The door to the majestic room opened. The Bardahon family stepped inside, while their guards waited in line outside the door.
"Doma. Welcome!" A tall man with shoulder-length straight white hair approached the Gine man.
"Edra Morex." Doma greeted him back.
Edra Morex was Jenzigh's first husband; a Helomus from a different city but the same planet as her, Vaxer. He was the third son of the Morex clan that was now in an alliance with the Egoxar clan - thanks to their marriage.
"Smooth trip, huh? It's good to see you here on time." A glowing-black-skinned man with silver eyes also greeted him. His name was Jaster Rightager, a Helomus from the planet Tolis. He was Jenzigh's third husband.
"It was tolerable. Just a couple of Tentaclenates attacks on the way; one engine got hit to spark a small explosion. Just usual traffic problems," Doma answered casually.
"Tentaclenates? Did you keep their stings? They're so precious on this planet, you know," Jenzigh joined in.
"Greedy as usual," Doma chuckled. "Unfortunately, we had to get rid of them immediately so that their ink wouldn't leave a permanent stain on our precious ships."
"Not if you use the iron material from Planet Tolis." A man with purplish silver hair joined in the chit-chat.
"Rohan! Boy! I've been looking for you!" Doma smiled broadly as he met the most-talked-about male villain on –at least – twenty planets.
"You sound like those superheroes," Rohan jokingly replied.
"Damn it! Don't equate me with them, you dirty-mouthed brat!" Doma hissed, but of course he knew clearly that Rohan was only joking. Like everyone, Doma was used to this guy's rude nature.
"All right, everyone. I think we should minimise wasting duration. Why don't we just go straight to it, please?" Jenzigh spoke.
The room was filled with twenty people. As they filled their seats, the light in the room began to dim until the room was completely dark.
Then in an instant, the ceiling and walls around them gave off a twinkling star-like light that made the room feel like space.
They sat around a large round table that glowed blue and yellow stipe light as the room darkened.
Jenzigh stood from her seat at the centre side of the table because she was the host of the house and also the leader of this mission. She moved her hand to bring up the holographic screen in the centre of the table.
The three-dimensional image of a red planet with blurred black dots was the first object to appear before followed by the appearance of various asteroids orbiting around it.
"Is that the current condition?" Doma asked.
A woman with a face covered in thick white powder nodded. Her eyes were tightly closed. She wore an iron helmet with lights around it flickering as a sign that the wearer's special brain was at work.
The woman's eyes seemed to move chaotically behind her closed eyelids. Her hands trembled slightly because what she was doing now was not an easy job to do and required a great amount of energy that seemed to be tearing her brain inside her skull.
"Rohan," A young girl beside him whispered.
"Yes?"
"Why do we still have to find out about the planet's current condition? Shouldn't Bardahon have already passed it on the trip they got here?"
"Nope. If they came from Gehya, then they would not pass by that planet. The route is different." Rohan explained lightly.
"Oh..." The girl nodded in understanding. "I hope I'll grow up fast so I can travel anywhere like you,"
"Well, what should I say then? Eat lots of vegetables? Anyways, we can't speed up time. In this case, you just have to wait and be prepared. But I suggest: don't lose yourself."
"Losing myself? What do you mean?" The girl frowned.
"You will know when you know. Just learned a lot today. So.. shut up," Rohan smiled faintly at her with his eyes and lips.
"All right," The girl replied.
She was the youngest daughter in the Egoxar clan. Terena joined this meeting on Jenzigh's orders to learn about things because she would soon be fourteen years old.
If Terena was a normal Helomus, then her superpower would appear as soon as she reached fourteen. When that happened, like the rest of Helomus, she would have to hide from the outside world for two or three years to avoid danger and to learn to control her power.
However, it was an exception for Rohan.
Rohan Egoxar was born to be a smart baby. But he wasn't that special to his parents because there were quite many smart children, not only in their clan, but on many planets.
Although Rohan grew up like any other villains' children, the difference started to show up when he entered the age of fourteen, when every Helomus' superpowers would emerge.
A Helomus became very weak and strong at the same time when its superpower had just appeared in the form of a Core Ball. It happened over three years, or two years at the fastest (very rarely).
A Helomus, who was in the process -which they called Cocoon- would become the target of other Helomus villains because its superpower core ball that was stored inside its chest was being formed.
In the weakest state of the teenagers, they couldn't fight the adult Helomus who could sense that they were in the cocoon period.
Then, the teenagers' core ball could be stolen and devoured so the thief could turn on or off their superpower.
That method was usually used by villains to form a young army by force. They kidnapped Helomus' teenagers who were in their cocoon period.
However, strange things happened to Rohan Egoxar. While all Helomus recorded in history could only develop one superpower, he had two. And while all teens took two to three years to perfect their cocoon process, Rohan only needed six months to complete it.
After that, the teenage Rohan Egoxar hatched into space to do a lot of crimes on various planets at will, making him the youngest, most famous and feared villain.