"So, there is simply no way for us to survive this? Huh! Fate crystal, huh..." the Fate guy asked.
Lucan grinned, "Not exactly! We do have a way!"
The Child guy asked, "But how?"
Lucan laughed, "We need a crystal on our side who is as strong as the Fate crystal!"
The Fate guy nodded, "Yeah... but where are we going to find such a crystal?"
Lucan laughed, "From what I can perceive, your race must have various special powers, right? Can we time travel?"
The Child guy shook his head, "No... but we can bring something to our timeline! Will that be helpful?"
Lucan's eyes widened, "Yes, that is it! We need him! Only he can rival Fate on his own..."
The Child guy gasped, "What! You seriously mean somebody has the power to compete with and defeat Fate itself? Who is it..."
Lucan grinned as he gazed at the sky, "Pride crystal... he is the only one who can do it!"
The Fate guy was astonished, "Pride crystal... I forgot about him, yes! Lucan, you are right. The Pride crystal was killed only because it could have overgrown Fate!"
Lucan grinned, "So, Child guy? Bring the Pride crystal to us! That, too, at the time of his death, when his powers were at their peak!"
The Fate guy pondered, "But... the Pride crystal still needs to grow. His powers were only a step away from Fate back then, but now we have to face other crystals too."
Lucan laughed, "You think I wouldn't have calculated that possibility? Huh? Remember, the Crystal of Betrayal contains Pride's powers! And the Lord is also there...
Which means we can triple his powers!"
The Child guy's jaw dropped wide, "Three times as powerful as Fate... am I dreaming or high?"
The Fate guy shook his head, "No, it's the truth... the only reason why the Pride crystal died was to let the Lord live without any disturbances. He sacrificed himself for true pride to exist in terms of the Lord... if not for that, the one who would have been dead is probably the Life and Death crystal!"
Lucan nodded, "Hehe, I wonder how the Lord would react when he sees the Pride crystal alive? Won't it be interesting!"
The Fate guy sighed, "Interesting... bro, what the hell are you? Analyzing and solving life as if it were an equation! Sigh!"
Lucan grinned, "Got used to this way of living... and I just love it!"
The Fate guy recalled the incident on Earth as he was about to ask Lucan about it.
The Child guy hit him on the head, "Hey! Come with me. We need you to take out that power."
The Fate guy said, "Okay, wait... let me say something to L—"
The Child guy sealed his mouth with a spell, "Hahaha, kid! Don't worry, I will take care of him. You can go free!"
Lucan's brows furrowed, "Hmm... did he try to say my name? Was something wrong?"
The Child guy thought, "Oh sh*t! He figured it out... can't let him know what happened at his house! Damn."
He spoke, "Nothing... you see, he wanted to meet his childhood toy, L—, and say something to it!"
Lucan asked, "L— what? Finish the name!"
The Child guy shook his head, "That's all, it's the full name! It's our race's language, you see!"
Lucan grinned, "Oh, I see... hehe, go on ahead then!"
The Child guy rushed to leave the place as he let out a huge sigh of relief.
After covering some distance, he checked the surroundings and saw that nobody was there.
He woke up the Fate guy and unsealed his mouth, "Idiot! Why the hell were you telling him about it?"
The Fate guy frowned, "Shouldn't he know? It's his family, bro... what do you mean?"
The Child guy whispered, "If he remembers it now, he will probably go back to Earth... and we will all die while he alone survives!"
Fate asked, "How? Won't he die due to Fate?"
The Child guy frowned, "He is not from our solar system! If he is within his own solar system, our Fate crystal can't do anything to him! Not even a speck of dust from his solar system can be touched."
The Fate guy replied, "So... you just want to hide it from him? Isn't that a bit too cold?"
The Child guy sighed, "Listen, the amount of coldness he has is far greater than this! He literally went berserk and tried to destroy his own planet. Imagine if we had arrived there a little too late—what do you think would have happened? Moreover, his family hates and despises him now! If he goes there, he won't remember a single thing and will try to understand the scenario, but he might become emotionally unstable again... and transform into that form!"
The Fate guy realized the seriousness of the issue, "And we don't have the Golden Butterfly to suppress him now, right?"
The Child guy nodded, "Yeah, it will take a long time! Who knows when it will reawaken from its slumber!"
Lucan, who was gazing at the sky, was smiling calmly without even realizing what had happened on Earth...
Fate's domain...
Celestia was in a pool of the King's blood! She was still in a daze, but a spark of anger lit her heart up.
The tiny spark stimulated her rage... yet she still held it back due to the King's last words.
The Crystal of Betrayal was beaten up severely by the other crystals. The voice spoke, "Crystal of Betrayal! You have betrayed us, the crystals, by joining the mortals. I will give you a chance to return. Tell me, do you want to live or die?"
The Crystal of Betrayal laughed heartily, and its broken fragments started to crack deeper.
The Life crystal frowned, "Damn it... if you overstrain a bit more, you will die! It would be a waste of all our time and effort..."
The Death crystal frowned, "How dare you offend my bro, the Life crystal! You shall pay with death!"
The Life crystal shouted, "Fool! If you kill him now, you will be the one to actually offend me. Just shut up! Ugh!"
The Death crystal snorted coldly, "Lucky! Since Life wants you to stay alive, I'll let you live!"
The Crystal of Betrayal was caught in a dilemma. He looked at Kaol Noah, "Lend me a hand..."
Kaol replied, "I will... but no matter what we try, we can't escape this place! Ugh!"
The voice spoke, "Kaol Noah, was it? Ah! So it's indeed you whom I chose to have the power of immortality?"
Kaol frowned, "Fate! I will definitely kill you one day. You are the reason my whole life has been full of suffering! Just wait..."
The voice laughed, "Kill me? Well, try that, haha! You can't unless I write my own fate that way! Enough... Life, capture him! As for the Crystal of Betrayal, I will rewrite his fate and change him later. Death! You go and capture Kaol; I will rewrite him too! Looks like nobody wants to deal with things peacefully."
The Life crystal laughed, "Well, I would like to kill him in infinite ways! You see, I love it... hehe."
The Death crystal sighed, "Huh, Kaol Noah! Surrender yourself. I don't want to kill you, so please don't force me!"
The voice spoke, "And... Lucan is probably in one of the separate domains of the solar system, which are beyond my reach..."
The Life crystal frowned, "Then how did you bring him here the first time?"
The voice's tone turned dull, "I am afraid that something external is helping him... some power!"
The Life crystal recalled something as he gasped, "Fate... I know what it is! Yeah, it's probably what I think."
The voice roared, "What is it? Tell me without leaving out any detail!"
The Life crystal started to tremble, "It's the legendary... Golden Butterfly!"
All the crystals floating above flew down and hid themselves.
Freol and the space station members gasped in awe.
Freol was stunned, "So that's the reason... good thing that I didn't try to kill him! Or else... I can't even imagine what could have happened!"
The voice was astonished, "You mean... the Golden Butterfly! I see... then bringing him back here is truly difficult for the likes of these other crystals. Life! Death! You two go together and capture him... I AM WARNING YOU, DON'T TRY TO FIGHT THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY! EVEN I CAN ONLY REACH A TIE!"
The Life crystal's bright white glow paled, "Me? Fate, it seems you aren't fully getting it! Lucan is chosen by the Golden Butterfly! He is not using it as a defensive weapon like they did in the past!"
The voice, "..."