episode_0063

It’s been about two weeks since I came to Maclops with the help of Taurus.

In the meantime, Maria extended her hand of temptation to the academy students in one direction or another, but-

“Luckily no one fell.”

“That’s right. I honestly thought there would be at least one person.”

To the extent that Captain Edmund’s worries were unfounded, the students still thought that Starlight Colony would be safe.

“Of course, when you go in front of the red moon, if the red moon is still occupying the colony or something like that, it will be a different story.”

“…Yes.”

Expectations and reality are different.

No matter how dreamy you are, reality is as cold as ether ore floating in space.

“If the colony continues to be trapped in the barrier by the Red Moon, we will think about what happens next.”

“Yes.”

Although it is basic to worry about things later in advance.

“Students have not given up now, so should we give up first?”

“That’s right.”

Captain Edmund sat on a chair wearing a captain’s hat, and I sat in the lieutenant’s seat and operated the panel.

The device is the same as the one used by the pirates, but the internal OS was copied from Starlight Colony.

[Titan Mk.3. Are you ready?]

Maria wearing a captain’s hat appeared on the wide monitor at the front of the bridge.

[You know that we’re going to a strategy battle together this time, and it’s thanks to my hard work, right?]

“Of course, Captain Maria.”

[…Captain Edmund, please listen carefully. I’m really not the type of person who makes contact like this. But if you bounce like this, am I really going to cry?]

“Hehe, you can’t make the lady cry.”

Captain Edmund chuckled and pointed to the seatbelt in the captain’s seat.

“This is all ready. I’ll leave the dimensional jump to Captain Maria.”

Dimensional leap.

A crystal of etheric science that cannot be imagined with the small ships we have or the captured Titan MK.3.

Some call it space jumping, some call it teleportation, and still others call it ‘warp’.

Basically, it is a phenomenon where one can leap a distance that can be physically traveled in an instant using the power of ether.

The basic theoretical concept is based on the space leap that humans have only imagined in animation and science fiction fantasy since before the space century.

It has actually been established as a scientific theory and established as a practical phenomenon, and the basis of the phenomenon of such a large battleship arriving in front of Starlight Colony at once is-

‘There was a creation tree.’

Genesis Water’s ether jump is basic.

‘Lavender was worried that something might happen because of her, but the dimensional jump won’t fail because of Fenrir.’

The ether jump is a method of creating a huge ether wormhole and setting the exit coordinates of the wormhole as the jump destination.

Because it is literally a ‘space jump’, many colony scientists are still making every effort to investigate the ether jump phenomenon using humanity’s existing common sense and scientific principles rather than the ether.

Just as primitive people did not know the principles of making fire in the past, they used fire that was accidentally started to roast meat or maintain temperature.

[Ether jump. Preparing for a dimensional leap. 10, 9….]

Even though we lack a fundamental understanding of the ether, we are actively utilizing technologies necessary for human life.

“Ah. AS, delivered to each group.”

Before jumping into dimensions, I spoke to the people sitting in the Harkon cockpit in the Titan hangar, equipped with a pilot suit.

“Think of it in your head. Starlight Colony. If we wish earnestly, the ether will lead us there.”

The basic principles of dimensional leap.

A lot of information about the destination you want to warp to is stuffed into the ether through the space coordinate system, maps, photos, etc.

[3, 2, 1-]

And, by converting the ether containing that information into energy –

[Warp gate, open ㅡㅡㅡ!]

Fire forward to open the wormhole.

Pa–ang!

A huge etheric wormhole spreads across outer space.

The three angular ethers spin around and begin to suck us in, as if we were entering a storm.

[Into the storm of ether—!]

Goooh.

Marklops advances toward the wormhole.

Despite its size, which is almost extra-large, the widened wormhole approaches Marklops as if it were to be swallowed up in one go.

Pa—ah.

The world has changed.

Outer space, which was filled with only black, suddenly became a metaphysical space filled with rainbow-colored aurora.

‘It’s a space you never get used to.’

Some people call this a dimensional gap.

Some people call this place the world beyond the ether.

One thing is clear: Marklops has already completely entered this space.

And after less than 10 seconds of continuing forward, it sticks its head into another wormhole ahead and escapes.

Pa-ah!

As soon as you leave the colorful ethereal space, numerous battleships appear ahead.

The medium-sized ship that exploded at 4 minutes and 33 seconds appears to be nothing more than a small ship, and there are dozens of single large ships that are like the only boss spread out in front.

[Leap, complete.]

