Chapter 226: Zaza and Redeye Arrives

“Commander of the Rewloola. As per agreed before the battle between me and Kladis, your ship has been won over. Kladis is dead and The Legion that still stood in the castle base has all been dismissed with only a handful whose willing to join The Company left there. If you choose so to remain under the command of The Company, you can be assured that your worth will be as it was during your service to The Legion. You can retain your position as the Commander of the Rewloola but… if you’re planning to renege the agreement your former commander had signed upon, then I can only request that you step down on your seat and give the Rewloola to me for it is already a property of The Company.”

The captain of the Rewloola looked at Siva with a frown. Just a few minutes ago, he’s been a proud and soaring members of The Legion, now, he was like a disposable plate.

If he choose to not follow the agreement, then he will be branded a criminal and The Company will chase him to the ends of the earth for trying to hoard and trespass on a property owned by The Company.

After a few moments, the captain of the Rewloola –no, the fleet commander checked a panel on his vision and he frowned at it before going back to look at Siva.

Siva, of course noticed this fleeting glance of the commander on his own panel that’s why he felt an itching feeling that the Blue Card Legion did indeed have an ulterior motive on going after the Walled City of Alexandria.

There was definitely something in Alexandria aside from the bored ghost.

Or perhaps… they’re even connected…

Siva wasn’t happy with this thought though. “The more obscured and important the matter in this city is, the more threat Gats becomes against us.”

In this line of thinking, of course, Gats is now a hundred percent embedded on their minds as a member of the Blue Card Legion.

Videos of his strength are everywhere. His skills are also real.

“Defeating Kladis was already a pain. I am now slowly beginning to realize that this world hides so many experts and powerful individuals that I am merely a grass in the plains when compared to them.”

True, the [Killing Zone] is a supreme ability that enables him to jump levels and deal damages to extremely powerful enemies.

But it doesn’t mean that he was really as strong as them. The Killing Zone can ignore 70% of the opponent’s defense but it cannot affect their overall attacking ability.

What if one day, he experiences a fight against a person who was more aggressive than him, more aggressive than Kladis, and also had an absolute defense on par with Kladis’s “Falcon” Rune Armor?

Siva was more and more aware of his own limits and weaknesses. If he had just been a moment late on summoning his puppets, then he was sure that Kladis’s domain would have ensured his 100% demise.

The thought frightens Siva.

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“In the end… I pulled a fast one against him.”

That’s the only reason why he won against Kladis.

“In order to lessen my future enemies, I have to create a deterring image and this Rewloola is just perfect for that role. I have to get it.”

This was the real reason why he was pushing this commander to hand over the Rewloola. He just had to pressure them on not doing something that would further damage Alexandria, or, perhaps, cause him to not be able to use the Rewloola.

“Well, Commander? You only have two minutes and a half time left to think of a reply. Just so you know, the contract agreed upon by your former Supreme Commander is that the Rewloola, most especially, is to be handed to The Company as a property under the title of a bet reward. The rest of the members of your Legion are to be given a choice to be absorbed with the ‘organization’ under the authority of Elder God Donar… and this said organization has The Company in it.”

Siva lent an open palm gesture, “Whether you want to remain the Commander of that vessel or not will only remain as your decision for the next two minutes more. Beyond that, you can be sure that you will be treated with either hostility or of the lowest class if you still hadn’t agreed upon anything I have said to you just now…”

Seeing the hesitation on the commander’s face, Siva cleared his throat. “Okay, let me make things easy for you…”

He raised four fingers and said, “You only have four options to choose from: the first is to let the seconds tick by and accept being a lowest-rank member of The Company and slowly work your way up on the echelon; second is to remain the commander of that vessel under the direction of The Company and my authority; third, you can run away forever from us, as the enemy of The Company if you so choose to side with The Legion if you do something that will eat away at my patience; fourth and final option, die where you currently stand and burn inside that ship. Make your choice. You only have a minute and a half left.”

The commander could only grit his teeth at Siva.

Every word he said and every gesture, his every diction on every phrase, on every word he said at him… clearly indicated that he wasn’t paying much importance to him as the Commander of the Rewloola. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

It was like he was a replaceable item with a lot of spare back in the warehouse.

His pride was being stepped on and his dignity as a Commander being looked down upon.

But… he couldn’t do anything.

If he chooses to command the Battleship away from this place, he was positive that he would suffer the same fate as the other Rewloola who was burned to the ground by the very meteor that floats around Akhenaton at this moment.

“You have one minute left.” Siva reminded.

It was like a bell that continuously rung on his mind and he was being pressed for a decision to either uphold the pride of The Legion or bow his head as a lapdog for The Company to command.

Of course, personal pride is of a different matter as well.

“Just who do you think you are?” the commander said, eyes glaring as he pointed a finger. “We are not stupid! We know now from your fight that the Elder God Donar you have created does not exist and whoever was behind The Company is all created by a person as well! You may have won over the Rewloola but this is still my ship! I will not let it be tainted by your dirty hands!”

At this point, the commander swiped the air too slam his palm to confirm something and yelled to his crew behind him:

“Listen to me, crew of the Rewloola, you are all the proud soldiers of the Blue Card Legion but I am your commander and I trained you all to be the most outstanding people in your field in this ship! Whether you will follow me or not is now given to you as a personal decision. But from this point on, you are all free of your obligations and your oath contracts to The Legion. Of those who feel that they owe me something then please listen to my command: All cannons fire at that imbecile of a false God and destroy the Rewloola!”

