Chimeraz.】

It’s not clearly visible, but the movement of the light reinforces the guess.

【The Chimeraz destroyed the Deal Core fleet and then destroyed the capital of the Teterek.】

And the Nanozator fleet of the Force Core saw the last light of the Deal Core fleet.

It was the final blow in which the Deal Core fleet staked everything and completely depleted the fleet’s energy. That blow seems to have destroyed a dwarf planet-sized mass.

【Recording complete.】

Now, the light reaching from there has almost converged to the present.

The planets of the Teterek are so terribly melted that not even the remnants of civilization can be found.

【If it weren’t for the Chimeraz, this situation wouldn’t have happened.】

【However, there is insufficient physical evidence. Based on the light remnants observed from a distance alone, we cannot be sure that the force that attacked the Teterek and the Deal Core was the Chimeraz fleet.】

【After dispersing the fleet, we will scout each planet of the Teterek and each planet of the Mahadto. Then, we will gather and synthesize the information.】

The Nanozator fleet dispersed into 1 fleet each, forming a small ring formation and spreading out widely.

And at the point two days later, the assembled Nanozator fleet was able to come to a conclusion.

【There is no Teterek or Mahadto in this galaxy.】

【There is no Deal Core either.】

【All civilizations have been destroyed to the point where no remnants can be found, just like the capital planet of the Teterek.】

【It is speculated that the Chimeraz did this to eliminate the evidence.】

【Now it is the final stage of our mission. We will attempt to contact and communicate with the Parahtoria.】

🔷🔷🔷

The Nanozator fleet searched for the Parahtoria again for 3 days, scouring the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy. Meanwhile, the recorded light remnants from the past seemed to show an overwhelming invasion.

The Force Core finally reached this triple star system. It noticed the fact that the largest number of light remnants were concentrated in this triple star system.

【It’s the Chimeraz.】

They came to the triple star system in search of the Parahtoria, but the scenery observed on each planet was undeniably that of a colony. With Xenotera covering the surface of the planet, the reddish-brown and black structures of the Chimeraz showed vigorous life activities.

And there was a living celestial body in the orbit of the largest planet in this triple star system.

【Could it be Gorgo’s Star?】

【No. It is a much smaller mass than Gorgo’s Star. It’s dwarf planet-sized.】

【If so, that dwarf planet-sized mass must be the weapon that appeared in the capital of the Teterek.】

For the time being, the Nanozator fleet openly entered the triple star system since the Chimeraz and the Vehlpciaarct were in a truce.

Then, the Chimeraz aircraft that were in the asteroid belt of the triple star system instantly gathered and formed a fleet. Its size was about 35 fleets.

【. . .Another type of life activity is simultaneously observed from the Chimeraz fleet.】

【There is the Parahtoria in the Chimeraz fleet.】

10 Euryale and about 50 Lemegeton.

Colorful fungus-like mycelia seem to have grown on the skin of those giant creatures.

【Has the Parahtoria taken the Chimeraz fleet as its host?】

【The Parahtoria has declared that it has become a subordinate race of the Chimeraz. It may not be impossible.】

【I will attempt communication.】

Now, the Nanozator fleet and the unidentified Chimeraz fleet stop and face each other.

Inside the ship, the Force Core speaks in a human language.

“We are the Nanozator fleet of the Vehlpciaarct. I am the Force Core that commands the Nanozator fleet. I would like the commander of that fleet to respond.”

➖ . . .We are the Parahtoria.

It’s a very strange voice.

【Can the Parahtoria use human language?】

【It seems that they borrowed the intelligence and language ability of the Chimeraz by taking them as their host.】

【Our fleet strength is superior.】

【What are the rules of engagement?】

【Stand by. We will continue communication for now.】

The Force Core speaks cautiously.

“Parahtoria. If there is no separate command entity in your fleet, may I call you all together like that?”

➖Yes. Our race is one.

【It’s like the animalistic Ririm race.】

“Parahtoria. Your race has declared that it has become a subordinate race to the Chimeraz. And around the same time, the Chimeraz declared that it had become the dominant race of this galaxy.”

➖Is there a problem?

“There is.”

【Isn’t that too aggressive an attitude for a first encounter? Force Core.】

【Our fleet strength is superior. And it’s not us who did something wrong.】

“What happened to the Teterek and the Mahadto?”

➖Those two races foolishly did not stop the war with us.

