Chapter 2506

2506 - Reassessment

Mid Sector 99 — Great Space Gate Planet

Bzzzt

The massive triangular Gate activated, and a number of people emerged from it.

Poof poof — and instantly, all the workers on the planet dropped to their knees, hands on the ground, trembling with fear and reverence.

Their full number was close to two hundred, each one shrouded in a Law Dominator's aura, each one looking like a tyrannical king in their own way — even the females among them wore arrogant expressions, as if the very air itself was unworthy of approaching them.

And beside their usual bearing and aura… there were strange expressions today. Expressions of bewilderment!

"What's happening here?" The person standing in their midst asked in confusion, then cast a glance behind him over his shoulder. "How many days did we spend traveling, exactly?"

They had rushed toward the Great Space Gate the moment they heard the orders — within seconds they had gathered and set off toward Mid Sector 99 to destroy Planet Donara. But they knew well that the journey was no mere "Be, and it is."

No matter how fast the Great Space Gate was, how it pierced through barriers, they would need several days to move from Sector 1 all the way to Sector 99.

But the journey seemed… much shorter?

"I don't think we took even one hour."

"Less than that."

"Is that even possible?"

"Thinking about it, the journey was suspiciously calm and stable…"

Behind him, the sons of Intiras of every rank responded with astonishment and a measure of tension, for according to their knowledge of the Law of Space, in which no creature surpasses them, this was practically impossible.

"Enough." The young man in the center raised his left hand in a fist, "…Perhaps Father used some ability to accelerate the journey. Clearly this operation is extremely important to him."

"What ability could reduce the travel time between a hundred sectors to this duration?!"

"……."

"…Let's go!" The young man would accept no further questions, then raised a ring inscribed with a star map pointing to the location of Donara.

He brought out a spear in his other hand, his eyes blazing with the intent to kill and readiness for battle… The soldiers of Helmor had mobilized and shown their power to the two worlds—finally, their turn had come!

Bzz

At that moment his bracelet vibrated, and vibrations arrived that were translated into a voice, where he heard:

[Return to the galaxy immediately. The orders are canceled.]

Then silence.

"Huh?!" The young man looked at the bracelet in surprise, "The orders are canceled? Since when does Father cancel orders that have begun to leave his mouth?"

"Canceled?"

"Is that reasonable?"

The sons of Intiras grew more tense; this decision to return was stranger and more shocking to them than the decision to attack Donara directly.

"Has anything new happened?" The young man in the middle muttered with furrowed brows, then turned toward the people kneeling around him. "Hey, enough trembling. We don't intend to eat you. One of you get up and quickly tell me if anything happened in the past few minutes!"

"….." With a violent tremble, a shudder seizing his entire body, the person closest to the Gate raised his hand.

Then—thud—he collapsed unconscious before he could lift his head.

"….?!" Intiras's sons looked up, and their eyes widened instantly.

The sky was changing. The star map was flipping rapidly, as though they were watching past and present pass by in the blink of an eye.

And beside this and that, there were energy winds striking the planet abnormally, and there was… a rain of fine cosmic dust?

"What's happening here?" The eldest son among those present shouted and looked down. "What exactly happened?!"

Thud—another one of the kneeling figures collapsed onto his side.

It was then that the eldest son opened his eyes fully… Finally, he understood. That collapse and that trembling had not been because of their presence. They were afraid of something else.

Afraid of the thing that had caused those phenomena.

"What in the—" The eldest son took a step and nearly grabbed one of them by the neck to understand more.

But one of his sisters grabbed his elbow, "Let's go back to the galaxy… please."

"……"

The eldest son stared down in anger, then shook his arm free from his sister's grip and headed back toward the Gate, "Let's go!!"

Sector 1—Tyrant Galaxy

[Taking them back to the galaxy? Did you send someone to kill Robin Burton? Why are you ordering them to return to the galaxy?! This is the best chance to kill him while he's this exhausted!]

Helmor's voice rang loudly in Intiras's ear.

"Exhausted?" Intiras raised his nose slightly in disgust and anger, then extended his hand toward the standing broadcast and rewound the scene a little until he brought up the image of Robin declaring himself the strongest person in the universe, "Does this look exhausted to you?!"

Robin's skin was flushed, like someone who had been running for a few minutes, his body warmed up and eager for more.

He showed no signs of lethargy, pallor, or defeat in his eyes as he spoke.

[He's clearly acting. How could he have spent all that amount of the momentum of Transcendence and not be affected?!] Helmor raised his voice, [Didn't he put on a show for the entire universe that he didn't know he was being filmed? It's impossible for someone with that kind of momentum not to know about this ridiculous soul broadcast operation, even if it wasn't Orchestrated by him. That rat is no less cunning than Qarun!]

"Merely being able to perform at this quality means he hasn't exhausted all his momentum yet." Intiras stared at Robin's face with hatred. "My sons attacking him now will get them all killed."

[And this will be enough to weaken him further. With some investment, you could bring down Robin Burton alone today!]

"Send your own sons if you want to weaken him with such zeal, or better yet, go yourself!!" Intiras waved forcefully. "I will not lose my hands and legs and lower myself to your humble station in the universe just because you encouraged me a little!"

[…]

"Hmph." Intiras waved his long black cloak and returned to fill his throne. "A new era is about to begin, an era in which long-term plans will be set aside and outcomes will be decided based on who possesses greater momentum."

Then he raised his head slightly. "The All-seeing God is not the only Transcendent who possesses momentum and can grant it. If the All-seeing God wants to play this brutal way, he should prepare for the consequences."