Ch.356Chapter 356 – Everything Seemed to Be Going Smoothly

There was a reason I thought of Dearside when I heard about the malevolent star ‘Arcturus’ from Tonel.

First of all, he is a being who can travel freely between one world and another without any restrictions.

You can tell by how he suddenly appeared when repairing Lord Firebeard’s sword and then vanished like the wind.

And he said he hunts beings that artificially twist the order of worlds.

In my opinion, this Arcturus might also be a being that artificially twists the order of the world.

According to the information Tonel gave me, Arcturus was born from a twisted singularity.

Born from a twisted singularity and endlessly craving destruction?

Isn’t that exactly what a being that twists the order of the world would be?

Even the world I live in has no reason to perish yet.

The natural order is for a world to emerge and naturally disappear.

The star called Arcturus could be described as something that artificially damages this order.

‘I should contact them first.’

After briefly excusing myself from Tonel, I took out a smartphone-like electronic device in a secluded spot.

This was the terminal I carried along with my hammer, which could communicate with my spaceship floating in space.

When I pressed the power button on the terminal, the screen lit up and connected to the spaceship.

[AI: It’s been a while, Master. What can I do for you?]

Since it was currently in silent mode, the message from the AI controlling the spaceship appeared on the screen.

[Me: Connect me with Dearside.]

I typed the command to the AI.

[AI: Understood. Connecting now.]

A moment later, a “Connecting” message appeared on the screen, and soon it changed to a different screen with a chat window.

[Dearside: What’s going on? Did you contact me because you want to add weapons to your spaceship?]

Dearside seemed to regret not being able to add weapons to my spaceship.

He immediately asks if I’m thinking about adding weapons to the spaceship as soon as I contact him.

[Me: I contacted you because there’s something more urgent than adding weapons to the spaceship.]

[Dearside: Really? If you’re saying it’s urgent, it must be truly urgent. So what’s the matter?]

Dearside showed interest when I said it was urgent.

I sent him a long message about the malevolent star ‘Arcturus,’ and only after a long while after the read receipt appeared did Dearside’s reply come.

[Dearside: A malevolent star. So it’s a life form in the shape of a star.]

[Me: I’m not sure if it’s a life form or not. I think the star itself might have will.]

[Dearside: I’ve seen that kind of intelligent being before. It’s like a planet itself having intelligence and will, like a living organism.]

[Me: It said it was born from a twisted singularity. Is there any way to deal with it?]

I asked Dearside if there was a way to handle this entity.

[Dearside: Even with weapons on the spaceship we gave you, it would be difficult to face it. Destroying a star isn’t as easy as it sounds.]

[Me: Really?]

I guess stars are harder to destroy than I thought.

In movies I’ve seen before, planets crumble with just one beam shot.

Can’t we do something like that?

[Dearside: To destroy a star, you need to carefully calculate the influence between various celestial bodies that would occur from its destruction. And you also need to take care of the debris left after destruction. It’s not just about destroying it and being done with it.]

Surprisingly, it wasn’t just a matter of destroying it and that’s the end.

But Dearside wasn’t saying it “can’t be destroyed.”

In other words, could Dearside and his friends destroy Arcturus?

[Me: So it can be destroyed?]

[Dearside: We’ve destroyed stars bigger than that one. No matter how big it is, it’s probably only about 3000km in diameter, and we can handle that easily.]

Dearside’s tone revealed confidence that they could handle it without any problem.

[Me: Oh, that’s a relief. So if I contact you, can you come here and eliminate it?]

[Dearside: It’s not difficult. However, we have some matters to attend to right now, so we can’t come quickly.]

Hmm, they can’t come quickly. Of course, I had anticipated this as well.

If Arcturus appears before they arrive, there’s not much we can do on our side.

The only way to deal with it is to directly strike its main body, but it’s too massive.

The Heavenly Demon Divine Fist might easily erase a mountain, but it’s insufficient against a planetary-level enemy.

Cheonhyeryeong might be offended to hear this, but no matter how strong a person is, it’s nearly impossible for one person to destroy a planet.

Well, it might be possible, but how would you live afterward?

‘Am I getting ahead of myself?’

Anyway, I sent another message to Dearside.

[Me: To eliminate the possibility of you arriving late, shouldn’t we prepare some means on our side?]

[Dearside: That’s not a bad idea. What, should I add some weapons to your spaceship? Or maybe hand over an unused battleship?]

Dearside seemed very eager to equip my spaceship with weapons.

Wait, it’s my spaceship getting weapons, so why are you so eager to do it?

[Me: If you’re serious about adding weapons, how much can you equip?]

[Dearside: In the past, we couldn’t equip powerful weapons, but now there are many weapons that are small yet powerful. If we add some weapons to your spaceship, that malevolent star or whatever it is will probably disappear quickly.]

[Me: Oh.]

Now this is getting interesting.

It means we can handle that malevolent star without me or those around me having to fight directly.

[Me: Then can you equip it with weapons that will cause no harm to our side and only damage the enemy?]

[Dearside: That’s not difficult. We’ll retrieve your spaceship. It’s always right to prepare for contingencies.]

[Me: Alright. I’ll leave it to you.]

[Dearside: Don’t worry.]

With those words, a message saying “Poor Connection Status” appeared on the terminal screen.

Then, with a “Connection Terminated” notification, it showed that the connection with the spaceship had been cut.

It seemed they had retrieved the spaceship as soon as our conversation ended.

There was no mention of when they would return the spaceship with weapons installed, but I think they’ll work quickly and send it back as soon as possible.

The fortunate thing is that it will still be a while before Arcturus appears.

I put the terminal back into my pocket and returned to my seat.

“Grand Duke, have you finished your business?”

“Yes, I have. Reliable allies have agreed to help us. Even if Arcturus appears, it won’t stand a chance.”

“Oh, that’s wonderful news!”

Tonel was delighted to hear that we had found reliable allies to face the entity.

“However, it will take time for them to arrive, so we’ll have to do our best with our own strength until then.”

Tonel nodded at my words.

But he seemed unable to grasp the concept of humans fighting against a massive star.

“But how do you plan to fight it?”

“I’ll handle that part. It’s not something I should discuss openly.”

“Hmm. That’s true.”

Tonel agreed with my words and stood up.

“Since I’ve told Your Grace all the necessary information, I’ll take my leave now. Since we don’t know when Arcturus will appear, I should go to the observatory to observe the stars.”

“Do so. May the brilliant stars guide your path.”

“May the brilliant stars guide Your Grace’s path.”

I greeted him with the astrologers’ greeting, and he responded in kind.

Since Tonel was leaving, there was no need for us to stay here any longer.

When we came outside the lodging, the sun was still in the sky.

On a day like this, going on a date wouldn’t be a bad idea.

“It’s been a while since we’ve been out. Shall we go on a date?”

“A date? I’d love to!”

“I agree. It wouldn’t be bad to explore the streets after so long.”

At the mention of a date, Sister Regina immediately cast a perception-inhibiting spell.

Now people would see us but not pay much attention, thinking, “Is something there?” and moving on.

After enjoying our street date and returning to the academy, we received a letter a few days later.

[Astrologer Tonel has passed away after being attacked by unknown assailants.]

It stated that the astrologer Tonel, who had discovered Arcturus, had been murdered by someone.