Colonial Suit

Crack!

Shimmering light scattered like the most beautiful diamond stardust, instantly weaving a dreamlike net in the cave, yet bearing no trace of the life it once was.

Shadow silently watched all this, then with a casual gesture, he gathered all the scattered light into his palm.

“This is the Morkstane factor. The life source of the Mork race. So beautiful, it stirs my heart every time I see it.

Shadow murmured to himself, gazing at the swirling light points in his hand. “Do you know, I have asked myself countless times, what is life? But I never get an answer. We, you, and many other individual settlements, evolve in various ways, developing complete life forms, intelligence patterns, and civilization structures. From nothing to something, from small to large. We have been to too many places, yet we still cannot understand the greatness of life. And every time I see a new species, I am filled with awe for life.”

“I never thought… the great Overlord who once conquered endless Crodyr would be such a sentimental person.” The golden-armored warrior smiled slightly, as if he hadn't seen the Mork warrior's tragic death. “Although I didn’t experience that era, the elders of the clan have described the scenes of that time to us: endless war, the conqueror's footsteps never ceasing. You used force to expand the starry sky, selling ‘brand new’ planets as commodities. At your feet, the rulers of countless civilizations prostrated themselves, begging for your mercy.”

“My lord,” he bowed slightly, offering a humble salute. “I thought that a strong person like you shouldn’t have these weak sentiments. The meaning of life is not important, what matters is the strict hierarchy. The difference between noble and lowly is not a matter of words, but the ultimate manifestation of the universe's rules. Lowly life, even if it evolves for another billion years, cannot escape its lowly status. This is an iron law that the universe has already proven.”

“So no matter how many lives you have seen, in whatever form, it doesn’t matter. Their ultimate fate can only be conquest. You don’t need to feel sentimental for them at all.”

“Is that so?” Shadow stopped his movements and turned his gaze to the golden-armored warrior. The other party seemed very calm, as if he were stating a matter of course.

After a while, Shadow sighed and shook his head. “That’s… the difference between us.”

“You naturally divide the universe's creatures into different levels, even though evolution creates brilliant civilizations, you are always aloof, like nobles. But although we are constantly conquering, we have never looked down on any life. Whether it is the smallest single-celled organism, or an existence like you, there is no difference in my eyes.”

“But you are conquerors,” the golden-armored warrior said, full of doubt. “You conquered them. Doesn’t that prove their lowliness and your nobility?”

“Conquest is just a process, a means, not an end,” Shadow replied. “The rule of the universe is not a natural hierarchy, but a cruel path of competition. We can conquer because we have never stopped on this path. But that doesn’t mean we are necessarily nobler than the losers. In fact… we have never thought so…”

Shadow’s tone was full of emotion, as if he was thinking of something. After a while, he said to the golden-armored warrior, “You told me these things because you want me to spare your subordinates, right? I am already familiar with the etiquette of the Aielts, you do have excellent qualities.”

“Please forgive them, my lord,” the golden-armored warrior said, neither denying nor being arrogant. “They are just some lower-level individuals. Although they are now in the same world as us, they are not worth your attention.”

Although he didn’t say it explicitly, the golden-armored warrior’s tone clearly placed Shadow in the sequence of higher civilizations. According to the universal rules he followed, he was a born noble. And nobles don't need to compete with lower-level individuals. Moreover, these Mork warriors had only verbally offended Shadow, which was not unforgivable.

There are natural ways for nobles to interact. So in the golden-armored warrior's eyes, he had already shown enough sincerity. Next would naturally be negotiation and equivalent exchange. After he returned, he would punish these lower-level individuals.

However… he still didn’t understand Shadow, didn’t understand the Crodyr’s way of thinking. Most importantly, they might be nobles, but Shadow had never admitted it.

So Shadow didn’t answer him, but simply pinched his fingers together again.

With a scream, the remaining Mork warriors twisted and turned, instantly crushed into countless pieces by the spatial pressure. Dazzling light filled the sky in an instant, as if it was about to fill the cave. Those were all the life sources of the Mork warriors. Each of them had a strength above the Meteor level, but they were so easily obliterated by Shadow. The coldness and indifference towards life even shocked the golden-armored warrior.

Looking at the fragments and light in the sky, the two light clusters in his eye sockets suddenly expanded a little. “My lord, why are you doing this?”

