45 The World Witnesses the Celestials (1/2)

Some older lady had discovered the grotesque corpse of the young chef early in the morning and stumbled away screaming. The police arrived at the scene very quickly after that and the entire corridor was immediately cordoned off for their investigation.

In this technological age however, the answer to the murder was immediately found in a small camera that Lanise had overlooked. The police reviewed the tape which was like a horror movie before immediately reporting it to their senior officers.

When linked with the illegal ship and Ivan's large group of Celestials, a mass arrest warrant was handed down along with the mobilization of the local military force en masse. The Galactic Fleet battleships also sent a signal that they would be arriving within an hour, so the main military force arranged their plan to coordinate with that.

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Ivan's group was heading back to the Kraken when several police hovercars broke out of the traffic and flew beside the railing of the walkway Ivan and the others were on.

[Sirs and madams, you are all under arrest under suspicion of assault and murder. Immediately raise your hands in the air where we can see them.]

The police officers spoke over a speaker from their hovercars as even more vehicles flew in and surrounded them.

Ivan frowned deeply at this and wondered what aroused this situation. As far as he knows, he told everyone not to kill anyone, at least not anywhere it could be witnessed. All they had to do was drag a person into subspace and they would immediately die, whilst the body would be completely erased with no evidence would remain.

Normally under this scenario, Ivan would have opted to just to move through subspace and leave, but his group was currently carrying a large number of three-dimensional materials which couldn't be taken through subspace as they were.

”Flintlock, go crush their hovercars, knocking them into subspace would probably be the easiest method. No use of fire though, and don't involve everyone else” Ivan commanded ruthlessly with a cold expression. ”Everyone else, we are rushing back to the Kraken. We need to get these good put away immediately, feel free to open fire on any other hovercars.”

Flintlock seemed to enjoy this command as a glint of enthusiasm shone in his three eyes. He didn't even bother diving down deeper in subspace to leave the walkthrough, he simply charged through the barrier and out into the sky.

The police officers were stunned to see the massive beast flying in the air, but the true nightmare was what followed.

Flintlock, finally getting to release its stress, flew forward and swatted one of the police hovercars like it was a fly. There was an energy barrier which surrounded the hovercar, but it shattered instantly, the entire roof caving in as it flew down like a rocket, smashing into and critically damaging several civilian hovercars on the lower lanes in the process.

The police reacted promptly as a swivelling heavy machine gun rose up from their bonnets and fired at the Four-Eyed Devil Lion. Flintlock treated the bullets as little more than an annoyance but still flew behind civilian hovercars trying to escape the scene and causing the weapons to automatically stop firing.

Flintlock perched himself against the side of a skyscraper before jumping off it with enough force several floors in the vicinity cracked and collapsed amongst screams of terror. The devil lion charged into another squad hovercar, treating its energy barrier as a soap bubble before slamming it into another building.

The police hovercars desperately shot at the devil lion while making evasive manoeuvres, but nothing was effective as the devil lion mercilessly crushed them with its claws, teeth, or even tail.

Plumes of smoke filled the sky between the buildings from all the damaged cars and also a gas line in one of the buildings that had broken and been ignited from stray sparks.

Some hovercars tried to flee, but the devil lion bounded between buildings as it chased after them like toys. In the meantime, Ivan, Valeria and the guards had already left.

Ivan lead the guards as they raced back to the Kraken, flying out of the other side of one of the buildings and directly toward the spaceship dock.

Once they neared the spaceship dock, two police cars arrived at the area before them as their machine guns emerged from their bonnets. Ivan suspected these may be automated hovercars, but wasn't entirely sure. This was a highly developed planet, but there were plenty of others more technologically advanced with the latest equipment.

”Permission to freely open fire,” Ivan commanded.

The guards immediately protected him from the front as they raised their energy spears in the third dimension before firing them at the two police cars.