People are in Star Iron, and the game begins with the unsheathing of Heavenly Fire.

Blade looked completely bewildered.

Just as he was about to lose his composure and use a special method to establish contact with Kafka and Silver Wolf, an astonishing burst of fire suddenly exploded from the space station!

"Boom!"

The flames, like a torrent, tore everything apart!

A small sun appeared out of nowhere in the dark starry sky, almost blinding Ren's eyes!

"what is that?!"

When everything calmed down, Blade stared wide-eyed in disbelief. He hadn't expected that there would be such terrifying energy substances in the Black Tower space station.

Is it a weapon specially manufactured by Lady Black Tower?

Have Silver Wolf and Kafka encountered some kind of danger?

"..."

Suddenly, a mix of confusion and doubt arose in Ren's mind.

He even planned to intervene in the operation, even if it meant going against Elio's prophecy, in order to try to rescue Silver Wolf and Kafka.

However, before he could take action, a quantifiable reality suddenly appeared beside him.

"Snapped!"

Two familiar figures suddenly appeared in front of him.

"You're back!?" Ren was taken aback at first, then his face lit up with joy. "I thought you were in danger... How did it go? Did you complete the mission?"

"..."

Silver Wolf and Kafka remained silent in response to Blade's remarks.

Blade reacted quickly as well.

He had already discerned something amiss from the state of the two people in front of him.

Completely different from before he set off, Kafka's shawl was now mostly burned, his wine-red hair was charred and uneven, and he looked disheveled and far from his former elegant demeanor.

Silver Wolf's condition was even worse; his entire arm was engulfed in charred flames, and his headgear had been destroyed, along with half of his ponytail...

"Looks like you're in trouble."

Blade spoke calmly.

"This is a huge problem!" Silver Wolf gritted his teeth to keep himself from being consumed by rage. "I swear, I will never forget this humiliation for the rest of my life, and I will get my revenge on that man sooner or later!"

“…Keep going, I’m here to support you in spirit,” Kafka said quietly, and then found a new shawl in the cabin and put it on.

"What do you mean?" Silver Wolf looked confused upon hearing Kafka's words. "Are you giving up on taking action against that veterinarian?"

"Seeking death is not something to be proud of, especially when you knowingly commit a dangerous act."

"What about Elio's prophecy? What about the Star Core Hunter's plan?!"

Silver Wolf couldn't understand Kafka's seemingly passive attitude.

Kafka himself slowly began to speak: "Many times, giving up does not mean stopping the achievement of a goal; on the contrary, it simply means that we have changed our way of moving forward."

"You mean... there's another way to solve this problem?"

"of course."

Silver Wolf finally realized Kafka's thoughts.

Although she really wanted to take matters into her own hands and fight that veterinarian again, she nodded and said, "Okay, then tell me your thoughts."

“Just now, when I escaped, I sensed the coordinates of an antimatter legion.” Kafka looked at the boundless sea of ​​stars. “It seems to be because of the battle just now, or maybe because of that black hole before… In any case, a Cataclysmic Vanguard of the Destruction Legion noticed the commotion here and has already led his legion to move this way.”

"The vanguard of catastrophe..."

Upon hearing Kafka's words, Silver Wolf and Blade froze almost simultaneously, then instinctively gasped.

It's important to know that one of the vanguard members of the antimatter legion is capable of destroying a planet; they are terrifying hunters who prey on planets.

If it were to actually happen, the entire Black Tower space station could be destroyed.

"In short, the existence of that veterinarian is no longer our concern." Kafka looked strangely toward the space station. "Or rather, because the situation has become so chaotic, we now need to pray that the veterinarian is able to take care of this vanguard legion... otherwise, Elio's script will be completely ruined."

"This……"

Upon hearing Kafka's words, Silver Wolf and Blade's expressions immediately turned strange.

The two never imagined that, as renowned Star Core Hunters, they would now have to place their hopes on a veterinarian.

This is really hard to accept.

……

After the Star Core Hunters disappeared, Ron searched the scene for clues and confirmed that the two Star Core Hunters had indeed escaped.

Although he possesses the destructive power of the Heavenly Fire Judgment, he lacks the ability to track his prey, thus he has to abandon the idea of ​​searching for and hunting down his past prey.

At this moment, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

[Temporary Task Issued - Part 1 of the Essential Course for Stay-at-Home Dads]

[Synopsis: For some reason, a vanguard legion under the command of the God of Destruction is heading towards the Black Tower Space Station, intending to completely transform it into the God of Destruction's territory.]

[Mission Objective: Eliminate all enemies as much as possible and ensure the survival of the Black Tower Space Station and the star.]

