Chapter 246 Poor Balakh!

"W-What? How can this human female be this crazy woman?! Lady Sestia, are you sure of what you're saying?" Balakh stammered these words with an indescribable expression.

But contrary to Balakh's surprise, Sestia had a horrified expression following his partner's words.

But Balakh, who had no tact, did not notice Sestia's dark expression. "Sigh, Lady Sestia, do you really think we would be here if this woman obsessed with her status were on one of our planets? Anyway, I wouldn't be against the idea of challenging her to check for myself if these primordial beings are so incredible." Even if Balakh was joking, the problem was that Linn, the main concerned, did not know Balakh's boastful personality!

"BALAKH!! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!" She scolded him as her whole body froze on the spot.

But when he heard Sestia scold him this way, Balakh's laughter gradually faded after noticing a strange fact. Apart from him, no one laughed. Worse still, even his own subordinates had dark expressions toward their leaders.

"His idiocy has reached an unimaginable level. I now feel ridiculous to have called him intellectual." Alvine's murmuring voice resounded in the vicinity.

Instead of making up for his sins, Balakh has now frozen in his place like a retarded man who no longer knows how to express himself.

"Sighs, and now, his brain stops working due to his inability to cope with reality." Alvine continued to whisper his sadistic comments, despite if he chose a bad time for such comments.

"You are right, my lord, this... giant brainless creature is devoid of common sense. It reminds me of a certain woman with long blue hair. It’s...

"Luna, for God's sake, this is not the right time to attack the wrong person. People tend to act without thinking in these kinds of situations." Alvine immediately arrested Luna, who seemed determined to make Linn his natural enemy.

Alvine and his shadow soldiers were probably the only ones to appreciate these kinds of situations.

'We are dead.' Sestia murmured to herself after hearing Balakh's disrespectful remarks to Linnaella.

Few creatures or races know the cruelty of primordial beings. And among these beings, ancient creatures are part of these groups. Even if Balakh and Sestia were very 'young' for witnessing the bloody events of these beings during the Great War, they nevertheless heard stories about their subjects from their patriarchs and matriarchs!

"P-Please, queen of space, forgive him for his insolence. He does not know what he is talking about; He has the bad habit of saying nonsense that he doesn't think." Sestia continued asking for forgiveness not out of sympathy for Balakh but for fear that his carefree actions would all lead them to their extermination.

"..." Linn remained silent as if nothing had happened. But just seeing a strange calm, Alvine guessed that she was furious against them.

'It's strange that she gets angry for so little. Does she hate as much as someone calls her human?' He wondered while looking at Linn.

But what he didn't know, the reason Linn didn't interact with people other than the Leaders was that she couldn't stand other people.

Linnaella Jera Karitis, also called Linnaella J. Karitis by the Leaders, was her full name. Just seeing her name, which is abnormally long, unlike the other members, anyone with a little common sense will understand how much she is concerned with her status as a nobility; hence her boiling anger towards Luna when she was called inferior by the latter.

But for fear of not losing what she wanted most, she decided to forget Luna's insult to her, for her esteem for Alvine. But it was different from this time.

"Little bird, first answer some of my questions." She ordered in a cold tone that wavered the two long feathers above Sestia's head with fear.

"A-Ask me for anything you want!" Sestia immediately answers as if her life depended on it.

"As judged by your haste to bring this man next to me, so I can assume that you knew he was with me, I'm wrong?"

"!"

"It's not that. Our superiors only asked us to bring this human as quickly as possible who had just appeared on one of our planets before a disaster happened to us... if we waste time." By answering Linn's question, she instantly understood what disaster her empress was talking about.

'We had misinterpreted the words of our empresses. The disaster in question was not this fragile human, but the monster who accompanied him!' She said to herself with wide eyes.

"Hmm, I see these ancient beasts have not raised their descendants well. First, an unconscious red lizard who insult my person, and the other who calls me a monster?" A slight smile slightly bent her lips after hearing Sestia's thoughts.

But the latter was as if struck by thunder after hearing Linn's words. But she didn't have time to justify herself; Linn then continued with her questions seeing that she wanted to explain.

"Forget my last sentence; my second question is simple. How did you recognize me? As far as I know, I haven't done anything out of the ordinary."

"Umm..., It's because of the way you appeared without being noticed. Our two species have an extraordinary sensitivity that even a high-level divine mage can't deceive."

