– Ronan's ship is charging into Xandar! All Nova pilots, establish a blockade imdiately!
No sooner had the order been given than Ronan's massive ship erged through the clouds, hurtling toward Xandar. The Nova Corps fighters hastily ford up, creating an energy net to try and stop Ronan's ship.
anwhile, the remaining Chitauri and Ronan's soldiers suddenly descended at high speed, attempting suicide attacks against Xandar.
KABOOM!! BOOM!!
Buildings in Xandar's cities began exploding and catching fire from the suicide attacks. The leader of the Ravagers – likely Stakar Ogord – hurriedly gave an order.
– Ravagers! Protect the cities!
The Ravagers, without exception, moved toward Xandar's cities and intercepted the suicide-bombing Chitauri and Ronan's soldiers. I couldn't stand by either. I deliberately crashed my drones into the enemy, causing them to self-destruct.
Thud! Bang! Thuddug!!
– Goddammit! The Chitauri mothership in space is also charging into Xandar!!
Even Irani, the commander of the Nova Corps, spoke emotionally in the face of such despair.
'Sigh... I was trying not to use this...'
I imdiately went up into space, summoned the battlecruiser 'Hyperion' – Raynor's Raiders' ship from StarCraft – teleported inside, and gave an order to the onboard AI, 'Matt.'
"Matt!"
– Yes, Master.
"Charge the Yamato Cannon imdiately!"
– Understood.
I had summoned the Hyperion once before, using the Ga Life gacha. But it was too large and couldn't be operated by one person, so I had only built an integrated system and modified it so the AI could pilot it alone, then left it stored in my inventory. Because of its enormous size – over a kiloter long – it wasn't sothing I could easily bring out.
– Another massive ship has appeared in the sky!
Another uproar broke out on Xandar. So I imdiately reassured them.
"Don't worry. It's friendly."
– Ah... what a relief.
Just then, the AI Matt reported that the charge was complete.
– Master, the Yamato Cannon has finished charging.
"Good! Fire the Yamato Cannon at that mothership charging toward the planet imdiately!"
– Understood.
As I gave the order, the Hyperion turned toward the Chitauri mothership, aid, and an imnse amount of energy gathered at the front of the ship. Then a powerful plasma cannon blasted the Chitauri mothership.
KABOOOOOM!!!
The destructive power of the Yamato Cannon was truly astonishing. It annihilated the Chitauri mothership without a trace in an instant — a force comparable to a nuclear bomb. It was like a nuclear bomb raining down as a beam of light.
"Wow... I didn't know it would be this powerful..."
– The Yamato Cannon will be ready to fire again in one hour.
The AI Matt reported the Yamato Cannon's cooldown. Cheers could be heard over comms from Xandar as well.
– Waaahhhh~~~!!!!!
I flew the Hyperion rapidly through the atmosphere, and as soon as I landed on Xandar, I began swiftly subduing Ronan's soldiers.
Ratatatatatat!
Thud! Bang! Bang! Thuddug!
As the Hyperion's nurous turrets opened fire, Ronan's soldiers began to be eliminated at an incredible rate. Designed to fight hordes of Zerg, this number was probably a piece of cake for the Hyperion.
But the Chitauri fighters were nowhere to be seen — likely, like in the Avengers incident, all Chitauri had shut down and crashed with the destruction of their mothership. Why they were designed that way was a mystery.
"This should be enough."
After clearing the area, I went back to space, stored the Hyperion in my inventory, switched to a Nova fighter, and returned to Xandar. Imdiately, the Nova Corps contacted .
– Ronan's ship is still out there. Has that powerful ship left?
"Yes. They said there were too many allied forces nearby, so they couldn't do anything more and just left."
– I... I see... That's a sha.
The Nova Corps was very disappointed that the Hyperion had simply left.
'I've done this much, so you guys handle the rest.'
