Regardless of what the New Emperor was planning, the rebels now had only one goal: kill the New Emperor (Kaito)!
About 30 minutes later, tens of thousands of ships entered the battlefield one after another. The Royal carrier's display was flooded with new signals; many personnel panicked.
Even the deputy commander couldn't help but kneel before Sephie, waiting for instructions.
Their Majesty was doing God knows what. Even if the magical shield he suddenly manifested was very powerful, how could any shield withstand the simultaneous attack of tens of thousands of ships??
Even the main city's energy shield couldn't do that!!
It could hold for a short time, but eventually, its energy would be depleted!
"Your Highness, please give your orders!"
"No need. Remain in position."
"But... His Majesty is in great danger! We can deploy the battleships and frigates to create a large energy shield, giving the Royal carrier a chance to space jump!"
"I said, no need. Your Majesty is very strong."
Sephie was rarely this serious.
Hearing this, the deputy commander didn't dare to look up. His mouth opened, but he didn't know whether to continue persuading.
As a member of the Queen's faction, he knew her personality well, but she seemed unfamiliar now...
'Maybe she was only saying this because she truly trusted the New Emperor?'
Tens of thousands of ships!!
If this were a previous war, he would have just laughed it off.
Comparing ship numbers?
He had served on hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of ships.
Although he was just the deputy commander of the Royal carrier, his other titles were equivalent to a high-ranking general on Earth!
Therefore, he had authority over at least fifty thousand ships. But this time...
He was forced by the New Emperor to only bring five fleets. Also, his superior, the chief commander, had investigated and concluded the rebels were too scattered, and their target only had a few dozen ships, posing no threat.
Heh!
This was a scattered mess?
Was his superior brain-damaged?
Even if not, he was blindly overconfident.
Such a chief commander was worthless!
Look at him now. It was only a matter of time before he, the deputy, replaced him!
"All hands, remain in position! Maintain the energy shield around the Royal carrier!"
The deputy commander stood and gave orders to his subordinates, who relayed them to the other ships.
Sephie said nothing more. Baal and Beelzebul watched the screen curiously, wondering what Kaito would come up with.
It was hard to say about Beelzebul, but Baal, who had always been by Kaito's side, knew very well how he had grown.
From an ordinary person to suddenly obtaining the power of Morax after sleeping, growing stronger and stronger...
She was supposed to be his guardian deity, protecting him, even sacrificing herself if necessary!
'But now?'
'Was I still a guardian deity?'
Thinking of this, a bitter smile crossed Baal's face.
'How strong was he now?'
Outside, Kaito maintained steady breathing, his eyes closed, waiting for the enemy to arrive.
When the tens of thousands of ships appeared, forming a circle around him, Kaito slowly opened his eyes.
If nothing unexpected happened, they wouldn't give him any chance to negotiate. They would only want to kill him, plunging the universe into chaos.
After that would come a period of warlord fragmentation. All star system lords would declare their independence, no longer recognizing their subordinate status.
Then, wouldn't they start attacking other territories, claiming them as their own, declaring themselves kings and emperors?
So, that's why...
Unification was the ultimate destination!
"It's about time."
Because the distance was great, Kaito's detection took a while.
But that didn't matter. As long as he knew they had all appeared and were within his attack range, it was fine.
Even farther away was possible, but precise control would be difficult.
"Alright, you rebel forces. Begin your final moments."
"In this era of unification, your rebellion is the most ridiculous and foolish act."
"You will pay for your ambitions."
"No one can deprive the lives of those who yearn for peace!!"
"If anyone tries, I will give them an iron fist — and crush them!!"
"I, in the name of the new Overlord of the Universe and Kaito, declare—"
"All rebel forces, you will become dust in the annals of history!"
"And now, I will use a grand blaze to announce the arrival of peace once again!!"
Hum—!!!!
One hundred colossal black holes silently appeared.
They formed a circle, right above the tens of thousands of ships!
And then...
One hundred stars, each ten thousand times larger than the Sun, emerged from the black holes.
Their density was incredibly high.
Their light was more dazzling than the Sun!
Countless purple and blue bolts of lightning flashed and crackled across the stars.
On the tens of thousands of ships, the automated defense systems blared the highest-level alarms. Everyone panicked, desperately trying to pilot their ships away!
Their energy shields could not withstand this attack!
Withstanding the impact was one thing, let alone...
The explosion afterward!
Since Kaito had previously used "Planet Befall" to drop a meteorite that exploded, they instinctively thought these stars, a thousand times larger than the Sun, would also explode.
The resulting energy would be enough to swallow them all!
No matter how dispersed their ships were, the explosion of a hundred stars, like a supernova, would annihilate them all, leaving no trace whatsoever!
They also discovered something despairing.
Due to interference from various magnetic fields, they couldn't perform a space jump to escape!!
As the stars descended, a large portion of their equipment went offline—!!!
At this moment, all the rebel lords' faces were filled with terror, their eyes wide, quickly becoming bloodshot.
At the same time, everyone watching the live broadcast across the universe couldn't believe their eyes.
'Our New Emperor was this powerful!!!'
"Despair."
[This is — Heavenly Planet Befall!!!]
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—!!!!!!
The moment the hundred stars descended, they were detonated by the lightning clinging to their surfaces. A flash of cyan and white light swept through space, followed by unimaginable turmoil across a vast region of the universe!!!