Chapter 695 Who did it?
On the Empire's giant cruise ship, Lloyd had just sent off the various civilized politicians. He had nothing to do for the time being. If there was no urgent mission, he could go anywhere at any time.
However, just as he returned to his room, he received an emergency notice.
This is confidential information that only the top officials of the empire can receive.
His Highness Lehman is missing, and the entire territory is searching for suspicious targets.
This made his originally relaxed expression suddenly freeze on his face, and he subconsciously clenched his fists: "He still... really dares to do it."
Then, a helpless expression appeared on his face again, and the situation became troublesome.
He needs to act as a bridge of communication between Li Yu and the empire, which is not an easy job.
…
At the same time, in a relatively remote star field somewhere in the Star Empire, the Forerunner fleet was lying in ambush, waiting for Leman's arrival.
"Sir, has something unexpected happened? According to predictions, Lehman's escort fleet should have arrived here ten minutes ago."
The smart projection popped up, and the subordinates reported that they didn't know that Lehman had been intercepted in advance.
Li Yu used the dimensional ship and said that he was not ambushed and could basically come and go freely.
But they couldn't. In order to avoid greater risks, they could only choose the ambush area in the further back waterway.
The second pioneer stood in front of the porthole, gazing at the desolate starry sky, his body emitting fluorescent light. He was not from any known race in the universe.
He reacted calmly: "The news cannot be leaked. Maybe he encountered an accident. Wait another half an hour. If he doesn't show up, we will evacuate."
There will be loopholes and accidents in any plan. People may encounter other things on the way and be delayed, or even change course.
These are all possible things that can happen. Even if it fails this time, we can just move on to plan the next time.
"Yes..." The subordinates were infected by the boss's calmness and their mood gradually calmed down.
Soon after, the projection of his subordinate reappeared, with a little excitement on his face, and said: "Sir, the Imperial Fleet has been discovered!"
The light on the Second Pioneer's body seemed to condense for a moment, and he said, "According to the established plan, prepare..."
Before he finished speaking, his subordinates' excited expressions suddenly turned into horror, and they shouted, "Sir, that's not right... This is not Leman's escort fleet, this is the Loren family's Golden Lion Legion!"
"What?" The second pioneer's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and when he appeared again, he was already in the desolate starry sky.
All kinds of bizarre scenes appeared in his pupils, and he saw the fleet that should have been detectable only through radar.
"Golden Lion Legion, why are they here? Has the attack plan been leaked?" The second vanguard wondered.
The next moment, the void fluctuated, and a large number of warships appeared outside their ambush circle. It was obvious that they had discovered their ambush and did not enter the ambush circle.
"The second pioneer - the angel."
In the main ship, Loren was stroking a cracked mirror. There was a blurry figure on it. It was the second pioneer.
The original Golden Lion Legion was blown up by the "God of the Force" alone in No Man's Land.
The current Golden Lion Legion is merely rebuilt on the original basis, and its combat effectiveness is far from reaching its previous scale.
But it doesn't matter because he is in charge this time.
Following the Emperor's orders, he began searching the route Leman took to return to see if he could find any clues.
I didn't expect to make a discovery.
"But, since you have already succeeded, why don't you withdraw? Who else do you want to ambush? Me..." Loren is a veteran and he will subconsciously use his thoughts as nesting dolls.
According to conventional speculation, the pioneers should think about how to evacuate after they succeed.
But this group of people did not do so and still lay in ambush here. It was obvious that they knew that the Star Empire would definitely have a big reaction and wanted to see if they could catch another big fish.
Loren was extremely cautious. Thinking of this, he frowned slightly and did not launch an attack directly. Instead, he ordered the fleet to begin to deploy an array.
The second vanguard didn't know what had happened, but he knew that today's ambush plan must have failed, and the top priority now should be to evacuate here as soon as possible.
"Your Excellency Angel, I didn't expect that you, the Forerunners, would be so bold. It's not enough to capture His Highness Leman, you also want to attack the high-ranking officials of the empire."
A mental wave came, causing the second pioneer to fall into confusion.
What?
Arrested Lehman?
When was Lehman arrested?
Who arrested Lehmann?
How come I don’t know?
But then he realized that it was not that the attack plan was leaked, but that someone had intercepted it and captured Lehman in advance.
This caused the Star Empire to be furious, and now they are obviously searching for the whereabouts of the ambushers.
I was just unlucky and was caught by the other party.
"I'm curious, what do you rely on?" Loren continued to ask.
Does he think that we are greedy and want to attack the empire?
The Loren family are all cautious guys, and they probably won't attack with all their strength before they understand the situation clearly.
If I want to evacuate safely, I'm afraid I can only take advantage of this opportunity.
The Second Pioneer's thoughts turned and he responded instantly:
"As expected of the Loren Family, I didn't expect the Star Empire would send you to search in person. I thought it would be a lower-level high-ranking official."
"You will soon find out what my possession is!"
A brilliant light suddenly burst out from the second pioneer's body, and the energy index of the detection radar soared.
In an instant, Loren became extremely alert. He did not dare to underestimate the forerunners, nor did he want to put himself in any dangerous situation.
However, the next moment, the aggressive Second Vanguard did not launch an attack, but suddenly changed direction, trying to tear through the void and escape.
As for the other Forerunner members, he simply ignored them.
"Huh?" Loren was a little confused, but he quickly realized that he might have guessed wrong in some places.
The other party had no support at all and didn't even predict my arrival.
"It's not that easy to leave!"
Loren stood up suddenly, and a deep vortex appeared on the Mirror of Omniscience.
At the same time, various elemental energies emerged around the Second Pioneer, forming an attack method similar to "magic".
