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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕: 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 (2)

Under a planet’s sky and in its orbit, the shadows of the Cresecter swarm swarm like a swarm of hornets.

The shadows of Cresecter all have the red eyes of a Cyclops, like unidentified beings floating in the deep sea.

Nazar, who boarded Lemegeton and entered orbit, watches the universe.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦.’

━𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬?

In the unobstructed space, the radio waves used by ships and ships for communication continue until they are affected by celestial bodies. Therefore, the human fleet must inevitably leave radio waves around it.

However, Nazar was unable to observe the traces of his opponent.

‘𝘕𝘰.’

━𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞?

‘. . . 𝘕𝘰.’

All Nazar can see is the pitch-black dark nebula. It’s a universe where you can’t find any change as if time has stopped.

‘𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 10𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥.’

━𝐍𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐭. 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺?’

━𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲.

‘𝘐𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴? 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘻 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴.’

━𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧.

As Kreion speculated, Nazar, who was watching the universe from inside Lemegeton’s mouth, narrowed his pupils greatly.

‘𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳! 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨!’

Until now, 22 ships have appeared out of nowhere. They are approaching Nazar’s group, which was guarding the outside.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣*𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦! 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳!’

━𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞.

The enemy fleet came within firing range of Nazar’s group.

Nazar’s group was organized into Cresecter. And the range of a large ship is much longer than the range of Cresecter.

If they had now entered Cresecter’s range, it meant that Cresecter had already entered their range a long time ago.

However, the 22 ships are just approaching without any attack. It was as if they were trying to visit, not invade.

And the shapes of those ships were very peculiar.

A streamlined shape like a fish, no windows or external runways with a curved curve. The shape of the cannon on the armor surface looks closer to some kind of energy series weapon than armor-piercing rounds, and the number of those cannons seems to be considerably small.

At that moment, Ludwig asks Kreion, who was looking at Nazar’s eyes from the throne.

“Is it not human. . .?”

“Human armed ships are filled with cannons. And they’re mostly angular.”

“Definitely. . . Those mechanical ships look very smooth like fish. . .”

“Those are not human fleets.”

𝘒𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶𝘶!!!

Lemegeton, who had been reborn as a pure organic chimeraz, caused a strong wind in the colony and rose into orbit.

Fifteen Lemegetons boasted of a body that was not pushed by the ship at all and anchored in orbit. Cresecter rushed to the vicinity of that Lemegeton, and the first Lemegeton, which was half-mixed with machinery, was in the forefront.

Soon, Nazar’s group faced the unidentified fleet head-on.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.’

━𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭.

The slowing fleet soon stopped in front of Nazar’s group.

Actually, the distance is tens of thousands of kilometers away, but the sense of distance feels like they are in front of your nose.

Nazar calmly controls the group.

‘𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳.’

If even one side tries to attack, this orbit will become a battlefield in an instant.

Still, it doesn’t seem like they’ll lose. Although on this side there are only the 16 Lemegetons and the Crescenters, behind the planet there are thousands of chimeraz lurking.

On the other hand, the opponent only has 22 ships in this remote dark nebula, which does not seem to have any external support.

━𝘈𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘩. . .

Moment, a wave came in as the first Lemegeton.

It was a collection of information created by a living organism, not a machine, like a chimeraz wave.

━𝘌𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘢𝘩. . .

It’s a resonance of unknown origin. I don’t know what they’re trying to convey.

‘𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴.’

━𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞.

Lemegeton, who was under Nazar’s control, passed under Kreion’s control.

That Lemegeton was the first Lemegeton half-mixed with human machinery, and Kreion used Lemegeton to use mechanical devices.

𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘢𝘬. . .

In the heart of Lemegeton, a microphone buried in the flesh was exposed, and a tentacle stuck to the front of the microphone.

The tip of the tentacle made teeth, tongue, and lips, and soon formed a human oral structure.

Now, Kreion, who is sitting in the colony of the planet, speaks.

“What are you guys?”

Kreion’s voice was relayed to Lemegeton and transmitted to the unidentified fleet through human communication devices.

━. . . 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞?

It was a mechanical voice.

“We use human language. If you understand, identify the identity of the other fleet.”

━𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝.

It’s not a natural way of speaking.

There is a sense of stuttering in sentences and words, like artificial intelligence or humanoids that Kreion knows well.

━. . . 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐨𝐨𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐚𝐚𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.

The identities of those who led the 22 ships were alien races from other galaxies. It was not human.

Even so, Kreion does not let his guard down.

“Why did the race of the Small Magellanic Cloud come all the way here?”

━𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬.

“In this vast universe, did you calculate the ‘probability of the Small Magellanic Cloud race passing through ‘this dark nebula’ in this galaxy and tell such a lie?”

Then the other side was silent for a moment.

“The reason why you came here exactly seems to be because the Darwin Foundation was involved. If you want war, don’t hesitate and start.”

Kreion said that and left them.

If they had really come to invade, they would have made a preemptive strike with the firepower of the entire fleet in order to secure even a slightly advantageous high ground.

However, they came this far into the range of Nazar’s group and tried to talk.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘴.’

━𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

It’s a ridiculous excuse, but let’s hear it for now.

“Okay. Keep going.”

━𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

━𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐊𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐳.

“But you seem to have changed your mind.”

━𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝.

“What do you want?”

━𝟑𝟕𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧, 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.