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Chapter 13: Star Crystal Wavelength

As the Halcyon X entered at last the Daicoo system Van was instantly contacted by the United Daicoo Council. He was informed that a large space station had been constructed for the purpose of utilizing the powers of the Star Crystal. It was located in orbit around Klorathi, and he was to report there immediately.

Shield of Hope was the name chosen for the space station. It was built according to the specifics of the presumed energy of the Star Crystal known to the Dhimen.

However, the crystal itself was needed for the final calibrations in order to make the station operational.

Before Van and Halcyon could arrive at Shield of Hope, they intercepted an emergency transmission form the Harvest platform at the rift they had come from.

The station was under attack by some strange black form!

The United Daicoo fleet was set in motion to intercept this unknown enemy, however, Van knew the only answer to what it could be. The Arcane Behemoth must have followed them and the energy of the Star Crystal.

Halcyon told Van that during their journey home it had made some calculations based upon their encounter with the alien creature, and there was a chance that if specific alterations to the calibrations were made at the Shield of Hope, then it might be able to ward off the behemoth.

With this information they had a chance, Van pushed the Halcyon X to top speed with renewed focus.

A fierce battle raged in the vicinity of the rift as the Halcyon X raced towards the Shield of Hope.

Even the fleet could not permanently harm the creature, but they fought bravely to try and give Van as much time as possible. Even if their weapons did little to no harm, it served as a distraction, making it harder for the behemoth to pin point the direction it needed to go.

Meanwhile the Halcyon X landed on the Shield of Hope and preparations were set in motion. After the initial calibrations had been done, the scientists added the calculations made by Halcyon and began to get ready to boot up the wavelength shield.

Just as they began to power up the shield, the crystal gave off a massive surge of energy. This caught the attention of the Arcane Behemoth, which instantly ignored the fighting and set a course directly for the Shield of Hope.

Everyone was in a state of fear and almost panic as they waited for the shield to power up. The Behemoth stopped right in front of the Shield of Hope, and began to fully materialize in order to make its attack.

Just when everything seemed lost, the Shield of Hope activated, it began to shoot out vibrations of energy across the whole Daicoo system. Just as it hit the behemoth, its body was smashed into nothingness, it was completely destroyed on a molecular level.

Finally everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the mission had been a success, now all that remained was to await the day that would come when both dimensions would merge into one.

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Story by Frank Johansen