[The Stellaron Hunters, they were looking for that child the Amber King sent away.]
[In a corner of the bridge, Aha, the Aeon of Elation, watched the Stellaron Hunters and mused.]
[As one of the Aeons most interested in humanity, He was naturally not like the Amber King, who didn't even know what the Corporation was. He knew quite a bit about this most-wanted criminal organization.]
"The Stellaron Hunters are just one of them. There are many other factions who have boarded the Corporation's ships through various subtle means."
[Aha muttered to Himself. In His eyes, even a fleet spread across the entire sea of stars had no place that could obstruct His line of sight.]
[「The Family」, 「The Xianzhou」—almost all the major factions had used their own methods to infiltrate this fleet.]
[And the Corporation was clearly aware of this, but they didn't care. As long as the Amber King was present, nothing in the cosmos could cause the Corporation even the slightest harm.]
[That might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it was true. At least this time, before the Corporation completed its mission, the Amber King would not let them fall.]
[Aha's mask appeared in every corner. He watched the Corporation's Board of Directors deliberately over-interpret the Amber King's revelation, and He watched as those devout followers gradually became radicalized.]
[But the more a situation was like this, the more excited Aha became. Nothing was more conducive to finding fun than a chaotic situation.]
"Let the storm rage even more fiercely. That's what makes it interesting."
[Leaving these words behind, Aha vanished from the spot.]
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[Light Curtain Barrage]
The Aeon of Elation, Aha. Is He omnipresent?
"Sigh, to think we'd actually be targeted by the Aeon of Elation. What rotten luck."
In the Star Rail universe, Kafka sighed, a look of utter helplessness in her eyes. The personality of this Aeon was no longer a secret.
To be treated as fun by Aha... she didn't know whether to feel sorrow or joy. After all, the Aeon of Elation... He wouldn't treat them too harshly, but she hoped He wouldn't go too far.
"The Aeon of Elation, He... could probably kill me with ease."
Blade, who sought only death, looked at Aha on the screen, a faint smile gracing his lips.
He had no doubt that an Aeon could kill him without any effort. The only problem was how to make Elation kill him. And besides... before he died, he still had things to do.
Sam: "Aha... He won't send us to the Ultra Universe like He did with the Astral Express, will He?"
If it meant finding Stelle, she personally wouldn't mind going anywhere. She was just afraid this Aeon wouldn't feel like granting their wish.
Silver Wolf: "Who knows? He's the Aeon of Elation. It's perfectly normal for Him to do anything. The more you want something, the more He might want to deny you."
In a corner of the Star Rail universe, Silver Wolf, who was in the middle of a game, couldn't help but complain. From a third-person perspective, Aha was indeed a very interesting Aeon.
But if you became the fun He was focused on, then you could only pray He would get bored of you quickly. Otherwise...
Silver Wolf didn't continue the thought, instead letting out a deep sigh.
"This Aeon's personality is really flighty. He pretty much does whatever He wants, whenever He wants."
In a certain sense, Aha truly made many viewers outside the screen envious.
As the Aeon of Elation, not only was He powerful, but He could also seek His own joy without any restraints.
Compared to most of the more rigid Aeons, He was truly the kind of person many wanted to be.
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[On the light curtain, as the undercurrents of the cosmos surged, the Corporation finally arrived at the location indicated by the Amber King's revelation.]
[The end of the sea of stars, the meeting point of two universes.]
[Fluorescent lights of myriad colors flickered in the vast starry sky, and the beautiful colors painted upon them gave one the feeling of being in a forest.]
[Even the Corporation employees, who often traveled on business and had visited hundreds, if not thousands, of planets, had never seen such a magnificent sight.]
[This place was like an undeveloped paradise. The Corporation couldn't even dare to imagine how much extra income they would make each quarter if they developed tourism here.]
[Praise be to the Amber King, praise be to the genius Herta. Without the coordinates, the Corporation, with its current level of technology, wouldn't have known how long it would take to discover this place.]
