The pillar of light pierced through heaven and earth, stirring up ripples in Flourisha's originally peaceful atmosphere.
Although the little Vitas still had some questions about her claims, they trusted their big sister Vita completely.
After all, compared to a vague and ethereal guardian deity, the big sister Vita right in front of them was someone they could see and touch.
As for the great god who was said to have created Flourisha in the legends...
Sorry, but even if the little Vitas knew they were wrong, they would still dare!
Bright light shot out from beneath Flourisha, piercing the clouds in an instant.
The originally bright sky seemed to dim under this incomparably brilliant pillar of light, and the deep traces rippled out like ink wash.
A huge vortex appeared in the sky above Flourisha, like a passage to a demon king's castle.
—The sky of Flourisha was now directly connected to the Sea of Quanta.
Seeing this scene, the little Vitas became even more convinced of Vita's words.
They had indeed been deceived by a great evil demon king all along, their minds deluded by a false peace.
And now, it was time to put an end to it all!
"Sister Vita, the big brother you mentioned..."
The well-built girl looked up at the sky. "Look there. The hero big brother you've been waiting for has arrived."
In the direction of Vita's gaze, a figure, appearing exceptionally small under the ink-stained sky, let the chaotic wind whip his clothes into a frenzy.
It seemed that this guy, apart from being able to fly, was nothing special.
However...
Sa: "..."
Just poked her head out and already encountered a powerful enemy!
The swirling clouds in the sky showed a tendency to contract at this very moment.
Sa, who had just appeared, was about to choose to be a coward, pack up her belongings, and flee from this territory she had managed for billions of years.
It wasn't that she underestimated her own strength, but that she had a damn good idea of her own capabilities.
For billions of years, from her initial cowardly development to her current mass-based dominance, she had never experienced a battle of equals.
And this powerful enemy who had come knocking on her door not only possessed a greater mass than her but also had far superior combat experience.
Unbeatable! Invincible!
Sa, having almost completely severed her emotions, was left with only the emotion of fear. All other boring things had been discarded by this last Venusian.
Useless things like face were not even within her consideration.
As long as she could survive, anything was fine.
The ink wash in the sky began to recede from the outside in, and the passage from Flourisha to the Sea of Quanta started to close.
However...
"You can't escape. From the day you turned yourself into a plant rooted in the Sea of Quanta, this calamity was destined to happen," Vita commented.
Having been in negative-distance contact with the Herrscher of the End who represented the abyss, as well as the false god on the same level as the Herrscher of the End, Vita could naturally perceive the gap between the three.
The only difference between the Herrscher of the End and the false god was the direction in which they used their Imaginary authority—one was primitive, close to the world's essence, while the other was aided by the abyss.
And this Sa was merely a clumsy imitation of the abyss, only capable of inflating her own bloated mass, while her most important core was still that somewhat remarkable Venusian from a billion years ago.
Even with the mass that had been expanding for a billion years, there was still a tenfold gap compared to the Herrscher of the End.
If the two were placed on the same scale, the real gap might be more than a hundred times.
With such a huge gap, Vita couldn't think of any reason why Sa could win.
"It's time to end all this."
With those words, the green-haired, red-eyed girl flew through the air, unhurriedly heading towards the gate to the Sea of Quanta.
At the same time, the young Brian in the air moved in sync.
With a casual stretch of his hand, a black substance was born from thin air with his movement, clinging tightly to the gate to the Sea of Quanta like a wild beast.
At first glance, it seemed to be just a part of the Imaginary Godsbane in Imaginary Space, but the power of the Primordial Imaginary Authority coming from this black substance made Sa face a formidable enemy.
A plant rooted in the Sea of Quanta...
This form determined that even if she could move, she would need a considerable amount of time to prepare, otherwise her foundation would be damaged.
And now, the false god from the third planet of the solar system had arrived, leaving her with no escape!
Crisis was imminent!
...
Elysia and Griseo stood on the ground, letting the powerful torrent of energy wash over their temples.
"Is... this his power?" Griseo, who had never witnessed such a scene, was full of amazement. She had never imagined that the man who made people instinctively feel danger possessed such great strength.
And such power, like that of a god, proved one thing.
Griseo took Elysia's hands, her face full of worry. "Sister Elysia, it must have been hard for you during this time."
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Although she didn't know what Griseo was talking about, it probably wouldn't be a problem to say it was hard at a time like this, right?
Elysia: "Yeah, being with that guy is very hard for a beautiful girl like me, you know."
Her back ached, and she had to be careful not to get so full that she couldn't eat.
It was blissful, happy, and she was stuffed to the brim—both very satisfying and exceptionally tormenting.
But!
"But this is all for our cute little Griseo. No matter how hard it is, your big sister Elysia has to help you." The pink-haired girl's smile was bright, but in Griseo's eyes, it took on a different color.
No detailed explanation was needed. Griseo, who had been secretly writing BL stories about the uncles and brothers since she was a child, and who had even amused herself alone on the Ark, had already imagined everything Elysia had gone through just by using her brain.
