My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 34.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟒: 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 (4)

Over 90% of the crippled flagship’s engine output was lost, and its functions were severely impaired. Looking at the cannons that had already stopped working, chimeraz were breaking and tearing them apart, resembling ants swarming over a giant piece of food.

The ship had become a prison that trapped them. Going outside would only lead to a dead end, and simply defending inside the ship would be futile.

“Sur, surrender. . .! Spare us. . .!”

“They don’t understand human language!”

“Kyaaaahhk!!!”

Regardless of what they said or how they acted, the chimeraz hunted down the humans inside the flagship according to their orders.

The closed spaces and passageways inside were drenched in blood. The chimeraz hunted down those who resisted and those who surrendered without discrimination, gradually taking control of the flagship’s internal compartments one by one.

—𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐬.

—𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.

—𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭!

“I understand. Agele-nim.”

Kreion entered the flagship, wearing light black armor and escorted by Gats.

The place was filled with broken weapons and human corpses. In the areas where the hunt had already been completed, Hydras were wandering around, collecting necessary resources.

“Agele-nim. My pack has captured the enemy ruler in the bridge.”

“By ruler, do you mean the commander of this fleet?”

“He said that he is the supreme commander of this pursuer fleet. His name is Brinicle Duo, a 60-year-old human male. After cleaning up the humans around him, we disarmed and kept him alive.”

“Good job. Extracting information from the enemy leader is the basics of war.”

“Thank you. The bridge is this way.”

The crew and marines of the flagship must have been killed by about a thousand. Kreion and Gats, who had entered deep into the ship, were able to meet Commander Brinicle on the bridge.

𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘥!

Two Elites grabbed Brinicle’s arms and forced him to kneel.

“. . .If you’re going to humiliate me like this, just kill me. I won’t beg for my life.”

“Do whatever you want. I had no intention of letting anyone live regardless of what you say.”

Kreion removed the helmet of his black armor and met Brinicle’s gaze.

Brinicle, who met his gaze, felt a dangerous sense of estrangement from the eyes of a non-human.

“You had no intention of letting anyone live? What does that mean?”

“It means exactly what it says. Looking at your actions.”

“You b*stard. . .!”

“There are only 6 left now. No, it’s 7 again. One came up from the planet Berne and joined them.”

“What. . .!?”

Brinicle tried to stand up, but was stopped.

“I told them to retreat, but. . .?”

The real-time footage could be seen through the bridge’s holographic display. The signals of other ships connected to the flagship’s communication network were disappearing one by one in space.

“They are retreating as you ordered. It’s just that my Lemegetons are surrounding them and attacking them in the direction of their acceleration. . . There are 6 left now.”

Kreion intentionally said that while observing Brinicle’s reaction. In fact, the number of ships displayed on the hologram had decreased to 6.

“Kreion. . .!”

His breath trembled slightly, and his expression was filled with desperation. He was trying hard to hide his inner feelings, but when humans were pushed this far into a corner, their true nature usually came out.

“What do you want from me? There must be a reason why you kept me alive.”

“New Ark Corporation.”

Brinicle was greatly shaken as soon as he heard those words.

He must have never expected those words to come out of Kreion’s mouth.

“As expected. You weren’t the only ones. Are you saying that there’s another human group targeting our race?”

“. . .”

His eyes were filled with doubt. How did he know that?

“Wasn’t it suspicious enough? That day when I escaped from Apoptology, the Foundation’s Lemegeton used the dimensional passage without any problems. It means that there’s some kind of relationship between the Darwin Foundation and New Ark, and that relationship is. . . New Ark is the Darwin Foundation’s giant sponsor and master.”

Then, Gats asked.

“What kind of group is New Ark?”

“They are the force we have to deal with next.”

From Brinicle’s perspective, the situation was getting worse and worse.

“Wait a minute. . .! That’s not true!”

Chimeraz.

He was able to tell after just a few days of fighting.

This race is dangerous. As time goes on, they will become monsters that will be increasingly difficult to handle.

And if these monsters target New Ark, the ones who manage dimensional passages all over the world. . .

‘𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. . .!’

The war will expand.

“What’s not true?”

“New Ark has nothing to do with this!”

“Then why was the Lemegeton that escaped from the facility able to use the dimensional passage safely?”

Pressing.

Being pressed.

“It’s because the Foundation was in a difficult position. . . Think about it. How can we possibly do anything about that strange biomechanical spacecraft passing through a dimensional passage into the solar system? We have so many eyes watching us. . . So for the time being, we received some help from New Ark to cover up the situation. . .”

“You’re talking nonsense. There’s no substance to your words.”

Kreion approached him. He met his gaze a little closer.

“There are 3 left. The ships of your subordinates who are running away.”

They must return safely. Even if it’s just one ship, they have to somehow return and tell everyone what happened here.

“Answer me. Is New Ark targeting us?”

“. . .If that’s the case?”

The signal from another ship was cut off.

“There are 2 left.”

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