Chapter 155 (1/2)

Chapter 155

Sadness

Lucas switched to one of his spare bodies inside his pocket dimension. Teleporting himself to the Nugitraiilian homeworld, Lucas found himself aboard his stealth s.h.i.+p sitting in his command chair. The s.h.i.+p he had taken to the jellyfish homeworld was an unarmored and uns.h.i.+elded cruiser, which was why it had been destroyed so easily.

He opened the feed from the probes to see what would happen after his s.h.i.+p was destroyed. He watched as the robots fired plasma bolts into the jellyfish planet. A sinking feeling in his gut caused him to order the probes to scan the area they were firing at. He fell back into his chair as he realized that the alien jellyfish he had been talking to had been murdered.

Lucas just stared at the screen. If he had tear ducts, his eyes would have started tearing up. To have someone try and help you, only to be killed in return… what kind of feeling would one have? Lucas was being torn up by guilt. There was a flicker of movement as one of the robot s.h.i.+ps on the screen moved out of the jellyfish homeworld’s gravity. Without the gravity disrupting hypers.p.a.ce, the robot s.h.i.+ps jumped out of the system.

Lucas’ head whipped around, staring where the robot s.h.i.+ps had been just seconds ago. There was a shriek of tortured metal as the armrests on Lucas’ chair crumpled under his strength. Chu Shen had been in his cabin when he had sensed a slight change in the surrounding Qi. Realizing it must be Lucas coming back, Chu Shen headed for the bridge.

Arriving there, he saw Lucas staring daggers at an image of empty s.p.a.ce. He turned to question what Lucas was doing and noticed that Lucas’ armrests had been crumpled up into a ball. He ran over to Lucas. “What is it Lucas? What’s wrong?!”

Lucas s.h.i.+fted his gaze towards Chu Shen, causing Chu Shen to flinch. “What’s wrong?” Lucas’ voice was quiet but it carried a deep anger with it. A chill came over Chu Shen.

“I’ll tell you what’s wrong. I made contact with the jellyfish. They told me that they had created these abominations to explore the universe. Their creations started killing everything! They tried to stop the killing! They even tried to warn ME! DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?! THEY KILLED HIM FOR IT! THEY KILLED HIM! BECAUSE OF ME!” Lucas gradually became louder until he was shouting at Chu Shen.

After he was done yelling, Lucas slumped back into his chair. He seemed to age by ten years. Lucas sobbed, but not a single tear fell down from his face. “I killed him. I killed him and I can’t even cry. Why? Why didn’t I make tear ducts? Now I can’t even cry for who I killed.”

Chu Shen came over to Lucas and hugged him. “It’s okay Lucas. It’s okay.” He knew exactly what kind of soul Lucas was. He was a kind and caring boy, coming from a more gentle age. It was the reason why they had gotten involved with Aslo and Chrissa to begin with. To have someone die for him… It was truly torture for Lucas.

Maybe if it was Chu Shen this wouldn’t be as much of a problem. He wasn’t heartless, but Chu Shen had been raised in a far more brutal era. People being killed was quite common. Of the four hundred young people of his generation, only a hundred and fifty-two branch sect children had survived to adulthood. The kids were killed in training or in accidents while hunting. Some were even killed in cultivation mishaps. Death was a constant companion in his world, so a stranger dying, even if it was for him, wouldn’t have torn him up so much.

After a while, Lucas finally stopped mourning. Standing up he reflexively rubbed his eyes before glancing down at his hand. He made a sad smile before turning back to Chu Shen. “Thanks for being there Chu Shen.”

Chu Shen smiled. “It’s alright. I won’t say anything to Aslo or Chrissa either.”

Lucas shuddered. “Yeah. Aslo would be awful to deal with.”

Chu Shen gestured to the video of empty s.p.a.ce. “So, you going to destroy those ‘abominations?’ Or do you want to let them go free?”