As a nation that had just recently risen, the Sigta Empire was obviously lacking in both defense and military strength. In the eyes of the star thieves, they were just a big piece of fat to take a bite from.
This was also the reason why the eldest prince of Sigta spent a lot of money to train a mecha team. It hadn’t produced any results for a long time, but His Majesty Anta didn’t stop it.
At this moment, a spaceship appeared in the sky and was getting closer and closer to the ground.
The peculiar shape of the star thief’s spaceship and the ‘Blood Dance’ flag fluttering in the wind on the spaceship could be seen clearly even without a telescope.
His Majesty Anta, who was originally smiling, suddenly had an ugly expression.
Blood Dance was undoubtedly a star thief organization that the interstellar people hated the most.
Just like its name, the star thieves of this organization committed all types of crimes, including burning, killing, looting, and other crimes. They were all wanted criminals in the Interstellar Alliance, and also the objects of fear of some small nations.
For example, Sigta Star had actually been robbed many times by people from Blood Dance.
In the beginning, the Sigta imperial family fought back. The nation lacked high-end combat power, so they hired bounty hunters to help resist. However, it was later discovered that the commission and the loss caused by the robbery were approximately the same. Even if bounty hunters were hired, there was no way to completely resist the star thieves.
As a result, the Sigta Empire lay flat for a while.
They sought peace by submitting a certain amount of ‘protection fees’ to the star thieves every year, as well as buying time to develop their own military force.
It was humiliating, but it was indeed the best choice at the time.
Originally, everything was fine and the surface calm was maintained. However, Blood Dance suddenly proposed to increase the amount of protection fees.
The amount exceeded His Majesty Anta’s psychological threshold. They actually wanted a battleship!
With the comprehensive strength of the Sigta Empire, it was impossible to obtain quotas and preferential prices from the Interstellar Alliance. They could only purchase them at high prices through other channels.
Wasn’t it better to use this money to arm their own nation?
So even though he knew it would anger the Blood Dance group, His Majesty Anta refused this unreasonable request.
After all, they had been developing secretly for so long. His Majesty Anta had gained confidence in the improvement of his nation’s military strength. Even if the star thieves attacked, it shouldn’t be as miserable as before, right?
What he didn’t expect was that the star thieves would choose to attack on this day, at the very moment when Sigta was welcoming the envoys from the Roland Empire!
This was simply arrogant, pressing Sigta’s face to the ground and rubbing it in!
His Majesty Anta issued a battle order to the army and looked at his eldest son, saying solemnly, “Uta, now it is your turn to show your results!”
The eldest prince, Uta hurriedly stepped forward and said in a loud voice, “Your son has received your orders!”
The warships in the port had already set off. The shuttles that had just arrived at the port also took off after receiving the order and swept toward the spaceships of the star thieves in the sky.
Facing the invading star thieves, the soldiers of Sigta Star didn’t hesitate to choose to fight!
The hundreds of mechas commanded by the eldest prince also flew into the air.
A battle was on the verge of breaking out.
In the Starry Sky spaceship, Val’s group, who were originally preparing to disembark, were forced to stay in the spaceship.
Compared to the unfamiliar Sigta Star, the Starry Sky made them feel more secure. The guards born on Roland were worried, while the players, who were afraid that the world wouldn’t be chaotic, were in the mood to watch the excitement.
There were only five players in the team that went on the alien mission this time. They were ranked highest on the reputation list of the Roland faction, and were all high-level players of the closed beta.
Regardless of their loyalty to Roland, at least the cost of switching factions was much higher than that of ordinary players. This meant they had gained a certain degree of trust from Xu Sili.
During this mission, these five players did play a big role.
Some of the thoughts in their occasional conversations inspired Val. In addition, the braves were very sharp when it came to identifying between friend and foe.
It wasn’t hard to be sharp when they had the favorability system.
At this time, the players had seen the forum posts about the Sigta people’s evaluation of the Roland Empire—poor, weak and asking for money again.
It was jumping on their nerves!
No matter how poor and weak Roland was, it was still the nation they had worked hard to protect. Now they had land in Roland and would build houses in the future. This was their home in Starry Sky Age.
These short-sighted, ungrateful aliens simply didn’t know anything. If the Sigta map was opened, they would definitely be the first to be defeated!
It could be said that the Sigta people had unknowingly offended the players and reduced their favorability to the extreme.
Even if there was an opportunity to switch factions in the future, it was estimated that not many players would want to switch.
After all, they had to work hard to mine for a month to get a residence permit on Sigta Star. Not only were there various benefits on Roland, but the warm and friendly NPCs were much better than the arrogant Sigta people!
“Fight! Fight! Who do you think can win this battle?” The five players huddled together and watched the battle outside through shooting mode.
“They seem to be star thieves, right? Can’t the power of a nation defeat a group of robbers?”
“That is true.”
“I want to see them beaten to pieces. It is a shame.”
“I think the outcome might be a bit uncertain. If there is no certainty, would the star thieves choose to confront the Sigta Empire head-on?”
“That makes sense. Let’s make a bet!”
The players outside were watching the good show but in the Starry Sky’s command room, Val was talking to His Majesty Anta through the communicator.
“Princess Val, I’m sorry for letting you see this joke. Don’t worry, we will deal with these lawless guys as soon as possible. You should stay on the spaceship temporarily to avoid an accidental injury.”
“Okay, Your Majesty Anta.”
