"So, kid, you're cocky as fuck, huh? Did your parents know you were this cocky? Oh, right, I forgot, the older generation in the Land of Light all died off in the war."
Like a supreme ruler of darkness, an emperor of the night itself, Jovian stood before Belial and horn-boy and asked after their parents in a perfectly friendly tone.
"So you're Alien Empera, the Dark Great Space Emperor?!"
"My name is Belial, and I'm the one who's going to kill you."
Belial took one step forward, announced his own name, and instantly closed the distance between himself and Jovian.
"Belial, wait!"
"Don't act rashly. The enemy in front of us isn't someone we can defeat so casually!"
Seeing Belial rush forward recklessly, horn-boy's face tightened with worry.
"Kid..." Faced with Belial charging him, Jovian only smiled with disdain. He shifted sideways, caught Belial by the arm, and subdued the strongest warrior of the Land of Light's younger generation with one hand alone. "You're pretty cocky, huh? Go ahead, act tough for me again."
"Ahhh!!"
Belial cried out in pain.
The force coming from Jovian's one-handed hold on his arm was so overwhelming that it felt like his arm was about to be twisted clean off.
"Belial!"
Seeing his friend seized, horn-boy's expression changed, and he charged straight at Jovian.
"Fuck off!"
Jovian sneered at the oncoming horn-boy and kicked Belial right in the ass, sending him flying straight at him.
"Belial..."
As Belial came hurtling toward him, horn-boy immediately changed his stance. What had been a fighting posture turned into one ready to catch him in an embrace.
Boom!
With a thunderous crash, horn-boy used all his strength and finally caught Belial as he slammed into him.
"Belial, are you okay?"
Horn-boy looked at Belial's pained expression and asked.
"I..."
Belial let out a slow breath. Even now, the left arm Jovian had seized still had no feeling in it at all.
"Hahaha..."
"Die!!"
Before Belial could finish speaking, Jovian had already moved. Holding the Empera Blade, he swung out a massive slash that instantly crashed into the bodies of Belial and horn-boy.
"Ahhh!!"
The skin-rending pain from the Empera Blade's slash made both Belial and horn-boy scream.
Boom!
Then a savage explosion of fire blasted them both onto the ground.
"Kid, what was that thing you were saying earlier about knocking me off my throne and becoming emperor?"
Wrapped in his black cloak and holding the Empera Blade, Jovian stood over the sprawled Belial and horn-boy and asked coldly.
"So this is the power of darkness..."
Belial lay on the ground, clutching his side where Jovian's Empera Blade had cut him and light particles were still spilling out. He stared at the sword in Jovian's hand in horror.
In a single exchange, Jovian had defeated both him and Ken, two of the Land of Light's greatest warriors.
That level of power was beyond anything Belial had imagined.
Belial lost heart. He gave up. And at the same time, a seed, a longing for power, for the power of darkness, was buried deep in his heart. It took root there and waited for the day it might finally sprout.
"Don't lose heart, Belial! Get up! We are the incarnations of light. Light will give us strength!"
Ken could feel the huge gap between himself and the enemy. He realized that the being before him was an even greater darkness than Juda, a terrifying existence capable of threatening the entire Land of Light. But Ken still refused to give up. He believed the light in his heart would bring him hope, would bring him strength.
"Interesting."
Jovian looked at Ken and laughed coldly. Then he raised the hand that wasn't holding the sword and clenched it in the air.
In the next second, Jovian's telekinetic force, so vast it could extinguish suns, crashed down onto Ken's body.
"Ahhh!"
Ken instantly let out a miserable scream. He could almost hear his bones creaking under the pressure.
"Light can give you strength?"
"I'm toying with you like a child's toy. Where is the light you believe in?"
"I conquered this planet and slaughtered the slug-like aliens crawling across its surface. Where is the light you believe in?"
"I beat your Ultra warriors into clouds of particles. Where is the light you believe in?"
"Foolish Ultra warrior! The light you worship is meaningless. In this world, power is the only thing that can save you!"
"Any unfavorable situation a person faces comes from one thing only, their own lack of strength!"
Every time Jovian finished a sentence, his power multiplied several times over. By the time he finished speaking, the force crushing Ken had reached the level of a black hole. Even light itself would have been pulverized.
Faced with that overwhelming pressure, even a pillar of the Land of Light like Ken passed out. His body of light particles was slowly breaking apart, and his death was now only a matter of time.
"How boring."
Jovian looked at the dying Ken and released his grip.
Boom!
Ken, who had been suspended in the air by Jovian's telekinesis, crashed to the ground, blasting a giant crater into it and sending dirt flying in every direction with a deafening roar.
"..."
Jovian looked coldly at the unconscious Ken, walked straight over to him, and raised the Empera Blade in his hand.
Stab. Stab.
Standing over Ken, Jovian drove the Empera Blade into his kidneys twice, one stab to the left, one stab to the right, one for each side.
"Ahhh!!"
Ken felt the agony rip through his kidneys and woke from unconsciousness instantly, only to black out again from the pain the very next second.
