The young major general sat quietly, with his knees crossed, his shiny black boots raised in the air, and the silver buckles shone brightly.
Even when he was sitting, his back was straight. The slender eyelashes drooped slightly, and the half-closed phoenix eyes became narrower and sharper. He seemed to be meditating, thinking about something quietly. His hands in black gloves were clasped on his knees, and his slender fingers occasionally move.
A dozen or so generals stood in the meeting hall, using the most standard standing military posture. Even though they had maintained this standing posture for more than half an hour, they still stood firm and tall. None of the fingers moved.
The chamber of Ishtar was silent.
Passing through the atmosphere, in the dark universe, there is also a strange silence at this moment.
Before Ishtar broke into the protective shield of the [Scepter of Heaven] and sank into the atmosphere of the Emperor Star, the fleet under Troll had already defeated the Marquis of Mia's raid fleet, and sent the remaining fleet including the Marquis of Mia's The flagship Nadia was blocked in a dead corner, so they could only sit and wait.
At this moment, a long time after Ishtar broke into the Emperor Star, the universe still strangely maintains the situation before Ishtar broke into the Emperor Star—the fleet of the Mia family is still stuck in a dead corner and cannot move. , Rear Admiral Troll's fleet still surrounded the opponent, and maintained an attacking posture.
However, just maintaining an attacking posture, even if more than an hour has passed, this situation has not changed at all, as if time has stopped at this moment.
The remnants of the Mia Fleet waited anxiously, silent, and the Troll Fleet, which had already won the overwhelming victory, also remained silent—they were waiting.
[All fleets remain as they are.]
[If the enemy ship resists, it will be destroyed immediately.]
This was the last order they received before watching their boss' flagship Ishtar rush into the Emperor Star. After this order made the captains of each team open the public communication channel, you look at me, I look at you, and they looked at each other for a while but couldn't say a word. But no one has the guts to disobey Major General Troll's orders even if all beasts are running wild in their hearts, including Major Robin, the captain of the annihilation fleet who is not afraid of everything and goes berserk as soon as the battle starts. silent.
Although Robinte hoped that the Mia Fleet would take the initiative to shoot him twice, so that he could immediately use the counterattack as an excuse to kill the group of war scum, but the other party did not know that it was the bombing of the Emperor Star by Major General Troll. Surprised, it was Marquis Mia who guessed that something was wrong and planned to stay the same for all changes, but there was no movement for a long time, so angry that Robin smashed the panel to vent, but there was nothing he could do.
As a result, the two sides who were still fighting fiercely just before confronted each other in such a strange way, making the universe outside the emperor's star extremely quiet for a while.
Ishtar still hovered over the royal city, and a huge shadow enveloped the position of the royal palace on the ground, giving people a huge sense of oppression. And at this moment, with a beep, a crisp chirp sounded in the meeting hall.
After the voice sounded, almost everyone raised their eyes subconsciously and looked forward.
In front of them, their boss was sitting on a silver-white metal chair, and he also raised his eyes, a deep blue oozing from his fine black hair.
"Connect."
Major General Troll said, in a nonchalant tone.
A wide light curtain appeared in front of the Major General, which was exactly at the same height as the Major General raised his eyes. The silver-gray light spots on the screen flickered for a while, then became clear, and a figure appeared on the screen.
The blond hair that fell like a waterfall was scattered around the slender neck of the princess. The princess standing there was not wearing a long skirt, but an aristocratic dress with gold patterns on a white background. Her slender legs were wrapped in snow-white trousers , white high-heeled boots stepped on the light-colored wooden floor.
In her hand was a platinum scepter, about the length of her forearm. The golden forehead hair was neatly combed back into complicated hair accessories, and the vermilion lips were tightly pressed, making the princess's stunning face very cold at this moment. She stood there, even if she didn't say a word, she gave people a powerful aura that needed to be looked up to, it seemed that the arrogance and majesty had penetrated into her bones and blood for a long time.
The emerald green eyes narrowed slightly, and the princess stared at Major General Troll with an invisible coldness in her eyes.
The major general looked at her with the usual cold and emotionless eyes, but Salome clearly saw the frightening glimmer from the man's eyes staring at her.
The man looked at her indifferently, the gaze was too terrifying, she couldn't describe what kind of gaze it was, she only knew that even her heart beat uncontrollably the moment she looked at Major General Troll.
Regarding Major General Troll's bombardment of Emperor Star, even now she still finds it inconceivable. But now when she saw this man's eyes, she suddenly understood, not to mention bombarding the [Scepter of Heaven], even shooting the palace directly with a Star Destroyer cannon this man can do it!
