Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
At twelve midnight, the Commanders from the faraway Xyrin home-star finally completed their long journey transmitting through space and entered the space around the Earth. Pandora was to take responsibility from now on. She was going to become the road signs in the void, to lead the three hundred Commanders in the right direction for the last leg of their journey. This was to prevent the unlucky Xyrin Commanders from appearing inside a random civilian’s toilet bowl.
At that moment, Pandora’s hair was not only a translucent, icy-blue; but even her body was beginning to glow light-blue. From afar, she looked like a blue fairy against the night sky. That dreamy beauty made even the moon in the sky look dull. I could not help myself as I looked at her curiously and confirmed that anyone within a meter of Pandora would be able to read books—thanks to her light.
As the time for the spatial transition passageway to be activated came closer, Pandora’s blue glow intensified. Slowly, her entire being seemed to be a source of blue light. The blue light even illuminated everything within tens of meters.
“If we were escaping at night, how helpful would you be?” I gasped in shock.
At that moment, I realized that the air in front of me was beginning to twist and turn. Thus, I stared in Pandora’s direction, afraid that I would miss a scene that would probably only happen once in my lifetime. At last, dim, black figures slowly appeared around Pandora.
Were these the three hundred Commanders?
More than twenty seconds later, the black figures solidified. I could already make out the blurry features of those figures nearest to Pandora.
“They’re here!” I said softly.
“Big Brother,” Pandora’s emotionless voice sounded again. “Don’t look at the intense light for extended periods. You will start to hallucinate…”
Keke, I say, why were those black figures beginning to look more and more like Pandora?
I laughed awkwardly and then turned around, refusing to look at the unknown, glowing bodies.
“I say, Pandora, it’s been nearly ten minutes, hasn’t it? Why aren’t they here yet?”
Pandora did not answer my question. Instead, she focused on leading those three hundred people whose figures had not even appeared yet.
“They’re here,” Pandora suddenly said. I, who had already been distracted by my surroundings, got yanked back to reality at once.
The moment Pandora spoke, multi-colored lights began to appear in the air around me. One by one, figures stepped out of those light rays. This time, they were really here.
The people who had just walked out of the light looked translucent and black—almost like ghosts. From afar, they bowed down to me and then remained where they were. Slowly, their bodies solidified.
A few minutes later, there was a crowd of Xyrin Commanders in front of me, dressed in silver and golden armor and cloaks. There were three hundred of them; that was not many or few. They stood orderly, making me feel like I had control over an army of thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers. The most important thing was apart from school, I have never seen a group of people standing in such an orderly manner before.
Were these the skills of aliens? That was good. The Xyrin Empire’s abilities were indeed frightening. With such skills, all it had to do was send one person to break through the back door of the enemy camp. That would be akin to sending thousands of soldiers and horses into the enemy’s base camp. I could not help but rejoice in my heart. It was a good thing that I was not a battle-fanatic. If Hitler had been the one to awaken this empire. En, the human race would have been annihilated in 1940.
Pandora reverted to her original state and then quietly walked towards me. A hot wave of energy washed over me. Curiously, I turned around and saw that Pandora’s clothes were also flying around in the hot wind. Was she dissipating heat?
I stared at the Empire’s Commanders for a full five minutes and awkwardly turned to Pandora who was still dissipating heat beside me. “Hey, Pandora, are you supposed to say something to them? I don’t know what I’m supposed to say…”
Pandora nodded and calmly took a few steps forward. In the blink of an eye, I felt like this little girl was a completely different person. A pressure I had never witnessed before began to spread out from the center of Pandora’s body. No other little girl would be able to produce this kind of commanding presence; I was amazed.
At that moment, I finally truly understood that Pandora was a Xyrin General.
The silent Lolita walked forward and raised her right hand.
The Xyrin Commanders immediately tensed up.
“For the Empire!” Pandora suddenly shouted with an unquestionable sense of determination in her tender voice.
What?
“For the Empire!” The Empire’s Commanders exclaimed in a rage, their voices shooting into the sky.
Hey!
“Freedom is power!” Pandora had already completely turned into a passionate Lolita.
“Freedom is power!”
Hey, hey, hey! This was not what I wanted you to say!
“This world will become the Empire’s new frontier—Wu…”
The hundreds of Commanders watched as an unknown man behind their Commander suddenly stepped forward and covered her mouth, dragging her backward. Still, they repeated in unison, “This world will become the Empire’s new frontier—Wu…”
Hey, hey, hey! I covered Pandora’s mouth, didn’t I? Why did they ‘Wu’ along with her?! Were they causing chaos on purpose?!