"Uh..."
Belial had watched the whole thing. His body trembled uncontrollably, and he didn't even dare stand up. Faced with Jovian's overwhelming power, he had already given up any thought of opposing him.
"Heh..."
"Now you're the only one left, kid."
Jovian looked at Belial and laughed coldly, his voice dripping with mockery.
"..."
Belial stared at Jovian in fear. His strength and Ken's were roughly comparable. Seeing Ken tossed around like a toy by Jovian had filled Belial with nothing but despair.
"Kid, I like your face, so I'm willing to give you a chance."
Jovian looked at Belial, who seemed scared out of his mind, and smiled in satisfaction.
Jovian had thought of something amusing.
Since the Land of Light had that scheming old bastard Ultraman King watching over it, and maybe even Noah hiding somewhere out in the universe protecting it from the shadows, making it impossible to destroy by outside force, then why not play a little game instead? Let the great Land of Light start collapsing from the inside.
"A chance?"
"What kind of chance?"
Belial froze and looked at Jovian in confusion.
"Hahaha..."
"A chance to become the Land of Light's great hero and lead the entire Land of Light."
Jovian laughed coldly and tempted Belial.
"Make me the Land of Light's great hero? Make me lead the whole Land of Light?"
Belial's eyes lit up. He wasn't stupid. The moment Jovian said that, Belial understood exactly what he meant.
"You want to work with me?"
Belial slowly stood up from the ground, faced Jovian, and asked.
"Haha..."
"You're a smart man. You know what choice to make."
Jovian slid the Empera Blade back into its sheath and sneered.
"Of course I know what to choose."
Belial snorted and tried to look imposing in front of Jovian.
He didn't understand why Jovian wanted to cooperate with him, but if Jovian was asking him to work together, then that meant Jovian needed him. And that need was Belial's only leverage when standing in front of Jovian.
"Kid, if you want to work with me, then listen carefully. From here on out, you do exactly what I say."
Jovian looked down at Belial and spoke in a cold voice.
"You..."
"Go on."
Belial clenched his fists as he listened. Rage filled his heart, but the gap between their power was too great. He had no choice but to suppress his anger and submit for now. There was still time. He, Belial, was not someone who would live under another's thumb forever. Swallowing his fury, he swore to himself that one day, he would make this arrogant Dark Great Space Emperor pay.
"Hahaha. Then listen carefully to every word I say."
Jovian didn't care what Belial was thinking inside, and he didn't care whether Belial secretly wanted him dead. As long as Belial obeyed him for now, that was enough.
As for the little schemes in Belial's head, Jovian understood them better than anyone, and he didn't care in the slightest.
The angrier Belial grew toward him, the less capable he would become of understanding the power of light. In the end, Belial's path would always lead to eternal darkness. Since that was how it would end anyway, Jovian decided to spare Belial's life and put on a show with him, personally elevating this man fated to fall into darkness onto the throne of captain of the Inter Galactic Defense Force.
Jovian was curious. If Belial became the captain of the Inter Galactic Defense Force, or even the Father of Ultra, just how interesting would this universe become?
Thinking that, Jovian set the curtain rising on a grand performance.
The Land of Light!
"I am the Emperor of Darkness!"
"Perish, you hypocrites of light!"
Wrapped in his cloak, Jovian stood in this world overflowing with brilliance, and he hated it from the bottom of his heart. It was as though every part of his body recoiled from the glaring light here. Opposite him stood dozens of nameless fodder Ultras.
Faced with those faceless Ultras, Jovian merely laughed coldly. Then, gripping the Empera Blade, he slashed out with all his might. A giant arc of energy tore through the air and instantly split the bodies of dozens of fodder Ultras in two.
"Ahhhh!!!"
A second later, amid angry, agonized cries, those fodder Ultras exploded into clouds of particles and vanished into the air.
"Ah..."
Among the destroyed Ultras was a shapely female Ultra. Thanks to the protection of the person beside her, she had not been obliterated by Jovian's slash, though the explosions of her companions had still left her injured.
"Are you okay, little lady?"
Just as that Silver Tribe female warrior with the two small Ultra horns on her head struggled in pain, a gentle voice sounded beside her, followed by a strong hand reaching down toward her.
"Thanks, I'm okay..."
Looking at the hand extended to her, the female Ultra instinctively grabbed it. Immediately, she felt a powerful tug from it, and she was pulled up from the ground.
And at the same time, she finally saw clearly who had helped her to her feet.
That dark body, black as a black hole. Those dimly glowing eyes. That suffocating pressure. Who else could it be but Jovian, in the form of Alien Empera?
The female Ultra froze on the spot.
"Alien Empera?!"
Her body went limp, and she nearly collapsed back to the ground.
"Heh..." Jovian looked at the female Ultra, whose legs had gone weak from fright, and laughed coldly. In one swift motion, he pulled her into his arms and reached toward the box she had been hiding behind her back. "Let me see what treasure this is."
"No!"
The female Ultra shouted and struggled with all her strength.
