The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

To this day...

……

All the images began to fade and crumble.

The cicadas' chirping faded into the distance, the aroma of braised pork dissipated, and the battle cries from the battlefield fell silent.

No regrets?

He asked himself.

Father's revenge has been avenged, the borders of Sherlock have been secured, and the Night's Watch's oath has been fulfilled.

It seems like everything that needed to be done has been done.

Perhaps the only thing I can think of is that little guy who always manages to create miracles.

Thanks, kid.

The future of Sherlock is in your hands.

The road ahead for you is not easy, but unfortunately... this old man can only stop here.

……

Meanwhile, on the bridge of the Death Star, time seemed to stretch out infinitely at that moment.

All the Star Hunters, including Richard who was on the verge of madness, felt as if they had been choked.

They stared wide-eyed at the once golden, alluring planet before them.

Just now, that beam of light, which gathered the last of the entire starship's energy and carried all their hopes, was...

They crashed solidly into the golden shield that they had previously been unable to penetrate.

Then, to everyone's disbelief, the golden sky, which resembled a wall of divine sighs, was completely annihilated.

"..."

At this moment, the entire bridge fell into complete silence.

one second.

two seconds.

"It's...broken?"

A buzzing sound, barely audible, echoed from inside the bridge.

The sound was like a drop of water thrown into boiling oil, causing the entire bridge to explode!

"It's broken!!! Hahahaha! It's broken!!!"

"We fucking blew it all out! We blew that turtle shell through!"

"Boss is awesome! Long live the boss!!"

In that instant, the tension and eagerness from before transformed into an irrepressible joy.

These hunters went mad, throwing their weapons, hats, and everything else they could into the air.

They embraced each other, pounded each other's chests, and expressed their ecstasy with vulgar profanities.

At this moment, Richard also came to his senses.

He gazed at the blue plane on the screen in front of him, which had lost its golden light and revealed its true form, and the corners of his mouth began to turn up slightly involuntarily.

"Hahahaha—!"

A moment later, a wild, chilling laugh came from his mouth.

The voice was filled with madness and triumph.

He instinctively opened his arms as if to embrace the entire starry sky.

"Did you see that?! Did you all see that?! I told you! When you gamble, you gamble big!"

"No matter how good the equipment is, if the people using it are incompetent, it's all for nothing. What a bunch of monkeys have built up is just an eggshell that can be easily punctured by our cannons."

"Never mind everything else for now, that thing... from this day forward, it's ours!"

"Oh ho—!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere on the bridge instantly reached a climax.

Greed filled the eyes of every hunter.

They seemed to already see themselves wielding divine artifacts, roaming freely throughout the world, trampling all those who had once looked down on them underfoot.

However, just as this revelry reached its climax...

"Creak—!"

A chilling metallic creak was followed by a violent, earth-shaking tremor.

It suddenly came from deep within the keel of the ship!

The entire Death Star began to shake violently, like a mad dog out of control.

Inside the bridge, the hunters, who were immersed in ecstasy, were caught off guard and instantly thrown off balance by the enormous force, their cheers abruptly cut short.

Richard was also thrown off balance by the sudden jolt and almost fell to the ground.

Before he could even utter a curse, a chilling alarm blared throughout every corner of the ship.

"Beep—! Beep—! Warning! Warning!"

"Ship structural integrity less than 5%! Multiple irreversible chain reactions have occurred, main engine core temperature exceeds critical value! Energy overload! Reactor about to melt down! Countdown..."

"Thirty seconds!"

"Twenty-nine...!"

The system's voice on the Death Star was like a bucket of ice water poured over everyone's heads, chilling them to the bone.

The expression of ecstasy instantly froze on his face.

The ship... is going to explode.

The Death Star, the steel beast that had accompanied them in their plundering and bloodshed for countless years, finally met its end after firing that final, desperate shot.

"Hold!"

Richard was clearly startled by the sound.

Admittedly, their levels are not low and their own domains are powerful enough, but if they were in the center of the explosion, they would be severely injured.

"What the hell are you all standing there for? Waiting to die?!"

Thinking this, he kicked a hunter who was still in shock in the backside and roared, "The ship is doomed! Everyone! Take your weapons and get out of here!"

"Target! That planet down there! Dig out that glowing heart for me!"

"Listen up! Whoever finds it first, I'll make him the first mate!"

"He's going to be the next inspector of the Kurayitei!"

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"

Upon hearing this, the hunters, who had been startled by the warning, quickly came to their senses.

Inside the bridge, the scene instantly transformed from a wild party into a dock for those fleeing the disaster.

"My gear!"

"Get the hell out of my way! Don't block my way!"

"The escape pod is over there!"

In an instant, the hunters were in chaos, pushing and shoving each other, cursing, and rushing into the corridor like madmen.

They were not a disciplined army; at this moment, this starship, which was falling apart, had become a gladiatorial arena that best embodied the law of the jungle.

Richard pulled open a hidden compartment behind the captain's chair and dragged out a black personal propulsion device.

He deftly fastened it to his back.

He took one last look at the main screen, where the white dot representing the Libra Nexus fleet was clearly visible at the edge of the deep star map.

And it is approaching at an unparalleled speed.

"Damn it, these cops are as fast as dogs smelling blood. One day, I'll wipe out all you bastards!"

He muttered a curse under his breath, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

There is no time.

Without hesitation, he turned and rushed toward the side of the bridge.

There, the porthole was completely shattered from the violent tremors, a huge gaping hole facing the dark void of space.

The violent energy turbulence and broken parts are being continuously sucked out.

Seeing this, Richard's figure didn't pause at all. Like a cannonball, he leaped out of the huge gap and jumped into the silent starry sky.