Chapter 172 So Majestic...

“Whoa…”

“So majestic…”

“They’re huge…”

Captain, Bryce, and Chestnut stared in awe as the busty Alien Queen put her enormous assets on full display. All three flipped open their helmet grills, their faces filled with wonder.

Hatemonger was the only one who remained completely unmoved.

His hatred of aliens outweighed everything else. No matter how beautiful an alien might be, nothing could shake his convictions.

Whenever this guy saw an alien, only one thought ever crossed his mind: How do I tear this thing limb from limb?

“Okay, that’s actually ridiculous!”

Even Vane couldn’t help marveling at the Alien Queen’s absolutely massive, world-class knockers.

The proportions of the creature standing before him had genuinely shattered every known law of biology.

Well, I guess that’s what you get from a universe full of lunatics. Even the aliens are completely off the rails.

Just then, the Alien Queen’s body began glowing.

Sensing danger, Hatemonger immediately shouted, “You idiots! GET DOWN!”

In the original storyline, this alien fired a devastating energy beam from her breasts.

The Reclaimer Squad suffered terrible losses before finally managing to kill her through deception and other underhanded tactics.

This time, however, Vane was here.

And that made everything considerably easier.

Vane opened his inventory and pulled out the diamond shield he’d received as a reward from one his mission, raising it in front of himself.

BOOOOM!

A scorching beam of energy slammed into the diamond shield, sending sparks flying in every direction.

Yet despite the tremendous impact, the shield didn’t even have a scorch mark.

In the original storyline, that same beam had sliced Hatemonger clean in half with a single shot.

It had been a pretty gruesome sight.

“That’s it?”

Vane grinned mockingly after blocking the Alien Queen’s attack without taking so much as a scratch.

Then he equipped the Endersoul Hand he’d obtained earlier.

With barely any effort, he lifted the enormous alien into the air.

“AAAHHH!”

“NOOO!”

The Alien Queen’s massive body was dragged upward by an invisible force. Her limbs flailed wildly as she let out a piercing shriek.

“Yeah, why don’t you take a little trip?”

Vane swung his arm.

The Endersoul Hand hurled the Alien Queen across the temple like a shot put.

BOOOOOM!!

Her enormous body slammed into the temple wall, leaving a massive crater in the solid stone.

Chunks of rock exploded outward as thick clouds of dust filled the air.

“OPEN FIRE!”

Finally snapping out of their daze, the Reclaimer Squad raised their weapons and unleashed a relentless barrage at the fallen alien.

Countless energy beams hammered into her absurdly proportioned body, tearing through flesh and sending green blood spraying everywhere.

Her agonized screams echoed throughout the temple.

The Alien Queen struggled to rise, roaring furiously as the energy core in her chest began glowing once more.

Countless streams of crimson light gathered at its center.

“Oh, you’re going again?”

Vane raised an eyebrow.

The Endersoul Hand shot forward once more, seized her head, and smashed it into the ground.

BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

Each impact produced a deafening thud that echoed through the temple, shaking the very ground beneath their feet.

By the time Vane finally released his grip, the Alien Queen’s head had become an unrecognizable puddle of mush.

“Problem solved.”

“That was supposed to be my kill!”

“I wanted to chop its head off!”

“No! That kill belonged to me!”

Staring at the alien’s corpse, the members of the Reclaimer Squad immediately started arguing again.

Vane could only sigh helplessly.

After spending the past few days with these guys, he was finally beginning to understand why Space King had run away in the first place.

Seriously, who the hell could put up with these lunatics?!

“Just get the damn relic already, you worthless idiots!”

Vane pointed toward the statue of Space King.

It had only been a few days, yet these maniacs had already driven him to the point of swearing at them.

In other universes, his favorite activities were showing off and acting like some overdramatic anime protagonist.

But ever since entering this universe of psychos, all he’d been doing was slowly losing his mind.

After getting chewed out, Captain reluctantly led Bryce and Chestnut up the statue.

They climbed to the chest of Space King’s likeness and retrieved a faintly glowing sacred relic hidden inside.

