𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟏: 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 (2)
“From the Hive Alliance. . . . to discuss the punishment for the Quakacor.”
The Quakacor are a member of the Hive Alliance that made a great contribution during the great war against the Le-orantarum Federation by standing in the way of the Chimeraz, who were supporting the Chimeraz, instead of the allied forces of the Andromeda Galaxy.
Furthermore, the Quakacor are a species of collective consciousness life transcendence that look very similar to the Chimeraz.
That’s probably what the leaders of each race gathered at this conference room were thinking.
The Chimeraz are punishing the Quakacor.
“The Quakacor attacked the Drataiden, a member of the New Universe Civilization Alliance, without prior report to us.”
If two races in the Andromeda Galaxy were to fight, one might wonder if they need to report it, and one would arrive at a conclusion.
Due to the long-standing conflict and the deep emotional rift, peace in the Andromeda Galaxy was broken.
Neither a weak race nor a primitive civilization, both races are affiliated with a federation or an alliance, and their armed conflict is by no means a small war.
If you have a large army and your race has a position, you must also have a sense of responsibility that comes with it.
The Parahtoria asked Kreion out of curiosity.
“Before this happened, did Empress Karcon really not say anything to Kreion-nim?”
“I did mention that the Drataiden’s movement could be dangerous. So I told Karcon-nim that there’s no need to be vigilant.”
“But they did this without consulting Kreion-nim. I understand why the Quakacor should be punished.”
Then, Chief Conda of the Caycaconick race, who had a long bond with the Quakacor, asked back.
“Wait, are you sure the Quakacor did it? Didn’t the Drataiden attack first?”
“If that were the case, the Quakacor would’ve told us already. That the Drataiden attacked them.”
The Quakacor, who are currently fighting, have remained silent. If it weren’t for Nazar, who sees the entire Local Group, they wouldn’t have noticed the news of the war in the Andromeda Galaxy so quickly.
“Does the New Universe Civilization Alliance know about this?”
“The Drataiden said that they haven’t told the New Universe Civilization Alliance either.”
The Quakacor didn’t relay the news to the Hive Alliance. The Drataiden are the same.
Two races in the Andromeda Galaxy are fighting without reporting it to their respective affiliations.
‘Is it a tacit agreement. . . .’
Kreion knows. The fact that the Quakacor and Drataiden hate each other, or even despise each other.
So if we infer the current situation, it seems that two races who despise each other have temporarily broken the peace without the intervention of the federation or alliance, and are trying to finish each other off. That’s how much they hate each other.
While Kreion was making such inferences, the queen of the Hyraguroa pointed out something.
“I heard that the Drataiden are also responsible. Have you finished talking to the humans about the Hive Alliance punishing the Quakacor?”
Of course, Kreion had a conversation with Lopez before opening this conference. What Lopez said at the time was,
➖I’ll do it in accordance with the Hive Alliance. I’ll believe in your decision and follow you.
➖Do what your insight tells you to do.
He had completely transferred the decision-making authority to Kreion.
“Yes. I talked to them in advance. The Drataiden will be punished by the humans and the New Universe Civilization Alliance, and we’ll match the severity of the punishment for the Drataiden with the Hive Alliance. So, we have the authority to decide the punishment.”
Carrd, the monarch of the Crolr, asked carefully.
“Wouldn’t punishment stop the war? Mediation. . . . I don’t think those two races who are trying to kill each other will listen obediently. . . .”
“The UNF fleet of humans will go and do that. The UNF fleet has a powerful gravitational field restraint technology and phase assault technology on all ships, so they can enforce mediation.”
The discussion of the Hive Alliance, excluding the Quakacor, proceeded quickly. Since the Chimeraz is the linchpin of the alliance and has the decision-making authority, Kreion took the mediating position rather than expressing opinions.
The Caycaconick defended the Quakacor as expected.
“Still, since they are an allied race of the Hive Alliance, I think it is better not to punish them severely. We know a little bit about the Drataiden bastards, and they must have created an uncomfortable situation for Empress Karcon before things broke out, to the point that she chose war.”
On the other hand, the Crolr was skeptical of the war chosen by the Quakacor.
“If you keep using war as a means, you will eventually be consumed by it. The problem is that you stop considering other means when there is a problem or conflict. As a leading player in the Hive Alliance that guides peace, and even as an ally, the Quakacor should have had the attitude of properly avoiding the means they had been using.”
