The conversation ended in a tacit understanding.
With the core matters settled, all that remained was the detailed and tedious cleanup. Naturally, there was no need for beings of such high rank to keep watch over it personally.
Data flickered faintly in Pandora's eyes as she silently issued several orders.
From the golden fleet formation in the distance, a moderately sized but well-equipped task force immediately split off from the main formation and headed toward the Abyssal Gate, which remained surrounded by the Imperium.
The fleet would establish a permanent alert position near the gate. At the same time, a group of Inquisition judges in black-and-gold uniforms, carrying cold and solemn auras, along with their support units, would take turns garrisoning the area. They would oversee the gate's "neutralization" process and establish long-term observation protocols.
On the other side, OAA began his work as well.
He made no exaggerated movements. He merely stood there quietly, his eyes shifting slightly.
The Living Tribunal's once faint yet resilient call received a clear and immense response. Its very existence was swiftly "restarted," and vast power from the laws of the universe poured into it, making it more solid and authoritative than before its destruction.
Three enormous golden phantoms vaguely appeared at some point where cosmic laws converged, then slowly faded away, returning to their duty of maintaining balance.
Immediately afterward, four equally vast wills, each utterly distinct in nature, were "awakened" once more.
Eternity, Infinity, Death, and Oblivion.
These four supreme gods of this universe turned their "gaze" toward the edge of the Solar System almost simultaneously—toward the gigantic golden gate and the Imperium fleet before it.
They received a clear order from the Creator: assist these outsiders in completing the final cleanup of the Abyssal Corruption left behind after the war and