"Do you have any clue regarding these?" James asked, hoping Rigo might have an answer to that.

"Unfortunately not, this is my first time seeing something like this," Rigo replied.

"That's strange," James muttered, "maybe this is just a diversion, are the fleet main force in their positions?" he asked.

"Yes, leader, they are ready for any invasion. I have already thought of this possibility, and acted upon it before I came here," Rigo said.

"Good," James nodded, but just before he could say any more words, a sudden bang occurred at the ball. This bang wasn't the only one, as many other echoes appeared after that, coming from far.

"Watch out," Rigo said, preparing for the worse.

And was right in his assumptions, as the worse already happened.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, from the ball in front of them, a huge monster came out from it. The monster was like a giant cruiser, coming to this land.

James once saw it, his heart fell on the ground, as he knew this wasn't good, putting in his account the presence of many other balls, with many other huge monsters like these coming.

"Rigo, use the strongest attacks of all the droids against these monsters," James said, as he took out a large cannon from his bracelet. He had already replenished his bracelets with cannons, bombs, and even star destroyer missiles, and it seemed this was the moment to use them.

"Affirmative," Rigo didn't talk much, as he authorized his droids to use their deadliest forces against these monsters.

"Send to Islinda, a crisis centre must be established, to follow up all the updates on these monsters," James said, as he didn't wait for the monster to come completely out, and fired a huge shot against its neck.

The shot tore part of the neck, but wasn't enough to even cause a heavy injury to the monster, however he was just started. A second, third, fourth, and more shots came to hit the same spot and the areas adjacent to it.

As the monster got out, it roared out of pain, as its neck now had a deep wound, like a giant axe had been shot at it.

It was a huge monster, like a huge lizard, with long and cylindrical neck and head, and a very long and thick tail, that ended up in five separate extensions that could be used as deadly weapons.

On its back, there was a long fin, like a fish fin, and its body had thick scales like armor, and the obvious weaknesses were at its neck and belly.

"Hit it at the belly and neck," James said, as he didn't stop firing, however the monster was now free. It moved its tail, raising it into the air, and James knew where it would land.

"Watch out," he warned, as he shot the last hit from this cannon, before taking it inside his bracelet, and jumped to the back.

'This would be a great time for that sleepy rod to wake up,' he muttered to himself, lamenting his laziness the past days. He had time, but he never thought of his rod for a moment, and now he truly missed it.

Just as he jumped to the back, the tail descended with its five extensions on the exact spot it was just at. He didn't wait for the monster to retract its tail, or for his body to stabilize, as he took out the cannon, held its two handles firmly, and even before his legs could touch the base of the cannon he shot it again.

This time he aimed at the tail, the origin of it, as it was the only obvious weak spot here, and the hardest to get. The shot hit the monster at that spot, causing it to roar again, and its tail retracted fast, but not as fast as James' hands, as he squeezed the triggers, releasing successful successive shots on the tail origin.

And that caused another deep wound of that colossal being, with a huge amount of red blood oozing from it.

Another vicious attack came, and this time the tail was accompanied by an air ball that the monster created with its mouth.

James knew if he was hit by any of the two, he would be doomed, so he had to abandon the cannon, used it as a standing point, and jumped high up to one side, evading the incoming attacks.

Just as the attacks hit the cannon, and the look of victory appeared on the monster's face, James took out another cannon, while he was midair, and started shooting again, this time he aimed at the monster's eyes.

Just as his attacks landed, more and more cannons fired as well at the monster, making it roar and roar, attacking everywhere like mad, causing severe damage to this part of the palace, and killing many people in the process..

But in the end it was brought to ground finally, and it roared its last breath.

James stood beside the colossal body of this monster, panting from exhaustion and tension, and Rigo was beside him receiving news from Islinda on the other status of these monsters.

Many places are still having severe battles, while others managed to slay the monsters, and the rest couldn't deal with the monster, as it killed everyone.

"It's not good, and it's not bad," James commented when he heard these news, "Islinda, divert all the citizens to safety," James added, "Rigo tell those who finished fighting to move to places where the monsters outbreak from our forces, and always divert this who finished from fighting to help others," he added, before pausing for a moment, looked at the ball that was still standing there, "keep part of the soldiers back, watching over these nasty balls. Who knows what else they might send to us," he added.

Rigo just nodded, before he and Islinda started doing their job. Rigo had taken back half of the entire fleet with a large number of fighters to attack these monsters, and when the fighters joined the battle, the fight became suddenly easier.

James moved at once to the next location of monsters, and he kept moving from one place to another, until all the monsters were killed in less than half a day.

Despite this great victory, the losses weren't simple as well. The number of deaths was already in thousands, and some cities had part of them being flattened to the ground, especially at places where monsters just erupted.

"Islinda, commence a full out damage analysis, and send a word to the merchants that we will move those who lost their shops to other cities, and we will compensate them," James said, before adding, "also start a secret investigation, collect all the people's thoughts from the streets. This kind of attack isn't simple, and it won't stop there."

What made James think like that was the fact these balls were still present here.

James didn't return to the palace to rest, but he stood in front of the ball that was still present in his back garden, wondering what ominous thing might come from it.

"I have good news," Islinda said, as she came from far, running towards here.

"Please, I need to hear good news now," James said.

"The monsters slain today are cosmetic monsters, very rare and very strong, and usually can't be easily found in space. Now, we had over a hundred of them, and their bodies are just a golden mine to anyone, so guess what? I received many requests from merchants here and even from outside merchants, asking for rights to claim these monsters."

James thought for what she said for a moment, and an evil smile appeared on his face, as he said:

"Tell them we will run an auction tomorrow morning, and the highest bidder will have the right to exploit the monster."

"Great idea," Islinda said, with a chuckle, before she returned fast to her commanding centre inside the palace, releasing the news to everyone.

At this moment, James didn't look in a gloomy face towards the balls, but he was looking at them as an opportunity.

'C'mon, send me more to kill,' he said to himself, as he wanted to have more monsters now to kill.

His prayers were answered the next day, when a new wave started to strike the planets under his rule. This time, neither James nor anyone of the living here were depressed by these attacks, as merchants even assigned for mercenaries to go and hunt monsters, as they were now considered as treasure troves to them.

This strange atmosphere prevailed until the moment of the auction, where James couldn't attend as he was busy killing more monsters. Those who came here included many new merchants, coming to this area especially to get their hands on monsters.

James told Islinda to use anything useful to them in a way to pay the price of monsters, and that was the only way for his power to increase rapidly, within a short span of time.