It was precisely because she had suffered such unbearable torment, even being humiliated next to her while she was still unconscious, that this rescue mission across half the solar system was possible.
"Sister Elysia, to have made you endure so much that you shouldn't have, I..."
"It's not hard, not hard at all. It's all for the cute Griseo."
"..." A single sentence filled Griseo with emotion.
The blue-haired girl turned her head to look at the tiny figure rushing towards Sa, her feelings complicated.
She was somewhat angry at this guy for what he did to Elysia, but also worried that he wouldn't be able to defeat the evil Sa.
In the end, the conflicted Griseo could only silently gather these complex emotions in her heart into one sentence...
Go for it, you lecherous little brother!
...
The ink-stained sky was occupied by a huge vortex that resembled the maw of a giant beast, and it was still expanding.
In the eyes of a weak warrior like Griseo, the powers of Sa and Brian were on the same level; to her, they were both an irresistible infinity.
But in the eyes of the two on the same level, Sa had a very clear understanding of her own capabilities.
*Riiip—!*
The black substance forcefully tore open the gate to the Sea of Quanta. It looked like ordinary Imaginary Godsbane, but the power of the Primordial Imaginary Authority on it was filled with the essence of the world, making all things bow down.
It forcefully tore open that gate to the Sea of Quanta!
Two figures appeared before Sa.
The black-haired human man made her extremely wary.
As for the other one...
"Cleaner, you have betrayed me," the emotionless woman stated the fact.
Undoubtedly, without Vita leading the way, with her survival-above-all-else approach, she would never have been found so easily by this powerful enemy from the third planet of the solar system.
Faced with such a harsh accusation from her former boss, a helpless smile appeared on Vita's face.
But she still affectionately took Brian's hand. "I can't help it. My body and soul have already been played with by my dear until they're worn to shreds. Even if I wanted to resist, I couldn't."
Hearts practically jumped out of Vita's eyes.
Compared to the boring experiences of the past, life with this man was undoubtedly happier.
Fulfilling, blissful, joyful...
And she no longer had to wander in the sad spiral of making friends and destroying worlds; she just needed to enjoy a quiet afternoon tea with her friends.
"Hmph." A woman who looked exactly like Vita but was suffused with a cold white color snorted coldly. "The you right now is nothing more than a beast conquered by desire."
Vita immediately retorted, "But haven't you also been dominated by your inflated desires for the past billion years?"
Sa: "..."
"Although you claim to have abandoned all emotions, you have not uprooted the source of emotion from your very being."
Vita's eyes were serious. "You abandoned everything, but you did not abandon fear."
"No matter how long you brandish your emotionless and desireless facade, you're just wearing a mask that can be taken off at any time."
Just like at this very moment.
The black substance spread, the authority that ruled over the Imaginary leaked a terrifying power, lifting the uninvited man to the supreme throne of world domination.
It was the Inner World Protagonist's turn to act.
"Sa, you have only two choices now."
"Death, a clean end."
"Life, be my dog."
The green-haired girl added, "A bitch, to be precise."
She took out a collar and weighed it in her hand.
This girl, who was once at Sa's beck and call, had finally found a chance to ruthlessly retaliate against her creator. With the full support of the Inner World Protagonist, she made an outrageous demand to her former boss.
Put on the collar and be a bitch.
Otherwise, die!
Even though she had almost completely severed the emotions in her heart, at this moment, Sa felt an indescribable anger.
"Vita, you! You've gone too far!"
Just as Vita said, although she had almost completely severed her human emotions, she had not escaped the essence of being a living creature.
The fear of death was still an important part of her. As long as she still possessed an instinctive fear of death, she could not shed her humanity and become a god.
She was just a relatively powerful human.
And even this power, renowned in the Sea of Quanta, was nothing but a castle in the air before a more powerful false god.
"I am this unreasonable. What can you do about it?"
The young Brian backed Vita up, not thinking the girl's request was excessive at all.
Whether Sa became a dog or died, her ending didn't matter to him.
"..."
Anger was rising. Just a tiny bit of a god's wrath leaking out would be enough to destroy the Flourisha civilization on the dwarf planet, returning everything to desolation.
But!
"Dear Lord Sa, you don't have much time left."
The black substance controlled by the will of the Inner World Protagonist formed into an arm, the power of the Primordial Imaginary Authority radiating a terrifying might.
Even if Sa possessed a greater mass than him, she would not meet a good end at this moment.
Death, or survival.
"..." Sa fell silent.
Sa's expression was blank.
"You win."
The collar snapped shut, and chains formed from the power of the Primordial Imaginary Authority conquered the shadow that loomed over the Sea of Quanta.
The green-haired, red-eyed girl was very satisfied. "You're very perceptive. But don't think it's over just because you've submitted."
"That's right, our party has just begun!" the Inner World Protagonist echoed.
A pink Honeysuckle Crest shone on the two girls who were like sisters. Even Sa, who had severed most of her emotions, found it difficult to suppress the various desires rising in her mind, causing her human emotions to begin to revive.