Maria looks at us with a slightly tired face.

[how is it. How do you feel about returning to school?]

“The experiential learning experience was a bit long.”

Beyond the large ship, forward.

“He’s still like that.”

The red moon, the barrier of the red sphere created by the creation tree, Red Moon, greeted us with a sparkling glow.

[Including unofficial raids, this is only the 99th.]

“Officially?”

[Episode 88.]

“There is no difference.”

[That means there were 11 embarrassing incidents. For each colony.]

Towards the entire universe, all 12 constellations are laughing and talking about joining forces to defeat the Creation Beast.

[Everyone tried once and failed, and now only Taurus remains.]

The 12 Constellations were ultimately the ones who wanted to completely monopolize the Ether Bus, so they unofficially launched a ‘Colony Solo Raid’.

A cowardly or base method?

There was only a difference in order, but in the end, all colonies in the 12 constellations did the same thing.

Not to save the Starlight Colony, but to conquer the Creator Red Moon and make it his own.

[Now, only the Taurus colony remains.]

Maria grinned, holding on to the visor of the captain’s hat.

[Watch quietly. And keep in mind. If Taurus opens the Red Moon and saves the colony, Starlight becomes a colony under Taurus.]

Maria gave up on recruiting us, but she didn’t give up completely.

[Surely, if you saved the colony and brought it under our control as a blessing, you wouldn’t run away to another colony?]

“Persistence is really persistence. Captain Maria.”

[Rather than persuading each person, if you devour the entire colony, everyone will come in. haha.]

Instead, it seems that the plan has changed to devour the Starlight Colony.

[I will be the director of the academy, so you will have to do as we suggest. especially….]

“Okay.”

When Maria’s gaze fell on me, I took off my mask.

“Instead, I hope you don’t expose it to too much light.”

And instead of a mask, I wore black sunglasses with a blue light blocking function that I had prepared in advance.

“Because I don’t want to go blind already.”

[Haha, how can you possibly leave it like that? There’s no way I’d make our cloud blind, right? okay. As a blind person.]

Maria looked at me and grinned.

[And let’s hope that our Red Moon isn’t blind either.]

The ultimate reason why Maria came to us with a large ship.

[Because you have to catch Red Moon.]

She thought we might have something to do with the Red Moon, and I was by far the most likely one.

[If the man who stabbed his heart appeared, Red Moon would also let down its guard and go on the offensive, right? don’t worry. Taurus will protect you. Ahaha!]

That woman plans to use me to disarm Red Moon.

To be exact, not the current fortress type, but a ‘battle type’.

* * *

Crackling, crackling.

somewhere.

In a dark hallway, someone is walking aimlessly forward.

Red hair falling from head to toe.

Pathologically white skin.

And if there’s anything unusual-

The person who looks close to a woman is naked, not wearing even a single layer of clothing.

Jerk, jerk.

The red being walked towards a place filled with green light and stopped.

Under a green tree that grows parasitic on a steel wall, a woman with flowing emerald hair sits comfortably, leaning her back against the tree.

“I guess you came?”

The emerald woman slowly opened her mouth.

“What are you going to do?”

“What should I do?”

The red being looked up with indifferent eyes.

“I have to take it away.”

“You must have already settled in, right?”

“That’s not important. In the end, all I have to do is hold you in my arms. But.”

The red being squatted down in front of the emerald woman and made eye contact.

“What are you waiting for?”

“Me?”

The emerald woman smiled kindly and pointed upward with her hand.

“Nothing.”

“Nothing?”

“I just want to look around.”

Crackling, crackling.

“How will the people of this planet accept the end?”

The woman’s hair changes color, her face changes, and her appearance changes.

“So, keep your promise.”

“……Of course.”

The red being stood up.

“You haven’t killed a single person so far. That’s a promise, isn’t it enough?”

“Then show it to me. That you won’t let anyone on this planet get hurt, that you just want someone to ride on your back.”

If anyone were to see the changed Emerald Woman, they would be shocked.

“As the representative of this colony, I will watch over you.”

“…Hmph. That doesn’t mean you can become human.”

“So you are in human form, right?”

“This is tailored to you. I didn’t mean to, but I’m trying to show it to that guy too.”

The red being spread its arms and grinned.

“I can’t believe the woman he killed reappears like this. Is this called BDSM in human language?”

“…PTSD.”

“Anyway.”

Smirk.

“As long as it’s safe here as promised.”

The red being licked its lips with a fierce expression.

“You mean it doesn’t matter if I kill the rest of the things outside?”