Fate crystal shook his head, "It's no time to play, I think it's time for a reset! Life... check the conditions?"
Life crystal nodded, "Death rates have become numerically high! While birth rates went down to 1..."
Hearing the final part of the report, everybody was confused.
Future life crystal asked, "Went down to how much did you say? Myself from the past, repeat it!"
Life crystal thought, "Damn it, if these people know the existence of that child, they would go to kill him immediately! But isn't he cosmos's own creation...
It said nobody must interfere! I guess only a lie would work. Sometimes lies are far better than telling the truth..."
He laughed, "Ah, I see, I misread it! It went down to 0! Hahaha."
Fate crystal calmed down, "Phew, you almost had me turn pale! I think your eyesight has deteriorated!
Idiot, don't give me sudden heart attacks like that."
Future life crystal sighed, "Huh, being me, you make such mistakes? Hahaha, my past version was too naive I suppose!"
Future death crystal grinned, "It's not a point of pride, idiot! You have accidentally mocked yourself! Hahaha, even now you are too naive."
Everyone started laughing.
Celestia, Crystal of betrayal, and Zacian were tied at the center.
Zacian whispered to crystal of betrayal and Celestia in this commotion.
"Hey, you two, if you can buy me 10 minutes, then I can teleport all of us outside to freedom!"
Crystal of betrayal frowned, "Even we can't use cosmic energy! How can you alone do it?"
Celestia also nodded in agreement, "Yeah, how can we trust you? What if you flee by using us as bait...
Moreover, forget it! Until I revive the king, I ain't fleeing away, hmph!"
Crystal of betrayal said, "Yeah, I want eternal freedom! Which means I must obtain freedom by my own free will!
Obtain it independently, by myself...
If I take your help, it means I am depending on you. Huh, get lost!"
Zacian thought, "Two fools! First of all, you need to be alive before achieving your goals! Damn it..."
He was left dumbstruck, knowing he could do nothing right now.
The ruins of the space station...
Freol was walking inside the space station. Although he had left it, he still had certain memories attached to it.
He saw the complete place in a ruckus! Full of broken equipment, traces of blood, and shattered structures...
He sighed, "Why did this even happen? Didn't we all live in harmony? Why did we all suddenly turn against the king?"
As soon as he thought about it, his mind crept through his memories and found out something strange...
His eyes widened and his jaw dropped...
But suddenly, he collapsed as an invisible force struck him.
He fell unconscious!
On other parts of the same old space station...
Each of these elite members was gazing at their past and feeling nostalgic.
Gerin laughed, "Ah, this place... this is where I met the sire for the first time! He gave me a task to clean the floors...
It goes way back. Then slowly, by raising my strength, I climbed ranks and reached this position!
And..."
He was also struck by the same thought as Freol, but he just quit thinking and moved on.
As he was too lazy to recall it, he was unharmed.
But not just him, the rest of the crew were also there.
Azican, Artlan, Erline, and Valkerine were also wandering...
As Freol had tried to remember and was forced unconscious by a mysterious force, both Azican and Valkerine went down, while Artlan and Erline stumbled upon each other.
Both of them exchanged gazes as silence flowed throughout the atmosphere.
Artlan smirked, "So... long time no see! Erline, how have you been?"
Erline was a bit of a shy and timid girl. She scoffed, "Artlan... Are you also here for the same reason as me?"
His eyes widened, "Don't tell me you are also trying to remember something about our past!"
She giggled, "Hehe, yes, same case here! Valkerine accompanied me here, but now she is lost to me! Huh, what a careless girl!"
Artlan thought, "More like you have been lost from her... hehe, still the same Erline I knew."
He spoke, "Remember when we all fought for actual justice back then? King was our most respected elite member among us.
Literally, he was a man with no haters...
But why did we suddenly turn against him, make him kill his entire race, and also attempt to kill him?"
Erline frowned, "Yes! I definitely think someone is controlling us. Like manipulating us from the shadows... like in the movies!"
Artlan laughed, "Fiction is different from reality, which you must understand, hahaha! What do you say? Let's explore together?"
She nodded her head in agreement. Her purple skin glowed smooth and polished like a mirror.
Her hair spread down to her waist, making her gorgeous as a doll dressed in a bright red dress.
Her eye-catching, strange pupils diverted Artlan a lot.
He turned his head away and thought to himself, "Damn it... just now I realize how beautiful she actually is! Why was I blind and dumb all these days?"
She patted his back, "Yo, what happened? Something wrong?"
Her touch caught him off guard as he rushed away several steps, "Would you mind walking at a 1-meter distance!"
She tilted her head in confusion, "Huh? But why suddenly? All these years until now you have never said anything!"
He spoke, "But I am saying it now! Do it! Damn."
She noticed his nervousness and grinned, "Oh, I see, Artlan... hehe, look there! In front of you...
Wait! What is that?
OH HEAVENS..."
He immediately turned back to see nothing, but suddenly he felt a soft kiss on his cheek.
Erline smirked, "Hehe, come on! When is it going to happen?"
He retreated several steps, "What do you mean 'when'? And what's happening?! BY THE WAY, DID YOU DO THAT?!"
She nodded in agreement as he blushed, his face turning red.
She laughed, "I had always wanted to see you blush! But this is the only time I have gotten my chance, hehe."
He frowned, "You... how dare you..."
She had an innocent and sweet face, making it harder to get mad!
She sighed, "You say I'm timid, but have you ever looked at yourself in a mirror, boy? Hahaha, irony, huh?"
He screamed, "Goodbye, I am leaving you once and for all!"
He started to run rapidly!
She followed him, asking him to stop. She thought, "Eh? Is he stupid or something? I just gave a normal kiss and he's running away...
I heard from Valkerine that he secretly had a crush on me earlier!
Literally... I don't understand why these men get too shy for such small things. If sire was here, I could have asked him!"
But right then, she tripped over something and fell down!
Unexpectedly, Artlan was down there too, and she fell directly over him! His eyes widened as he paled.
"DAMN IT!"
Before he could even react, she fell over him. He screamed, "Get up! Erline, I will kill you if you don't!"
She giggled, "Ah, kill me then!"
After this commotion...
She saw Azican's unconscious body beside her...
Realizing she had tripped over it and fallen down!
Artlan was stunned, "Look here, I tripped over Valkerine's body!"
Her body was also laying down there unconscious...
Suddenly, a dark figure appeared out of nowhere. It was massive and creepy! From a distance, one could see its scary figure!
It was carrying a body over its shoulders. Artlan gulped down saliva, "It's Freol! He is being carried by that figure, probably trying to kill us all!"
Erline was also afraid, "Even Freol was defeated? Then we can't fight it, let me flee!"
Both of them ran for their lives!
When they looked behind them, the massive figure threw down Freol's corpse and started to run at them...
Both of them took a quick glance at each other and screamed, "AH! IT'S A GHOST!"
Soon they reached one of the edges, where the exit was.
Just as he was about to open it, he felt someone touching his back shoulder.
He screamed, "Erline, it's not the time to play! Idiot!"
But she was in front of him, "Eh? See, I'm standing in front of you... what do you mean?"
He froze still as sweat dropped from his forehead. He closed his eyes.