Hawke and his companions saw Phaeth leaping down from the starship and followed closely behind him. A group of pure black figures swooped down from the sky, looking as aggressive as the god of death reaping lives.
Someone in the audience recognized Phaeth and pointed to the sky and exclaimed in surprise: "It's the chief! The chief and his men are back!"
"What?! The big boss is back?!"
"The big leader is not dead?!"
When the soldiers fighting below heard the shocking news, they all looked up at the sky, only to see the female insect with red hair and green eyes leading the group. It was none other than Phaeth, followed by Deputy Chief Hawk and others. They couldn't believe their eyes for a moment.
Phaeth landed on the city wall with Xu Cenfeng. The wings behind him flapped violently for a moment, shaking off the fallen snow. He pulled out a gun from his waist and threw it to Xu Cenfeng for self-defense. The corners of his lips curled slightly, and his voice was still clear in the biting cold wind:
"Stay here and wait for me to come back!"
He knew that Xu Cenfeng didn't like blood.
After saying this, Faus ordered the soldiers beside him to protect Xu Cenfeng, and joined the battlefield directly with Hawke and other Zergs. The northern Zerg were notoriously belligerent and bloodthirsty, and guns became irrelevant weapons at this time. There was only the most bloody physical struggle, and the claws ripped open the belly wherever they passed, just like a group of the most primitive beasts.
Yenia's men were already at a disadvantage, and the appearance of Phaes was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. They were defeated and their screams were endless.
Seeing this, the rebels retreated unconsciously, all with panic on their faces. They gathered together back to back, unable to hold their guns steadily, and had become a pile of scattered sand.
"I surrender too!"
Phaeth saw the last rebel fall to the ground, and the wings behind him flapped, bringing a gust of sharp wind, and flew directly back to Xu Cenfeng. He stood side by side with him on the city wall, and his deep and majestic voice was clearly heard by every soldier: "Assemble and enter the city!"
Admiral Weather remembered that if Phaeth had not secretly sent troops to protect Zog, he would have died in the beast tide. He gritted his teeth and ruthlessly ordered the generals behind him: "Leader Phaeth has ordered that Yenia is colluding with the rebels and intends to rebel. Whoever kills him will be awarded first-class military merit! If the rest of the generals surrender, all their crimes will be forgiven. Those who resist stubbornly will be imprisoned and charged with treason!"
After the first one, there was the second one. For a while, soldiers in Yenia's team surrendered one after another and ran to General Weather's camp.
A red sun was rising slowly from the horizon, and the light shone through the clouds, illuminating the mess in front of the gate of Horsburg. There were only a few of Yenia's old men left, but reinforcements kept coming to Phaeth, and the difference in strength was huge.
Admiral Weiser had been stationed at the outskirts of the city. The dark mass of soldiers behind him stood out against the white snow. He looked at Yenia opposite him, and a deep ravine appeared between his eyebrows. "If you know what's good for you, surrender. Since you and Zog grew up together, I will ask the leader to show leniency to you."
"Yenya, where else are you going to run to?"
Admiral Weather's tone suddenly turned cold when he heard this: "Yenya, I didn't expect you to be so stubborn at this time! If I am a traitor, what are you?! Who deliberately led the beast tide when Zog was on a mission? You know it better than me!"
Admiral Weather frowned and shook his head: "Don't treat us all as fools. You keep scheming and calculating, and you will only hurt yourself!"
Yenia had always had a keen sense of smell. When he heard that Phaeth had suddenly led his troops back to the city and that his "ally" Admiral Weather had turned against him without warning, he suddenly realized that he had fallen into a huge trap. He sent part of his troops to fight to the death at the city gate to delay time, but in fact he secretly led his guards to escape from the back door, but was blocked by the shrewd Admiral Weather.
The hot blood splattered on the snow, dyeing a large area of shocking red. The two groups of soldiers fought fiercely in the dark night. It was not until dawn that a hint of white appeared in the distant sky, and the outcome was finally determined.
Fighting for power is just a game for leaders. Soldiers at the bottom have no choice at all. They have to do whatever their superiors tell them to do, otherwise they will just wait for death. Yenia is not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean they are not afraid of death. Now the situation on the battlefield is one-sided, and only fools will resist stubbornly.
Phaeus had always been merciless to traitors. Upon seeing this, he shook off the blood on his claws and directly ordered a kill. A burst of intensive gunfire resounded through the sky, as if foreshadowing the end of this rebellion.
He has been away from this royal city for too long, and now it's time to go back.
At this point, he finally realized that Yenia had no intention of repenting at all, and staying would be a disaster.
