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Chapter 28 - The call-out and blackout

GALAXIA | HEAD BLOCK

At the head block arena, eight captains from each clan stood facing each other, leaving a wide space in the middle. Eren Lucas, captain of the Umbra clan, stood with them as well. There was Henk of the Scarlet clan, Kenneth of the Earth clan, Oliver of the Nebula clan, Logan of the Sun clan, Brian of the Mage clan, and Lucy of the Vixen clan.

Soon, Lord Orion walked in, and they positioned themselves as a sign of respect as he walked through their middle. It was cold and windy outside, very early in the morning, and the sun had barely come out.

"You all may be wondering why I called you here this early, but that is something that shouldn't bother you," Lord Orion began.

"As we all know, there have been cosmic energy anomalies on Earth in the past week, and unusual events have occurred during this time. A being or izigan rather not from Galaxia was suspected to be battling The-void a day ago."

Everyone in the room was shocked upon hearing this and wondered who it was.

"For now, we do not know who it is, but Kenneth here said Deborah was on her way to investigate. Some minutes after, the void's presence decreased, and its cosmic energy dissipated during the battle with whoever was fighting it," Lord Orion continued.

The information was unbelievable, and the Sector Unit wasn't wrong.

The information was given, but people found it hard to believe. The-void, which had been a long-standing threat to the 12 clans of the izigans and humans, it harnessed extreme cosmic strength and power. Even the some persons from some clans that had encountered it could barely fend it off with their own strength.

Still, someone they didn't know yet could battle with it until its cosmic presence faded from the Sector Unit's radar.

"If you are still wondering, there is another event even more disturbing. Last night, there was a loud alarm all around the Sector Unit. That kind of alarm would only ring out if the system detects a huge cosmic presence on Earth or anywhere nearby. Indeed, it came from Earth, in a town in Washington, D.C. It measured over five hundred thousand meganuwits," Lord Orion said.

This time, all the captains turned and looked at Lord Orion, full of surprise and disbelief. But since it was coming from him, it had to be true.

"Five hundred thousand meganuwits? Is it a titan or a cosmic beast? We have to act now before it's too late," Logan insisted.

"What sort of creature would that be? Five hundred thousand is too much. What has been done since the discovery?" Oliver asked, still in surprise.

"Well, Terry and some planetary-ranked izigans made their way there. They should report when they get there," Lord Orion replied.

"At this time, I want you all to be alert. The-void may still be out there plotting something. The Furious Three will deal with it if it shows itself again, and one of them is here as well, Kenneth who is taking the place of Deborah for now. The captains will act as backup," Lord Orion continued.

"We don't know the full potential of this entity. That is what I have for you today. Now, dismiss," Lord Orion ordered, and they all left. Brian, who had been looking at Eren for a long time, decided to approach him.

"You should try and smile sometimes. You don't have to always put on a serious face," Brian said to Eren as they walked out.

"Why don't you mind your own business, Brian?" Eren said, looking at Brian with disgust and walking away from him.

"There is something so odd about him though" Brian said smiling.

Meanwhile, some small spacecraft descended from the sky early that morning, flying all the way down towards the city of Washington, D.C. They could still see the long blue beam of light up to the sky until it finally faded out slowly.

"It's fading," one of the crew inside the spacecraft said.

"Make sure we don't lose sight," Terry ordered.

"I have already pinpointed the location. We are arriving," the pilot said while controlling the spacecraft.

"I was expecting a Godzilla-like creature, not some beam of light," Terry said as they came close to the surface.

Soon, the three ships landed in Dave's neighborhood. People came out from the spacecraft wearing black and white tech leather suits. Most of them were Umbra clan members, while a few others were from the Nebula clan, wearing green tech suits.

They knew for sure something terrible had happened after seeing the cracked and torn roads and destroyed buildings all around. They were already guessing that a monster was involved and it might have gotten away.

"Damn, what happened here? It must be some kind of attack," one of the crew members said.

Not too long after, someone finally saw Dave kneeling on the flour unconscious in the middle of the destroyed street. It was awkward seeing a kid alone in the street until the person who came close to him noticed that the cosmic energy around him was so dense, and there was a circle pattern around him on the floor that looked slightly burnt.

When he noticed this, he signaled the others to come see what he had just found.

Terry was surprised at what he was looking at, and so were the others.

"This can't be right. Why does it look like the long light beam came from him? How can we explain the destroyed street? This doesn't make any sense," one of them said, still trying to picture the scenario.

"Yes, it doesn't feel right, but there's no doubt. The light came from him. His body is extremely hot, and the cosmic energy around here is dense. This is the exact place the light was said to have come from, according to the readings," Terry said.

"Five hundred thousand meganuwits was the reading, sir. Was the system broken when it read that? I don't think so. This kid can't produce five hundred thousand meganuwits of cosmic energy, can he? Is he a cosmic bomb?" someone nearby said.

"But you can feel it, right? You still feel the radiating cosmic energy, don't you? If you do, then you have no other choice but to believe. It's clear the light somehow came from him for a reason we don't know yet. He must have battled against something," Terry continued. That's what caused the destruction around. We are sending this case to the mystery files, but until then, let's get this kid into the ship and send him to Galaxia now," Terry said as they brought out an energy stretcher to lay him on and carried him into the ship.

Terry bent down towards where Dave was and saw a black-brown substance around. He picked some of it and put it inside a transparent bag, then entered the ship to depart.

Meanwhile, at that moment, the callout was already taking place as many spaceships from Galaxia descended on Earth, going to different cities and countries to pick up all the izigans they could find and the ones that were ready to go after the information was spread across earth about the call-out day.

One of the ships landed where Hina was still lying down close to the creature she killed. She was ready to go to Galaxia as well, she has been lying there for two days unable to move after loosing lost of strength.

In Japan, ships also descended. Master Sin Su had already placed Lang, who was still unconscious, somewhere visible for the people in the spacecraft and far from the temple.

"Are you sure about this, Master?" Jin asked while standing close to him, both looking at the ship as they picked Lang up.

"Galaxia has been his calling ever since. With the kind of power he has, Galaxia would shape him well," Master Sin Su said.

After many ships had come to take a huge number of izigans from Earth, the ships were seen leaving Earth and people watched.

"This body is a bit capable, but still a body of a human. This won't last a week. Those children were abnormal. The little girl isn't a problem. The unusual one was the one with the weird green cosmic form and her cosmic presence is invisible, What is she anyway? It almost felt like she could control me or even kill me" the void said while lying down in an unknown place with the new body he had acquired, waiting until he recovers fully.