In the silence of space, a beautiful planet was floating quietly. Its surface flowed with many colors, gorgeous and primitive, yet vaguely revealing a bit of danger.
“Boss, that is Escher Star!”
After more than a month, the five battleships of the Clive star thief group finally arrived at this star field.
On the main ship, Deputy Captain Morris looked at the planet in the distance and spoke excitedly.
Now everything was going smoothly and the five battleships didn’t encounter any accidents along the way.
There were spies who noticed Clive’s unusual movements, such as their mortal enemies, Blood Dance and Flaming Fox.
However, according to the feedback of the Kvia Empire, as well as Clive’s own intelligence system, no other major forces were involved except for a few small nations.
As for the Interstellar Alliance, the delegation was still on the way. Even if they received the news and rushed over, they probably wouldn’t be able to catch up.
Moreover, the Interstellar Alliance only sent one spaceship. It might be military grade, but it was no match for Clive, who had invested all their assets…
The delegation would just be delivering food if they really arrived early.
Morris was very confident about this battle.
According to the intelligence collected, the geographical environment of the Roland Empire was very harsh and might not be conducive to combat. However, from this point, it could be seen that Roland’s military strength wouldn’t be too strong.
Their leader even got a hold of the list of supplies that the Roland Empire had purchased from the Interstellar Alliance.
There were large civilian spaceships and several small civilian spaceships, 20-30 combat shuttles that could only be used at low altitudes, communication satellites, the most common laser guns and artillery, and some miscellaneous items.
The top leaders of the Clive star thieves all laughed when they saw this list.
It was rubbish!
The ones sold by the Interstellar Alliance were all junk that were eliminated many years ago. How could they be compared to Clive?
The combat shuttle might be a bit more troublesome, but it had a height limit and was far less flexible than a mecha. As for firepower…
A shuttle wanted to fight against a battleship? It just made people laugh.
Of course, Clive’s leaders also drew some other information from this list. The Roland Empire did make a fortune this year!
As for the reason for being rich…
It must be related to the Fox House. Once the identity of the Guardian was exposed, it was self-evident which nation the Fox House belonged to.
Clive’s leaders were really jealous.
The items on the list might be rubbish in their eyes, but the sheer quantity and total amount were enough to make their hearts beat faster.
Unfortunately, the purchasing personnel of the Roland Empire didn’t know the value of goods, and might’ve been cheated by the liaison officer. There was really nothing worth looking at except for the space capsule.
They didn’t even buy mechas.
However, thinking about it, could they expect anyone to be able to drive a mecha based on the level of civilization of the Roland Empire?
Look at this Escher Star, it was so primitive that there wasn’t even a trace of high technology.
Not to mention the space station and starship ports, let’s just talk about the communication satellites. They were also on the shopping list of the Roland Empire, but they hadn’t been installed in orbit.
Was it possible for a planet and nation like this to confront them?
As for that powerful Guardian, no one had ever seen him drive a mecha. It was probably not that he didn’t want to, but that he simply didn’t know how to drive one?
So what if he was a genius with a physical and mental strength of SSS+? No matter how strong the human body, could he fight against the steel behemoth alone?
Haha, was this possible?
Therefore, everyone in the Clive’s star thief group had a very relaxed attitude towards this battle.
At this moment, Clive’s leader looked at the colorful planet, his eyes flashing with determination.
The order from his motherland was only to plunder the rewards that Roland won in the Genius Competition, but he paid such a huge price to collect intelligence. How could he be willing to gain only small benefits?
He should be able to get more as long as he took Roland’s imperial family hostage.
“Pass on my order. Ship One will be the vanguard and Ship Two will be the support. Enter the safe passage of Escher Star first and report the situation on time!”
“Ship One received!”
“Ship Two received!”
Two of the five battleships originally scattered around Escher Star were no longer in stealth mode and started to move towards the entrance coordinates of the safe passage of Escher Star.
The leader didn’t take the military strength of the Roland Empire seriously, but his years of combat experience meant he remained cautious.
It was because of this caution that he had reached this day.
It turned out that his caution was right.
“Reporting to the leader, there is something unusual!”
Battleship One had just set off when news came that made Clive’s heart tremble.
“What happened?”
The captain of Ship One appeared on the light screen, but his expression was very strange and he seemed to not know what to say.
