Two-Person Galactic Journey: Earth Was Destroyed While Imprisoned in Space Prison

Chapter 184

Chapter 184

Kait still remains skeptical about the existence of gods. What he said earlier was merely to shake the faith of 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced.'

The effect was immediate. Murderous intent, hatred, rage, and madness—something that seemed to embody all of those boiled down into form was rampaging below Kait, searching for the Queen Bee.

All the elements needed for the finale were already in place. Kait gathered every Worker Bee except the pedestal that linked him to the Queen Bee above his head.

He poured power into it, creating a massive sphere. It was a cannon, once used to compress a giant small asteroid into a projectile. But this time, it wasn't for compression. Acceleration. Purely to accelerate and launch.

What Kait pulled from his pocket was a single feather. A feather torn from the Wings of the burdened Emperor Volparek.

"Better to use it like this than just throw it away, right?"

The feather, coated with Kait's psychic power, was set into the cannon.

He could tell the enemy had noticed. A shapeless form—face, arms, legs, wings, tail—none of it clearly defined. But he could unmistakably feel its attention shift toward him.

If it dodged, he would lose. But Kait was certain 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' wouldn't evade this strike. Acting as a proxy of god, it had likely dismissed Kait's attack as insignificant after completely blocking the previous Psionic Launcher shot.

But that assumption would be its undoing. Aiming at the center of the creeping, lunging 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced,' Kait fired the fastest bullet.

'Guh......!?'

It couldn't be blocked. Not because of speed.

It couldn't be blocked. Not because of power.

It couldn't be blocked. Because of the Rule.

'Y-you......! What did you do!?'

"A trump card. Or maybe you could call it fate."

Divin tried to destroy 9th-Terra. It was the cause of the time interference, the reason Kait was born.

If Divin had never existed, the time interference wouldn't have occurred. The Rule is full of love, yet merciless—brutally fair. It recognized Divin's responsibility based solely on fact, and deemed it right for Divin to bear the burden caused by time interference.

Then who created Divin? Didn't 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' say it themselves? That they made them.

In that case, 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' must also bear that burden.

"Yeah, maybe I'll call it the Rule Cannon."

A planet-sized object, burdened by time travel. It would be an immense burden for Divin, but what about 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced,' who can't even be called a living being?

It seemed to be quite a heavy burden, but not enough to finish it off. Spewing something from within, it hurled a filthy laugh at Kait.

'That was quite effective. Impressive, humanity. But surely, you can't use that trick twice or thrice, can you?'

"True. That was my final move."

And the battle was already over.

'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' swung an indescribable limb, aiming to strike the Queen Bee. If it landed, both the Queen Bee and Kait would be erased instantly—he had a strong feeling about that.

But there was no need to worry anymore. Because it was already over.

'Why... my body...'

"Just a guess, but you lot. You've found a way to manipulate—or rather, deceive—the Rule, haven't you?"

'W-what?'

"Copying and recreating a star system. That alone should cause considerable time interference, don't you think?"

'It is divine work. We command the Rule.'

"If you were made to believe that, then that's quite cruel. I really don't want to endorse intelligent design theory after all."

He let out a deep sigh. 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' could no longer move a muscle.

Kait hadn't fired the feather to defeat it through burden.

"It's a reveal. What I shot into you was a feather from the Emperor Volparek, who is still enduring the burden of the Rule."

'I-it can't be......!'

"If the burden alone could take you down, that would've been ideal, but that was unlikely. Still, I figured this would work if you lot had been deceiving the Rule all along."

That's right. The reason 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' hadn't revealed its true body. It wasn't just acting composed. It had been running from the Rule it had been deceiving.

It probably believed that for a short time, it could avoid interference from the Rule. That's why it exposed its true body here, choosing a method to ensure Kait and the Queen Bee's annihilation. Kait's defense was troublesome, but his attacks were ineffective. There was likely also anger at Kait's audacity to peer into their essence so brazenly.

"You can't hide anymore. You've already been found."

But what if the Rule itself, currently active, had been fired into its body? No matter how much it tried to deceive, it was too late.

The beings who laughed at all laws, prideful in their dominion over the rules, had now come face to face with the very law they had merely been faking.

'Y-you—'

"Told you, didn't I? This is the finale. Now, let's see how long you can hold on."

Suddenly, 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' shrank. Its posture unchanged—only its size decreased.

'!?'

Compression. No chance to object, no chance to resist. 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced,' unable to move, was steadily shrinking in that same posture.

'Bu-gih. Gahhh......'

It was the burden. There's no other way to describe it—something was compressing 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced.'

It didn't look like an external force. Nor was it being pulled from within. But the force compressed 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' toward the center. It was a power so overwhelming it couldn't resist—painful groans escaped.

'Kait......! Kait Crouchhhhhhh......!'

"Sorry, but..."

Kait wasn't kind enough to listen to such misplaced resentment.

He dismantled the now-useless cannon and reshaped it into an arm. Reequipping the Psionic Launcher, he aimed his bare fingers and the barrel at 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced.'

"I'm tired of hearing that stuff."

'Gah!? Gyaaaaaaaaaah!'

Psychic power is imagination. It holds power even 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' can't resist. If he could picture it, then the attack would land.

A blade of light without restraint engulfed 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced,' now shrunken to the size of the original Vengeance.

As 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced' vanished, the emitted light also disappeared.

'Hostile signal completely erased. Captain, good work.'

"......Phew."

Emotion's words made him feel the completion.

Kait weakly lowered himself onto the pedestal. He was exhausted.

"Man, that was rough. Fighting really sucks. Peace is the best, after all."

'Indeed. Even I thought this might be the end.'

He leaned his back against the ship's hull. Kait's body smoothly passed through the wall and settled gently into a seat inside the ship.

He closed his eyes, checking for any abnormalities in the ship or his body. If there were any effects, returning to Sarunzarek wouldn't be wise.

"......Okay, looks like everything's fine."

He sat up. When he sent a transmission to Sarunzarek, a response came immediately.

'Are you alright, Kait Third-Rank Citizen (Enec Lagif)!?'

"Yeah, I managed somehow. What about your side?"

'I-if possible, could you come back quickly?'

"Oh? What's going on?"

'It's terrible with Divin and the others! They're crying out in pain!'

"Hmm."

'To our shock, everyone's wings are rotting and falling off! The medical staff are running around, but they're completely overwhelmed! We just want to return to the Central Star Cluster for now—please help us!'

"Understood."

He didn't know the full story, but there could only be one cause—the destruction of 'The One Who Can't Be Pronounced.'

In any case, he had to help the Space jellyfish. They could've just asked nearby individuals for help, yet they were still as clueless as ever.

"Good grief, trouble just keeps coming one after another."

'Isn't it fine? At least this time it's a Federation matter.'

"That's true."

At Emotion's words, he relaxed his expression. Perhaps because he'd given it his all, he felt strangely refreshed.

In any case, the battle was over. With high spirits, Kait had the Queen Bee dance toward Sarunzarek.