<h4>Chapter 395: The Battle of Pursuit (1)</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios
The ownership of this area has always been blurry. If DarkStar showed up in the official territory of these two civilizations, they would definitely be warned and evicted. However, due to the sensitivity of this area, the two fleets did not make a move.
In the Holy Stone Border Guards Army,mand ship of the third formation, Stream Light.
The atmosphere was filled with nervousness. DarkStar’s fearsome name was well known, and they had quite the tension with ck Raven. The captain of the Third Formation, Shivate, said with a very serious face, “All units on level one alert, hold the position.”
At this time, Stream Light received a message from the DarkStar mothership. Sarota expressed their motive, emphasizing the fact that they meant no offense to Holy Stone and ck Raven. They were just carrying out a pursuit, of which the targets were some mercenaries. Once the mission waspleted, they would leave immediately.
Shivate’s tightened face rxed a little, and without thinking, he said, “Tell them that it’s possible for Holy Stone to not interfere with DarkStar’s operation, but during this period, no suspicious action will be allowed. We will be monitoring from here, and we hope they leave as soon as possible.”
Shivate did not want a war to break out. There were many reasons. The first would of course be, they did not want to mess with DarkStar. The entire Shattered Star Ring knew the ugly history between DarkStar and Godora, no one wanted to be part of it. The most horrifying characteristic of DarkStar was that they were very stealthy. If they lost the battle, they would still be able to run away, and the revenge afterward would make you suffer arge loss. Secondly, if they fire, it might very likely cause ck Raven to misunderstand, which would then turn into a scrimmage, leading to a territory conflict. If he was determined guilty of deliberately starting a war in the court martial, the punishment for that was very heavy.
Due to the territorial conflicts, there had always been some tension between these two civilizations. The Holy Stone Civilization was an aristocracy civilization, ruled by a royal family. Its political construction was veryplicated, and its efficiency in making decisions was mediocre. They did not like wars, and they were good at using diplomatic measures. Be it resources, connections, or power, Holy Stone Civilization was a little higher than ck Raven Civilization. However, as ck Raven Civilization had limited resources in their early days, their developing process was very tough, which made them have very strong minds and be collectivists. Their efficiency in executing matters was very high. Even though their nation was not as strong as Holy Stone, Holy Stone could not find a way to get rid of them. If they started arge-scale war, both sides would definitely suffer a huge loss. Therefore, both sides controlled the scale of their conflicts.
Hence, DarkStar was not the only thing Shivate feared—he was more afraid to cause a misunderstanding.
The most important reason that made Shivate decide to sit on the sidelines was that DarkStar’s target was just a bunch of mercenaries; they were just passersby that did not matter at all. Unless it was the people from their own civilization, these two armies would not make a huge move for it. Seeing that ck Raven’s army also held their position, Shivate knew that the captain of ck Raven had made the same decision—sit on the sidelines and monitor.
After all, to two civilizations, the life and death of these mercenaries were not their concern. Like a droplet of water in the sea, it did not matter.
Therefore, the fleets that rushed there were watching silently. Shivate waved his hands and told his subordinate to check the escaping target on the.
“I see, they’re members of the threerge mercenary armies. Their background is rather impressive. Sadly, they met DarkStar.”
After reading the report, Shivate was a little bit surprised. He then shook his head and said, “The sooner they’re caught, the better. Then DarkStar can leave earlier...”
From the perspective of his own benefits, he would prefer the mercenaries stop resisting.
The same scene also yed out in ck Raven Civilization’smand ship.
On the other side, the DarkStar mothership received the replies. Sarota’s face remained the same as if it was exactly as he expected. He knew both sides would not attack.
...
On another area of the, the des spaceship was being chased by many hovering ships. They were struggling—its shield already had countless holes, and its recovery speed could not match up to the speed of it being destroyed. The rapid system rms had the des mercenaries on edge.
“Faster, even faster,” Porter mumbled with sweat all over his face. When the situation was not looking good, he pushed away the original pilot to control the spaceship himself. Yet, the situation did not be better.
Suddenly, aser exploded on the shield.
Bang!
The shield blinked twice and disappeared. It had reached its limit.
Everyone in the ship was stunned. Porter’s face changed drastically.
Without a shield, the spaceship itself would not have any protection anymore. If they were fired on once again, the spaceship would definitely crash.
Boom!