[Needless to say, just finding this place proved that all the Corporation's previous efforts were worthwhile. It was not a losing venture.]
[This brought a sliver of comfort to the hearts of the high-ranking Corporation executives who were not entirely believers of the Amber King.]
"My heavens... what is that?"
Just as everyone was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, someone in the Corporation率先 spoke up first, pointing a finger at a magnificent and ancient living being.
"Is that... alive?"
"That appearance... it feels a bit familiar. It seems to be described in the company's employee handbook."
"Wait... this guy, it can't be!"
Countless Corporation employees, faced with that sacred and ancient body, couldn't help but fall into a deep state of shock.
"...The Amber King... There's no mistake. This is the Amber King."
[Ancient, like a city wall, its body was crisscrossed with golden and mysterious patterns.]
[And the giant hammer, fully half the size of its body, with each fall, symbolized the end of an Amber Era.]
[What a great honor. As employees of the Corporation, to one day be able to witness the full form of the Amber King with their own eyes, even if it was just the tip of the Amber King's iceberg.]
"Topaz, you were right. Only after seeing it with your own eyes can you understand how great the Amber King is."
[On the central flagship, Aventurine spoke with a solemn expression. He had been a gambler his whole life, but he had never been as nervous as he was today.]
[He felt like a naive child who had just seen the greatest person in the world.]
[That reverence, born from the bottom of his heart, could not be faked.]
"All hail the Amber King..."
[Aventurine muttered to himself and performed a chest-saluting gesture towards the Amber King. Beside him, Topaz and the other members of the Ten Stonehearts all stood up straight, expressing their respect for the Amber King.]
[Even though the Amber King had not once placed his gaze upon them from beginning to end.]
"Full speed ahead, towards the Amber King's position."
[The members of the Board of Directors gave the order. Then, countless battleships sailing the sea of stars pushed their engines to the maximum, streaking across the starry sky like a meteor shower.]
[The place they were heading towards was the figure the Corporation had sought for thousands of Amber Eras, for an unknown number of millennia—the Amber King, Klipoth.]
[And at the same time, as if to add a sense of epicness to the Corporation's actions, the Amber King's great hammer fell at just the right moment.]
"BOOM—!!!"
[A deafening, cosmos-shattering strike came crashing down, the resulting shockwave directly tearing apart the river of stars and causing celestial bodies to crumble.]
[Although the Corporation's battleships were completely unharmed under the Amber King's deliberate watch, they were still filled with joy and surprise.]
[Then, an even more shocking scene appeared. As if a certain area had collapsed, the incomparably huge wall of light along the edge of the cosmos came crashing down.]
[Countless amber stone statues fell like rain, causing an amber rain to fall across the entire sky.]
[As the crystals fell, the shadow behind the giant wall was also revealed. A dazzling, brilliant golden light, like that of a god, illuminated the entire sea of stars.]
---o---
Across the infinite dimensions, countless viewers who saw this scene felt a sense of shock no less than that of the people on the light curtain.
The Amber King swung his giant hammer, not to build a wall, but to dismantle a part of it, widening the originally sesame-seed-sized opening.
Had he thought it through, or had Aha said something else to him afterward?
"The commotion from this demolition is a bit too big, isn't it? Is the Amber King sure he won't shatter the Corporation's fleet with one swing?"
In the world of Detective Conan, Conan took a deep breath and said in surprise.
This Amber King was practically a natural-born saint of civil engineering. Whether it was building or demolishing walls, his methods were impeccably proficient.
"Have I underestimated His strength...? Seeing Aha act so wantonly in front of Him, I originally thought He was about the same level as Saga. But now, it seems even Ultraman King might not be His match. The only one who could fight Him is probably Noa."
In the Jujutsu world, Satoru Gojo gazed at the Amber King's body and took a deep breath.
How could one surpass such a terrifying existence?
Satoru Gojo asked himself in his heart, but then he laughed mockingly.
Forget it, it was better to be realistic. Pondering these things was useless. At his level, he probably couldn't even beat a small monster from the Ultra Universe.
