A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 180: Chapter 146 Last Ultimatum_1

What appeared on the screen was an ugly pig face covered with a mask.

Well, Caballeans were never pleasant to look at anyway. With their faces covered, they were slightly more bearable, though not by much.

“This is your final warning, Humans.”

The pig-faced creature on the screen stared at those before it, speaking in a deep voice.

“Cease resistance, hand over the Traveler, and I may spare your lives.”

“Oh? And if we don’t?”

Upon hearing the pig-faced creature’s words, Duanmu Huai let out a cold snort. The creature, on the other hand, glared fiercely at Duanmu Huai, its eyes filled with rage and hatred. Evidently, it had guessed that Duanmu Huai was indeed the commander of the warship.

“If you don’t comply, I will destroy this galaxy and obliterate you completely.”

“Oh…I’m so terrified.”

“I am not trying to scare you.”

The pig-faced creature made a gesture, and quickly, the image before everyone’s eyes changed. There in the screen, a massive, T-shaped warship was hovering not far from the star at the center of the galaxy. The warship was continuously beaming some sort of light towards the star. Upon seeing this, everyone’s faces changed slightly.

At the same time, the pig-faced creature’s voice rang out again.

“You have twelve hours. If you do not choose to surrender, we will destroy this star, and make this galaxy disappear entirely.”

“Oh…”

So they had this trick up their sleeve.

Looking at the warship in front of him, Duanmu Huai’s eyes sparkled. Indeed, in theory, if one could destroy a star, the resulting explosion would be powerful enough to destroy an entire galaxy… Who would have thought the Cabal hid this ace up their sleeve? If he could seize this warship, wouldn’t it be much easier to deal with the Space Undead or the Insect Race in the future?

Unaware of what Duanmu Huai was contemplating, the pig-faced creature simply stared at everyone, repeating his words again.

“Remember, you only have twelve hours.”

The next moment, the pig-faced creature cut off the communication.

For a time, the room was deathly silent.

“I never thought they would resort to such measures to threaten us.”

Savara clenched her fists in anger, while the female magician beside her shook her head.

“So what can we do then?”

“It’s simple, I’ll deal with that warship, and leave everything here to you.”

Duanmu Huai quickly made a decision. Hearing his decision, everyone looked rather astonished.

“Your Honor, the Judge, are you planning to…”

“That’s exactly what our enemies’ plan was, isn’t it? After all, even if the Cabal had ten times as many of their junk warships, they still wouldn’t stand a chance against me. So they chose to lure me into acting. After all, I only brought along this one warship. And as long as I go deal with that thing, they can once again launch an attack on the Holy City.”

“Indeed.”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s explanation, the female magician nodded.

“In fact, the entire defense system of the Holy City is now paralyzed. We only managed to repel the enemy thanks to your warship, Your Honor. Without you here, it would be very difficult for us to resist the Cabal’s fleet.”

The Guardian civilization’s level of technology is very… imbalanced.

Though it may sound harsh, the Guardian civilization doesn’t have fleets of warships.

Well, that’s putting it politely.

To put it bluntly, they don’t have any warships at all.

After all, there is only one city left of human civilization in this galaxy. Neither in technology nor resources could they create warships. The only thing the Guardian civilization currently owns are single-person flight machines. Their combat style in the cosmos consists of guardians operating single-person flight machines, heading to enemy warships, and using their cunning reshaping to perform something akin to instant displacement for boarding combat.

By the way, while their boarding combat may seem the same, the Guardians do it purely out of necessity while Duanmu Huai does it as a hobby.

Truth be told, Duanmu Huai believed they should learn to build warships as soon as possible to deal with other threats in the universe.

“Moreover, I think you should be able to hold off these guys.”

Duanmu Huai had a certain understanding of the Guardians’ combat strength. Even if they didn’t have warships, if they weren’t caught off guard… Huh???

“I’m deeply sorry, Your Honor, the Judge.”

At that moment, Savara lowered her head.

“We have lost the Power of Light.”

“…What???”

“Your Honor, I believe you’ve seen the situation outside.”

Duanmu Huai followed Savara’s pointing finger to look out the window. Above the Holy City was a large white sphere that appeared shackled by an odd black material covering its surface.

