Cosmic Ascension

CH 6: Djinn

The walk amidst the desolated planet was both long and silent, filled with a dreary and solemn mood. Both Morgiana and Noah were in a weird situation where they actually more or less needed each other’s help. Him for information and her for direction.

But at the same time, they both were rather wary of each other as they walked through the treacherous roads of desolation and loneliness of the world they were on.

This made the interaction and overall dynamic between the traveling duo quite awkward as neither of them was stupid enough to believe that the other person did not notice what was going on.

At that moment, Morgiana had put on her armor again and was now following behind Noah.

Meanwhile, she had given instructions to the AI embedded into her armor to keep a map of the terrain that they were crossing and keep a general overview of the geography of the planet as they passed through the treacherous plains.

This information might become handy for her later. Especially if she needed to hide or had to launch a sneak attack of some kind on her enemies.

Her power could help her fight the cold that was constantly trying to freeze her to death but it would be stupid to waste energy for such a thing in the current situation she was in.

'If only I had my Mecha.'

She sighed but did not dwell too much on the what ifs. One should always make do with the means they had at hand.

Even though she didn't have her trusty ship with her and was she was only partially healed. As long as she absorbed some energy from the sun she should be able to fight back long enough for her to escape and defend herself.

This was all there was to it.

Her goal wasn't winning in her current situation. It was to survive until she was rescued.

Noah, meanwhile, was as silent as her as he digested all the information he had received from the girl he had saved.

Space Alliance, Intergalactic Empires, Interstellar Travels, Hyperspace, and so many little yet significant things he had never heard before in his life.

The girl was a treasure trove of knowledge as she made him aware of the vast universe that was beyond the tiny Earth he inhabited.

Through all of this, he was able to understand that Earth was lucky to even have survived at all throughout the billions of years of its existence.

Noah thought for a moment and simply shook his head to dismiss the thoughts.

While luck certainly played an important role in the survival of his planet, mentioning it would be a disservice and insult to all those who had died at the hands of the fucking parasites that tried to devour his home planet.

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Feeling guilty? Heh~ Noah laughed at the Queen’s silence

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Once again he received no answer but Noah didn't particularly care about that in the tiniest bit.

He was simply reassessing the situation at hand here.

If her words were to be believed, Morgiana was a mercenary, a space mercenary. A rather experienced one too with a personal feud against those so-called Forty Thieves.

The current operation had not been carefully planned but this spontaneous situation was also why the Thieves had taken the bait.

'Space, huh.'

Noah felt wistful as he murmured to himself.

His memories were slightly blurry after all this time. Time was really a merciless entity after all, but he still remembered the joy and exhilaration he felt when he first broke through the atmosphere and entered space for the very first time in his life.