“Another sacred relic,” Hatemonger declared excitedly.

“Soon, we shall finally find Space King!”

“Praise be to Space King!”

Captain and Bryce joined in with equally reverent voices.

“Come on. Next mission.”

Vane turned around and headed straight for the temple exit.

If he spent much longer around these lunatics, he was pretty sure he’d end up just as crazy as they were.

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Upon returning to their flagship, the squad reported to the High Command.

Their next assignment was to rescue the son of an important Grim Lord.

Unfortunately, thanks to a bureaucratic error, the little boy had been collected as part of the boy tax and ended up in the hands of those blood-obsessed lunatics known as the Coagulators.

The moment the mission briefing ended, the High Command activated the long-range teleporter.

In an instant, the entire squad was transported aboard the Coagulators’ flagship, the Blood Eagle.

As if their luck wasn’t already terrible enough, the ship happened to crash into a planet almost immediately after their arrival.

And naturally, the entire planet was crawling with alien bugs.

The moment they landed, they found themselves facing a vicious onslaught from the insect swarm.

“Do you people seriously have to smear BLOOD on every single surface?!”

After looking at the ship, Bryce looked like he was about to have a complete mental breakdown.

Blood was everywhere aboard the Blood Eagle.

Worse still, every drop of it belonged to the Coagulators themselves.

Their bodies produced blood at such an absurd rate that they had to constantly drain themselves just to keep their blood vessels from bursting.

Rumor had it that this was another one of Space King’s brilliant designs.

Apparently, he’d originally intended for the Coagulators to serve as walking blood bags for logistical support.

They’re all insane. Every last one of them. Complete psychos and freaks!

That was Vane’s silent assessment of the situation.

After considerable trouble and searching, the squad finally located the Grim Lord’s son.

The poor kid had already been shaved bald and was trembling uncontrollably with fear.

In the original storyline, thanks to the tender loving care of Chestnut the Medicae, the boy had successfully lost all four limbs, broken his neck, and been turned into a servitor.

If there was one thing you could say about the kid, it was that he was ridiculously hard to kill.

He could take an unbelievable amount of punishment.

Unfortunately, shortly after the squad encountered the Medicae, the Coagulators revealed their sinister intentions.

They wanted the Reclaimer Squad to accept the Brood Mother’s gift and become part of the hive mind.

“To think you would actually ally yourselves with aliens!”

Hatemonger activated his Hatemace, his voice overflowing with murderous rage.

“You all deserve to DIE!”

“You don’t understand how wonderful it feels,” the leader of the Coagulators replied dreamily. “The Brood Mother connects every one of us together. That beautiful sensation of becoming one with everyone else, of having them inside you while you’re inside them… It’s absolutely magnificent.”

“That sounds wrong on SO many levels!” Captain blurted out.

“If you refuse to join us, you shall die!”

The Coagulators drew the swords from their backs and prepared for battle.

At that moment, a faint rustling came from the darkness.

An enormous swarm of alien insects emerged behind the Coagulators, joining them in their attack.

“I’ve been waiting FOREVER for you to say that!”

Vane reached into his inventory and pulled out a Purgatory Blade.

He equipped his Stand, Steve, with another one.

Dark crimson flames instantly erupted along both blades.

These weapons had been rewards from his earlier missions.

And now was the perfect opportunity to put them to use.

“KILL THEM ALL!”

“FOR SPACE KING!!”

With a sudden teleport, Vane charged straight into the enemy formation.

He shouted at the top of his lungs while swinging his flaming Purgatory Blade.

Steve followed right beside him, matching his movements with perfect coordination.

The Coagulators and alien insects couldn’t even get close.

The Purgatory Blades flashed through the air, cutting down an enemy with every swing.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Reclaimer Squad opened fire, showering the Coagulators with energy blasts.

Together, they carved a bloody path through the Coagulators and the insect swarm.

Eventually, they reached the alien hive.

One grenade later, the Brood Mother was dead.

With their objective accomplished, the squad took the little boy and returned to their flagship.

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