Chapter 265: A Strange Reaction: Deyes's Death

As soon as I stepped into the reception room, I felt an oppressive feeling. A figure as big as a wall was standing not far away.

He was casually wearing a custom-made suit, and his muscles were as strong as iron.

The most eye-catching thing is the two thick arms extending from under the ribs and embracing the abdomen. The exposed skin is as black as petroleum.

He has a shiny buzz cut and wears black sunglasses.

"Sir Reina." Horndir closed the door and nodded slightly.

"Your Highness Horndir." Reina looked quite casual as he took off his sunglasses and placed them on the table.

Horndir extended his hand and motioned for Reiner to sit down.

"Forget it, it's too big and it's inconvenient to sit up." Reina shook his head.

Horndir then said, "I heard that you found the murderer who assassinated my father near the Land of Stars and fought with him?"

"That's right." Reina sneered, "Dark Night from the Land of Chaos."

"His gun is the only thing worth mentioning, but it's a pity that it's destroyed."

"Starkiller? Did you catch him?" Horndir asked tentatively.

Reina's eyes wandered, and then he shook his head: "No, after all, he is a rat who is good at assassination, and he is still very good at escaping."

After that, he quickly turned to another topic, "Your Highness, the main reason I came this time is because of the core ruins of the Ascendant."

"His Highness Lionheart said you have intelligence about the Torch Organization and can provide relevant assistance."

Horndir's heart skipped a beat, as if it were being gripped. Then, a ball of rage rose in his heart, and he said in a deep voice, "Brother, you are really well-informed. I do have someone who can provide relevant information."

Now that Reina is here, there is no point in refusing.

Reina grinned, "That's good. Your Highness should have my contact information and can notify me directly when the time comes."

Horndir's face remained expressionless until Reiner was about to leave. Then he suddenly spoke, "I heard that father has woken up?"

"You're asking me?" Reina looked confused. "You're the Grand Duke's son, why don't you just go and see him?"

Before Horndil could say anything, Reiner left.

Before the butler could send him to the door, he heard a dull sound coming from the reception room behind him.

"Ha..." He grinned.

………

On a desolate planet somewhere, a yellow-black storm raged on the surface, and the thin atmosphere was riddled with holes.

Dead silence is the eternal theme here, but it was broken today.

The void near the surface suddenly twisted, and then a crack was torn apart as if it was a difficult childbirth, and a figure covered in blood fell from it.

Cornett was lying on the ground gasping for breath, and one could clearly see the huge wound on his chest that almost cut open his heart.

There were scorch marks on other parts of his body. His left eye was just a black bloody hole, and his right eye was also covered with cracks.

"Hiss--" Connet let out a low roar, and the flesh on half of his body was twisting, and finally another figure was split apart.

"Ambush! The Ring Star Crown Guards are here, including Asmara herself, and five A-level lifeforms are chasing us. They knew we were coming!"

Kovis gnashed his teeth and his physical condition was very bad, even more miserable than Cornett.

"There's a traitor, there's a traitor inside!" Koves' words were filled with suppressed, crazy anger.

"Only a handful of people know the specific objectives of this operation," Cornett said coldly. "Apart from the three of us, almost no one knows."

"Does anyone know how it was leaked?" Corvis's eyes darkened. "Fernand, I've suspected him for a long time."

"Enough!" Cornett shouted angrily, his chest like a bellows, and the slightly healed wound was torn again.

Ke Weisi was silent for a moment. "The information the people below know is scattered, unless someone can pull the strings and put together a lot of puzzle pieces."

"It was fine before. Is it those big mechanics?"

Cornett remained silent. Corvis sighed, "What a shame! The sacrifice wasn't even completed before it was interrupted. All the materials were wasted. It's a huge loss."

"Cough cough..." Cornett couldn't help but feel angry, and the wound was opened again, spitting out blood.

"Apart from those people, I can't think of any other possibilities. I underestimated them. Even if they were being monitored, the methods those master mechanics could use were extraordinary." Cornett's voice was cold.

"No matter what the cost, I want to know who is behind this!"

"What about the sublimated particles?" asked Keweisi.

"This time, I'm lucky to be alive." Cornett said in a cold voice, "Let's talk about it when we get back."

In contrast to the misery here is another brilliant starry sky.

