Temporary Cooperation?

Nova Prime's account was, after all, only a rumor. There were no video records or any evidence to prove that any of it was history that had truly happened.

But even so, merely considering the possibility that those were "facts that might have happened" was enough to make one's blood run cold.

A suit of armor—a weapon forged by intelligent beings, a product finally born when technology had reached its peak—could slaughter gods as easily as chickens. From the perspective of a god, Richard had to admit that the existence of such a thing made him uncomfortable.

In truth, it was inevitable that technological development would surpass the power of gods. Richard had known that long ago. After ascending to godhood and drawing closer to the universe's consciousness, he realized that this was intentional on the part of the current universe.

The universe encouraged intelligent beings to develop technological civilizations and cutting-edge weapons, permitting and even expecting technology to surpass the gods. That was because the framework of the world in this cosmic era had been built upon science. That was also why even someone as powerful as Galactus could be defeated by the mighty warships and cannons of an interstellar empire.

Which brought them back to the place where Dark Lucifer had been discovered.

According to Nova Prime, the location where Lucifer had surfaced was precisely where that lost race had once fought its final battle against the Celestials.

Godslayers had been deployed, Celestials had fallen like stars, and even the mightiest divine race in the universe had been forced to commit all its strength against that civilization attempting to usurp power.

A full-scale war had erupted between the two sides in a certain starfield. The Celestials had sent out all their strongest warriors, and countless high-ranking Celestials had