“The Cabal did this. I don’t know what they did, but after they shackled the Traveler with that strange object, we lost the protection of Light Energy… It’s embarrassing to admit, but we’re now no different from ordinary people.”

“…This is indeed unexpected.”

He had to admit, Savara’s frankness did surprise Duanmu Huai. He hadn’t experienced this war in the game. He knew only that the Cabal had been fighting with the Guardians.

Who would have thought this would happen?

“If only you, Your Honor, could help remove the shackles on the Traveler…”

“I don’t have the right talent either… But let’s give it a try.”

The only one Duanmu Huai could really rely on now was Ann.

“In a nutshell… That’s the situation.”

Standing on the edge of the large white sphere, Duanmu Huai explained to Ann the connection between the Guardians and Light Energy. According to Savara, the Cabal had brought this strange black rectangular object and placed it on the white sphere. Immediately, the object released a layer of black material that enveloped the entire sphere, and at that moment, they lost contact with the Light Energy.

“Hmm……”

Walking to the large sphere, Ann curiously examined the strange object and knocked on it with her hand.

“I don’t sense any energy traces. It’s likely that this black object has its energy shielded. I think destroying the black object’s central core should remove it. But I’m not sure if my magic will have any effect… Greiya, Felin, would you like to give it a try?”

“I, I’m afraid I can’t…”

Looking at the enormous black metal object in front of her, Greiya shook her head. It wasn’t surprising, considering the object was dozens of storeys high. Even as a Dragonkin, Greiya didn’t have that much strength.

Felin also shook her head, clearly unable to handle this thing.

Using the Macro Cannon… If they accidentally damaged the Traveler, it’d be over.

“Then I will try my magic first.”

As she spoke, Ann released a bolt of lightning at the large black object. But the next moment, the lightning disappeared without a trace, and at the same time, Ann looked surprised.

“What’s wrong, Ann?”

“Interesting, it seems this thing is immune to magic… Looks like the material of this object itself has some property that does not react to magic. It’s an interesting material.”

“If you’re interested, we can dismantle it and let you study it later.”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

While speaking, Duanmu Huai turned to the puppet girl at his side.

“Ogis, give it a try.”

“Yes, Master.”

Ogis nodded at Duanmu Huai’s command. She stretched out her hand, and soon, thin threads emerged from her fingers and wrapped tightly around the black shackles. Afterward, she clenched her hands and pulled downward.

“Creak———Creak———!!”

With Ogis’s movements, a twisting sound gradually came from around the black shackles. But that was it——— apparently, Ogis didn’t have the strength to further damage the thing.

“It seems this thing is indeed tough to deal with.”

Witnessing these events, Duanmu Huai shook his head in disappointment. When he thought about it, it made sense. If this thing was so easily destroyed, the Cabal wouldn’t have installed it on the large white sphere.

“Forget it, we can’t afford to waste more time here.”

Duanmu Huai shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

“Let’s follow the plan from here. Ann, help the Guardians evacuate the civilians to the shelter. The Night Guard will also head there. As for me, I’ll deal with that battleship.”

Compared to the Pirate Warship they’d faced previously, Duanmu Huai was more interested in the Wan Yi battleship. This time, he was determined to take that battleship. The Empire had weapons like the Whirlwind Torpedo capable of destroying a planet, but Duanmu Huai didn’t have a weapon capable of destroying an entire galaxy!

But for Duanmu Huai, such a weapon was absolutely necessary, especially when dealing with the Tyron Swarm. If they could destroy several galaxies in advance, they might be able to buy more time. After all, there were many derelict unpopulated galaxies in the Milky Way… Hmm, this was definitely better than the Whirlwind Torpedo.

Of course, Duanmu Huai would also leave some of the Night Guard here. Since the Guardians had lost the power of Light Energy, they couldn’t put up much of a defense. Now their job was to gather the survivors to the shelters and defend.

Duanmu Huai wasn’t worried about whether the Cabal would take this big white sphere. After all, the Light Energy wasn’t omnipotent. Even if the pig-faced creature gained the protection of Light Energy, Duanmu Huai could still kill him if he wanted to——— the Destroyer Warrior wasn’t merely for show.

With these thoughts, Duanmu Huai composed himself and withdrew his gaze.

“Then, prepare to move!!”