“Walker, report the situation! What exactly did you encounter?” Clive asked in a deep voice.
“Chief, see for yourself.”
Walker’s figure disappeared from the light screen. Then the camera switched to the image captured by Ship One.
“F*k!”
Deputy Captain Morris exclaimed in surprise. The other star thieves who stayed on the main ship also showed shocked expressions.
The picture captured by Ship One turned out to be…
One person!
It was a man with short, light blond hair.
He held a long sword in his hand and floated quietly in the starry sky. His snow-white cloak fluttered in the wind, looking strange under the reflection of the bizarre and changeable nebula of Escher Star behind him
This man…
He was exposed to the universe like this but looked relaxed without any discomfort.
“Walker, what time is it now? Why are you showing me a Star Network video?”
Morris quickly frowned and said with displeasure.
Wasn’t this the video of the Guardian at the Genius Competition? But in this video, he wasn’t wearing a mask and… his age seemed to be wrong?
Clive’s tense nerves relaxed slightly when he heard these words. Then he soon realized something was wrong
At this moment, Walker’s depressed voice rang out.
“It isn’t a Star Network video. It is the actual scene! This should be Roland’s Guardian. He really doesn’t need any equipment. He can…”
Before Walker finished speaking, the blond-haired man in the picture slowly raised the sword in his hand and a golden light gathered on the sword.
“What does he want to do?”
Clive suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
At the same time—
When Clive sent out Ships One and Two, the advance team sent by the Interstellar Alliance’s delegation also secretly arrived near Escher Star.
This advance team had a total of 12 mechas, all of which were the latest research and developments of the Interstellar Alliance.
After receiving the request for help from the Roland Empire, the 12 mecha masters controlled the mechas and quickly rushed to Escher Star.
Their mission was to try and stop the star thieves from slaughtering the Roland Empire. If possible, it would be best if they could repel the star thieves.
However, after arriving at the scene and estimating the strength of the star thieves, the captain of the advance team directly gave up on the latter.
It couldn’t be done.
The most they could do was take down one battleship. This was also by sneaking in and attacking secretly. It was extremely difficult.
Just as they were discussing countermeasures, the battleships of the star thieves started to move.
Then they also discovered a strange figure.
In the starry sky, especially against the backdrop of huge stars, this figure was as small as cosmic dust. However, when he raised the sword in his hand, everyone who saw it felt a violent tremor in their hearts.
Then a scene that they would never forget happened.
As they watched, the man raised the sword in his hand. He lifted it lightly and swung it at Ship One in an ordinary manner.
As the sword was swung, there was a dazzling golden light.
The speed of the sword light was so fast that it couldn’t be captured with the naked eye.
So to the star thieves on the other battleships and the mecha masters of the support team, it was just a slight flash of a golden light. Then…
The huge Ship One, which was as big as three or four football fields and was said to be made of the latest high-tech materials, was silently cut in half from the middle.
Boom.
Immediately afterward, a horrific explosion occurred.
The flames of the explosion flickered in the starry sky, illuminating the faces of everyone who saw this scene. It also reflected the looks of disbelief and dullness on their faces.
Captain Walker of Ship One didn’t have time to give any instructions. He only finished half his report before he disappeared forever on the light curtain in the dazzling light.
The star thieves were all stunned.
Only the leader Clive came to his senses first. He hurriedly contacted Ship Two. The screen soon showed the picture taken by Ship Two.
The explosion was still continuing.
However, that majestic interstellar battleship just disappeared in flames, leaving only scattered parts and fragments, turning into cosmic dust floating in space.
With just this one strike of the sword, the man destroyed one-fifth of Clive’s combat power and destroyed an interstellar battleship made with the highest standards!
So terrifying!
Anyone who saw what just happened wouldn’t be able to believe their eyes.
But this really happened!
The mecha masters of the support team were all stunned. This was truly subversive to their worldview. No, it directly shattered their worldview!
On the other hand, Clive had already made a prompt decision and hastily issued an order to escape.
However, it was already too late.
On the four remaining battleships, the same picture appeared on each light screen.
The silver-haired young man, wearing a crown and sitting on the throne, smiled towards the star thieves.
“Welcome to the Roland Empire.”
“I’m sorry, but you are surrounded.”
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