"Hahaha..."
"Fight back harder. Let's see who's going to save you."
But her resistance only excited Jovian more. He snatched the box from behind her, opened it, and took out a sword wrapped in white seals.
"So this is the legendary Ultra Blade of the Land of Light?"
Holding the female Ultra in one arm and the Ultra Blade in the other, Jovian spoke coldly.
"Give the Ultra Blade back! Give it back!"
The female Ultra kept struggling and shouting.
"Alien Empera, let go of that girl!"
Just as Jovian was reveling in the moment with a beauty in one arm and the Ultra Blade in the other, a powerful figure dropped from the sky and landed in front of him.
"It's Ultraman Belial!"
When the beautiful female Ultra in Jovian's arms saw the agile figure drop from above, surprise and hope flashed through her eyes. She recognized the Ultra who had arrived, one of the Land of Light's famous warriors, Ultraman Belial, a fighter who was second to none even compared with Ken.
"Ultraman Belial, hurry! Take the Ultra Blade from Alien Empera! If we work together, we can definitely drive Alien Empera out of the Land of Light!"
Belial's arrival reignited hope in the female Ultra's heart. She believed that if Belial got hold of the Ultra Blade, he would definitely have a way to fight Alien Empera.
But the conversation that followed between Jovian and Belial crushed her heart completely.
"Have the monsters outside been taken care of?"
Jovian looked at Belial, who had just landed, and asked.
"What kind of match were those trash mobs for me?"
"Forget that. Alien Empera, let go of that girl already. She's exactly my type."
Belial carefully sized up the female Ultra in Alien Empera's arms, and his heart burned with desire.
"Kid, I think you've misunderstood something."
"I said I'd help make you the Land of Light's great hero. I never said I'd help you find a wife."
"I've already claimed this girl. From the instant the Dark Great Space Emperor set eyes on her, she became mine."
Jovian looked down at the female Ultra in his arms, then tightened the arm around her graceful body ever so slightly, making it clear she belonged to him.
"You..."
Belial looked at Jovian, displeasure rising in his heart.
"Belial..."
"What are you two even talking about? Why can't I understand any of this...?"
The female Ultra trembled. She could not believe what she was hearing. She could not believe the Land of Light's greatest warrior was a traitor.
"Hahaha..."
"You still don't get it, Marie?"
"The reason I was able to invade the Land of Light so easily was all thanks to Ultraman Belial."
"He's your Land of Light's great hero."
Jovian lowered his head and whispered into the ear of the female Ultra in his arms.
"..."
After hearing Jovian's words, the female Ultra, Marie, shuddered violently. Her body trembled uncontrollably, and the hope that had filled her heart seemed to lose its sun and go completely dead.
"Is it true, Belial?"
Marie looked at Belial in despair. She wanted him to shout that everything Jovian had just said was a lie.
"Alien Empera, shut up already."
"Just leave like we agreed."
Feeling Marie's hopeless gaze on him, Belial felt sharp pain stab through his heart. If he had possessed enough power, he could have driven off Alien Empera and taken the beauty for himself. But he didn't. So all he could do was glare angrily and speak in an irritated tone, venting his frustration the only way he could.
"Hmph!"
"Watch your tone, Belial!"
"Remember this, everything you have was given to you by me. I can give you everything, and I can take it all back whenever I want!"
Jovian was displeased by Belial's attitude.
In an instant, Jovian's immense telekinetic force crashed down onto Belial's body.
"Ugh..."
Against Jovian's terrifying telekinesis, Belial was thrown away like a rag doll and slammed heavily onto the ground.
"Stay on this ruined little planet of yours and play your part as the great hero."
"As for Marie and the Ultra Blade, I'll be taking them with me."
"Hahahahaha..."
Looking at Belial sprawled on the ground like a beaten dog, Jovian burst out laughing.
Ken had already been stabbed in the kidneys and was doomed to spend the rest of his life as a eunuch. Belial was too ugly. And Marie, at least barely, was worthy of the Dark Great Space Emperor. Of course Jovian had no intention of giving her away.
After laughing his fill, Jovian vanished from the Land of Light with Marie in his arms. And just like that, before Ultraman Taro could even become a fertilized egg, he was erased from existence altogether.
The fate of the entire universe had been thrown completely off course by Jovian's outrageous stunt.
Faced with all this, Jovian could only shout to Ken, "Thank you, Taro!"
"Marie's a good woman. I'll take care of her for you..."
Unfortunately, Ken was still unconscious and couldn't hear a word of Jovian's heartfelt speech.
And so, Jovian had successfully cuckolded the big-horned bull.
No, strictly speaking, it wasn't really cucking, since Ken and Marie weren't that close yet.
Boom!
Looking in the direction Jovian had disappeared, Belial pounded the floor of the Land of Light with all his strength.
"Alien Empera!!!"
One hand clutching his chest and the other braced against the ground, Belial staggered back to his feet.
Then he raised his head to the sky, toward the direction Jovian had gone, and roared in fury.
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