"In any case, at least the Amber King is willing to communicate with Noa. That's good news."
In the world of Tiga, Shinjo let out a long sigh of relief. Communication is a good thing. The worst-case scenario is when no one says anything and each side sticks to their own views. The conflicts that arise from that would be difficult to resolve.
Utaha Kasumigaoka: "Communication? Indeed, as long as these two great gods reach an agreement, then no one else would dare to act presumptuously."
Fallen Angel Gabriel: "They are both gods on the side of order. Reaching an agreement shouldn't be too difficult, right? It's not like they have any conflicts of interest..."
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["So that is an Aeon, with such vast power. Those walls of light, are they His creations? But why..."]
[At the same time, the Stellaron Hunters also noticed the figure of the Amber King. That cosmos-shattering hammer strike echoed unceasingly in their minds, as if their brains had been struck by a hammer themselves.]
[After taking a deep breath, the Stellaron Hunters were still unable to regain their composure for a long time.]
[Even Kafka, who showed the least emotion, couldn't help but be shocked at this moment.]
[A long time passed before they gradually returned to normal.]
[Is this what it feels like to face an Aeon directly? Countless people who had faced the Amber King's falling hammer thought so.]
[Although the Amber King was incomparably powerful, for the Stellaron Hunters, he was not an object of their faith.]
[Therefore, they were, at most, shocked by the Amber King's immense power.]
"Behind that wall, that light... seems a bit strange."
[After returning to normal, Silver Wolf put on her data analysis goggles. But it was a pity that all technological creations lost their original function when they encountered anything related to an Aeon.]
"Sigh, I knew it." Silver Wolf sighed first, then decisively handed over all the information here to Elio.
If he was a "Slave of Destiny," perhaps he would know something. An existence that could make the Amber King so vigilant... sounded terrifying just hearing about it.
"Huh? Wait..."
[Her hands fiddling with something unknown, Silver Wolf's fingers flew across the virtual screen as countless pieces of information flashed past her goggles.]
"It's the Astral Express... they've been here!! Kafka... it seems our guess was correct."
[Silver Wolf's detector reacted. The Astral Express's information had completely vanished from this universe right before this point. It had been here.]
"In other words, the Astral Express has already found Stelle? And Stelle is also in another universe?"
[Before Kafka could say anything, Sam replied hastily, seemingly very concerned about Stelle.]
[And it was because of this sentence that the viewers outside the light curtain became curious about the true identity of the person inside the silver armor.]
[Wearing such a cool suit of armor, with that super-cool mechanical voice, and being so concerned about Stelle... behind this armor must be a handsome and cool-headed man, just like Blade on the side. That's about right.]
[The viewers across the infinite dimensions all speculated.]
[And at the same time, the video continued.]
[In the blink of an eye, the Corporation's fleet had approached the Amber King's colossal body.]
[And at the same time, they also saw another vast starry sky, and... a giant about fifty meters tall.]
[That giant looked very strange. A red gem was embedded in his chest, and he looked quite old.]
[His body was not as huge as the Amber King's, but the light he emitted was faintly as strong as the Amber King's.]
"That is... a lifeform from another universe."
[The moment Ultraman King appeared, the Corporation's analysis results came out.]
"This is... light? Similar to those dark creatures, this is a lifeform of pure light!"
[The scientists of the Intelligentsia Guild said in surprise. If there was dark, there would be light. And such pure light... with their current level of science, they were completely unable to analyze it.]
[Of course, if it was just this, it wouldn't be enough to shock them. What shocked them was the Amber King's attitude towards Ultraman King.]
"...Gray Mist... Universe... Land of Light... Cooperation."
"Friendship... Friend... Light..."
[Because the two were using telepathy, although they knew they were negotiating, the specific content could only be partially obtained through a translation device.]
[But this alone was enough to explain many problems.]
[For example... the Amber King and Ultraman King had reached an agreement, and the two universes had officially established a cooperative relationship.]
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