"Unbelievable." Content orıginally comes from 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑~𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖾~𝖓𝖊𝖙
The Granians had finally made it to the center of the Inner Ring, the center of the Akrina Galaxy.
A truly breathtaking sight to behold not just by them but by every other species present. The most notable thing, and hardly unnoticeable at the same time, was the colossal structure of a Black Hole governing the center as if it were the God of the Galaxy.
"Akrina," Chris and Lily muttered as they, and everyone aboard the Granian Ships, looked past the windows and into the black, inky abyss of the Black Hole. Akrina was the name agreed upon by every inhabitant since it suited it well. Most didn’t know its meaning, but just beholding its sight alone was enough to credit it such a grand name.
The Black Hole, a pinnacle of energy and power so grand that even the laws that govern the universe bend to its will. This colossal-sized entity, masked with greatness, was characterized by five great distinctions that gave it its shape which were The Event Horizon
These five components clustered together and formed Akrina, designing it with powerful rings illuminating rays of bright blue light, energy, and radiation so grand that the weaker versions of them were felt thousands of light years away.
"We’re this far from it, and yet I can still feel a lot of energy coming from it." Anya gasped in delight and amazement, having never seen something that large with her own two eyes.
She wasn’t the only one who was greatly stunned for the other Humans, and even the Granians, were amazed by the Black Hole’s sheer power but graceful beauty.
"How far are we from it?" Cherry asked and Chris, proud to be around for the first time in a long while, prepared a long exposition about the Black Hole and its surroundings.
"Look around Akrina," he replied with a wide grin, "notice the other wonders surrounding it. Five thousand light years away from it is the center of the Inner Ring where the rarest planets orbit around Akrina. No one’s allowed to inhabit those planets due to how unsafe it is and how poisonous the Black Hole has made it.
"After the Inner Ring comes the Celestial Ribbon which is six thousand light years away from the Black Hole. Unfortunately, we can’t see them from this distance but the Ribbon’s a cluster of densely packed stars and stellar remnants woven by the Black Hole’s gravitational forces. The Ribbon’s well known for its iridescent glow that bathes the planets in a perpetual twilight which casts a mesmerizing light show that shifts through hues of blue, violet, and gold.
"Clustered around the Celestial Ribbon is the Nexus Nebulae which is seven thousand light years away from Akrina and a thousand light years away from the Ribbon. The Nebulae serves as a stellar nursery due to it constantly birthing new stars. Their gaseous tendrils are illuminated by the brilliant light of young, hot stars forming inside.
"After this Nebulae comes the Harmonic Planets that are nine thousand light years away from Akrina. These planets are unique celestial bodies with glorious geological and atmospheric features. I could try telling but it’s best you see them by yourself. Words cannot describe them. It’ll take many Chapters for me to explain one at a time or even a group. Anyway, they get their names due to the sounds produced by their winds sweeping through crystal forests, tides crashing against iridescent shores, and eruptions creating resonant echoes, all of which can be heard from space..."
"Sound can’t travel through space."
"...I know, but the environment around these planets is thick enough for sound to travel just by a tiny bit." The excitement beaming from Chris’ face was unbearable for Lily yet comical for the Humans. As he explained, all they could think of were the glorious sights to behold if only they could get a chance to inch any closer than they already were. Still, even at the distance they were, they still managed to see a reasonable amount of what the Granian was talking about.
"Anyway, the Harmonious Planets are home to the members of the Intergalactic Council so no mere person can make their way in or out without permission. Moving on, we have the Starship Citadels which are ten thousand light years away from Akrina. These wonders are floating islands in the Cosmic Sea, some of which can be as large as your planet Mars, or as small as the Earth’s Moon. On those islands is where most of interspecies trading takes place. Thankfully, we possess a great number of them and even luckily enough for you, we will be making our first landings there before proceeding."
’Damn Granian gave an entire essay and conclusion for a simple question.’ Lily scuffed, having grown tired of listening to Chris’ painfully long and somewhat boring expositions to simple questions. ’If he goes on , we’ll end up stretching much farther than we have to. He talks too much.’
"GRANIANS!!" The speakers on the ship echoed with the commanding tone of Lord Grim’s voice barking orders...with just one word.
Quickly, the Granians took their respective positions. The Pilots boarded their air and spacecrafts, the Mech Drivers stood by their machines, and the mechanics remained in their carrier ships, all inside the second largest ship in Granian Possession. The Granian Mother Ship, the real one.
"Judging by Lord Grim’s tone," Lily and Chris directed the Humans to a room with the same cylindrical containers filled to the brim with green liquids, "we might engage in combat much sooner than expected. These tanks will rejuvenate your bodies and symbiotes quickly. We’ll collect you when needed."
As the Humans dipped their bodies into the containers, Ace was struck with a piercing, nagging sensation at the back of his mind, followed by Vorathrax’s condition and Gravax’s words. This reminded him fully well of his end goal and that was to end the Granian Race.
The only reason he was fighting for them was to gain enough strength to later end their species and to follow Gravax’s request which was for Granian extinction to come at the hands of a non-Ethisian.