Val exchanged a few words with His Majesty Anta before quickly ending the call.
She looked at the battle in the sky with some worry while Joan stayed beside her and stared intently.
The young boy was being exposed to interstellar warfare for the first time, so he was full of shock and surprise at the battle taking place in the sky. Even so, he didn’t have the slightest fear and he even had a boiling desire to fight.
He would definitely protect his mother and everyone on the spaceship! These bad guys couldn’t even think about harming them!
At this time, the voice of the little robot rang out.
“Alert, alert. According to the analysis of the combat power of both the enemy and ourselves, the Sigta Empire’s probability of defeat is as high as 88%. This will pose a major threat to the Starry Sky. Activate the defense system immediately!”
Val couldn’t help being stunned. She was worried about the situation of the battle, but she was inclined to think that the Sigta Empire would win.
After all, Sigta’s development was already very good before she fell into a deep sleep. It was impossible for them to not make progress for ten years and still be beaten by the star thieves, right?
Boom boom—
In the midst of the deafening explosions, Sigta’s mecha team was seen facing the star thieves who were pouring out.
“Hahaha, these humble Sigta people. No wonder why they were so tough with their words. Do they think they can beat us with this mecha team?”
Yelena sat in front of the podium and laughed wildly.
“Brothers, teach them how mecha should be controlled. Didn’t they learn a bit of three-legged cat kung fu and come out to be embarrassed?”
The command channel was filled with the teasing laughter of the star thieves. “Hey, let them increase their knowledge!”
Yelena warned on the channel, “Don’t play too much. Be careful not to kill anyone from the Sigta imperial family, or we won’t get any money!”
“I understand. Do you still need to say this?”
As a result, the mecha team that Eldest Prince Uta was so proud of were directly defeated in less than two rounds when facing the truly experienced star thieves!
These big shots were just played in the hands of the star thieves. In front of these warmongers, the mecha team cultivated by Eldest Prince Uta was as fragile as a three year old child with toy weapons.
Yelena looked at the capital of Sigta below. Her eyes showed greed, cruelty and the determination to win.
Last time, she was chased away by the regular army of Saint Lucia, her Voyager was in a state of disrepair after finally escaping. During the trip, not only did she not get any benefits from Flaming Fox but also suffered heavy losses.
However, she felt better after hearing that even though Mu Xingzhou was cured, he lost his headquarters’ base and his vitality was severely damaged.
In order to make up for this loss, she naturally targeted the small nations with good economic development but whose military strength couldn’t keep up.
For example, Sigta Star. They were sheep she had been raising in captivity. Once they got fat, they would be slaughtered by her.
However, the Sigta Empire wasn’t slaughtered this time? Naturally, she had to show them the consequences of resistance. Otherwise, what if other small nations followed suit?
Of course, she was cautious enough and brought only half of Blood Dance’s combat power. Even so, this half was enough to crush the Sigta Empire!
The people of the Sigta Empire watching the live news were all dumbfounded.
They didn’t understand battle very well, but even if they didn’t have enough knowledge, they could see that the army of Sigta Star was almost suppressed.
Anger and panic spread among the people watching the live broadcast.
There weren’t many people watching the live broadcast of the ceremony to welcome the arrival of the Roland Empire. However, in less than a few minutes, the number of people watching the live broadcast increased by more than ten times and it was still rising.
The person in charge of the live broadcast was so frightened that he even forgot to cut off the live broadcast.
His Majesty Anta’s expression was extremely ugly. Prince Uta’s face was pale as he watched the mecha warriors he carefully trained fall one after another. He almost fell to the ground weakly.
The armies from all over the nation were rushing to help, but it would take time.
At this rate, the local troops might not have arrived by the time the star thieves finished killing the troops in the capital and massacring the civilians.
“Father… do you want to surrender?” Prince Uta asked in a choked up voice.
He might be arrogant but he cared about the people. According to past experience, it was better to surrender as soon as possible or the star thieves would become red-eyed and not listen to people.
Only…
Prince Uta couldn’t help feeling aggrieved when looking at the only black spaceship still docked in the port.
This battle could be regarded as a complete joke!
Just as His Majesty Anta was trembling and trying to contact the star thieves, his communicator rang.
His Majesty Anta took a look and found that it was Princess Val of Roland.
He sighed and finally chose to answer.
A beautiful, silver-haired woman appeared on the light screen. Anta smiled bitterly. Just as he was about to speak, the woman opposite him had already spoken to him.
“Your Majesty Anta, do you need help?”
He was stunned for a moment, a bit confused. “What?”
“The situation is critical now. I shouldn’t ask questions, but as an envoy of the Roland Empire, I still need to ask. Do you and the people of Sigta need help now?”
Anta looked at her and at the sky. Then he instinctively nodded.
The woman opposite him showed a relieved smile and said, “Then please allow my spaceship to use armed force in your nation.”
Looking at her firm eyes, His Majesty Anta could only nod.
Eldest Prince Uta listened to everything from the side and couldn’t help frowning. He didn’t think Roland could help much now, but he was still touched that they were willing to take the initiative to help now.
So, he saw the ordinary black spaceship suddenly start up and sail out of the port toward the battlefield.
What role could such a broken and ordinary civilian spaceship play in a battle situation?
However, to Prince Uta’s surprise, the star thieves originally suppressing Sigta’s army suddenly seemed to have gone crazy. Instead of continuing to fight, they started to retreat?
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