Gwen's voice was soft.
But her words were law!
As the Enterprise activated its teleportation chamber, Gamora, who was on Planet Ego, saw her body begin to glow. Before she could react, she instantly vanished as points of light.
At the same time.
Drax the Destroyer and Mantis, who were running towards Star-Lord, also noticed their bodies starting to turn into points of light.
Of course.
Nebula, who was nearby, was also turning into light.
"This is..."
"Wait."
Drax, who was almost at the main hall, looked at Star-Lord inside.
"Peter..."
"Whoosh!"
Before he could even speak, the three of them also transformed into starlight, instantly disappearing from their original spots.
Meanwhile, inside the main hall, Star-Lord, whose eyes seemed to hold stars and who had been swayed by Ego, suddenly heard Ego murmur a single sentence.
"...I shouldn't have put the tumor in your mother's head."
"..."
No one would know how much a child raised in a single-parent family valued his mother, on whom he depended.
Star-Lord, who had been standing blankly as if brainwashed by Ego, now had his eyes, which were full of stars, revert to the greenish pupils inherited from his mother, instantly replacing the starlit pupils inherited from Ego, under Ego's murmured words.
Star-Lord stared blankly at Ego, who had his back to him.
"What?"
"Oh, don't worry."
Ego reacted at this moment, raising his hand and looking at Star-Lord, his expression and tone both helpless.
"I know it sounds bad, but..."
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Before Ego could finish his sentence, Star-Lord had already pulled out the two weapons from his waist and, expressionless, instantly pulled the trigger on Ego.
In an instant.
Ego's body was riddled with countless holes by the enraged Star-Lord.
But he wasn't dead; he had merely been reduced to this ghastly state.
Ego lowered his gaze to look at his bullet-ridden body, then looked at Star-Lord.
"You're really overestimating yourself!"
"You killed my mother."
Star-Lord roared.
The next second.
Just as he was about to continue firing at Ego, starlight appeared on his body.
Star-Lord looked down, watching his body gradually turn into light.
Then—
With a whoosh, he instantly vanished.
"WTF!"
Ego was also stunned at this moment.
He watched Star-Lord suddenly disappear before his eyes. As he tried to figure out what had happened, a voice suddenly seemed to reach his ears.
"I want you to help me cultivate!"
"..."
Ego heard the voice, which seemed to resonate before his true form. His face changed instantly, and he no longer chose to repair the body that Star-Lord had blasted apart. Instead, he let the broken body fall to the floor, his consciousness instantly returning to his true form.
At this moment, Star-Lord was also materialized on the teleportation platform of the Enterprise's teleportation chamber.
Gamora, who was waiting outside the teleportation chamber, saw Star-Lord, who had been teleported back, tense and holding his weapon, and quickly called out.
Star-Lord looked towards Gamora.
The next second.
Gamora had already pushed open the door to the teleportation chamber, took a few steps forward, and embraced Star-Lord.
"Peter, Ego..."
"I know. He killed my mother."
Star-Lord, embraced by Gamora, listened to her account and responded in kind, but his gaze fell outside the teleportation chamber, on Yondu, who had also rushed over.
During his recent life connection with Ego, he had seen how Ego treated his offspring who did not inherit his life energy.
So... Star-Lord now understood why Yondu had kept him by his side after taking him from Earth all those years ago.
Yondu was also looking at Star-Lord at this moment.
Their eyes met.
The hull of the Enterprise suddenly shuddered.
Everyone quickly came to their senses and rushed to the bridge.
Upon entering.
A large fleet of golden unmanned fighter jets, characteristic of the Sovereign, once again appeared in the Universe and launched an attack on the Enterprise.
A piercing alarm blared throughout the bridge.
The Enterprise's voice also sounded simultaneously.
"Alert, enemy attack."
"Entering self-defense mode, activating energy shields."
"Activating annihilation mode."
"Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!!"
Accompanied by the Enterprise's clear voice, the weapon systems beneath the Enterprise instantly charged.
One energy cannon after another was fired.
The Sovereign fighter attacks splashed ripples against the Enterprise's energy shields, while the Enterprise's energy cannons, with almost perfect accuracy, took down one Sovereign fighter after another.
With the cessation of the energy cannons, the battle, which lasted less than a minute, came to an end.
The Sovereign was once again wiped out.
Gwen raised an eyebrow.
"Well done, Enterprise!"
"Thank you, Madam."
The Enterprise's projection, hearing Gwen's praise, said with a smile.
Yondu, who had just arrived and been intercepted by the Enterprise, looked at the wreckage of the Sovereign fighter jets floating in the Universe, opened his mouth, and looked at Gwen: "Say that again, who are you people?"
Gwen turned to look at Yondu.
Just as she was about to speak, the Enterprise's projection suddenly changed expression.
The next second.