Feeling a little cold in her heart, Salome tightly clenched the fingers holding the platinum scepter, which symbolized the power of the princess, and then loosened it quickly.
very quiet.
Whether it was the location of the princess in the royal palace on the land of Emperor Star, or the meeting hall of the Ishtar ship hanging high above the royal palace, there was an oppressive silence at the moment.
No one spoke, whether it was the nobles serving the royal family behind the princess, or the generals standing around Major General Troll, they were all silent at the moment, and even their breathing slowed down.
Princess Salome has been looking at Major General Troll, without saying a word for a long time.
Everyone's hearts were tense, and they held their breath, because at this moment, a word from the princess can make a conclusion on Major General Troll's behavior this time, and can determine the relationship between the royal family and Major General Troll. Is it a break-
The blue-haired lieutenant colonel stood upright beside him, and his hand hanging by his side was also clenched tightly, the veins on the back of his hand were almost strangled.
The roots of troubles!
Regardless of whether the word is used correctly here, Via didn't bother to think about it—he could only grit his teeth and repeat these four words over and over in his mind.
As a subordinate, he knows how dangerous Major General Troll's situation is now. Major General Troll, as a general who rose rapidly relying on military achievements in a short period of time, has a weak foundation and an unstable background. In addition, he is too tough and arrogant, and his outstanding military achievements give people a great sense of crisis, so Almost met the hostility and vigilance of most nobles.
The reason why the major general was able to grow slowly among the wolves, in addition to his own ability, the protection of the imperial royal family is also an extremely important force.
If he broke with the royal family, Via couldn't imagine how bad it would be. Indeed, with the major general's current strength, he would be able to fight even against the strongest noble forces, but once he was disgusted by the royal family, especially Now that the royal family has directly announced that the major will be a rebel and called on the nobles and warlords to conquer him, then the Mia family is a lesson from the past.
Two fists are no match for four hands, even the king of all beasts can only fall under the greedy pack of wolves.
And now such a bad situation is all because of that boy.
Just to save that young man, all the forces that the Major General has worked so hard for will disappear in the near future!
Why did the major general, who was always so calm that he could almost be described as cruel, do such an irrational thing? This is definitely not something that His Excellency can do - it must be that [Jia] used a special method to confuse His Excellency the Major General!
But it is too late to say these things now, the situation has reached the worst step, and the royal family...
In this chilling atmosphere, Princess Salome, who had been watching Major General Troll for a long time, finally spoke.
"Major General Troll," she said, her voice steady and strong, "how long will it take you to end the war and capture the leader of the rebels?"
What the princess said made the minds of most of the people present buzz, and they couldn't recover for a while.
Wait, Your Highness, is this the time to say this
Rear Admiral Troll destroyed a satellite of [The Scepter of Heaven], his ship crashed into the Emperor Star, and the ship even hovered above the royal palace rebelliously—most importantly, he He actually rescued that [Gal] in front of the royal family!
Angrily reprimanding Major General Troll for being rude to the royal family, ordering him to return [Gal] immediately, and forcing him to leave the sphere of influence of the Emperor Star immediately is what should be done now, right? Why did it involve the Mia family's rebellion, which has not caused any trouble
The black-haired major general didn't answer right away, he stared at the princess on the screen, the arcs of his dark blue phoenix eyes were like the sharpness of a blade.
After staring at the princess for a while, he answered.
"soon."
He said, coldly, calmly.
"very good."
Princess Salome looked at the major general, her cold face gradually melted as she spoke, her eyes slightly raised, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
"You did very well."
She smiled at Admiral Troll, her eyes softening.
"The Zimir satellite suddenly changed, thanks to your decisive decision to destroy the satellite."
She smiled and spoke clearly, her slightly curved eyes looked at Troll like peach blossoms with rippling water.
"If you hadn't arrived in time to stop that [Jia] and take him away, the capital might not be able to escape this catastrophe today."
The blond princess said, every single word was clearly audible.
"..."
The major general didn't answer, he lowered his eyes slightly, his eyelashes cast a shadow on his snow-white skin.
"Major General Troll, please end the war as soon as possible and capture the leader of the rebels."
The queen said so.
"Your brilliant achievements are unmatched, and your loyalty to the royal family is unmatched. Father is very pleased about this. He asked me to tell you that after he recovers, I will give you the previous several times. Discuss merits and deeds together."
She stared at Major General Troll and said, "Father will issue a royal order to promote you to general."
A stone stirs up a thousand waves.
After the last sentence of Princess Salome, many people were dumbfounded.
