Chapter 2877: And It Starts

Chapter 2877: And It Starts



That same day, Flavio met with Lucas in his spaceship. "We haven't seen each other face to face for a long time already, have we? How long has it been, ten thousand years?" The weight of their shared history hung heavy in the air.

"I wouldn't see you again for the next ten million years if I could help it," Flavio commented, not feeling very happy. "I see you brought another Omni Vortex."

Lucas nodded. "Yes, I just so happened to have one at hand."

"It is useless, though," Flavio commented. "You should have read the reports."

"I did," Lucas was aware of the problem. "According to the reports, the enemy somehow put their hands in our Garisan Universe encryption key. After they managed to hack into our signal, they used that key and got your Omni Vortex destroyed. Wasn't it?"

"So?" Flavio narrowed his eyes.

"I managed to create a completely new encryption key for this Omni Vortex," Lucas answered straight away. "Not only that, I'm the only one with access to it. Not even the higher-ups would be able to take control of this Omni Vortex now since they also don't have the key."

"What?!" Flavio didn't believe it. "How did you convince them to let you add a different encryption key? That makes no sense!"

Lucas wasn't about to share his secrets, though. "Let's just say I have my own ways." He then laid back on his chair and asked with a smile. "So, do you want it? As I mentioned before, my orders are not to intervene, so it is up to you to use this Omni Vortex or not."

Flavio definitely wanted to have it, especially since it was guaranteed no one would be able to access and destroy it like Soul Gem did. They would need to be able to read Lucas's memories for that. However, he also knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch in the Great Void. "What do you want?"

"Hahaha!" Lucas laughed out loud, satisfied. "That's why I like you, Flavio. You always go straight to the point. For now, let's say I don't want anything. BUT! You will owe me one. How does that sound?"

The best part was that those armies could be sent back from where they came instantly since Rean, Roan, and Luan wouldn't leave their places. A connection to those three places would always be open. And even if Garisan didn't come for any of those, the Semi-Celestials only needed to bring one of them, Rean, Roan, or Luan, to have all their forces teleported anytime they wanted.

Too bad, though. Several days went by since the supposed day that Garisan Reinforcements arrived. And yet, no sign of Garisan could be found anywhere in Lisan Universe.

'Could it be the memories of those spies we caught were false? Did they know we had someone that could get rid of their Memory Seals?' Gragatou couldn't help but ask the others with his communication badge.

'Perhaps,' Himmel didn't doubt anything. 'They were supposed to have arrived already. If the Garisan's reinforcements are already outside, I don't see why they haven't attacked yet.'

The twins were included in that conversation through the communication badges, so Sofrixa asked Rean. 'Boy, are you sure you truly got rid of the right seal in those spies' souls?' Rean nodded. 'Absolutely. But that doesn't mean the information they had was the real deal. Perhaps they were told lies in advance. Who knows?'

Kafan decided to leave that aside. 'Forget it. The question now is: Should we still keep ourselves in this state of readiness, or should we disperse and continue preparing? Keeping all the armies ready does cost a significant amount of resources.'

Those in that conversation went silent. It was a hard decision to make. If Garisan suddenly attacked, they would be ready. But if they dispersed and Garisan came, then it would take time to put everyone together again. After all, Rean, Roan, and Luan were only three people. They could only be in three places at the same time.

That doubt didn't last long, though. Suddenly, the same sense of urgency and death struck everyone in the Universe who was in the Space-Time Realm or above. That sensation was very familiar to each one of them.

'It can't be...' The Semi-Celestials became nervous and quickly opened Spatial Gates, leaving

their bases.

It didn't take long for all of them to understand that their fears were real.

"Another... Grape Vortex..."