"So you tell me that this detail alone allowed you to identify me?" She asked, frowning.

"N-No, it is also thanks to the unique characteristics of each of you that our superiors teach us. It's not for another cause; it's just to allow us not to offend you and cause incidents because of our ignorance." Sestia then answered every question Linn asked her, even if she really didn't understand why she asked for such details that had nothing to do with their current situations.

On Alvine's side, he had already given up all hope of hoping to have a thrilling battle with them. 'Sigh, she ruined my plans again. Now, no matter if she orders them to fight against me, they will not go all out intention to kill me. And without it, I wouldn't earn anything in return by facing them.' He came to this conclusion just by seeing the nervousness of Sestia and the other mystical beasts.

Balakh, whom he had high expectations of, was now like a domesticated pet that could no longer hurt a fly without permission.

"I have one last question. According to your answers, I can therefore conclude that even though your empress did not know that I was with this man, she still knew that he was under the protection of a primordial race. By this simple fact, you broke the neutrality agreement you had signed with us." Linn listed this fact.

"It's not...

"I haven't finished speaking."

"..."

"And my second and last conclusion is that this brainless lizard disrespected me, despite the fact you can recognize each of us(primordial beings). As a result, this brainless lizard committed something unforgivable for me. With these two insults, do you dare to ask me for grace? Should I understand that his problems are also your problems and those of your race? No, what do I even say? Sigh, I’ll reformulate my last question. Are the mistakes made by this brainless lizard considered to be the ones of your entire ancient race, or are they considered to be his problems?"

Hearing this question, even Alvine understood what Linn meant by that.

'In short, she wants to know if it is the entire ancient race that must assume this responsibility or if this responsibility lies only with this dragon. But if this Phoenix answers 'yes', it will bring disaster to their entire species; otherwise, it is as if she had abandoned the dragon's fate. What level of cruelty does she reach to offer such a choice to someone? Instead of being punishers (avengers), Punishers are not really different from Leaders regarding their cruelty to other sub-races; but this woman has a particular way of showing her cruelty.' He said to himself, ordering his shadow soldiers to withdraw.

Alvine had interpreted the situation well. Sestia was in an impasse that could not resolve peacefully without having victims. Interfering in the affairs of primordial beings was already a taboo that none of them had to commit. That's why she didn't understand why their empresses had taken so much risk for a simple human. Was Alvine really worth it? She couldn't be sure.

But the most important for her at the moment was not to accomplish the mission entrusted by their empresses but to try to prevent a war from starting between them and the primordial beings (Punishers).

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, she had no choice but to make a decision that would benefit their races. She looked at Balakh one last time as if she wanted to tell him not to blame her.

But a bitter smile appeared on her lips when she saw Balakh nodding his head toward her. Balakh himself naturally knew the seriousness of their current situation. He himself preferred by far to be the sacrifice rather than let his similars take such a responsibility.

*I'm sorry, General Balakh. Among all the others, It had to be the space queen. You know, like me, that she will not tolerate the slightest lack of respect for her person.*

*Don't worry; it was my bad luck and imprudence that led me to this end.* Balakh responds to Sestia's telepathy instantly. Even if the two did not know that Linn could hear their little discussions.

With this small exchange, Sestia made her decision. "No, it is up to him alone to assume his responsibilities. Neither I nor his subordinates nor our races should be held responsible for his sins." She announced while still kneeling in front of Linn.

She was not the only one. Whether it was Balakh or the other beasts, they all had kneeled in front of Linn.

"Good." It was the only word Linn spoke to answer Sestia.

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After that, she then, for the first time, looked at Balakh. "Are you going to fight pitifully, or do you prefer to wait for me to execute you to balance the balance quietly?" Strangely, she gave Balakh two options that would have the same end.

"If this will not have consequences for my peers, I prefer to spend my last moments as a proud dragon warrior." Balakh answers.

"Well, I would therefore grant you this luxury out of respect for our goddess who had created your race too. Unravel, debate yourself as much as you would like, and finally, assumes your sins like a proud warrior you should be." As soon as she pronounced this sentence, the magical barrier she had caster from the beginning to prevent them from escaping became visible and ejected Alvine and Balakh's teammates so as not to hurt them.

"Unleash all your power without restraint; neither your allies nor this planet will have significant damage during your punishment." She continued after completing all the preparations.

"Thank you for your clemency." Balakh bowed one last time and then took off his flight while preparing to cast his first attack.