Yenia's face turned pale for a moment: "When did you find out?!"
Phaeth was already blood-thirsty, his dark green eyes had completely turned scarlet, he swung his sharp claws fiercely, accurately slashing the throat of a soldier on the opposite side, blood splattered on his cold profile, making him look like a god of death.
I don't know who was the first to drop his gun and surrender. He ran directly to Admiral Weather's camp and said in a panic, "Admiral! I surrender! We don't want to rebel at all. It was Yenia who forced us to do it!"
Upon hearing this, Yenia clenched the gun in his hand and pointed it at Admiral Weather. His face was extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Shut up! You traitor! What benefits did Phaeth give you that made you not even want to investigate Zog's death?! Have you forgotten? It was Phaeth who killed Zog!"
As soon as he finished speaking, many soldiers in the team behind Yenia began to waver. They exchanged glances and unconsciously retreated away from Yenia, even dropping the guns in their hands.
"I surrender too!"
"As long as I can forgive the past, I'm willing to do anything!"
But within a few minutes, the team behind Yenia dispersed. Yenia was shocked by the scene in front of him. He was so angry that his hand was shaking. He pulled the trigger like crazy, fired several shots, and yelled hysterically: "Stop! Stop right there! I'll see who dares to surrender! Whoever dares to surrender, I'll kill him!"
"boom!"
Another crisp gunshot rang out in his ears, but this time the injured were not the rebellious soldiers, but Yenia.
The only adjutant left behind Yenia suddenly grabbed his neck in full view of everyone and shot him directly in the back, hitting his heart. A bloody hole instantly exploded in Yenia's chest, and blood was spreading around at a very fast speed, dripping into the snow.
Yenia felt the sharp pain in his chest and turned around in disbelief, only to see his adjutant, who had followed him for many years, staring at him viciously and whispering in his ear, "Chief, don't blame me for being cruel. Blame it on your lack of strategy for not being able to defeat Phaeth and the others!"
"You're going to die sooner or later anyway, so why not give me a first-class military merit in return!"
The adjutant aimed at Yenia and pulled the trigger, then fired several more shots until the gun ran out of bullets, then threw Yenia's body aside. He threw away the gun in his hand, then slowly raised his hands to surrender, and shouted to Admiral Weather and the others: "Admiral Weather, I don't want military merit, I just hope you can plead for me in front of the leader and give me a chance to atone for my crime!"
This adjutant was very smart. He knew clearly that he was the leader of the rebels and it would be impossible for him to clear himself of the charges as easily as an ordinary soldier. The most important thing at the moment was to save his life.
Admiral Weather didn't expect to be killed by an adjutant. Seeing this, his pupils shrank slightly for a moment. He reacted and frowned, saying, "I will plead for you in front of the leader, but success or failure depends on your luck."
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and gave an order, signaling the soldiers to temporarily detain the surrendered rebels. Then he took Yenia's body back to the city to report to Phaes.
By then, Phaes had already returned to the residence with Xu Cenfeng. Thanks to the team of A-level elites on duty outside, Yenia did not break in by force. Servants cleaned the house every day, and it was spotless. The furnishings were exactly the same as when they left, with basically no changes.
Phaeth had just returned to his room to wash off the blood on his body and changed into clean clothes in the bathroom when he heard Admiral Weather had returned with Yenia's body to report. He could not help but pause and asked, "Yenia is dead?"
Xu Cenfeng hummed, "That's what the soldiers at the door said. It is said that his deputy general shot and killed Yenia from behind in order to atone for his crime." Phaeth raised his eyebrows slightly, saying with an ambiguous meaning, "It seems that Yenia's deputy general has learned his true teachings."
They have all learned betrayal to the core.
After saying that, he said to Xu Cenfeng: "Let's go out and take a look together."
Yenia's body was placed outside the garden, covered with a layer of white cloth. Admiral Weather saw Faus and Xu Cenfeng coming out of the house and stepped forward to greet them: "Chief, Your Excellency, all of Yenia's former subordinates have been arrested and are in the military prison. Please give your instructions."
Upon hearing this, Phaeth looked at Yenia's body, wondering what he was thinking: "How do you think we should deal with them?"
Admiral Weather sensed the murderous aura on Phaeth and hesitated for a moment. "Captain, when I was trying to persuade the soldiers to surrender outside the city, I promised them that as long as they surrendered, all their crimes would be forgiven."
Phaeth was obviously not such a generous person. On the contrary, he was narrow-minded. Hearing this, he asked coldly, "So not only can I not punish those rebels, but I also have to release them from prison in style, right?"