He had clearly expressed enough sincerity and negotiated with the other party according to noble etiquette. But why did Shadow still kill them? The golden-armored warrior couldn’t understand it, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

Speaking of which, not all Aielts followed etiquette. As born cosmic nobles, some of them were noble and elegant and valued tradition, but others were the opposite, emphasizing chaos, disorder, and disregard for rules. This was inseparable from their civilization form. The Aielts were a powerful high-level civilization, and their civilization form was a mixture of religion and family. Under the main faith, there were several branches of sects. The most important of these were the Order Sect and the Chaos Sect.

The golden-armored warrior was a member of the Order Sect, and from a young age he had received good etiquette training and knowledge indoctrination. Their characteristics were that they valued ancient etiquette, strictly adhered to discipline, and were loyal and humble. Their style was similar to that of knights from some ancient civilizations.

But the other Chaos Sect was completely different. Their members were complex and did not adhere to ancient etiquette and traditions. They were unscrupulous in order to achieve their goals. It could be said that they were extremely cruel. They were also an unpopular part of the Aielt internally.

And Shadow’s actions reminded the golden-armored warrior of these people.

However, as one of the most outstanding members of the Aielt, he suppressed the anger in his heart with a slight sound and became calm and indifferent again.

“My lord, you are too impatient. If you want to punish them, you only need to say so. Why do you need to do it yourself? This will only tarnish your noble aura.”

“You’re not angry?” Shadow waved his hand again, gathering the flying light into his palm, and then revealed a smile that was not quite a smile. “If I remember correctly, you were just asking me to forgive them. And they seem to be your subordinates?”

“They were subordinates,” the golden-armored warrior corrected. He looked at the swirling light in Shadow’s hand. “And ashes cannot become anyone’s subordinates.”

“Well said,” Shadow nodded, finally showing a smile. “You see, that’s the difference between you and me.”

“Please enlighten me, my lord,” the golden-armored man said, word by word, seemingly not feeling the change in Shadow’s attitude.

Shadow quietly looked at his face, and after a while, he smiled slightly. “My style is to do what I want. Even if they are your subordinates, since they have offended me, then I will kill them. Regardless of your so-called high and low status, or the difference in identity. If you want to stop me, you have to defeat me. I have nothing to say about the survival of the fittest.”

“And you, even if you hate me to the core at this moment, you still maintain your superficial politeness. Maintaining this meaningless atmosphere. This is not so much the demeanor of you Aielts as it is hypocrisy.”

“My lord, you!?” The golden-armored warrior’s face changed, unexpectedly Shadow would be so blunt.

As the saying goes, don’t hit someone in the face or expose their shortcomings. Although there is no such saying in the current universe, Shadow’s actions undoubtedly violated the golden-armored warrior’s bottom line. If he could still maintain it, it wouldn’t be described as politeness, it would simply be cowardice.

The Aielts can tolerate concessions, but they can never tolerate cowardice. This is also the foundation for them to be admired by countless civilizations. Cosmic nobles, it’s not enough to just have etiquette, they also need powerful force!

So Shadow’s words had already pushed the golden-armored warrior to the edge of a cliff, either start a war immediately, or swallow the bitter fruit of humiliation.

For a time, the atmosphere was extremely tense, and even the air became like a substance. The golden-armored warrior stared at Shadow, his eyes growing colder and colder.

Shadow was still calm, with a hint of playfulness on his face. “Are you still going to say that this is all a misunderstanding? We can continue to communicate and use the noble way to determine right and wrong, to resolve disputes…” The golden-armored warrior was silent, but his eyes showed a hint of shock. Obviously, Shadow had guessed correctly.

“Haha…” Shadow laughed, grabbed a hooded cloak out of thin air with one hand, and casually put the cloak on his body, hiding his face in the shadows of the hood. The next moment, his voice became extremely cold. “Saying you are hypocritical and you still don’t admit it, you’re still stalling at this point. Let the helpers you summoned come out. Do you still think you can ambush me?”

“You need to know…” Under the shadow of the hood, the corners of Shadow’s mouth curled up slightly, revealing a cruel smile. “The reason why I have been talking nonsense with you for so long is to have you bring them all here… Our little guy has already gone in, so as guardians, you must fulfill your duties.”

“Let you be the blood sacrifice for my clan’s newborn king.”

Saying that, he suddenly raised his hands and released countless black lights.

“Distorted surface, spread!!”

Not good!!

The golden-armored warrior’s eyes changed suddenly, before he could say anything, the entire cave suddenly began to rotate, forming a super-large vortex. Powerful spatial fluctuations surged, forcing figures out of the void. As soon as they appeared, they involuntarily fell into the vortex of distorted space.

Above the altar, Shadow pinched his two fingers together again.

“Solve it all at once.”

“Save time, save effort, save trouble.”