Chapter 385 - Judgment (1/2)

'This is hopeless… Perhaps, I can't even kill myself if I wanted to…'

The commander said to himself as he steadied his breathing. He looked at the young man's face but due to the sunlight, there is a shadow on the person's face and it is stopping him from recognizing the man…

Nevertheless, he did his best to sit up straight before answering the man's question.

”I heard from the leaders that the aliens were looking for several things right now… But their top priority was searching for the mastermind of those ambushes in outer space!”

The commander explained hastily.

”Ugh… Spare me, young man… I'm just an ordinary soldier following the orders of the commanders. If their orders offended you, there's nothing I can do about it… I also do not want to follow them in many cases. However, I have to save myself…”

As Wallace was pondering for a moment, the commander continued persuading him to let him off.

The young man was actually impressed by this person's shamelessness. He could really make a lot of good stories just to try to save himself from his current predicament. It appears that he's even willing to sell his country just to save his life.

”Shut up! Just answer my questions with everything you know... Your life will depend on your answers. You don't have to convince me.”

”Yes! I understand! Do not worry… I won't lie to you… I'm not good at lying.”

”Tsk… Tell me what your leaders did about that… Did they foolishly gave information about him?” Wallace asked the man. This time, the commander did not feel his threatening gaze.

However, he felt even more nervous about this.

'Of course! They gave everything they know about that Wallace that is currently somewhere on the Moon!' The commander thought of answering like this.

But it feels like the man in front of him wouldn't like such an answer and he might just cut his other arm in anger. So he decided to tone it down a bit.

”I heard that they have no choice but to reveal the truth. I heard our leader's conversation that they have to provide information about him to complete their deal. They gave information about Wallace but at least, these details weren't hard to discover if they made simple research. After all, everyone in the continent knows about his name, about the Moon Base he created, his creation of spacesh.i.p.s, his factory at one mountain in Zairus, including the members of his family, and about his relationship with a Grand Arcanist… I'm sure that they can get this information even if our leaders didn't tell it first.”

The commander answered and his tone sounded like there was nothing wrong with their actions.

'You guys are hopeless…' Wallace thought as he shakes his head in disappointment.

Of course, he knows that he's unable to remain anonymous considering the Empire's information gathering abilities.

However, the fact that Seiji Alliance willingly revealed information about him pissed him off… The commander was even trying to justify their actions with lies.

He wouldn't even be surprised if they actually offered this information at the start of their negotiation. After all, they saw how Ace caused some problems to the aliens at the battle in outer space. Their council of war was definitely aware that the aliens wanted to get vengeance for his actions…

Wallace only smirked at the man's answer and decided to get more information.

”What are the other things they wanted here?” He asked.

”Right… They were searching for three more things… Y-you're lucky… I know all of this information since one of the council is my father… So he told me everything and---”

Bam!

The floor beside him was suddenly hit by a bolt of lightning out of nowhere. He didn't see how the man did it but it's enough to say that he'll be hit by that if he tried buying more time.

”Just answer my question!” Wallace was starting to lose his patience with this man.

”Y-yes! They are looking for a magical Cube that they lost… Then, I heard that they wanted to get some healthy natives of this planet... They are requesting to get about a thousand of them. Right, they were specifically looking for powerful Magicians… The last thing they were looking for was a medium to help them get used to this planet faster. The Council was guessing that some of the aliens are incapable of just leaving their spacesh.i.p.s…”

The commander felt that Wallace is closely listening and very interested. This is why his face lit up as he continued telling more.

”Right! My father also noticed several species inside! It seems the aliens weren't all looking the same!”

Wallace nodded at his words since this just confirmed his thoughts… Nevertheless, why would the Empire reveal so much information to them?

'No… If we consider the situation, it doesn't matter whether they revealed their purpose for coming here. It's not like we can just stop them from doing so without defeating them. It all comes down to a battle of superiority.' Wallace gave it a thought as he wanted to also know what this space empire is thinking.

As far as he knows, they're not someone who would just accept anyone as their allies without heavy reasons… Or perhaps, they have changed their way of dealing with such matters after all these years?