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Countless spaceships were hurtling towards them; they weren't Ronan's fleet, but rather the Raider ships brought by Yondu.
Yondu stood with his hands on his hips, watching Rudeus, the Iceman, embrace Aerith. The spaceship emitted the same beam of light that had carried Rudeus away years before, sucking both Rudeus and Aerith inside.
"Ha ha~ Ha ha~ Ha ha."
After Rudeus was sucked into the spaceship, he gasped for breath. The suffocating, low-temperature feeling was unbearable. Rudeus felt that if Yondu had arrived even a fraction later, his gamble would have failed, and he would have been dead.
"Cough cough cough."
"Rudius."
Alice opened her eyes and saw Rudeus on top of her. If it were before, Alice would have delivered a groin kick to Rudeus.
【"What's wrong?"】
Why did you save me?
"I saw you floating outside, and I don't know what happened to me."
"I can't just stand by and watch you die."
"I suddenly felt a surge of...unbelievable heroism deep within me."
Hearing Rudeus's words, Alice rolled her eyes, thinking he was going to say something sweet.
"I'm not praising myself."
"But, objectively speaking..."
Alice shook her head, feeling that Rudeus was very good at flirting, yet completely oblivious to the atmosphere.
"Where is the Spirit Orb?"
Alice asked.
"Ronan and his crew stole the Orb of Truth."
Rudius replied that there was truly no other way at the time; in the vastness of space, a combat module had absolutely no chance against a proper spacecraft.
【"What?!"】
Alice, agreeing with Rudius's words, also became agitated.
At that moment, the door beside them opened, and Rudius and Iris saw a group of people pointing guns at them.
"Welcome home, Rudius."
The leader spoke to Rudeus.
"He looked cool when he was saved, but he was in a mess afterwards."
Kitahara Iori said, looking at Rudeus who was being held at gunpoint.
Kitahara Iori also admired Rudeus's choice to gamble with his own life.
Inside the Land of No Knowledge, Drax was completely knocked unconscious by Ronan. Ronan dragged Drax slowly towards a pool of water.
When Ronan came down, he didn't bring his multi-functional pendulum. Ronan also didn't want to kill Drax himself, because that would dirty his hands.
So Ronan planned to drown Drax. Ronan dragged Drax along, then with a forceful throw, Drax was flung into the yellow pool of water.
"Ronan, we got the stuff."
Ronan glanced at the pool where Drax was soaking, then turned and walked towards the spaceship that had come to pick him up.
As for whether Drax was truly dead or not, that wasn't Ronan's concern. Drax was dead, and that was that; Ronan didn't care what impact Drax's death would have.
[If Drax were to survive, Ronan wouldn't care. After all, Drax wouldn't pose a threat to his goals if he lived; he could simply kill him again the next time he saw him.]
[If Drax were still alive, and I still remembered him, he would still have the guts to challenge me.]
After Ronan boarded the spaceship and left the Land of No Return, Groot also left, retrieving Drax from the yellow pool.
Looking at the unconscious Drax, Groot extended a finger, then inserted a small portion of the fingertip into Drax's body.
【"puff."】
"Cough cough cough."
Drax was also awakened by Groot's attack, and yellow liquid kept spitting out of his mouth.
534: Ronan: With the Infinity Stones, I feel incredibly powerful now.
At the same time that Drax was awakened by Groot, Rocket Raccoon returned in his work pod and landed in front of the two of them.
【"idiot!"】
"They're all hopeless idiots!"
Groot and Drax watched as Rocket Raccoon grumbled and sweared as he crawled out of the work pod.
"That idiot Rudius, he actually walked right into the trap."
After finishing his tirade against Rudyus, Rocket Raccoon saw Drax and immediately turned his ire on Drax as well.
"If it weren't for you..."
"If it weren't for your arrogance and stupidity, insisting on challenging Ronan one-on-one and signaling to him, you would have lured him here."
"None of this would have happened!"
Rocket Raccoon initially thought Drax would hurl insults and argue back.
However, Drax had already sobered up considerably after being severely beaten by Ronan earlier.
[“You are right.”]
"I'm an idiot."
"All the anger, all the resentment."
"It's all to cover up my pain."
Seeing Drax's pathetic state, like a defeated loser, Rocket Raccoon didn't offer any words of comfort. Instead, he chose to give Drax a little bit of harsh medicine.
"Oh ho ho~ My wife and kids are all dead."
[Rocket Raccoon even added a sobbing tone to the beginning of his words.]
[When Groot heard Rocket Raccoon's provocation of Drax, he covered his mouth with one hand, looking quite surprised.]
"In a sense, the Rocket Raccoon's approach is indeed very effective."
"Drax has now had his fantasy of getting revenge in a one-on-one fight shattered by Ronan, has come to terms with the reality, and has fallen into a slump."
"If we just offer comfort, it might not work at all."
"On the contrary, such stimulation might reignite Drax's fighting spirit."
"The risk is a bit high; Drax might suddenly attack and beat me up."
Yukino Yukinoshita watched as Rocket Raccoon, through the light screen, deliberately spoke in a sarcastic tone about Drax's most painful memories.
Rocket Raccoon's way of rekindling Drax's fighting spirit was far more effective than simply offering words of comfort, in Yukino Yukinoshita's opinion.
"I don't care how cruel it is."
[Rocket Raccoon, seeing Groot covering his mouth, knew what Groot meant and said...]
"Who hasn't had a death in their family?"
"That doesn't give you the right to expect everyone to die with you."
[After saying those words, Rocket Raccoon realized he might have been a little impulsive, and then addressed Groot.]
"Let's go, Groot, Ronan has the gem."
"The only thing we can do now is to fly in the opposite direction towards the other side of the universe as quickly as possible."
"The sooner the better."
"Maybe I can still live a peaceful life before that lunatic attacks."
"I am Groot."
[Groot slowly stood up and spoke to Rocket Raccoon.]
"Save them? Save whom? Rudeus and Alice?"
"How can we save her?"
Rocket Raccoon, after hearing Groot's words, said, "How could the two of them possibly fight against the Raider army? They'd be riddled with bullets."
"I am Groot."
"I know they are our only friends, but now they have fallen into the hands of the raider army."
"There are only two of us."
Rocket Raccoon spoke up, saying it wasn't that she didn't want to save Rudeus and Alice, but how could she possibly rescue them alone? She would only get herself killed.
"There are three."
Drax, who had been lying on the ground nearby, slowly stood up and, supporting Groot, said...
[Then Groot and Drax just stared at Rocket Raccoon without saying a word, which made Rocket Raccoon uncomfortable.]