Whoosh!
The Enterprise, which had been suspended in orbit above Planet Ego, instantly jumped a hundred kilometers away, moving far from Planet Ego.
Gwen, sitting in the captain's chair, was fine.
But the Guardians of the Galaxy and others, along with Yondu and his assistant, due to this sudden jump, directly fell and tumbled across the floor like rolling gourds.
However, no one was injured.
By the time everyone got up from the floor, they saw an extremely brilliant light burst forth from the location of Planet Ego.
No!
To be precise, it seemed as if endless points of light, like falling meteors, were constantly bombarding Ego's Planet.
This move was not a technique of any Gold Saint.
It wasn't even a technique of a Silver Saint.
But rather—
"Pegasus Comet Fist!"
"Boom boom boom—!!!"
Hawk, who had once again traversed the Universe with his physical body and was hovering above Planet Ego, instantly materialized the Pegasus saint cloth. With the punch of Pegasus, Ego's Planet now seemed to have met its doomsday.
Palaces shattered.
Mountains and rivers fractured.
This couldn't be blamed on Hawk.
After Ego reacted and returned to his true form, Hawk had very politely requested to observe Ego's true form and for him to assist in cultivating his Eighth Sense.
What was the result?
Not only did Ego refuse, but he even attacked Hawk without a word.
This was Ego's fault.
So... "I gave you face, but you didn't want it."
"Then don't blame me."
"Pegasus Comet Fist!!"
"Boom boom boom—!!!"
Accompanied by the impact of countless fist shadows, which turned into golden light and fell like meteors on Planet Ego, crisp cracking sounds echoed.
The next second.
Under the gaze of the Guardians of the Galaxy and others, a Planet, Ego's Planet, shattered before their very eyes.
"Gulp!"
Yondu watched this scene, once again involuntarily swallowing, and looked at Gwen, who was sitting in the captain's chair, his voice somewhat hoarse: "So, are you a Protoss?"
Gwen came back to her senses and looked at Yondu.
"Protoss? No."
"Then..."
"But Hawk told me, according to Hawk, you should call me Queen of Gods!"
"..."
This was even more terrifying than being Protoss, wasn't it?
What was a Queen of Gods?
The wife of a god?
No.
Not every bottle of milk is called 'Super Drinkable'; similarly, not every wife of a god can be called a Queen of Gods.
Only the wife of a Main God is qualified to be called a Queen of Gods.
Odin's Frigga.
Zeus's Hera.
Even Hades, or Poseidon, their wives are not qualified.
Because they are only gods, not Main Gods!
Just then.
As Planet Ego shattered, its true form, a human figure completely condensed from energy, appeared in everyone's sight.
Seeing that he had already found the offspring to inherit his life energy, and his grand plan was within reach but now utterly failed, Ego was furious to the extreme, roaring at Hawk.
"Who are you!"
"Hawk."
Hawk, suspended in the Universe, looked down at Ego, who, despite his current ghastly state, still protected his true form very well, his expression blank: "I told you, let me observe your true form. If you don't, fine, but you even tried to kill me. That's a bit much, isn't it?"
Ego roared.
"You're dreaming!"
"No, I like dreams coming true."
Hawk calmly retorted, then looked at Ego: "I'll ask you one last time, will you let me observe your true form? If you still refuse, then I can only find someone who agrees to let me observe them to replace you."
Ego heard this and laughed wildly.
Then... his giant hand, completely condensed from energy, picked up two continental fragments from the shattered Planet and furiously hurled them directly at Hawk.
Hawk watched the continental fragments whistling towards his head and smiled.
"I know your answer."
"Chirp!"
The Black Phoenix manifested. Accompanied by the clanging sound that resonated throughout his body within a second, as the black phoenix underworld armor's faceplate descended, Hawk instantly pierced through Ego's energy body. Immediately after, he extended his right hand, and with a "bang," his finger punctured the extremely thick protective shell Ego used to guard his true form, exposing its brain-like core. Then, his finger pressed onto Ego's true form.
In an instant!
Hawk's consciousness, following his finger, like a Bandits, brazenly kicked open Ego's door and entered Ego's home.
Then... he saw Ego hiding in the room. Without a word, he grabbed Ego and unleashed a barrage of punches, smashing him wildly.
Meanwhile, in the outside World.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Ego's gigantic body, condensed from energy, was constantly trembling and began to collapse at a visible speed.
Immediately after.
As the energy dissipated, Ego's true form now gave the impression of a pitiful sight, having endured all sorts of torment.
The next second.
Just as the Guardians of the Galaxy were watching in stunned silence, with a whoosh.
Star-Lord instantly vanished from the crowd.
Before anyone could react, they saw Peter, on the large screen projected by the Enterprise, standing with Hawk in front of a giant brain-like organism... (End of Chapter)
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