Novella titled, 48/14 Chapter 3 - part 2 (The History of the Universe)

Chapter 3 - Part 2

Drum stops reading the passage and flips through the gigantic book. He comes across a picture of a man with a crown on his head, titled The Milky Way, the caption reads “Kings of Earth”

For three thousand years the Kings of Earth ruled the Milky Way. The leader of the Kings of Old was the wisest of them all, King Blue. This King was traditionally a man of sympathy and compassion, someone who is weary of war and would rather lead through diplomacy than an iron fist.
During the Diamond Period (spanning over 400 years) The Kings saw their last control of the Milky Way. The last known Universal Counsel meeting led to catastrophic events. An attempt on Blue King’s life. Before the event the Universal Counsel conjured around a traditional wooden table, sides as long as the universe and at the head of the everlasting edges sat the King of Kings. The tower breached the sky. The entrance aged like fine wine, capturing five hundred stories and only accessed through spacecraft, the surrounding land landed green rolling hills and sunny blue skies. This meeting of the universe was the final hope for Earth before the universal sprawl.
Long stricken and ambitious people sat around the forever table. Arguments were constant as differing views of people raged from across the starry sky. In particular, a tall lean man from Mar’s abruptly stood up from all the nonsensical chatter. He was a man of action. He bolted out of his chair, raising his arms as every soul from space watched in exclamations as the rogue warrior shouted, “The time of Mars is here!” Before he announced the word Mars a gooey green substance that contradicted his rage slithered calmly from behind and rose towards the endless ceiling. The counsel dumbfounded sat in surprise. The green substance picked up its pace, rapidly dispersing and transforming into palm sized shards of infantry forming their harsh edges towards the King’s seat,. it’s claws approaches Earth’s strongest soul. In flight the King became mobile as he managed to move towards the floor under the wooden table. The green chiseled glob of death pierced into his chair, as it burned right through. King Blue started wallowing in agony as a shard pierced through the palm of his hand. The smell of burning flesh filled the room as the guards began shooting at the Mar’s carrier. The green substance surrounded the soldier, shielding him. It deflected the oncoming onslaught as the Mars carrier leaped out of the sky-scraping tower and vanished. The King of Old’s chair sizzled to dust. As other counsel members went to look under the counsel’s table to find King Blue’s historic skeletal remains melted to the fabled table. His flesh was burned off his body as his bones lingered.
Mars became detached from the Council; they developed new technology unknown to Earth. The technology was a form of acid that shape shifts and is secret with its keeper. It lays dormant until the keeper activates. No traces are found before it lives and breathes. No metal detectors, no x-rays can detect its unusual substance. A mere thought from the carrier and the acid swirls in oceans of mid-air to find its target. Carriers can also control the density of the substance, as an organic shell or weaponry to blaze a thousand bullets. In this case the target was King Blue to send the universe a message. It was Mars time.
In response to the attacks, Mars was listed as a no space zone and a war was waging. The remaining Kings of Old sent a fleet out to research this mysterious acid compound and how to defend against it. Their main targets were to find planets rich in resources. They were to conduct scientific research on the alien threat. It would be a long road ahead, as Earth remained a planet on lockdown, all spaceports closed. This was the beginning of the first Universal War.