Admiral Weather choked.
Xu Cenfeng knew that Phaeth was decisive in killing, but he was not good at appeasing others. He gently scratched Phaeth's lower back from behind and took the initiative to persuade him, "There are many soldiers there, it is impossible to shoot them all, and Horsburgh needs to recover after the civil strife. Since Admiral Weather has said that he will not hold the past against us, why don't we be more generous."
Upon hearing this, Phaeth glanced at him and gritted his teeth secretly: "Are you saying that I am stingy?"
Xu Cenfeng thought that you were always stingy, so he smiled and shook his head, saying calmly: "I don't think you are stingy, I'm just afraid that others will think you are stingy."
Phaeth frowned and looked away: "Once disloyal, I will never use them again. I can't possibly recruit those rebels to serve me again!"
Xu Cenfeng patiently advised: "When you transfer their positions later, you can transfer them away from the main city of Horsburg and send them directly to the deserted planet for guard duty. This can be regarded as a small punishment and a big warning. After a few years, when the incident has calmed down and new backbones have been trained, they can be replaced."
This is a compromise.
Phaeth wondered how Xu Cenfeng could always make him obey his orders. Those who didn't know him would think he was a fool obsessed with sex. He gritted his teeth silently and said unwillingly: "Make a list of all the rebels. In a few days, they will be dispatched to guard the desolate planet. They are not allowed to come back before ten years!"
Admiral Weather secretly glanced at Xu Cenfeng upon hearing this, secretly admiring his methods in his heart. The last insect that could make Phaeth so obedient was the old leader who had passed away: "Leader, what should we do with Yenia's body?"
Phaeth was silent for a moment.
According to interstellar law, Yenia should be reduced to ashes, but after all, they were brothers who grew up together. It is inevitable that there is an indescribable sadness that they turned against each other and died overnight.
Phaeus didn't want the other insects to find out that he was soft-hearted, so he couldn't make a decision for a long time.
Finally, Xu Cenfeng noticed his thoughts and took the initiative to speak: "Chief, Yenia is already a defeated general. There is no need for us to bother with his body. Let's find a place to bury him."
After all, Yenia is a descendant of the northern royal family, and he cannot die in such a miserable way.
Phaeth hummed, "Just as you say."
He looked at Admiral Weather and said, "Thank you for your hard work during this period. I have sent troops to the city to pick up Zog. We will reward you together next month."
Admiral Weather didn't relax until he heard these words. He smiled, "Next month is the beginning of spring. It's a good time."
Phaeth raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard this. He did not expect that time passed so quickly and that spring had already arrived. He glanced at Xu Cenfeng beside him calmly, then retracted his gaze and said, "It is indeed a good day. You can prepare a generous gift in advance."
The topic changed so quickly that Admiral Weather was unable to react for a moment. "What?"
When Phaeth thought about how he would soon be able to snatch the clean white male insect next to him home, he felt very happy: "I will hold a mate ceremony next month. I will send you invitations then. Remember to bring Zog and the little cub with you."
Xu Cenfeng was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Phaes, only to see that the other party had turned around and went back to the house. His ears looked a little redder than usual, and his back seemed to be fleeing.
oh…
Xu Cenfeng then remembered that it seemed like they should get married
For a period of time afterwards, Xu Cenfeng was not affected by this incident at all. He ate when he was supposed to eat, drank water when he was supposed to drink water, and sat in the study room for several days in a row, thinking on his computer. This made Phaers feel a little offended.
"Damn it, we're about to have our partner ceremony and you don't feel anything?!"
Phaeth pressed Xu Cenfeng under him. Seeing that this male insect always looked calm and composed, he felt extremely angry.
Xu Cenfeng put one hand behind his head, and a barely perceptible smile flashed across his dark eyes when he heard the words: "Really?"
The veins on Phaeth's forehead were throbbing: "Yes."
Xu Cenfeng thought seriously for a moment: "Will there be any difference between our marriage and now?"
Probably not. Kiss when you should, hug when you should, and do it when you should.
But Phaeth raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course."
Xu Cenfeng: "For example?"
Phaeth: “…”
Without saying a word, Faus opened the drawer next to him and took out a bunch of fertility aids and threw them on the bed. They were all ordered privately by Xu Cenfeng, the scheming guy, on Star.com. He raised his lips slightly and said in a low and seductive voice, "For example? For example, after we become partners, you can let me wear this every day."
Phaeth had no more reason to refuse.
There is no reason to refuse to give birth to offspring for this male insect in front of me...
(End of this chapter)