649 Soaring Eagle (1/2)

Just like what Wang Tong had told them, they picked only the best and didn't care about anyone's feelings. The other captains quickly raised the ante against Karl's drafting method. They claimed that the chaos it had stirred up would adversely affect the progress of the war. They presented their evidence, some of which was even legit.

However, nothing would stop Wang Tong at this point, and he was confident that he would succeed.

Seeing that Karl had followed Wang Tong's instructions to the letter, Flash quickly followed suit. After so many years, these academy students didn't let the world round their edges; instead, they became more willing to fight for their dreams, even if that meant stepping on someone.

Wang Tong had disclosed the full details of the operation to him, and Flash was grateful for his trust. There had been rumors that Flash was actually a spy, and the goal of his operation was to see to the human's failure. However, Samantha and Wang Tong disregarded the rumors and assigned him a central role in this operation.

Flash knew they wouldn't believe the rumors because Wang Tong knew who what kind of person he was: he was a true friend. If Flash could get Wang Tong the success of this mission, he would pay anything for it, including his life.

While the fleet was formed slowly, Wang Tong continued to help the mastery warriors and the casters in getting used to space combat. This had continued for a month, and Wang Tong seemed to have done nothing but training. Even the relatively inactive armada had carried out a couple of harassments on the Zerg fleet, but the newly formed special force had done nothing.

While Wang Tong trained the soldiers, Karl and Flash were busy cobbling together a perfect tram. They were excited by the rare chance to flex their leadership muscles. For the first time, they could make up the team and attack plans all by themselves, just like real fleet commanders would.

Flash didn't expect to play such a key role in this operation when he first joined Wang Tong, and neither did he expect to have so much freedom to turn his dream team into realization. Although he and many other new graduates had been promoted to high ranks, the very few generals were still the ones that made the call.

Flash and Karl had very similar experiences, and therefore, they shared a lot of common grounds. They hit along every quickly and formulated plans of attack based on the information they had.

On the eighth day of their preparation, a small ship landed on the ship, and the passenger was a handsome young man dressed in plain white.

He was the Divine Master of the Divine Mastery sect, Michaux.

He had come to Wang Tong's assistance as soon as he had finished the business within the sect. The arrival of such a renowned warrior had caught everyone's attention.

Ever since Wang Tong started organizing his own fleet, Samantha had been bombarded with questions. Many leaders of the armada blamed her for her recklessness to give permission for a group of ”children” to dismantle the status quo on the ships.

Samantha would be lying if she said that the situation was not stressful. However, she was ready to take on the challenge and support Wang Tong until the end. She was pleasantly surprised by Michaux's visit, and thought that he would provide the fleet officers some much-needed diversion.

However, Michaux had not seen anyone other than Wang Tong and his crew ever since he arrived, outrightly ignoring the invitations for all the networking events.

”What took you so long, Michaux?” Wang Tong asked a smile. Wang Tong had met some roadblocks while helping the casters in overcoming their fear of the primordial forces, and he eagerly needed Michaux's help.

”I didn't know you would miss me. How is the confederation fleet? Have they given you enough grief yet?”

”Are you here to just watch as they put me down?”

Michaux nodded and then smiled mischievously. ”I would love to see it. Haha! What is it?”