"Damn, these damn pirates! I'm going to hang them all!"
Kinlock waved his chubby fist angrily. Most of the things in the room had become shards everywhere, showing what kind of storm had just been experienced here.
The so-and-so galaxy was invaded, the so-and-so planet was captured, the so-and-so warehouse was ransacked... Every day during this period is such bad news.
Every piece of news is like a knife, gouging out his flesh fiercely, making him tasteless and losing several kilograms of weight.
With the painstaking management of the Jin family for several generations, Jin Locke's life savings has shrunk by almost a third in this pirate disaster.
Even worse, the joint looting of the five pirates is just the beginning.
They took the lead in tearing apart the outer defense line of the Locke Consortium. When the internal looting was frantic, the other Star Fragment pirates who were moving by the wind also gathered around the Locke Consortium like sharks smelling blood.
If the five major pirate groups are lions, then these small and medium-sized pirate groups are temples.
Although their strength is uneven, the warships are scarce, and some even have only a dozen armed merchant ships, but they are better in number, and they all add up to two or three thousand spaceships.
They swam around the Locke consortium, swarming up once they found a suitable target.
Some galaxies of the Locke Consortium were just glad that the looting fleet of the five pirate groups left, and tragically ushered in the second or even third brush of these small and medium pirate groups.
The five pirate groups do not look down on them, they don't dislike them, so these galaxies are licked more clean...
In the current situation, it is natural that the five pirate groups have acquiesced and even contributed to the fire behind them.
When they ran away with their loot, these pirates who were in love with each other became their scapegoats, sharing a lot of pressure for them.
Their existence successfully delayed the footsteps of the chasing troops, allowing the fleets of Heifan and Shuanglong to leave the Locke consortium calmly with the spoils.
These small and medium-sized pirate forces who come to pick up cheap goods do not have such a keen sense of battlefield smell, and they are even more reluctant to give up their immediate interests.
The so-called people die for wealth, and birds die for food.
With the loot dragged down, at their speed, once they are encountered by the returning Locke fleet, they will basically be unable to escape the fate of being wiped out.
However, killing some small shrimps could not restore the huge losses already suffered by the Locke consortium.
Especially after the news of being ravaged by pirates came out, it triggered violent fluctuations in the stock price of the Locke consortium, and the resulting economic losses were even more immeasurable.
"Where's the Cloros?" The furious Jin Pang had nowhere to vent his anger.
"I heard that I just came back from the wormhole, but the wormhole has been lost." The men reported carefully.
"Trash! It's just trash! Knowing that the other party is coming, can't hold back, the seed of a bullshit famous general! Pass my order, immediately remove the commander of Cloros, and let him go home to the sweet potato!"
After many heavy losses and strategic failures, plus many previous acts of disobedience, Fat Jin's tolerance for Cloros has obviously reached its limit.
"Uh... This, Lord Cloros has insufficient troops and was attacked from both sides by the opponent. The loss of the wormhole is indeed not a crime of war, and it is said that Lord Cloros has a backer... "
"Shut up! Are you being bribed by him for talking like this?" Kinlock interrupted his subordinate's explanation roughly, staring at him dangerously.
"No, no, no!" His hands waved their hands in cold sweat. "It's just that behind Cloros is a big noble from the mother galaxy. If we withdraw him like this, I'm afraid we will offend some big people!"
"Huh! Big man?" Kinlock sneered.
"Do you think that I don't know that Cloros is the man of the second prince? If it weren't for him having some ability, and he wanted to get close to the second prince, do you think I would let him buy people's hearts in the first fleet and be indifferent?"
No one is a fool. Although Jin Lok is just a businessman, he has been in the empire for so many years, and he has developed the family business to the current scale. He has absolutely no shortage of skills and abilities.
The second prince holds shares in the Locke consortium, and he has placed people around him, and even has a layout in the Fragmentary Star Territory.
Today, when this kind of empire is rising and declining, and the control of the royal family has been greatly weakened, every prince who aspires to that position, and even the powerful nobles, are supporting their own separatist forces, either explicitly or implicitly. Not unusual.
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The reason why Jinlok turned a blind eye to the infiltration of the second prince's power was actually betting in advance, optimistic about the future of the second prince.
If one day the second prince really takes that seat, and he follows the trend, the Locke consortium will naturally rise.
However, I am optimistic. This time, Cloros is eager to get the secret treasure to claim credit, disregarding his own safety and orders, but he has already touched the bottom line of Jinluo.
When his subordinates heard Jinlok say such words without hesitation, there was more cold sweat on his forehead, and he lowered his head and dared not speak again.
After a few vents, Kinlock finally calmed down.
The Locke consortium is now precarious, and its forces have suffered heavy losses. It is the time when it needs external support. This time is indeed not suitable for Cloros.
After thinking about it, Kinlock finally sighed helplessly.
"Tell Cloros, I don't care what method he uses, this loss must be made up for me, or he will get out of his own bed!"
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On the other hand, Nie Yun, who was on his way back to the voyage, received a piece of news that was not unexpected...
"You mean, they want to force buy our warriors?"
"Yes! The Messiah of the Dragoons just stuffed us with a shipment of rare minerals, and then detained our three transport ships. There are hundreds of thousands of our clansmen on them, and he also asked the captain to call the shots for my Ryan clan!" Bardock said angrily.
Just now, news came from another sub-fleet that Spartak was immediately anxious when he heard that the tribe was about to be forcibly "bought".
Beside him, the old patriarch of the Ryan family was also present.
He carefully observed the rumored ghost captain, but did not immediately express his opinion on what happened to the tribe.
He was waiting, waiting to see how the titular "Liberator" of the Lanes would deal with the problem.
The previous wormhole battle made him finally understand why the warriors of the Lion tribe were so friendly to a group of robots.
Obviously, a group of existences that can block your guns on the battlefield, even if it is a hammer, you have to offer him as a mascot!
Originally, the old patriarch was worried that the other party would recruit them, and he just wanted to use the Ryan family as cannon fodder on the battlefield. At best, they just jumped from one fire pit to another.
However, after seeing the final casualty report of the last battle, he was completely relieved.
In order to reduce the casualties of the Ryan family, he did not hesitate to use his mechanical "headquarters" as a wingman for them, even if it was just to bribe the hearts of the Ryan family, the old patriarch must accept this sentiment.
Preliminary trust has been established, which is why he did not question Captain Ghost for the first time after hearing that his clan was detained.
Of course, the initial approval does not mean that the Ryan family will die for the other party, the old patriarch still needs to listen to his words and watch his actions...
"Well! I know about this."
Surprisingly, Nie Yun just smiled meaningfully, and didn't seem to be angry at all.
The old patriarch's heart sank, and his face suddenly darkened.
Also, offending the two most important allies for the mere loot is not a good deal.
Sure enough... Are we still using us as a bargaining chip...
"Master Captain..." Spartak suddenly became anxious.
"Okay! Don't worry, I assure you that your clansmen will come back soon, and none of the people that Captain Ghost is interested in can't be missing!"
Hearing Nie Yun's domineering promise, Spartak immediately grinned, no doubt that his clansmen would be able to return a lot.
Ding! Your subordinate Spartak loyalty +2!
The old patriarch was also moved.
For a long time, he stroked his chest with one hand, lowered his head slightly, and slowly walked towards Nie Yun with the highest etiquette of the Ryan clan...
Ding…
Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Nie Yun made a sound of the system prompt, and then opened his communicator with a smile.
Those who dare to steal Lao Tzu, it's time for you to see what is called "fishing law enforcement".
I was too familiar with it before to start, but now there is no psychological burden at all...