Everyone rushed to prepare for the war. Equipment was loaded, and spaceships were moved out.
All the slimes were acting very fast. The blue guy and pink girl also decided to participate in this war because they had no other way to seek protection. The process was rapid; within minutes, everyone was ready to take off. A few slimes stayed behind to protect the planet.
But more than half of them were going for this war. The spaceship doors were closed, and smoke erupted as the whole planet shook. All the spaceships took off at the same time. The winds were pierced by their movement so that dust covered the entire planet for a moment.
The spaceships triggered their maximum speed as they accelerated out. The leader slime was at the frontmost line. Lucan was already nowhere in their sight; he had already gone way beyond them. In just a few more days, he might as well have already reached the war.
The war took place in the central space station, which was also close to the sun of this solar system. Inside Lucan's spaceship, he seemed very excited and eager towards the war. Fate guy's interest was naturally dwelled upon the reason behind it.
He was tempted to ask, "Lucan, why do you seem very excited? May I know the reason?"
Lucan replied, "I will tell you, but focus on the path we travel. If you again destroy the spaceship, I will instantly kill you."
His vision turned, facing the windshield of the spaceship. He carefully drove the spaceship, avoiding craters and other obstacles.
Lucan laughed, "Good! You focus there. Only your ears could turn aside. The reason is quite obvious, isn't it? It concerns universal beings!"
He frowned in confusion, asking, "So what? Aren't they the ones we are going to fight against? What use is there in going for this war?"
Lucan sighed, "Are you dumb? Remember my goal?"
He replied, "I still don't get it? Please!"
Lucan explained, "It contains clues for me to reach beyond the Milky Way, into the universe! Won't I get closer to my goal?"
He nodded in agreement. "Indeed! I had a narrow vision. But how will we get the clues from the enemy? Would they even care to take a look at us?"
"Good question! We must cause a huge commotion for them to take a look at us, haha! You are indeed not the old fate guy; this version of you is quite good, I won't disagree with that," Lucan answered.
Fate guy said, "But that big of a commotion... do you mean the golden butterfly? Wait, it isn't, because you would never reveal your trump cards that easily! Then..."
Lucan placed his hand on the shoulder as he replied, "Crystal! Isn't it the cause the war started in the first place? So why don't we use a crystal to lure them?"
He immediately shook his head. "No, the only known crystal, the pride crystal, is with Lord. Are you having another crystal secretly? Lucan! You are—"
Lucan replied, "No, let's try refining them as Lord did. That commotion would be perfect, if I am not wrong."
Fate guy shouted in anger, "Stupid! So stupid! Do you think we both can reach that peak level of something like Lord in terms of pride? Answer me! Did you forget the head of the space station said nobody else could do it except for Lord, even you included!"
Lucan paused for a moment before saying, "Hmm! Do you think I forgot about that? I know it, but hehe! I just said let's try! If you had paid attention."
His eyes widened, and his lips curled up as he laughed crazily. "Of course! Lucan, you are not to be underestimated. Enlighten me!"
He explained his plan with a wide grin. Fate guy pondered upon it, but eventually, he agreed as it was the best way possible for them.
On the place of war, an alien flew up. It was having pale yellow-colored skin, with two fangs spread out of the mouth. It had a tail, but no mouth. It had two eyes, but no ears, but it was still able to smell and hear everything clearly.
Lord was bleeding heavily as he licked his own blood. "Amazing! Such strong beings exist. Wow! This has been my dream ever since my birth."
The yellow alien said, "Stop resisting and join us! You and I, we both know what we are after; it is your pride crystal. We have no value for it without you—the one who can use it. If you join us, you can gain immense benefits which would shake the entire world. Our almighty supreme head is a universal being, which you already know. What prevents you from joining us?"
He widened his arms and stood with extreme authority. Behind him were his subordinates; totally including him, there were only five aliens.
Behind Lord was the colossal space station. Rumors said they were allies, but the truth was Lord was fighting against two enemies at the same time.
The space station head said, "Great Lord! If you surrender to us and join the righteous, we will back you, or else you have to fight us too—"
He was instantly killed by Great Lord. The yellow alien saw death flashing before his eyes and retreated back with fear. But his arm was sliced off by Great Lord, who mocked, "Weaklings! Both of you are weaklings! You two dare to ask me to surrender and join you? Hahaha! The joke is truly funny! I, the Great Lord, would never join forces. I would step over them all by myself. In this world, only Lucan is of my interest, hahaha!"
The yellow alien laughed loudly as his arms instantly regenerated. He said, "Now I get it, why you were able to refine the pride crystal! Hehe! I even feel your powers rising up continuously! Interesting! But Lucan? Who is that?"
His gaze shifted towards the space station. The vice head spoke, "Lucan! Ugh! I can't digest this truth, but... ugh, I feel ashamed to—"
He was grabbed by a formless force and pulled. The yellow alien asked, "Two options: death or speak? Fast, we have no time to waste!"
He explained, "He is a human... C-tier species... from Earth... he has defeated both Lord and the space station on his own."
He asked, "Please, now let me go back—"
He was killed on the spot. The yellow alien said, "Subordinates! Research about this Lucan. Check whether he has any crystal or not!"
Lord replied, "I can answer that. He has nothing, only his own strength!"
Another alien beside the yellow one said, "IMPOSSIBLE! Against a crystal, even from our organization, only five can stand against it—that too because we have a crystal! Stop joking!"
The yellow alien turned nervous. The same alien asked, "Hahaha! He is simply lying, how can it be true?"
But the yellow one shook his head. "Fools! Great Lord says that, which means it's truth. He has even made a promise based on his pride!"
But he wasn't convinced. "So what? Anyone can make fake promises!"
The yellow one killed him on the spot, saying, "Fool! He has the pride crystal, so if he faked it, the crystal couldn't be owned by him."
The alien also got regenerated and apologized, "Forgive me senior, I was short-sighted!"
The yellow one replied, "This is your final mission, after which you would die, because you're pathetic. Our organization cannot have such creatures."
The alien bowed down in agreement. The space station aliens asked, "Why he should die though?" in hesitation.
The alien itself answered, "Hahaha! It is to conceal the truths of our organization; it cannot be leaked. And I also agree, because I was truly pathetic!"
The space station aliens gasped. The yellow one said, "And that is the difference between us and failed copies! Hahaha! Now scram! Only Lord and that kid Lucan are allowed here. If you want to stay, then we will help you die painfully!"
Immediately everybody started to leave. Only Lord and the organization were left behind. Lord rushed to fight. "Come fight me, cowards! Haha!"
The yellow one sighed as the five of them acted to trap him in a barrier.