That's Fine Too

On a planet filled with green, evil flames, a terrifyingly immense figure as massive as a mountain sat upon a ten-thousand-meter throne.

Green flames bloomed in his eyes, sparking with enough power to devour every soul.

"Gujie is dead? The death of a mere projection directly implicated his true body. What a familiar method."

Those deep eyes seemed capable of seeing through the fabric of space, sweeping across the myriad heavens and worlds.

"A deliberate provocation? Interesting."

With that, the terrifying, mountain-like figure vanished directly from the throne.

On the other side, on the Octopus Tribe's Capital Star, there was a revolting planet that looked from space as though it were being embraced by an octopus the size of a planet.

Within the spatial chamber formed from the eyes of the octopus embracing the planet, several black silhouettes once again emerged.

"The entire fleet has gone silent and lost contact."

"The Milky Way Marauders Organization has reported the same thing."

"Looks like something extraordinary has appeared."

"Whoever the enemy is, anyone obstructing us from obtaining the Ancestor's glory must be erased!"

Within a temporary meteorite base of the Milky Way Marauders Organization.

"It was such a minor mission, yet the losses were this heavy? If this happens a few more times, won't we have to return to the resource planets and eat dirt?"

A One-Eyed Brother roared furiously.

"Then are we just going to let this go?"

"Of course not. We have to make trouble for those octopuses and recover the losses caused by their intelligence failure!"

"Uh, go after them? Then the real culprit..."

"If not them, then who? They've angered some mysterious faction, so now is the perfect time to kick them while they're down. Of course, if they offer a sufficient price, it isn't impossible