“Did you the Parahtoria destroy them?”

➖Yes. The Teterek and the Mahadto are extinct. And we became the dominant race of this galaxy.

“Isn’t the Chimeraz the dominant race of the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy now? Why did you declare subordination to them?”

➖ . . .It was a decision to protect our race from dangerous machines like you.

Upon hearing that, the Force Core stopped talking.

【The Parahtoria has expressed hostility towards us.】

【They had contact with the Deal Core before we arrived.】

【Does that mean that the Parahtoria really annihilated the Deal Core fleet?】

【You can ask.】

“Parahtoria. We sent the Deal Core fleet to the Teterek race of this galaxy for diplomacy. Where did the Deal Core fleet disappear to?”

➖Do we have an obligation to tell you that?

“There is no obligation, but you should answer common sense. If you don’t give us any answers about the whereabouts of the Deal Core fleet, we will have no choice but to make our own speculations.”

【I’ll keep pushing.】

“We have confirmed that there was a war in the Teterek’s capital binary star system. We know that the Deal Core fleet used anti-matter sublight missiles against the Chimeraz, and that there was a dwarf planet-sized mass in your territory.”

➖The bio-planet we have is different from that.

“Then are you saying that you the Parahtoria annihilated the Deal Core fleet that was trying to protect the Teterek?”

➖Speak properly.

The Parahtoria corrected the Force Core’s question.

➖We annihilated the Teterek fleet and the Deal Core fleet that were trying to destroy us, in order to protect ourselves.

【Force Core. That statement is presumed to be a lie. The Chimeraz must have assisted them.】

➖Your machines joined forces to try to take this galaxy into your grasp. You were the first to attack.

“Did the Chimeraz provide you with fleet strength?”

➖I ask again.

➖Is that a problem?

” . . . .”

➖You attacked first. We fought a long war against the Mahadto and the Teterek, who were threatening us, and were on the verge of victory.

➖Then suddenly, the Vehlpciaarct appeared and helped the Teterek.

➖And we were saved by the Chimeraz when we were threatened with our existence by your machine alliance.

Salvation by another race when the survival of the race was in jeopardy.

It means that the Parahtoria, like the Vehlpciaarct once did, received help from an advanced civilization, a powerful race.

【Now I have obtained information that I can understand.】

The members of the Force Core and the Nanozator fleet exchange opinions at electronic speed.

【The Chimeraz indirectly intervened in the fight between the Teterek and the Parahtoria, wiping out the Teterek and the Deal Core fleet.】

【That guess seems to be correct. The Parahtoria, which received great help from the Chimeraz, immediately went under the Chimeraz. Perhaps the Chimeraz informed the Parahtoria about our existence.】

【Machines are the enemy?】

【It seems that they actually became the enemy. In order to make the Teterek the dominant race of this galaxy, it was essential to contain and attack the Mahadto and the Parahtoria.】

【Deal Core probably attacked the Parahtoria together with the Teterek.】

【Isn’t that just speculation?】

【In any case, the Chimeraz preempted the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy, and we failed.】

【All information synthesis is complete.】

【The mission given by Lead Core has been accomplished.】

➖Why are you not talking? If there is nothing more to see, disappear from this galaxy. We hate machines.

【Force Core. What are we going to do now?】

【Returning.】

【If this dangerous race is under the shadow of the Chimeraz, it will grow at an abnormal rate. Is it okay to leave it alone?】

【This is not something I can decide. I need to consult with Lead Core.】

” . . .Okay. Let’s meet again next time.”

➖I wish there was nothing to see again. Vehlpciaarct.

The Nanozator fleet turned its head and left the triple star system.

The Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy, which could have belonged to the Teterek and the Vehlpciaarct.

Furthermore, it could have become a blueprint for opposing the alliance of the Ririm and the Chimeraz by establishing a powerful alliance of the Vehlpciaarct, humanity, and the Teterek.

In order to fight against the Chimeraz, who was laying hands on other races in addition to raising their own race, it was necessary to join hands with a race that could do the same.

The Teterek, who had chosen to transcend machines, was one of the few races that the Vehlpciaarct could trust and respect.

That race was gone.

Along with the Deal Core and Mahadto.

And what was left was the Parahtoria, which would grow greatly in the future, and the Chimeraz that devoured such Parahtoria.