“Keke, everyone, take note,” I cleared my throat and stepped up, saying, “Let me introduce myself. My name is Ah Jun. You should already know who I am—your current leader. First, I am glad that you made it all the way here from so far away. You’ve had a long journey!”
The cold wind blew.
In fact, I really was not gifted in formal public speaking.
“Look at how serious all of you are! I’ll keep things simple. First and foremost, I’ll talk about Pandora’s announcement regarding this world!” As I said this, my voice suddenly became much higher. “I heard that you’re used to taking over every inch of land that you come across, but this place… is not a battleground!
“I am not interested in battle so don’t even think about coming here with the posture of colonizers. Now, I’m not sure what the Empire is about. Before I gain a better understanding of all of these things, nobody is allowed to use any form of violence. If you dare to do anything rash, you would be betraying my orders and betraying the Empire!”
This was what Pandora told me would be the best way to make the Xyrin Apostles listen to me: I had to use the Xyrin Law to suppress them.
Since I was still confused about everything at this point, I could easily get into trouble if I gave the Xyrin Army any orders. Thus, before I gained a clearer picture of exactly what was happening, this was the only way I could minimize disorder.
A flicker of blue light appeared in the hundreds of pairs of eyes. This meant that they had already recorded what I just said as instructions of the highest order in their minds.
Speaking of which, why did it feel pleasant to speak to hundreds of Xyrin Commanders in such an authoritative manner? Should I make them pay attention and then address them again…?
At that moment, Pandora suddenly tugged at the corner of my shirt. In a quiet voice, she said, “Big Brother, one is missing.”
“What do you mean ‘one is missing’?” I did not know how to respond to Pandora at that moment.
“There are only 299 people here,” Pandora explained. “There is one more Commander of the Mind-Assault Team missing.”
“Missing? Did something go wrong during the spatial transition?”
“No, all the units who went through spatial transition arrived at the destination. I’ll expand my search and try again.” At this point, Pandora suddenly paused as if she had just discovered something unbelievable. With a weird expression, she said, “I found him…”
I watched in confusion as Pandora walked towards a huge tree, tensely but silently. Then, without saying a word, she threw a punch at the tree trunk.
There was a flash of red light, and the thick tree trunk was reduced to ash.
A young man with a skinny, long face and dressed in silver-white armor fell onto the ground.
Pandora gently kicked him to confirm that he was unconscious. Then, she turned around and addressed the various Commanders around her, who had been waiting for orders. “Look, this is the consequence of going through space transition without switching public navigation on.”
I rubbed the sweat from my forehead and said, “What’s the problem?”
“This fool forgot to switch his public navigation on just as his spatial transition was being completed. In the end, he teleported into the tree trunk. Now, at least half of his stomach is filled with wood fibers… and that’s because he got lucky. If any mistake had occurred with the spatial interference he could well have been merged with the tree trunk altogether.”
Ke… Keke… I did not think that there would be such interesting characters among the Xyrin Apostles. It looked like not all of them were as cool as Pandora seemed to be.
Apart from this, the Xyrin Apostles were extremely aggressive and strong. Despite what happened, this man was still alive.
“What should we do now? He’s going to be alright, isn’t he?”
“He’s alright. I’ll find someone meticulous to help him cleanse his insides,” Pandora said nonchalantly.
Indeed, these people could not be treated like humans.
Just as I was recovering from my shock at the strength of these Xyrin Apostles, a tall and burly uncle stepped closer to me and thrust one of his legs onto the ground with a loud ‘bam’. Then, he slapped his right fist to the left side of his chest. This looked like the military salute of the Xyrin Empire.
“Reporting to the Emperor: the Xyrin Empire’s Pandora Reinstallation Corps has completely assembled. The fourth Mind-Assault Team’s Commander, Keos, cannot take his position yet. The other 299 people are awaiting your instructions. Please give us instructions!”
En, very good. This really makes me feel like a winner!
Pandora turned to focus on me as well. Although her listless eyes lacked emotions, I could still feel that she was concerned about how I was going to organize these three hundred people. After all, according to her analysis of my financial situation, I would have to either rob a bank or print fake banknotes in order to provide for three hundred people.
I slowly scanned the three hundred people, who were lined up in an orderly fashion. Then, I grinned brightly.
“From tomorrow onwards,” I said as I waved my hand, “all of you will work!”