The auction was finally over.
"Sir, please go this way to verify your payment and collect your good".
"Thank you". Legolas nodded at the beautiful mutated human.
This time, as he walked, his mind was no longer filled with so many worrying thoughts, it was now just filled with curiosity to know more about Old Man Gu.
'Nursery rhymes? Damn Maximus, you should do better!'
Like he expected, he was not being led to the official counter in the trade fare to verify payment and collect his good, he was being led to another exclusive one where special goods above a billion credits were verified.
This was the VVIP verification room.
Before entering inside, Legolas stopped his student. "Wait for me outside".
Christensen silently looked at his master, then he nodded.
Opening the door, Legolas entered inside.
It was a dimly lit room with 2 chairs and a single table, the familiar book was on the table and the only other person in this room was a familiar Rabbit.
With his hand behind his back while facing away, the dim light reflected his shadow. Legolas silently walked in as he observed the Rabbit at close range.
"Damn, I'm still good". The Rabbit suddenly said, his voice sounded smug.
"…" Legolas only looked at him.
"Legolas, you know, looking into the threads of fate is not always an easy job. Sometimes, I end up injured and sometimes, I even end up in a coma".
"To counter this like any other Seer, I learned to read through the lines".
"Instead of clashing directly with the indomitable power of fate and history, we Seers instead learn to thread the thin line, read vague signs and interpret".
"When I read the signs last 2 months, I almost couldn't believe it".
"I had to risk getting injured just to confirm that I didn't read wrong".
He finally turned to look at him. "Welcome, earthling".
Endrick felt his heart rate accelerate.
"Maximus is not the only one bearing that name. When you called it to me, I knew it was 80% you already but I still had to confirm through the book".
"Can you tell me, what is written in it?"
"Nursery Rhymes for kids". Legolas answered instinctively.
This old Rabbit rubbed his nose awkwardly. "He really did it". He chuckled.
"…"
For a few seconds, Legolas didn't know how to reply, in the end he asked. "You really know Maximus?"
"Yes, I knew him when he was still in this reality and he rode the Star Radler".
"Reality?"
"Yeah, you'll understand in the future". The old Rabbit smiled. "He strictly warned me not to reveal too much to you, he said you'll learn with time".
Legolas took a deep breath. "When coming here, I had a lot of thoughts, I thought I wanted to ask you many things but right now, I don't even know what to say, I don't know where to start from".
The old Rabbit smiled. "Start from the basics, who was Maximus and how did I meet him?"
He sat on a chair made to fit his side. "Well, Maximus saved me".
"During his heyday, the universe knew him as the only one crazy and powerful enough to defy the 3 Universal Organizations, they called him the Mad Rogue but he gave himself another nickname".
"Guess".
"…" Legolas could not.
The old Rabbit chuckled. "Gigachad".
"…"
"…"
"….."
Endrick was flabbergasted. 'Gigachad?'
'F*cking Gigachad? Damn, Maximus, you're so shameless!'
The Rabbit laughed. "I feel so too".
"You can read my mind?"
"I can read the threads of fate that operates in this reality, by reading them and by risking minor internal injuries, I can read slightly into the future and minds so yes, I can barely read minds".
"Ok, where is Maximus?"
"He's no longer here".
"No longer here, as in, you mean in this reality, right?"
"You catch on fast, yes". The Rabbit smiled.
"So why did he even say I should look for you?"
"To get an early start and commence the repair of the Star Radler".
Having guessed that the Universal Treasure was slightly damaged due to hints before now, Legolas was not surprised.
"How?" He asked.
The Rabbit stood up. "Before that, you need to see this".
Waving his left hand, history seemed to rewind right there before Endrick.
Bzzz!
He seemed to be transported to an ancient battlefield in the past.
A single spaceship traveled through space at a rapid speed, it could not enter warp travel due to interference but its speed was still off the charts.
Behind this spaceship was an army of warships going after it.
Over 300 warships went after this lone spaceship!
Leading these army of warships were over a dozen warriors, all Grade S Supers, Legolas could tell from a glance due to a strange reason.
"KILL HIM!" The one who seemed to be their leader, a Pugilist roared.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Singlehandedly, this spaceship that was not built for war repelled the power of all the attacks even as the warrior inside never attacked.
The POV switched to inside the spaceship.
There the warrior sat cross-legged.
He had blonde hair and a stone-cold face. His facial features were familiar to Legolas, his eyes widened. 'Maximus!'
Powerful energy revolved around him even as his 6 contracted beasts also surrounded him in a circle. Amid this energy, he chanted strange and ancient incantations that seemed to come from the origin of this universe.
The warrior was not alone with his beasts, there was someone else, Old Man Gu. With a frightened look on his place, this old Rabbit watched on.
This chase and attack continued for hours as the spaceship got more damaged. Yet, sitting cross-legged, this warrior focused only on his incantations.
BOOM!
Every attack damaged the spaceship more.
After a long time, the spaceship became so damaged that it began leaving a trail of smoke across space, yet this durability was already unimaginable.
This was when the warrior finally finished his incantation.
His eyes turned white like those of a god, energy crackled around him.
He muttered some words that Legolas could not decipher.
The next moment, the fabric of this universe seemed to be torn as a crack darker than black appeared in the skies, seemingly extending to another reality.
Maximus turned his head to look at the old Rabbit.
"You have my instructions, follow them".
"Guide him on how to restore the Star Radler to perfection".
"We already had the first iteration who created the plan, I am the 2nd iteration and I already perfected the plan, help him execute the plan".
"Help him restore the Star Radler to perfection".
Maximus smiled. "Life is a journey".
BZZZZ!
A powerful energy erupted that damaged the spaceship even more.
Then riding on this energy, Maximus turned into a bright red streak that accelerated into the crack in the fabric of this universe that seemed darker than black. After a few minutes, everything was restored, Maximus was gone.
His pursuers were frustrated.
He was gone, the Star Radler was gone, Old Man Gu was gone.
The story was not over though, the POV changed again.
The Roronoa Star System…
It was a thriving star system at the very ends of this universe and it was embroiled in a civil war. Amid the war, the ruins of the Star Radler appeared, such a powerful object appearing stimulated the power of the local star.
The star exploded into bright light!
The Roronoa Star System was wiped out by the power that followed!
The near extinction of the Roronoa Star System was not exactly caused by the civil war then, it was caused by the appearance of the Star Radler.
After the power surge, the Star Radler hid itself, fading into gray mist.
The story finally came to an end, Old Man Gu's power calmed down.
Legolas was frozen in shock. A million thoughts were going through his mind, a million questions were going through his mind.
Since the first day of his reincarnation, he had always been seeking the truth, for the first time ever, he received so much of the truth.
Yet, there was still so much more that he didn't know.
The old Rabbit looked at him. "A millennium later, you reincarnated".
Legolas took minutes to organize his thoughts, then he looked at the old Rabbit. "The perfect repair of the Star Radler, what does he mean?"
"He already created the blueprint to repair and upgrade the Star Radler to it's perfect state, he also provided some basic materials".
Bzzz!
Old man Gu teleported himself and Legolas to a new location, a warehouse deep in the middle of nowhere.
Inside this warehouse, Legolas saw tons of high-grade metal alloys.
"These are the basic materials for the repair of the Star Radler".
"When you're strong enough, you'll get the blueprint and is where your journey to fully repair the Star Radler will start".
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A week later after meeting Old Man Gu…
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