Not to mention how difficult it is for a major general to be promoted to a lieutenant general, just to say that since entering the interstellar era, in the entire history of mankind, no general under the age of 150 has ever been born—
And now, this young major general, who is only a few dozen years old and can only be regarded as a brat in the eyes of the older generals, has directly surpassed the lieutenant general and was promoted to general? !
So the youngest major general in history will soon be corrected as the youngest general in history? !
This kid has only been in the army for thirty or forty years, right? The speed of this promotion is simply the speed of a rocket shuttle—
... Wait, so, according to what Her Royal Highness said just now, Major General Troll did not betray the royal family.
He destroyed the Zimir satellite because he found that the satellite was controlled by others and mutated, maybe it was the work of Jia who destroyed a large area. And then rushing into the atmosphere and hovering over the royal capital, it was also because he wanted to rush to rescue him and help the royal family subdue the runaway Jia
Ah, that makes sense.
If Major General Troll hadn't arrived in time, with the terrifying and destructive power of that Jia, maybe the "end of the king's capital" ten thousand years ago would reappear today.
Therefore, Major General Troll's actions not only did not offend the royal family, but saved the royal family and the capital. That's why His Majesty the Emperor directly let him be promoted to admiral.
Regardless of how other people's hearts are churning, there may be a few subordinates on Major General Troll's side who think as crookedly as above, but whether it is on the side of the princess or the major general, there are still some people who are aware of this matter. Smart guy. For example, Via, who is a subordinate of the major general, is very clear about this, precisely because he is very clear, what the princess said made him stunned for a moment.
He turned to look at the major general.
From the beginning of the conversation with the princess, Major General Troll has been sitting on the silver-white metal chair, with his hands crossed on his knees, motionless.
Now, he finally has a movement.
With a flick of the long legs, the dangling jet-black boots were lowered and landed on the ground with a slight sound.
The blue-eyed major general stood up, and as he got up, the dark cloak fell behind him. He looked at the blonde princess on the screen, who smiled at him calmly.
The right hand wearing the black leather glove was raised, clenched into a fist, and placed on the chest. Major General Troll still didn't speak, he just looked at the princess and gave a military salute with clenched hands on his chest.
—Agreement reached—
This is what both he and the princess knew in their hearts.
It is an indisputable fact that Troll attacked the emperor star, destroyed the satellite, entered the airspace of the royal capital without authorization, and took away the prisoner who was Jia in the hands of the royal family. If he really wanted to be punished in accordance with military regulations in a court-martial, he would have died a few times.
But the problem now is that the royal family cannot question him.
Ishtar is just above the head, like the sword of Damocles hanging high, it will fall down anytime and anywhere—it can be said that the lives of everyone in the capital, including the emperor and the princess, are at stake. In the hands of Major General Lore—under such circumstances, people in the royal family are not so stupid as to want to punish the major general.
However, Major General Troll has offended the royal family to such an extent that the royal family has not questioned him, so where is the majesty of the royal family? What is the face of the emperor
Therefore, there is only one way now, and that is not only not to punish Major General Troll, but also to take the initiative to try to exonerate him, praise him, and inform everyone that the major general’s actions are to protect the royal family. The major general has a step and gained a lot of benefits, so he will naturally retreat calmly, and the emperor's face can be preserved.
Via, who was originally surprised by the behavior of the princess, also thought of this when her mind turned, and she was relieved.
Even if it is to save their own face, it is impossible for the royal family to announce that the major general will be rebellious and make the major general a target of public criticism. Things like being besieged by everyone will not happen in a short time.
"Major General Troll, bring the rebel leader here as soon as possible."
After saying the last sentence, the princess turned off the communication.
Troll glanced in the direction of the closed light curtain, turned around, and walked towards the door. The generals standing around him immediately followed him and walked out behind him.
Through the teleportation device, a group of people appeared in the command hall, and the major general stepped onto the high podium.
"All to you."
He said, and glanced at the people below.
"Prepare to leave the planet."
The major general stood on the podium and called Weiya's name.
"Issue an order to each fleet, release the standby state, and attack in an all-round way."
"Yes!"
…
A few seconds later, the originally quiet universe suddenly thawed out, and countless artillery fire exploded in the darkness.
The flames of battle lit up again in the dark starry sky.
At the same time, Ishtar also quietly sailed away from the Emperor Star, passed through the atmosphere, passed through the protective cover of the [Scepter of Heaven], and returned to the fleet group.
It hovered quietly in the starry sky, watching its fleet destroy the remaining enemy forces.
...
The war is coming to an end, Troll is standing on the high podium, his narrow phoenix eyes are watching clusters of exploding fireworks in the universe. The annihilation fleet with powerful combat effectiveness has returned, and Major Robin, as the captain, also returned to Ishtar not long ago.