The Ririm considered the positions and relationships of both races and showed some leniency towards the Quakacor.
“The defeated Drataiden had a lot of complaints. However, since the times do not want war, they continued to provoke the Quakacor with means other than war. So, the Quakacor chose war, which was a means they had been using for various reasons. Rather, I think it would be good to let them fight a little this time. If the Drataiden get beaten up by the Quakacor, who are on our side, and we punish the Quakacor moderately, that would be an ideal outcome.”
The queen of the Hyraguroa, who had a strong bond with the Ririm, surprisingly expressed a different opinion from the Ririm.
“I don’t understand why they’re fighting in Andromeda Galaxy, which is so big. They’re fighting over territories in such a vast galaxy. I think this is the result of both races responding emotionally. In the end, even if we mediate this time, the same thing will happen again. To prevent this, we need to impose a punishment that controls the military forces of both the Quakacor and the Drataiden.”
And the Parahtoria had little to say about their opinion this time as well.
“We think that the war is like providence because the two races looked at survival from different perspectives. We don’t know much about the complex diplomatic relations or the peace of the Local Group. So, we’ll just follow the decision of the Chimeraz.”
That’s how the leaders of each race of the Hive Alliance sorted out their opinions.
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After the Hive Alliance conference, the leaders either returned immediately or visited Planet Petra.
And Kreion remained in the conference room on the upper level of the colony, as he had something to discuss privately with the jellyfish-like life form.
Click, click. . . .
Kreion and the life form walked side by side along the passageway of the upper level.
“They call it a conference of races. The Hive Alliance gathers like today when we need to gather opinions and coordinate.”
Five meters tall, translucent body, standing with luminous tentacles hanging down—a race that looks like a deep-sea jellyfish.
In fact, Kreion doesn’t know whether the life form who came to the conference room and is currently by his side is the leader of the race or someone with a different role.
Originally, this race had no opportunity to come out of the deep sea like this and communicate with other races. Perhaps because of that, it seems like they don’t even know how to ‘converse’ using language, and he’s not sure whether the race even has a name.
Nevertheless, Kreion needed a name to call this race, so he’s been casually calling them ‘the jellyfish race’ for now.
The jellyfish are from the Sculptor Dwarf Constellation. The Sculptor Dwarf Constellation, known as a galaxy unsuitable for life due to frequent explosions of old stars—there, the Vehlpciaarct transformed the species into machine life forms, signifying salvation.
What allowed the jellyfish race to survive in such an environment and enter the Hive Alliance was the fact that this race had lived only in the deep sea of a single planet, without any contact with the outside world.
The jellyfish race, which created a high-molecular civilization centered around heat sources in the deep sea and lived quietly, had not entered the space age, but proved that they had intellectual abilities that matched those of any intelligent race today.
‘I still can’t figure them out.’
This jellyfish race does not have the concept of ‘conversation’ that is common among the races of the Local Group. Nevertheless, the Chimeraz, who discovered the jellyfish for the first time, judged that they had sufficient intellectual abilities and attempted a conversation, and after trial and error, Kreion was able to communicate simply with the jellyfish.
He doesn’t know what the jellyfish want, but once he explained about the Hive Alliance, they said they wanted to join. And Kreion accepted them into the Hive Alliance right away.
The jellyfish were a race that created high-molecular materials with unique new substances synthesized in their bodies. Their bodies can function properly even in ultra-high-pressure or vacuum environments, and they have excellent energy circulation capabilities within their own bodies, allowing them to survive for thousands of years without energy supply.
In addition, just like the Chimeraz, they were beings who already possessed life-transcending bodies with excellent understanding at the cellular level, and without the limitations of aging or lifespan.
The Chimeraz provided them with a suitable planet and protection in exchange for the unique high-molecular materials they possessed.
The interior of a black hole is a terrible environment with immense pressure, but Kreion hoped to further study the high-molecular materials of these beings and create a body that could survive even in the environment of a black hole, just like the Believers. After all, the bodies of the Believers are also made of unknown high-molecular materials.
Kreion pondered for a moment and asked the jellyfish.
“If you have any opinions that you’d like to share with me alone, you can tell me now.”