Arcane arrows, fireballs, icy breath, etc., seem like attack methods that can only be seen in certain interstellar games.
The energy contained therein is not as simple as they appear.
Hidden in the fireball is a temperature higher than that of the core of a star. The lavender arcane arrow can explode with energy like a supernova after hitting the enemy.
He intercepted the second vanguard who was trying to escape.
"Attack!" Loren gave the order with a cold expression, having already guessed that he had overestimated the opponent.
The huge fleet attacked without hesitation, and its terrifying firepower directly covered the area.
The Pioneers did not send out a large fleet, and they mainly used ambushes, with no intention of engaging in direct combat.
Faced with this overwhelming attack, there was no room for resistance and heavy casualties occurred in an instant.
Then, an unprecedentedly strong golden flash broke out in the area.
The second pioneer escaped from the magic attack and floated in the air, surrounded by a rotating golden sphere.
It runs as fast as a celestial model that is nested layer by layer and rotates continuously with a sphere as the center.
The golden light bursting out from the array passed through the energy shield, rushed into the already chaotic battle area outside, and then completely ignored the distortion of light conduction by space, and dissipated straight into the distance.
The light that dissipated in the distance quickly resonated with the entire starry sky.
Loren suddenly sensed a powerful alien energy spreading in the area.
The violent attack was suddenly condensed, the distorted space in the distance gradually calmed down, and powerful light surged from all directions.
Like scattered snowflakes, these holy lights spun and gradually gathered together to form vague human figures.
They have four golden wings on their backs, and their silver-white hair and golden pupils together make them look sacred and powerful.
Holding a golden lightsaber, the pair of wings behind him are flesh wings, while the other pair is made of metal, reflecting brilliant light.
"An ancient race of angels, vassal of the Titans!" Loren already knew the other party's origins.
In the mysterious Glorious Council, many gods have their own "angels", but they are not pure angel races.
The pure angel race is attached to the Titans and is their most loyal subordinates, advancing fearlessly wherever their troops go.
All angels are exactly the same, and it is almost difficult to tell whether they are real or fake. Their energy reactions are the same, and even the attacks they launch are extremely destructive.
They roamed the battlefield with almost no distinction between friend and foe, and the two pairs of wings behind them gave them extremely fast speed and powerful defense.
The golden swords in their hands allow them to cut through the defenses of any warship, instantly causing great damage to the Golden Lion Legion.
However, Loren's eyes were fixed on a certain angel.
Radar cannot distinguish true from false, but an all-seeing mirror can.
"Feather of Glory, Sword of Light, a Titan weapon specially made for angels..." Loren knew almost everything about the Second Pioneer through the Mirror of Omniscience.
"It seems that it will be difficult to take you down without paying some price." He covered the Mirror of Omniscience with his palm, some ripples appeared, and black flames rose in it.
The second vanguard was fighting on the battlefield. He didn't want to fight to the end, but the opponent didn't want him to leave easily, so he simply burst into combat mode.
However, during the battle, he suddenly felt a fatal threat, and ripples appeared in the void in front of him.
An angel covered in black came out, looking , but the only difference was that he was surrounded by golden holy light, while the other was surrounded by black flames.
"Fallen Angel, how is that possible!?" His face changed drastically, and he suddenly realized: "It's the Mirror of Omniscience, Loren is here in person!?"
After realizing this fact, he no longer had any thoughts of fighting. The angel projections that were fighting on the battlefield suddenly burst into a light that was difficult to look at, like stars.
boom!
Terrifying energy fluctuations swept across the entire battlefield. The warships kept issuing warnings. Loren frowned, and the palm of his hand covering the Mirror of Omniscience suddenly retracted as if it was pricked.
Blood dripped onto the ground, but he seemed to be unaware of it. He just murmured, "Self-sacrifice is decisive, but what a pity..."
It's not that he doesn't have a way to keep the other party, but he doesn't want to pay too high a price.
Because he vaguely realized that Lehmann was not in the opponent's hands.
"Pioneer..." Loren thought about what had just happened and was basically certain of this guess.
Their original plan was to ambush Lehman here, but they ended up waiting for themselves.
The energy burst quickly dissipated, and almost nothing was left in the central battlefield. The Forerunner battleship had been destroyed in the energy burst just now.
"Clean up the battlefield and look for any useful clues..." he ordered.
…
The Star Empire's search was conducted in secret, and most of the lower-level soldiers had no idea what they were looking for.
It’s just that there is no impenetrable wall in the world, or even if there is, there will be someone who will deliberately break it.
Suddenly, someone in the interstellar society made a strange discovery that the public opinion trend that was originally overwhelming and holding Long Zun accountable had suddenly stopped for some unknown reason.
It was as if the person behind the scenes had suddenly disappeared.
Any organization with some information channels vaguely felt that something was happening in secret.
Like ants sensing a downpour, they began to move frantically, with all sorts of fragmentary clues pointing directly to the Star Empire.
A large number of gray organizations’ bases within the Star Empire were all hit by devastating blows.
And beforehand, they provided a huge amount of money as a protective umbrella without any warning.
The Xingyao Empire has launched a massive purge within its territory!
But no one knows what exactly happened.
This situation is the most terrifying. You don't know when the thunder will strike you.
But this unsettling situation did not last long.
I don’t know where it came from, who it is, and I don’t know whether it is true or not.
A piece of news that could blow up the interstellar society suddenly swept in -
His Highness Leman, the third heir to the Star Empire, was attacked by an unknown force within the Star Empire and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
For a moment, the interstellar space was shaken, and many organizations and forces were dumbfounded, as if they were hit by a giant hammer for no reason. The shock in their hearts was unimaginable.
Which fool is this...
No, anyone who dares to do this must be a lunatic!