Beneath the black curtain dotted with stars lies the outermost structural ring of an unconventional warship, consisting of five continuously rotating ring-shaped alloy skeletons and a heart-like fortress in the center.

The Star-Ringing Crown Guard, an unconventional main ship of the Itlan civilization, is a specially named and highest-level main ship, and it already has some trends towards being an interstellar fortress.

Slender frigates can be seen all around, forming a loosely structured firepower matrix with this unconventional warship as the center.

The atmosphere in the main ship's command room was lively.

"Commander, we captured fifty-six people, including four Apostles. We also seized three thousand pieces of Boiling Blood Alloy and sixteen tons of other materials."

"We didn't suffer any losses." The battle report commander paused, "If a slight loss of energy is counted."

As he finished speaking, he glanced at Asmara cautiously, and a slight smile appeared on his delicate face.

The others then burst into laughter.

"What a pity that Connit got away." Prince Baijan shook his head and spoke at an inappropriate time.

Asmara's expression softened. "They sacrificed dimensional creatures beforehand. We don't have any space-based blockade methods, so there's nothing we can do."

"I understand, it's just a pity." Prince Baijan explained with an ugly, forced smile on his face.

Behind him, Ford frowned. Asmara had an insider in the Torch Organization, and he really had a lot of advantages.

However, he couldn't contact Li Ming for the time being, and he couldn't get in touch with Qinglong to get any information. He couldn't trade and could only worry.

"Your Excellency, if you had taken action just now, you might have been able to capture the Torch Organization leader," a deputy commander said. "Commander Asmara needs to be in control of the situation, but why are you just standing there watching?"

Asmara had a clear upper hand, and someone immediately jumped out to squeeze the Baijan prince.

"What a pity..." someone else echoed.

Prince Baijan's expression remained unchanged. If he was really angry, he would have fallen into the trap of these people.

He just glanced at Ford who lowered his head and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Last time, he deliberately leaked the information that Asmara had an insider in the Torch Organization, just to let Ford pass this information to Li Ming, and then let Li Ming pass it to Qinglong.

As a result, it seems that the goal was not achieved.

Asmara was very proud of himself, while several people under Prince Baijan seemed embarrassed and uneasy.

At this moment, an intelligence officer came hurriedly to report with a grim expression on his face. He carefully passed through the edge, seemingly not wanting to attract attention.

But then another person followed, looking extremely panicked and making a lot of noise, attracting everyone's attention.

"Commander!" He knelt on one knee, and although he was reporting to Asmara, he was facing Prince Baijan.

Asmara frowned and looked up at the intelligence officer who was walking carefully along the wall. The other person had an ugly expression and shook his head subconsciously.

Prince Baijian's heart was slightly moved, and he immediately scolded, "What's the matter with such a panic? Report it quickly."

"yes!"

The other party lowered his head, deliberately not looking at Asmara, and shouted loudly: "After detailed inspection, the seized boiling blood alloys are all specially imitated model blocks, and are of no value!"

In an instant, the entire command room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and the smiles on most people's faces froze.

Ford suddenly looked up, quite surprised. The most valuable items were the boiling blood alloys, but they were actually fake?

Prince Baijan exhaled slowly, as if drunk. A blush appeared on his cheeks, then quickly faded. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Is this true? If the news is wrong, even if I kill you, it won't be enough."

"Multiple material officers from the Logistics Department verified each piece, and each piece was re-inspected more than ten times."

Asmara's cheek twitched, then quickly subsided, leaving her expressionless. In the silence that settled in the command room, Prince Baijan sighed, "It seems we've all been tricked by the Torch Organization."

"Huh? What do you mean?" The subordinate who was originally suppressed quickly joined in.

Prince Baijan quickly spoke up: "If the commander-in-chief's news is true, and since this batch of boiling blood alloy is a model, where is the real boiling blood alloy?"

"Are these people bait? The Torch Organization's real plan may have been completed elsewhere."

Every word pierced Asuma's heart, erasing all her achievements.

In the command room, everyone looked at each other, hesitant to speak.

This time we mobilized a large force, but ended up being plotted against by the Torch Organization?

"But the captives were not at all wrong, and the leader of the Torch Organization escaped with serious injuries." Someone couldn't help but retort.

"This is exactly what I am worried about." Prince Baijan looked worried.

"Using so many people as bait, the Torch Organization's real purpose must be something serious."