Perhaps because they are timid or not used to communicating with other races, the jellyfish responded a few beats late.
They sent sound waves by vibrating their tentacles at regular intervals. And the sound waves had similar frequencies and vibration cycles to the electrical signals and emotional activities in the brains of the Chimeraz.
‘Fear. . .?’
What is it that they’re afraid of after the conference a while ago?
“Are you worried about something?”
When he asked that, the jellyfish waited a few more beats and vibrated their tentacles to send sound waves.
The vibrations that reached Kreion’s skin sequentially brought to mind certain words.
A big fight.
Many deaths.
First time.
“A war broke out. In a place far away from this galaxy, the Quakacor and the Drataiden are currently at war in a place called Andromeda Galaxy.”
War.
Question.
“There must have been many causes, but I think the core reason is that the two races hate each other too much. Still, we hoped that it would be possible to restrain them since one of them belongs to the Hive Alliance and the other to the New Universe Civilization Alliance. . . . But it seems like the animosity was much stronger than that.”
Many deaths.
Choice.
Question.
“. . .War is a phenomenon of civilization activities that can be found anywhere. Since you have never encountered other races, you might be bewildered by seeing a war.”
The Quakacor.
Hive Alliance.
The Chimeraz.
Punishing an ally.
Fear.
“Do you think it’s wrong for us to punish the Quakacor?”
Slightly negative.
“Then are you saying that you’re afraid of the fact that we, the Chimeraz, are punishing an ‘ally’?”
Affirmative.
“. . .Do you think we should lower the level of punishment for the Quakacor?”
At this, the jellyfish seemed to be saying that they didn’t know.
“I don’t know either since I haven’t made a decision yet. How we conclude this situation and how the Hive Alliance punishes the Quakacor will determine whether we can control the wars in other galaxies in the future. That’s why we held a conference to gather opinions like before.”
Rustle, rustle. . . .
Ludwig approached from across the passageway.
“You’ve worked hard. . . . How was the conference. . . ?”
“We finished gathering opinions. I think it’s a bit premature to decide the severity of the punishment yet.”
The jellyfish hid behind Kreion’s back. Was it scared of Ludwig?
“Nazar said he observed a large-scale assembly of the UNF fleet in the solar system. . . . They will soon depart for mediation. . . .”
“Is the capital of the Drataiden still holding out?”
“The ground forces of the Quakacor seem to have landed on the capital planet and attacked the leadership. . . . However, the Drataiden fleet from a nearby star system quickly recaptured the capital planet. . . . But it seems likely that the Controller of the Drataiden is dead. . . .”
News that the leader of the Drataiden is probably dead.
“Things got bigger.”
“In any case, I think it’s not bad, as it serves as a check against the machine forces and the expansion of the New Universe Civilization Alliance. . . .”
“Ludwig. That’s a narrow-minded thought.”
At that moment, Ludwig, who noticed the subtle change in Kreion’s expression, must have realized that he had misspoken.
“. . .My thinking was short-sighted. . . . After all, those machines are ultimately in the hands of the humans who shook hands with the master. . . .”
“That’s not what I meant. You’ve misunderstood.”
Ludwig narrowed his red eye, not understanding.
“Our world is the Local Group right now. It means that everyone is a mortal living in the Local Group and they are our few neighbors in our world.”
“I’m sorry, but. . . . I’m lacking and I don’t quite understand the deep meaning. . . . I wish you could teach me more. . . .”
“Don’t hate easily and don’t restrain easily. Understand as much as you can and consider their positions. In that way, consider the entire Local Group as our side and our neighbors. That is the way to protect our world and for the Chimeraz to survive.”
“Including even the insignificant races. . . ?”
“Yes.”
“Even if there are races that have attacked us or tried to harm the peace that we’ve achieved, should we include them as ‘our’ Local Group if they are races of the Local Group. . . ?”
“Yes. Because we have the capacity and ability to do so.”
Ludwig asks again. He understood what was being said, but he couldn’t readily accept the necessity of it.
“Then even if beings like the Vehlpciaarct or the Le-orantarum Federation appear in the Local Group. . . . Should we consider even such beings as neighbors, understand them, and consider their positions. . . ?”
“. . .That’s what we have to do.”
It was a simple thought, but it was a very difficult thought to achieve.
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