I look at the hologram in front of me with a frown on my face. We are currently hidden, not too far away from the planet called Helum. Supposedly, this planet is home to a spacefaring human civilization that colonizes its moon.
However, when Ana sends drones into the planet, they are not what we expect.
The technology of people in this world is like that of people back in the 21st century. They are using autoguns and other M2 weaponry to fight. Who are they fighting? They are fighting the Xeno race.
That is what is happening in the live feed. A group of humans hiding behind a wall, firing their weapons at the xeno. The xeno looks humanoid, but with an octopus's head. In fact, they look like Squidward from SpongeBob if they were made into real people.
They stand on four tentacles, and their other four tentacles are used to hold weapons. They are four meters tall, skinny, and wearing some kind of device that releases a barrier to block the bullet.
However, what makes me angry is the fact that this is not a war. What I am seeing is not a battlefield, but a hunting ground. The xenos are hunting the humans, and when they get their hands on them, they will eat the humans.
I watch the xeno open its mouth, full of sharp teeth, and move around the human's cranium. The teeth move at high speed, acting like a saw, opening the skull, and I watch as the xeno uses its long tongue to liquefy the brain and slurp it.
When it is done, I watch as the xeno releases a wet, rumbling noise. The sound gets masked by the sound of screams of pain and fear, but I can hear it. It sounds like…
"They are high. They hunt humans to feel high."
"Yes, Captain. From all the information I can gather, the alien will release that sound each time they eat the human's brain."
I've seen enough.
"Ana, prepare a drop pod and take us near the planet. I will go to the planetside and help them."
Ana looks worried, but knows that I am born for this kind of situation. She nodded and prepared the drop pod while I walked toward the fabricator we had made. I press a few buttons, and the fabricator immediately prepares armor for me as Star Explorer starts to move closer to the planet.
The armor is made of Auramite. Ana and I prepare to make better material, but we don't have the time to do so. So, I decided to use the pre-made design of Custodes armor and fit it into my not-yet-mature body.
However, we modify the design so it can contain a Necron's power reactor to power the weapon he is preparing to use. Just like this armor, Ana and I have already modified Necron's weapon. It is not really modified; rather, it creates a more human-shaped weapon.
The one we modify is Gauss Blaster because it is not that big, more powerful than Gauss Flayer, and has a higher fire rate.
As for a close combat weapon, nothing beats a classic Power Sword.
We put them all into a single set for quick equipment in case of an emergency, like this one.
When it is done, I put on the armor and let Ana help me. I raise my left hand, feeling the weight of the Gauss Blaster, and nod my head. I put on the helmet and put the sword on my back.
I look at Ana and say.
"I am going, Ana."
"Yes, Captain. Please be careful. I will send reinforcements two minutes after you land."
"Thank you."
After saying that, I walk to the Teleportation Pad and arrive in the launching zone, where a room opens on its own. I walk toward that room and prepare to launch. I close my eyes and expand my power.
I envelop the entire planet with my presence and use the power of [Artificial Heaven] to gather all the souls who have just died and put them to rest. I even touch all the human souls and make sure their souls enter my heaven when they die.
When I open my eyes, the door to my drop pod closes up, and I can feel the drop pod sail through the void. It is show time.
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|3rd POV|
Hannah can only whimper in fear as another wave of attack from the Blue People comes, and this time, there are a hundred of them.
She doesn't know when they arrived in this world, but they have always been there since she was born. According to her mother, one day a blue star falls into their world, and those creatures appear from the wreckage.
Since then, those creatures have terrorized all humans in this world. They carry technologies that they cannot beat, and they mock them by eating humans they manage to capture in front of all humans on the battlefield.
At first, they fight humans with lethal weaponry, but soon they realize that none of their weapons can breach the shield they carry. So they start to use non-lethal weapons and hunt them down like animals.
After a long time, the creatures finally hunt down most humans in the world and leave the last bastion of humanity in a single city. They are here to break the last of humanity and become the dominant race in the world, and make humanity extinct or turn them into cattle.
She hears a gruesome rumor from the hunter who managed to escape from one of the creature's outposts.
So here they are, fighting with everything they have, but to no avail. She hides behind a wall of ruined houses, whimpering as she hears the people who try to hold them back scream in pain. She knows the reason for that scream. She saw them often. She doesn't want to see it once again.
However, something warm was coursing through her body. She feels as if hope arises from within her heart. She feels as if someone is coming to rescue them. She doesn't know where it is coming from, and she is afraid that this is something that appears because her mind knows that it is her time to die and decides to give her false hope.
She snaps from her thoughts and looks out of her house when she hears people screaming about something coming from the sky.
She looks up and sees a falling star coming toward them. The 'star' slammed into the ground, killing one of the creatures from the impact. She widens her eyes as she sees that it is not a star, but a metal machine.
It opens up, and something tugs into her soul. Golden light illuminates from the machine, and she can only look in awe as she sees a human coming from the machine. This is Theodore. He arrived on the ground.
"Xeno! You who dare to kill humanity for sport! You do not deserve my kindness! You deserve Death!"
His voice carried through the battlefield. His voice is strong and wrathful. However, for some reason, she is afraid of his voice. Instead, the golden aura and the declaration make her feel safe. It is as if she knows that everything will be okay.
While she feels safe, the Xeno race feels the opposite. The aura Theodore releases makes them feel as if they are encountering their biggest predator, as if Death itself is coming for them.
In their fear, they immediately fire their weapons at him. Sadly for them, Custodes Armor is one of the strongest armors the Imperium of Man ever created, and their weapons can only do minimal damage.
Hannah watches in awe as Theodore moves. One moment, he is inside the machine; the next, he is in front of one of the creatures, his sword stabbing it. She watched him move his sword, cut the creature in two, and fire the weapon in his left hand.
She widens her eyes as his weapon punches through the shield the creature used to block all the bullets coming at them, and turns their body into ashes.
She watches as Theodore moves around the battlefield, killing the creatures one by one using his sword and the Gauss Blaster. She should be afraid, as he is covered in blue liquid, the creature's blood, and also chunks of flesh. However, instead, she thinks that what is happening in front of her is beautiful.
The way he moves is like dancing to her. It is as if she is watching a Dance of Death, and Theodore is Death itself, reaping souls of mortals.
It does not take long before the creatures know they are outmatched against him. They might still outnumber him, but their numbers are reduced fast. They try to run away, but before they can even run far, a green beam of light hits them, turning them into ashes.
For the first time in a long time, the battlefield turned silent. The only sound is Theodore walking toward them.
He stops a dozen meters away from them, puts away his sword, and takes off his helmet. Hannah gasps a little when she sees his face. Above the breastplate, the face was bare, smiling brightly, perfect in every dimension and detail, suffused in radiance. So beautiful. So very beautiful.
As one, everyone in front of him kneels. Some pray to him, some cry, and some even faint at the sight of his beautiful visage.
"My name is Theodore, and I am here to help you."
She whimpers a little when she hears his gentle voice. This time, she is not whimpering from fear, but from something else.
And she is not the only one.
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