This Inner World Protagonist was actually this terrifying! To be able to do this!?
It's not over yet!
Vita, with her seductive eyes, suddenly appeared in front of Sa, embracing her delicate body with a pair of slender arms like an intimate sister.
"It seems you're a greedy child, just like me," she giggled, her hairpin askew and her hair in disarray.
The Inner World Protagonist raised his flag in salute, making Sa's body tremble.
She had thought it was just a matter of temporary forbearance. When the day of her Dragon King's return came, she would definitely let this shameless couple know what cruelty was, and make them live in a doghouse in Flourisha.
But she never expected that these two shameless people wouldn't even let off an old woman of a billion years like her.
"You can't... at least you shouldn't..."
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Vita: "Didn't you always want to revive the civilization of Flourisha in this world?"
"Instead of borrowing the power of other civilizations to assist, why not do it yourself?"
Sa's eyes widened, feeling as if Vita was about to pry out her gills!
"No!"
"Why not?"
Vita, who was in the middle of killing and cooking a fish, pushed a red-hot iron rod into the small fry's body.
"To use a phrase from Earth: You are not a fish, so how can you know the joy of a fish?"
Scraping off the scales revealed the white fish meat, still with a hint of rosy color.
It is often said that a fish's memory is only three seconds. This is not entirely accurate, but it's close.
The key is that fish, as lower organisms, do not have complex brain structures, complex emotions, or pain perception. Even if they are pan-fried to a golden brown on both sides, they won't cry out in pain.
Brian, who was also preparing the fresh fish, patted the tender white body of the fish on the cutting board and said, "This fish is very white. As expected of a big fish from Venus."
In the entire solar system, it would be hard to find a fish of this size.
If Vita hadn't been in such a hurry to scrape off all the scales of this big fish, he would have been lost in the solar system for at least a couple of years.
Vita shrugged and looked at the pair of dull, dead fish eyes. "Well, there's nothing to be done. This fish is very stubborn. Even though her only little fish has grasped the future, she still refuses to submit, so I had no choice but to kill the fish early."
As she spoke, Chef Vita pushed the future in her hand forward again, causing the billion-year-old fish to tremble all over. In a series of convulsions, it spat out a string of bubbles from its mouth.
"Passed out?" Vita pursed her lips. "This dead fish has lived for so long, yet it can't even stand having its gills pulled out."
"From now on, let's just call this one 'small fry'."
"As you wish."
The shadow in the Sea of Quanta disappeared from then on, conquered by the collar around its neck and turned into a shameless bitch.
The black-haired youth was in front, and the green-haired, red-eyed girl dragged Sa by one long, plump thigh, scattering a light drizzle in the air.
A billion years of rain and dew sprinkled on Flourisha. Next spring will surely turn it into a garden of birdsong and fragrant flowers.
With their return, the deep ink color vanished from the sky, and the gloom that had enveloped Flourisha dissipated.
Vita took her bitch trophy to comfort the cute little Vitas, while Brian naturally returned to Elysia and Griseo's side.
"Alright, I've taken care of that Sa. We can return to Earth in a little while."
With that one sentence, Griseo was relieved.
The worst-case scenario did not happen. The mastermind who had kept her asleep for so many years ultimately could not withstand the powerful force from Earth and submitted under this man's jeans.
Elysia moved closer to Brian, her small nose twitched, and she showed a resentful expression. "You bad guy, you have the scent of another strange girl on you again."
Brian: "I'm just like you, I just like all kinds of beautiful girls."
He was lecherous, and he was honest.
A single sentence sent Griseo's mind racing with fantasies.
The pink-haired beautiful girl was engaged in flirtatious banter with her lover, but all sorts of charming scenes played out one by one in Griseo's mind.
The inherently evil brat Sa was beaten to her knees by the lecherous little brother, the billion-year-old big car was tragically ridden!
The front bumper was deformed by the rough driving style, and the rear bumper was repeatedly rear-ended by a driver who didn't watch his distance until it shattered.
The four precious tires lost their pressure under the immense weight, until the billion-year-old car, in disrepair for ages, couldn't bear the load and caught fire, having to be filled inside and out with firefighting foam to end it.
It was too tragic! So tragic!
And this 55,000-year-old little car, Elysia...
"..."
Griseo, whose breathing had unconsciously become heavy, pressed her knees together. The continuous little theater in her mind made her not even realize that she had already returned to the surface of the moon.
It wasn't until she was all alone, and even Elysia who had been flirting with the Inner World Protagonist just a moment ago had disappeared, that she came back to her senses.
"Sister Elysia... where did she go?"
The pale blue planet hung in the deep starry sky, and the surrounding world was filled with the song of birds and the fragrance of flowers that didn't belong here.
Griseo was full of doubt, not knowing what had happened before.
But one thing was for sure...
She had just left the tiger's den, only to enter the wolf's lair.
This was the base camp of the Inner World Protagonist!
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