Just as the hovering ship fleet was going to fire the next downpour of ser rain’, a chain of cannons hit the formation and caused a series of explosions.
This hovering ship did not have the time to react to it fully, and they hastily dodged. The uracy of the attacks all missed the des spaceship by centimeters.
Faraway, the Sky Ring spaceship drove there at a high speed. Behind him was the pursuing fleet. It was Han Xiao, who had returned after a detour and saved his teammates hastily. The pursuing fleet did not give him any pressure at all, and they were going around and around chasing after him. Therefore, Han Xiao tried to help his teammates as much as he could.
The existence of teammates could divert the enemy’s firepower. The longer the teammatessted, the less pressure he would face.
Han Xiao stopped the enemy for one moment before turning around and escaping immediately. The shield of the des spaceship took the opportunity to recover. Porter almost copsed, and his face was filled with happiness. “That was close.”
This time, Han Xiao sent a message to the other two ships. “Don’t run around randomly; you guys can’t deal with them yourselves. I’ve sent you the route. Even if you split up, don’t stay too far from me. I’ll provide support from time to time.”
“Why did you be the pilot?” Porter asked with surprise.
“We all feel safer with him being the pilot.” Goa’s voice came from the side. Porter looked over, only to see all the mercenaries in the Sky Ring spaceship were encased in hard ice from the waist down and firmly fixed onto the ground like ice sculptures. It was Goa that used her spell to help everyone to bnce. Porter was shocked.
<i>You don’t look like you feel safe at all!</i>
Porter’s eyelids twitched.
Anyway, Han Xiao’s suggestion was approved. des and Purple Gold’s teams agreed to follow Han Xiao’s n. They quickly changed their route and maintainedmunication between them. As soon as they got into a dire situation, Han Xiao would provide backup.
After helping them out in dire situations time after time, the members of the other ships also realized how good Han Xiao’s piloting skills were. They were immediately convinced.
Han Xiao stabilized the situation temporarily. Three ships brought hundreds of hovering ships and ran around thes. Half an hour passed, and the hovering ship fleet had yet to capture them. They were in a stalemate.
On the DarkStar mothership, Sarota was getting impatient.
“More than three hundred hovering ships against just three ships. Why have we yet to capture them?”
The initial n was to be done with the battle within ten minutes then retreat quickly after. Sarota was very unsatisfied with the current situation. He stared at the Sky Ring spaceship on his screen with unhappiness in his eyes.
“It’s all because the pilot of this ship is too good, that’s why they’re able to stall this much time... Send out medium fighter ships. Surround this area and cut off their escape route.”
As he gave the order, more fighter shipsunched from the DarkStar mothership and flew toward the.
Inside the far away Stream Light, Shivate saw this and was a little surprised.
“Facing DarkStar’s pursuit and being trapped on the, not only were these three small spaceships stall for half an hour, they even forced DarkStar to send in more support...
“But if this continues, it will drag on even longer...”
...
Through the porthole, the people in the Sky Ring spaceship saw more fighter shipsing toward the surface from the DarkStar mothership.
“Sh*t, DarkStar sent reinforcements!” the ex-pilot shouted.
“We knew they would sooner orter; don’t sound so surprised.”
Han Xiao nced outside. He had expected this since long ago.
<i>It’s only half an hour, and they have already sent reinforcements. DarkStar changed their tactic quicker than I expected. In gaming terms, this means that the pace of this mission’s difficulty change is very fast. How am I going to stall for two days like this?</i>Han Xiao thought.
Although it looked like they were safe at the moment, they were still dancing on des. When DarkStar lost their patiencepletely, they would not care about the resource expenses. They might surround them, and by then, there would be nowhere to escape. After all, piloting skills had a limit. He was only flying a small spaceship, not a gctic level mechanical suit.
After some contemtion, Han Xiao decided to carry out the next part of the n. At this time, all three ships received the same message.
“This is Holy Stone Border Guards Army Third Formation. We have received your rescue signal and have arrived near the. Please gather at the coordinates we gave you; we will be there to receive you and provide protection.”
Together with this message were the coordinates, which were not far from where they were. This message was like cardiotonic, instantly giving everyone energy.
“Holy Stone is willing to help. We’re saved.”
All the mercenaries in the three ships were overjoyed.
Han Xiao frowned and pondered, then said something that immediately cooled everyone down, “I think this is quite strange...”