[Task Reward: Any C-rank skill]

[Upon completion of this task, the "Essential Course for Stay-at-Home Dads" series of tasks will be unlocked.]

[Note: You might think I'm stingy, and I really am. Whether you want to do this mission or not is your own business, but I don't think the Antimatter Legion will let you off the hook.]

[Note 2: The rewards for subsequent missions in this series may become increasingly generous, believe it or not, but you have no choice right now.]

"..."

Ron almost laughed out of anger at this damn system.

You get a C-level skill for defeating the vanguard of an antimatter legion?

Why don't you let me fight the Destroyer Star God, and the reward for the mission is a set of SpongeBob SquarePants DVDs?

It's important to know that the Cataclysmic Vanguard under the God of Destruction are all at the Star Destroyer level. While they may not necessarily be stronger than the Herrscher of the End, their strength far surpasses that of any Herrscher in the Honkai world.

In addition, there is an entire vanguard legion...

Ron began to wonder if he should call back the Star Core Hunters and have them teleport him to a planet light-years away to see the giant dinosaurs baring their teeth.

Compared to the vanguard legions of the Destroyer Star God, the giant dinosaurs on the desolate planet are as cute as pet dogs.

Chapter Twenty: Annihilation!

Ron eventually accepted the system's mission.

It wasn't that he particularly craved the reward of the C-level skill; it was simply because he had no other choice.

After all, if the antimatter legion has led an advance force here as the system says, then there is absolutely no way to escape.

It's important to understand that those followers of the Star Destroyer God are not peaceful or friendly beings. Wherever they go, only one planet after another is destroyed, and countless civilizations suffer tragic despair.

Even if Ron activates his super-transformation form and escapes from this space station immediately, he will be 100% caught up by that group of madmen who only know how to kill.

Rather than passively facing them, it's better to plan ahead and think about ways to defeat these monsters head-on.

"Unfortunately, I have never fought against the subordinates of the Destroyer Star God, so I don't know the approximate strength of the Cataclysmic Vanguard... but I imagine that destroying this space station with my bare hands should not be a problem."

Ron pondered, looking at the items and weapons he currently possessed.

Aside from the Blood Steamer and the Heavenly Judgment, the only thing that could potentially enhance him in a short period of time is probably the Pandoran Slab.

The problem is that using the Pandora's Stone requires ten Lost Energy Bottles, and he's currently on the space station, unable to collect even regular energy bottles, let alone Lost Energy Bottles.

“Wait, isn’t the Destruction Matter of the Antimatter Legion the energy of the Lost Energy Bottle? If we use a conversion device, we might be able to obtain the material to activate the Pandora Slab from the Destruction Legion…” Ron suddenly thought of this and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

But two problems still exist—

First, he didn't have a place to collect that much destructive matter, and second, he didn't have time to convert the antimatter legion's destructive matter into energy that met the conditions for opening the Pandora Tablets.

"Hopefully, those vanguard legions will arrive a little later."

Ron shook his head; he wasn't actually that panicked.

After all, that was the vanguard of calamity, not the Great Lord of Annihilation.

The combat power of the Cataclysmic Vanguard is generally only at the planetary level, which means that the highest level is no more than that of the Herrscher of the End. As a man who has defeated the Herrscher of the End, Ron is somewhat confident.

Of course, if it were a single-star extinction galaxy's Extinction Lord that came to the Black Tower Space Station, Ron would not have any intention of fighting back at the moment, but would run as far away as possible.

Now that he has confirmed that a crisis is about to engulf the entire space station, Ron quickly sets off for the space station's platform, intending to find the substance that can create Lost Energy Bottles.

"boom!"

But just then, the space in front of him was suddenly torn open, and a time tunnel was suddenly opened!

"Teleportation? Or digitized reality?"

Ron frowned. His first instinct was that the Star Core Hunter hadn't let him go and still intended to attack him and remove him from the space station.

But soon he realized that the one who opened this spatial passage was not the Star Core Hunter, but an existence completely different from the Star Core Hunter!

“Antimatter Legion…” The moment Ron saw the figures emerging from the space, he realized that this might be the vanguard of the Antimatter Legion.

Since the Cataclysm Vanguard is a group that destroys planets in the form of an army, it will certainly not fight alone. Instead, it will use advance troops to open a portal on the target planet and then teleport the entire army there!

What Ron has run into now is probably the large portal opened by the Antimatter Legion, behind which are countless Legion treasures that are eyeing him covetously!

"How should I put it... am I just unlucky or lucky?"

Ron smiled.

He realized that what he was facing was not only a crisis, but also an opportunity, which might be able to fundamentally resolve the crisis!

……

at the same time.

The Star Core Hunters, who were on the interstellar shuttle, witnessed all of this, and their expressions immediately became tense.