Asmara's men were so embarrassed that their faces turned red, but what supported Prince Baijan's statement was that the boiling blood alloy was all fake.

This means that the Torch Organization already knew that they would ambush and took advantage of their own strategy.

They all became clowns, including Asmara.

Asmara's face turned pale. Although she still had something to say in rebuttal, it was no longer meaningful. She said in a deep voice, "Enough! Reorganize the fleet and return to the Land of the Stars!"

Surprisingly, Asmara was actually tricked, Ford muttered.

He inexplicably felt something strange, and when he looked up, he saw Prince Baijan looking at him with a gratified look.

Ford was even more confused.

………

Leaving the core laboratory, Deyes walked through the corridor inside the main base with an expressionless face and returned to his room.

As he walked, strange looks kept falling on him, and he could even hear people murmuring softly, but he was used to it. Since Brot's death, this scene had often accompanied him.

Returning to the room, closing the door, and sitting in the cramped shadow, Deyes exhaled, half of his face hidden in the darkness.

The other half of the cheek, illuminated by the dim light, suddenly twisted, filled with resentment and cruelty, twitching slightly.

"Qinglong, sooner or later..." He gritted his teeth, "Sooner or later...I will kill you, kill you!"

As he expected, his status plummeted after Brot's death.

Even the good old Benny changed his attitude towards him slightly, becoming a bit domineering and even commanding.

He is a proud man, how could he endure such humiliation?

But for the sake of his own life, he had no choice but to compromise, and every time he experienced this kind of thing, his resentment towards Qinglong would increase.

This twisted emotion brewed in his heart, becoming more and more resentful.

"It's been half a month since I last contacted Asmara. I don't know what the situation is over there." Deyes thought, and couldn't help but try to contact Asmara.

The only good news that could comfort him was that the plan was progressing steadily.

The call was quickly connected, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Your Highness Asmara, what's the situation over there? Have you stopped Connit?"

"Sir Deyes..." Asma's voice was cold and silent. He did not respond. Instead, he asked, "Can you tell me what is going on inside the Torch Organization?"

"What do you mean?" Deyes was stunned and didn't quite understand.

"I followed your instructions, found the location, waited for Cornit, ambushed them, and seized a large number of items."

"Then..." Deyes became more and more confused, "Why do you..."

"Because the 3,000 pieces of Boiling Blood Alloy we seized were all model pieces. They were all fake!"

Asmara's voice suddenly rose, her suppressed emotions bursting out, her anger rising as she snapped, "What makes you think that deceiving me won't cost you anything?"

"Fake?" Deyes was stunned, his eyes trembling slightly, and a bone-chilling chill suddenly rose in his heart, spreading throughout his body from the inside out.

The next moment, the communication link was interrupted. It wasn't a hang-up, it was a forced interruption.

He looked down in confusion and saw that his smart terminal had cracked in the middle and the screen was off.

A familiar voice suddenly rang out in the room: "Things have turned out like this."

The voice was both familiar and strange, like a nightmare.

In an instant, his hair stood on end, his body stiffened, and he turned around abruptly. His cheeks were pale and distorted, his eyes darted left and right, and he roared in fear: "Who, who is here, who is it!?"

The next moment, invisible gravity descended, and Deyes felt as if he was being pressed down by a mountain. His pupils gradually became bloodshot, his skin turned red, and his cheeks turned the color of liver.

At the same time, with a horrified look in his eyes, a figure slowly emerged in his shadow, and then gradually became clearer.

"Qinglong!?" Deyes could no longer speak. His teeth seemed to be glued together. He could only roar in his heart, and a feeling of dizziness surged into his head.

I don’t know if it was due to lack of oxygen or the sheer force of the impact, but my mind felt clear, and I even had a sense of sudden enlightenment.

My previous suspicion was correct. Qinglong just had a way to lurk around me, and all my plans were under his watch!

With the chill in his whole body, he didn't even bother to think about what this method was.

I couldn't help but feel doubtful, but why did Qinglong allow himself to contact Asmara without exposing her?

A huge fear exploded in my heart, confusion and shock mixed in my heart, and all of this could not be explained.

Li Ming had no desire to waste time talking to him, as a dagger had already penetrated his head.

The intense pain made Deyes unable to think of anything. The last thing he saw was Qinglong's eyes, which were as calm as the Dead Sea.

(End of this chapter)