Chapter 473 Mysterious Beacon
The tyrant Huron witnessed the destruction of a frigate on the surveillance screen of the Destruction Ghost.
Opening and closing his paws, his anger was boiling.
In this war, no matter he wins or loses, he has already suffered heavy losses. Even if he kills all the guys in the empire now, the destroyed fleet and the killed soldiers will never be recovered.
Not to mention the serious damage to the surface of the New Badab planet.
This can be said to be the most painful and humiliating defeat he suffered since the Battle of Badab.
After all, the failure of the Battle of Badab can be said to be the result of the empire investing greater strength. However, in this failure, the enemy was obviously weaker than itself.
Although he may deny any responsibility, the reason for the defeat is simple and obvious - they underestimated their enemy.
Some staff also warned him not to be overconfident, but he did not listen.
There is no doubt that these loyalists are different from those he has outwitted in the past.
They are extremely cunning, deceitful and unscrupulous, and if anything, it seems weirdly like the doctrine of the Eighth Legion.
He had already heard that the other party used captured warships to raid the port and staged a violent massacre. Even Huron had to admit that this raid was well done.
Such a fierce and bloodthirsty person, if the other party is not a die-hard loyalist, he would even be willing to recruit them.
However, there are some disturbing factors in this.
For example, the rebellion of the Black Armored Guards.
Huron couldn't figure out for a while why these remnants of the Eighth Legion betrayed him. Did they want to avenge the dead Supreme?
No kidding, Huron never thinks that these scum have any brotherhood, they only fight for those who can afford the price.
Then the question is, the Loyalists should and will never bribe them - the Eighth Legion's evil deeds were already famous in the galaxy during the Great Rebellion.
Did Malek himself want to take action, or was he secretly driving him? Are the people driving him inside the Red Pirates? Some careerist trying to take his place?
Huron's suspicious character forced him to consider this possibility.
One more thing -
Those soldiers who retreated from the Star Castle claimed that they encountered a terrifying enemy in the battle, and many people were killed silently, without the ability to fight back.
Who is this unknown enemy?
Some master among the loyalists? Or someone else taking advantage of the situation? Or is it the person who drives the Black Armored Guard?
The Star Castle was invaded not only by external forces, but also by obvious internal forces. This layout of internal and external attacks did not look like it could be planned temporarily.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that the Astral Knight's raid is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
The appearance of the Weeper and the Ranger Warrior seems to have ulterior motives.
Under the gathering of many questions and intelligence, all kinds of thoughts troubled the black-hearted king, so that he could no longer concentrate on commanding the battle, and could only hand over the command task to his deputy.
"My lord."
A voice interrupted Huron's thoughts.
He turned around and saw his old subordinate, Kyle Kus, who was also directly responsible for the Eye of Hell entering the dark bridge.
Behind him are two terminators, sandwiching Kelkus.
Kelkus escaped alone in a shuttle. Most of his subordinates were dead, and he himself would soon be.
Huron looked at the shameful captain, his hand on the handle of the battle ax.
“Kneel down.”
At the Tyrant's command, one of the massive Terminators placed a hand on Kelkus' shoulder pads and forced him to kneel.
Ceramic steel struck the rock slab with a clang, and Kelkus' helmet was immediately taken away and thrown aside.
"You disappoint me, Kelkus."
Huron whispered, his voice as sharp as his claws.
"You have brought shame to all of us, but you have done well in the past, so I will let you die happily." "Before the judgment is made, can I defend myself?"< br>
Kelkus kept his head down wisely. After Huron fell silent, he hummed.
“You had a powerful fortress and fleet, and enough soldiers, but you still let the Eye of Hell fall. This result cannot forgive your arrogance or stupidity, Kelkus, I am right A battle-hardened warrior like you expects more, but your performance makes you no longer qualified to wear the coat of honor."
"Third company commander Nasir Wotek led the charge before the attack. A company and his fleet left.”
Kelkus whispered:
"And Malek also showed signs of betrayal after Nasir Votek left. I found in the communication records of the Star Castle Center that Nasir Votek had contacted a mysterious signal before leaving. I There is reason to believe that someone used some kind of information to trick the third company commander out of the Star Castle, and then he was caught by the Astral Knight fleet, which led to the subsequent attack."
Slowly. Yes, Kelkus raised a hand, his armored gauntlet spread wide.
"Before I left, I went to Nasir Wotek's private room and found this."
While doing this, he raised his head to see Hugh for the first time. Lun.
The tyrant stared at the object in the old subordinate's hand, and then reached out and picked it up.
It was a communication beacon, generally used for secret point-to-point communication. It was in the shape of a hooded skull with a sharp sword passing through it from top to bottom.
Huron stared at this thing for a long time, and finally whispered:
"How could it be them? Dark Angels?"
"Lord, you should also listen. However, there is a group of black-armored warriors in the Eye of Terror. They are mysterious, but sometimes they are hired."
Huron grabbed the communication beacon.
Then, he smiled, a strange and unpredictable smile.
"Kaerkus, your wisdom has earned you a pardon, get up."
"Thank you, Lord."
Kaerkus from the ground After standing up, the Terminator on the side also picked up his dropped helmet and gave it back to him.
“Lord, although I am gone, the Star Castle should not have fallen yet.”
After hearing this, Huron thought for a moment and immediately guessed what Kelkus had done.
"You released Kandali Kala Harir?"
"Yes."
Although he transformed the other party into a hell beast, Hugh Lun had always wanted to wait for the right time and release on the right opponent - after all, the recovery of the hell beast was very troublesome.
However, now is the perfect time.
So he patted Kelkus on the shoulder.
"You did a good job. I really did not misjudge the person. You are the most stable and rational among all my company commanders. As expected, the main responsibility for this failure is myself."
" Lord, I am also careless, but the top priority now is that we must return to the Eye of Hell immediately. The Hell Beast will not last forever."
"I have made arrangements."
As he spoke, Huron turned his attention to the surveillance screen, and saw that a huge warship was slowly retreating under siege.
That is the flagship of the Lamenters, the Mother of Tears.
As the Mother of Tears retreated, a wide channel appeared between the Red Pirate Fleet and the Eyes of Hell.
"Send the signal! Prepare to join the gang! This time I will lead the team myself!"
(End of this chapter)