This was why I was reluctant to use things like this. The sa went for abilities. In every creative world I visited, there were crises. If I solved everything with my overwhelming power, the main characters wouldn't develop — the so-called "hand-holding" would beco severe, and the joy of experiencing the story would fade. Of course, when the original story seed like it would be broken, as in this case, I had to use them.
Anyway, with only one airborne enemy — Ronan's ship — I called back my drones to retrieve them. But only two returned. And one of those was heavily damaged, barely making it. I had lost 198 out of 200 drones in this battle.
"Damn, that's a huge loss... Ronan, you son of a bitch. I'll make you pay!"
Unlike in the original, Ronan's ship was being slowed down by the Nova Corps' blockade in front, while the Ravagers concentrated their fire from behind, battering it. Naturally, its engines couldn't possibly remain intact.
Having lost propulsion, Ronan's ship slowly began to crash into a sparsely populated plain, guided by the Nova Corps. I also landed my fighter nearby and got out.
CRASH!
Out of the slowly crashing ship poured Ronan's remaining soldiers, Ronan himself, and Nebula. They fired at the Xandarian ships, but it was useless. The Xandarian ships already had their shields up, making it difficult to inflict damage.
– Lay down your weapons and surrender!
In a final desperate act, Ronan took the lump of energy I had earlier created as a fake and placed inside the Orb, and mounted it onto his hamr, shouting. Thanos, realizing the Orb didn't contain the Power Stone, must have given it back to Ronan to use.
"XANDAR!!! YOU'RE COMING WITH !!!!"
Using [Naked Eye] to observe the energy flow, Ronan raised his hamr into the sky, intending to slam it into the ground, using the enormous energy within the 'coronaite' for a suicide explosion.
"This crazy bastard!"
I dashed at incredible speed, blocked the hamr, and drove a powerful kick into his abdon.
THUD!
"GUH!"
The kick was so strong that a drum-like sound ca from Ronan's abdon, and he slamd hard into his own ship behind him.
CRASH!
"Cough..."
Ronan coughed up blood, staggered, and began to rise. Just then — appearing from who knows where — Drax charged at Ronan, screaming.
"RONAN!!! I WILL AVENGE MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER!!"
As Drax tried to attack Ronan, his subordinates rushed to protect him, but the Guardians and Yondu's crew arrived and opened fire.
Ratatatat~
"KYAA!" "GAH!"
With his subordinates taken care of, the second round of Drax vs. Ronan began. But Ronan, severely injured by my kick, was incredibly slow, unable to properly block Drax's attacks, and was sustaining wounds all over. anwhile, Gamora was trying to reason with Nebula.
"It's over, Nebula! You know it as well. Whether Thanos succeeds or fails, there's no future under him! Join ."
"What difference would that make?! And you think he'll just let us go!?"
Gamora paused for a mont, then said to Nebula.
"At least... we could beco real sisters."
At that, Nebula looked genuinely flustered.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Nebula threw her weapon to the ground, kicked the dirt, and slumped down. Drax's fight was also wrapping up.
SWISH~!
"GAAH!"
Drax sliced deeply into Ronan's thigh, forcing him to his knees.
"Finally... I can exact my revenge."
Ronan looked at Drax and said.
"I rember... your dead family..."
SLICE~!
"GUH!"
Ronan couldn't finish his sentence. As soon as he ntioned Drax's family, Drax slashed deeply into his neck. After taking Drax's blow, Ronan clutched his neck and tried to say sothing, but collapsed and died.
I collected Ronan's fallen hamr, extracted the coronaite embedded in it, and put it in my inventory. Seeing how Ronan had tried to use it, I thought it was too dangerous to leave lying around, so I decided to take it.
Afterward, the Guardians and I delivered the paynt to the Ravagers. The amount was larger than expected. When I asked, they said they had agreed on 150 million units per team. Yondu's family had 4 teams, Stakar's Ravagers 6 teams — 10 teams total, amounting to a staggering 1.5 billion units.
