Chapter 427 A Wolf Faces the Abyss
Julian slapped the wolf cub squarely on the forehead and woke it from its nap.
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The cub did not become angry. Instead, it licked Julian’s fingers with its soft tongue, trying to comfort him
in return.
Julian: “…”
“You’re unbelievably stupid!”
On Tidelost Star, Orion stood beside Dr. R and suddenly smiled. The gloom between his brows seemed to dissolve.
“What are you smiling about?”
Dr. R already had a pounding headache from the data in front of her.
“Nothing.”
Orion cleared his throat.
He understood exactly why Dr. R was struggling.
A single planet contained several varieties of insectoid eggs. Worse, the eggs collected from different planets showed subtle differences, proving they belonged to separate production batches.
What did that mean?
The enemy had designed the outbreak to make White Tower’s work as difficult as possible.
They had released multiple species in enormous quantities, upgraded them through repeated batches, and used fanatical couriers whose minds had already been conditioned to die for the mission.
White Tower could build a detector.
It simply could not build one quickly.
Humanity could uncover the entire conspiracy
It simply needed time.
In other words…
The person across the board was purchasing time for the insectoids.
Orion looked across the calm sea of Tidelost Star. The breeze was clean and gentle, but a vast storm had already formed inside him.
The insectoids still have a much larger move waiting for humanity.
No matter how deeply Orion resisted the answer, he had to investigate it, accept it, confront it, and stare
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directly into the abyss fate had placed before him.
Emperor Alexis Mulhollands
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Almost the instant the name surfaced in Orion’s mind, Julian lifted the wolf cub high aboard the starship and stared into eyes as cold and distant as celestial bodies.
“You’re a wolf.”
Wolves were fierce, courageous, unyielding, intelligent, cunning, and loyal.
Wolves moved forward.
They did not fear hardship.
Orion smiled.
Yes.
Before he could control the cub and answer Julian, Ruin licked its mouth, opened its jaws with suspicious familiarity, and shouted at its favorite person:
“Meow!”
Julian: “…”
Orion: “…”
Whether the cub said “meow” or “awoc,” it remained a wolf. That fact could not be disputed.
The absurd exchange finally pulled Orion out of the fog. His thoughts sharpened, and plans began forming one after another.
His opponent was that old lion: consumed by ambition, yet still powerful, agile, and vicious even while sick.
The lion would move at least as well as Orion did.
Probably faster.
On the capital world, inside the Blackwell estate, Miyuki Blackwell hurried toward the beautiful nun descending the stairs and caught her by the arm.
“Yuzuki, why hasn’t my darling woken up yet? Did something go wrong with his advancement?”
Her steps were small and quick, and every word came out cautious.
The Blackwells descended from an old island people who placed enormous importance on body shape, physical appearance, and dietary discipline.
Their traditional standards of beauty, however, had always been distorted.
Before the interstellar age and during its earliest years, obsessive dieting and extreme bodily control
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damaged the health of their people. They became physically frail and unusually small. At their best, their temperament could be described as open and resilient. At its worst, it was repressed and warped.
When humanity first adapted to interstellar life, those inherited weaknesses made Alpha and Omega births exceptionally rare among them. Most remained Betas.
Their problems did not end there.
Their average life span was visibly shorter than that of other populations.
Only during the past two generations, after repeated marriages outside their own community, had the situation begun to improve.
Even now, the family produced very few Alphas or Omegas.
The current generation had only three direct-line members.
The eldest was Lady Seraphina Blackwell. The second was Marcus Blackwell, the current head of the family. The youngest was Yuzuki Blackwell.
Marcus was the only Alpha among the three. Calling him the pride of the family would not have been an exaggeration.
As Marcus’s wife, Miyuki had never felt any need to treat Yuzuki carefully.
Until now.
Miyuki looked timidly at her sister-in-law. She could not shake the feeling that blades and beasts hid behind those eyes, waiting to consume her soul.
As expected, the nun tore her arm free. Her voice remained calm and cold.
“I told you that day. Yuzuki Blackwell is dead. Please call me Maria, Mrs. Blackwell.”
The Holy Mother.
Maria.
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