Chapter 584 Escaped Fish (2/2)
The Destiny's Child Character Summon Card only had two more uses left, and Han Xiao had yet to decide whether to use one of it here.
This time, the War Bureau superior said, ”After some time, Godora will announce this victory to all of the Star System. Following your request, Serbia the Fifth will publicize your achievements personally, telling everyone that you're the hero of DarkStar's destruction and that you're a valued ally of Godora.”
DarkStar had threatened the Garton Star System for many years, causing countless disasters. Now that they had finally been dealt with, Godora would certainly make an official announcement, streaming to all the channels in the entire Star System, listing DarkStar's sins and promoting their profound victory. That would boost the confidence of their people, making it known that DarkStar no longer existed, that they had saved the world, and so on.
Back then when Han Xiao sold his intelligence, one of the requirements was to publicize his contributions after the plan succeeded. This was to tremendously increase his fame.
For such an enormous feat, it was almost a definite that he would receive Star System level Legendary Points.
”By the way, you will be needed at the scene. Serbia the Fifth will personally give you the honors, and you will be a friend of Godora forever. After the ceremony ends, we will pay you the rest of the reward as discussed. Fifty medium battleships and one large main ship, the remaining fifteen million payment, and some Super Knowledges.”
Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.
Finally, he was about to receive the remaining payment, but receiving the honors was unexpected.
Godora was very generous, so being honored by the leader of the nation was a huge honor. This was not his request but Godora's decision.
With some thought, Han Xiao roughly knew what Godora was thinking. Their appreciation was indeed sincere, as were his achievements, but a part of it was definitely because he was part of Floating Dragon. Thus, they wanted to improve their relationship with the Floating Dragon.
If Floating Dragon's Field Team Officer was Godora's honored hero, their relationship would be closer.
This had no negative impact on him, so of course, Han Xiao would not reject it.
”Before bringing the players to Base One to officially start their mercenary career, showing them a 'cut scene' of me being honored is very beneficial for my personal image. This will all increase my reputation. Marvelous!”
Han Xiao was very content.
When Han Xiao ended the communication, the battlefield had almost all been cleaned up. The Godoran fleet dragged the DarkStar mothership from the ground like pulling up a carrot. They then moved it outside the atmosphere and were planning to take it back.
On the galactical battlefield on the other side, there were also many Godoran spaceships cleaning up the wreckages of DarkStar fleets.
This was an overwhelming victory; joy was on the face of every Godoran soldier.
Not only Han Xiao, but all the mercenary groups were also invited to Godora's Mother Planet to attend the government ceremony not long after. Showing their faces was a free advertisement, so no one rejected the offer.
The Black Star Army and Alliance Fleet took off and headed toward Godora's Mother Planet together.
After just experiencing a war, all the players were excited. All kinds of screenshots and recordings were being posted to the forums.
Herlous was extremely excited. Han Xiao had promised to get rid of DarkStar, and he had always thought that there was little hope. He had stood behind Han Xiao and watched his every step. He had never thought this promise would be fulfilled in just a few years. At this point, Black Star's promise only had one outstanding condition—sending hundreds of thousands of Supers to deal with the problem on Planet Sunil. Even though DarkStar was destroyed, Black Star would definitely not go back on his word on this one. The highly risky bet that he placed on trusting an unknown mercenary back then had paid off!
Inside the BlackLight Stealth cockpit, Han Xiao did not pay attention to the players' actions as he would usually. After a long consideration, he had made a decision—he would foresee Ember's whereabouts. Although he might waste one use of the Character Summon Card, he wanted to be mentally prepared in case Ember was still alive.
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The familiar fog covered his vision once again. Passing through the fog, a blurry image appeared before his eyes.
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A mini DarkStar assault ship was speeding through the universe, escaping.
Ember was the only one on the ship.
Long before the ambush, he had felt uneasy and kept his alert up. When it happened, his reactions were the quickest. Realizing that there was no possibility of winning, he had abandoned the mothership, taking a small, fast assault ship. With a bit of luck and all his might, he had successfully escaped.
Hundreds of assault ships had tried to escape, but he was the only one that had succeeded. Ember had seen the mothership shattering into pieces under the barrage with his own eyes, and countless DarkStar warriors had turned to ash, floating in the cold universe.
DarkStar was finished, and Ember realized that.
Where should he go?
Piloting the spaceship, the dim light from the star map illuminated Ember's face. He was lost without purpose.
As a wanted man who had slaughtered tens of millions of Godorans, Godora would never give up chasing him.
It seemed like there was only one path ahead of him—leave Garton Star System, or even Colton Star Cluster, go to another Star Cluster in the Shattered Star Ring, hide his name, and start a new life.
Thinking about this, veins filled his eyes.
He did not want to escape anymore.
DarkStar still had him; it was not the end for DarkStar!
”I am destined to become Godora's nightmare. With slaughter, I will make them reflect on their traditions that are countless years behind. The bloodline belief they have is against the nature of reproduction. This twisted mindset is exactly what created us. After their confession, I will make them swallow the fruit of their thousands of years of the pureblood belief. DarkStar will build a new Godora above their ruins!
”Then, there will be no more pureblood; no one will feel superior for their blood. Discrimination will no longer exist; no one will be born lower than another!”
Those were the DarkStar leader's hopes for him when he was young, and he had always remembered them in his heart and made them his faith.
”Godora will definitely host a ceremony to announce to the entire Star System that they have defeated DarkStar and that the purebloods' reign is still strong…” Ember clenched his teeth. ”When you people think that everything has ended and are celebrating your victory, I will tell the entire Star System that DarkStar has yet to disappear.”
He decided to go to Godora's Mother Planet.
When Godora was holding their ceremony and was watched by the whole Star System, he would use his Esper ability and start a slaughter, destroying Godora's victory announcement.
However, Godora Mother Planet was very dangerous, so he had yet to figure out a way to get in. There would definitely be a lot of Calamity Grade Godoran government officials at the ceremony as guards, so him doing so might cost his life.
As Ember was having a thousand thoughts and was about to make a decision, his communicator suddenly rang. It was a communication request from the DarkStar leader.
That's right, the leader is still alive!
He came up with a better idea!
Ember's mind recovered, and he was overjoyed that he had found someone whom he could rely on.