So we each decided to pay 250 million. That still left us with a little over 400 million units. Rocket was so upset about the money he wanted to die. Anyway, after distributing the paynt, as everyone was about to leave, Yondu, looking like he was wrestling with sothing, went over to Stakar and formally greeted him first.
"Captain, it's been a long ti."
Stakar, after greeting Yondu with an angry expression, looked away to cool down, then turned back to Yondu and said.
"Sigh... We happened to take the sa job, but that doesn't change the fact that you broke the rules."
"But that was..."
Yondu tried to make an excuse, but Stakar cut him off.
"Still, your flying has improved."
With that, Stakar gestured to his n and left in his ship. He probably found it hard to speak harshly to a comrade he'd just fought alongside. Yondu watched Stakar's ship until it disappeared from sight, then turned and called Quill.
"Quill!"
"Yondu."
"We made a big haul this ti, so I'll let it slide. But if you pull sothing like that again, there won't be anything left for you — got it!?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Yondu gestured to his n.
"Let's go!"
And so, all the Ravagers left Xandar. The Nova Corps, taking the sole survivor Nebula into custody, asked us for details. Fortunately, things worked out, and Nebula was only exiled, thanks to the Guardians and speaking on her behalf.
The funny thing was, the Guardians only received a single new ship, while I received 1 billion units as compensation. According to the Nova Corps, Quill had a record of stealing vibranium, and the rest were criminals, so they had no choice.
The Nova Corps also asked about the Hyperion, but I vaguely said it was a ship operated by a group called 'Raynor's Raiders' and that I'd coincidentally made contact and asked for support. The Nova Corps seed unconvinced, but when I just said "that's how it was," they didn't press further.
Afterward, I asked the Nova Corps for a separate favor and went to the morgue to see Ronan's body. I'd made money from this incident, but Ronan had also caused enormous losses. I intended to make him work as my eternal slave.
"Arise."
I used the [Shadow Monarch] ability. I didn't like that my first Shadow Soldier would be Ronan, but I had no choice. The reason was that [Kill Steal] and [Shadow Monarch] didn't synergize — in fact, they didn't work well together at all. Because if I killed an opponent, I would absorb their ability through [Kill Steal], and even if I made them a Shadow Soldier, they would be a useless soldier with no abilities since I'd already stolen their power.
On the other hand, if I turned soone with an unremarkable ability into a Shadow Soldier, I'd just end up with more useless soldiers. This was also why I hadn't turned the Dark Elves into Shadow Soldiers. So instead, I chose to target those who were physically strong. Ronan was my first such subject.
A black shadow rippled from Ronan's corpse lying in the morgue. A shadowy figure resembling Ronan rose up, knelt on one knee, and greeted .
"I greet the King."
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Thanks to [Ga Life], even without a level system, I could see the nas and levels of my Shadow Soldiers.
"I will call you Ronan."
"As you wish, my King."
[Ronan Lv. 1]
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"Take this for now and go back inside."
I took Ronan's hamr out of my inventory and threw it to him. Ronan caught his weapon naturally, then retreated into the shadows at my command and disappeared. With that business concluded, I left the morgue and spent the night at the lodgings provided by Xandar.
The next day, the Guardians prepared to leave. Nebula, though tsun-tsun, decided to join them. I secretly planted my Shadow Soldier, Ronan, on them. That way, when the Guardians encountered Ego, I would know imdiately. They finished preparing to leave and were about to board the 'Benatar,' the ship Xandar had provided. I said goodbye to them as they were about to depart.
"I'm leaving you here."
They all seed surprised. Quill asked why.
"Why? We had good teamwork!"
"I'm sorry too, but I have other things to do. I can't help it."
Quill looked very disappointed.
"I see. That's too bad. But if you change your mind, let know."
"Alright. Have a good trip."
I said goodbye to the Guardians and watched them leave.
'What's different from the original is that Nebula joined the Guardians early... Well, it should be fine.'
After seeing them off, I teleported to Nowhere. Based on the docunts I'd taken from the Collector, I intended to take over Nowhere entirely.
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