At the final finishing stage, there is no need for the commander to continue to sit here. Major General Troll handed over the finishing work to a subordinate, then turned and left the command hall. Before his figure disappeared at the door, Lieutenant Colonel Via, who had just finished communicating with Robin, looked up at his back, remained silent for a few seconds, then turned and followed.
As soon as Troll returned to the room on the top floor, someone followed him.
The door closed automatically, and the blue-haired lieutenant colonel and the red-haired major walked in one by one. Robin kept scratching his hair since he entered the room, as if his scalp was itching, and kept scratching. But those who are familiar with him know that this is his habitual action when he feels embarrassed and at a loss.
"Major General, do you know what the consequences will be?"
Via looked directly at Major General Troll and said unceremoniously.
"What you have done is against the royal family. Even though the royal family had to compromise under coercion this time, from this moment on you have become sworn enemies with the royal family."
"Even if they won't do anything on the bright side, as long as they do something secretly, they will cause serious damage to you—and, without the protection of the royal family, we will be very passive."
Troll gave his subordinate a flat look.
"You think I'm here today because of the protection of the royal family?"
"..."
Via choked up.
"This subordinate doesn't think so! It's just that the royal family's support for us is indeed—"
"What you hold in your hands is strength."
The major general interrupted Via easily.
The support of any party is unreliable, and only one's own strength is reliable.
"Boss is right, what's the use of you always thinking about relying on other people's support."
"Shut up, Robin."
"Tsk."
Via took a deep breath and spoke again.
"Your Excellency, Major General, I don't know what you're thinking, well, it doesn't matter if you have enemies with the royal family, but that 'Ga', sir, you must understand that being an enemy of the royal family is nothing more than an enemy of one side." He Staring at his superior, "But, 'Ga', if you want to protect that 'Ga', you will be the enemy of all human beings."
"Um."
"Is it okay to be the enemy of all human beings? Your Excellency!"
Via stepped forward and growled like this.
Robin on the side looked at Via and then at the major general, scratching his head with his hands vigorously, with a troubled expression on his face.
"How could that little guy be... would be..."
The major general opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak, but before he opened his mouth, he closed it again, because he heard the sound of the side door next to him gently opening. He turned his head and saw half of the child's face exposed through the crack of the opened door.
The child looked at him through the crack of the door, blinking a big black eye, then bent it, as if smiling happily.
Then, the door was opened, and he watched Mute come out from inside, walked up to him, approached him, hugged one of his arms, and then stood still holding his arm quietly like this . Fragmented black hair fell on Mute's pale face. Mute lowered his eyes, as if he didn't see the other two people on the opposite side. He just hugged the major general's arm tightly, as if seeing his master coming home Afterwards, Mimi yelled and came over, hugging the owner's ankles with her fluffy little paws, like a kitten with black and white hair, and it melted people's hearts just by looking at it.
Major General Troll's eyes softened, and he put his arms around Mute, not caring that Via and Robin were both there, and directly hugged Mute into his arms.
When he saw Mute for the first time, Robin paused for breath, and almost took a step back, but managed to hold back.
After he calmed down, he looked at Mute carefully. His thin body and abnormally pale complexion made him hesitant to speak. When his eyes fell on the countless pinhole marks on Mute's wrist that were blue, he He froze for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked up again. After seeing the obvious scars and pinhole marks on the back of Mutt's neck, he frowned, as if he was a little angry.
How could it be like this
He thought furiously.
"No one will accept the existence of 'Gal'."
Watching the boy who appeared, Via stared at him without blinking and said.
"I don't know what you did to the major general, but you should know that the major general has always been protecting you... You really want your Excellency the major general to be hated by everyone because of you. By his side, many people will abandon him."
Mutt glanced at Via.
"If you choose to betray me because of my existence, then that person's loyalty is nothing more than that."
he said calmly.
"..."
Via was choked up abruptly.
"I'm here now, are you and Robin planning to leave?"
"..."
Via was speechless.
He took a deep breath and turned to Major General Troll again.
"Major General, have you made up your mind? Do you really want to protect this 'Gal', even if you are an enemy of all human beings... Do you really want to be an enemy of the entire universe?!"
"Do not."
The major general replied, one word, concise and to the point.
Via breathed a sigh of relief at his answer.
Fortunately, His Excellency Major General's sanity is still preserved, what a blessing.
Thinking of this, he felt relieved to some extent, and planned to make persistent efforts to persuade him to go on.
"So… "
"Just let the universe be mine."
Said the young major general, an understatement.
Via: "..."
The roots of troubles! Disaster for the country and the people!
Who the hell cares if these words are suitable for that little guy!