【The situation is more serious than expected.】

This situation could be called the defeat of the Vehlpciaarct.

【Will it be a just cause for war? We cannot leave the Parahtoria as it is. The Chimeraz, which is gradually eroding the Local Group of Galaxies, is the same.】

【It is still impossible to erase the possibility that the Chimeraz directly attacked the Deal Core fleet.】

【However, the Parahtoria’s claim is also credible. Deal Core must have attacked the Parahtoria with the Teterek. So it’s not strange for the Parahtoria to fight Deal Core by any means.】

【I hate to admit it, but the Chimeraz is an advanced group. Of all the life forms we have identified so far, the Chimeraz has succeeded in becoming the most complex and advanced.】

【Is it possible for the Parahtoria to host those Chimeraz entities, even the highly complex ship-sized life forms?】

Many questions follow one after another.

This is because it is absolutely impossible to know what the ‘truth’ is of the incidents that occurred in this galaxy.

Therefore, the experienced thought circuit of the Force Core changed its thinking.

【It doesn’t matter what the truth is that we find out.】

【?】

【We can assume the Parahtoria’s statement as the truth.】

【Then what is possible?】

【It is a just cause for war.】

The Force Core then argues.

【Assuming the Parahtoria’s statement as the truth, then the Parahtoria must have annihilated the Deal Core fleet. And the Chimeraz provided the Parahtoria side with a huge amount of troops and supplies.】

【The one who wiped out the Mahadto, the Teterek, and the Deal Core is not the Chimeraz, but the Parahtoria. Let’s assume that.】

【Then we can make a full-scale declaration of war against the Parahtoria.】

【 . . .Then the Parahtoria is the Chimeraz’s. . .】

【Subordinate race. If we declare war on the Parahtoria, the Chimeraz will have no choice but to declare war on us in order to protect the Parahtoria.】

【As a result. A situation will be forced in which the dramatic peace between the powerful races will be broken by the Chimeraz declaring war on the Vehlpciaarct.】

Then the Chimeraz becomes the villain.

The Chimeraz, humanity, the Vehlpciaarct, and the Crolr.

It is also true that there were numerous sacrifices in the ever-growing madness of war, and that those sacrifices created a great sense of insecurity in the Local Group of Galaxies.

And with the dramatic ceasefire, the Local Group of Galaxies regained peace.

Although the Chimeraz, humanity, and the Vehlpciaarct are aware of each other and are in a cold war, other races are enjoying real peace.

Thanks to the three races becoming the axis of power, other weak races were able to solidify the atmosphere of ‘peace’ under the shadow of that tight power.

In addition, the ‘Crolr’, representing the belligerent race, was on the verge of extinction.

Now the remaining belligerent races are infinitely weaker than the Chimeraz, humanity, and the Vehlpciaarct. So how can weak races break the peace when the three powerful races are shouting for ‘peace’ after fighting a terrible war?

But what if the Chimeraz breaks that peace?

The Vehlpciaarct’s declaration of war on the Parahtoria, a little-known weak race, could be seen as a simple act of conquest or purification.

That’s because if it is not a large and powerful race, it will not be of much interest in the Local Group of Galaxies. Because there are so many races.

【But Force Core.】

【Can’t the Chimeraz sit still even if we declare war on the Parahtoria?】

【It will not sit still.】

【What is the basis?】

【Isn’t the Chimeraz in the position of declaring the Parahtoria as a subordinate race not long ago? If their subordinate race is attacked, the Chimeraz’s reputation, which they have built up so far, will collapse.】

【Therefore, if we declare war on the Parahtoria, the Chimeraz will have no choice but to declare war on us. We can force that to happen.】

【We need to see the Chimeraz to the end now. It might be too late in a few centuries, years, or even a few months. The Chimeraz is getting stronger that fast.】

【An all-out war?】

【Is it worth it?】

【Is it worth it to put the survival of our race at stake in order to destroy the Chimeraz?】

For the Vehlpciaarct, an all-out war is different from that of other races.

【It’s for everyone’s future.】

【And for the future of this Local Group of Galaxies.】

If you lose, you will become extinct.

If you win, your opponent will become extinct.

That is the concept of an all-out war for the Vehlpciaarct.

【If we can prevent the future from being devoured by the Chimeraz by sacrificing all of us. . .】

【It could be expressed as eating cheaply. Lead Core will probably judge that way too.】

【. . . .】