The commander’s voice was also transmitted to the people standing in the castle base. Some of them realized something and there are others who raised their weapons and yelled.

“There was no Donar! He’s Siva!”

“Siva and Donar is the same person!”

“Kill him for the glory of The Legion!”

“I don’t need the Grand Quest! Kill him!”

“Kill him where he stands!”

“Attack!”

Siva looked on towards the castle as over 70% of what remained on the original forces of The Legion launched to the sky as his attackers.

Even those few tens of thousands who decided to stay were surprised by their colleagues’ actions. There are those who wanted to jump and stop them but majority of them remained where they stood and watched on.

But Siva did nothing and only watched… as a ray of light descended from the dark sky, cutting the wind and chasing away the dust clouds just so it could obliterate half of the jumpers and scaring the rest of the attacking mob into thinking twice before advancing.

No dust was even remained when they died.

The resounding boom of the explosion and the trembling forest floor below their feet echoes as their faces turned as white as a sheet and they shivered at the thought that… just like what they said, they were in the presence of Siva… someone who could destroy the city and subdue their Legion with an overwhelming show of force…. alone.

They then looked up and felt the horror as they remembered that up above them was still that formidable long-range fleet formations expert, Marshal D’Catch.

At the same time as all of this happened, the order to fire at Siva was carried out.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

It all happened faster than they could think.

The commander’s order was also followed by the loyalists of The Legion while those who had already given up and resigned to their fates either teleported away and quit or they went into their cabins and waited verdict.

NPCs and Users —all of them knew that Siva is part of a Grand Quest.

Whether they quit or not, they are part of the Rewloola and their worth was here and not in some place somewhere else.

They are… the crew!

Joining Siva’s entourage wasn’t much of a loss since he’s bound to need people to run the Rewloola for him.

As such, although they didn’t take part on the mutiny in the command bridge against the NEW owner of the battleship Rewloola, they are also powerless to stop them because those loyalists number more than twice these rationalists.

“Fire! Fire! Fire! Kill him! Take him down now!”

The commander was screaming and it took less than a few moments before the explosions of the fire reached the place where Siva was hovering.

But… just as they all thought that it would hit, a burning island descended from the sky and hovered 1km away from Siva.

It illuminated the area around him with the forest below even drying up into twigs before burning from the intense heat.

And following this, a forest fire was started.

In fact, a few falling chunks of rocks were also falling and when it descended just now, some of its burning parts fell on the ocean of trees some distance away.

But it wasn’t the only island that descended. Two of them hovered there and blocked the projectiles that came for Siva, the lights of their explosions hitting the islands and burning the lands of their surfaces.

Yet the most surprising part is that Akhenaton is now there hovering between Siva and the Rewloola, one and a half kilometer above the ground, blackening an area of 15km around him.

The Rewloola wasn’t an exception as it was just a few kilometers away from Siva, hovering above the southern-most side of the city wall.

Siva hovered there looking at the sight of the battleship in between the gaps of the islands and then looked back to his panel straight at the commander.

“Time’s up.” he said and then nodded at the man on the other panel on his vision.

Volt smiled, “Leave it to me.”

He was about to move from his hiding spot when he suddenly stopped and hid in place. Seeing this, Siva had to temporarily blur his video feedback on the commander’s side to protect his other call with Thorn and Volt from being discovered by the commander.

“What’s wrong?” Thorn was curious.

“I think the people they’ve been waiting for have finally arrived. I’ll give you guys the feed.”

Thorn and Siva watched with Volt as a group of people entered the command bridge with heavy strides and furious arrogant presences.

Volt’s hiding spot was somewhere outside the command bridge, in an unnoticeable corner.

As the group approached, Volt saw the two that led them and his eyes narrowed while studying the grade and quality of the gears they wore.

He said, “They aren’t small fries.”

“Can you try to listen to what they are going to talk about?” asked Thorn.

“I can’t send in a camera drone. It’s too large and it will attract their attention.” after a moment, Volt clicked his tongue, “No choice. If they close the hatch on the command bridge, I’ll be isolated.”

“I have an idea. But you will have to bear with a little trembling and shaking.” Siva said.

“Do I have a choice?” Volt smiled wryly and held on tight to the wall corner he was leaning on.

At this point, Siva scowled and didn’t dally as he unblurred the video feedback on the commander while his eyes narrowed into sinister slits.

One could only imagine how horrifying it is to see a black skinned pair of eyes narrowing into a murderous stare.

Siva yelled, “From this point on, those who have colluded on this act of hostility towards a representative of The Company shall be forever branded as a criminal of our organization! FIRE!!!”

Up above, Commander D’Catch did not hesitate as he repeated the command of his commander.

“FIRE!”

The artillery and arms officer in the bridge made a swallowing gesture as dismissed the thought of burning down an insanely expensive Battleship.

He pressed the button a moment later and from outside the “Black Mustache” Flagship, one of the three [Longhorns] attached on its main hull via an omni-directional arm coupling fired its golden radiant pillar of light.

It tore into the clouds and through the barrier of wind, a howling cry of destruction speared from the heavens and hit the Battleship… on its rear hull!

BOOM!

The Commander did not even try to erect a shield to protect itself because for him, this is now a stolen property and the one destroying it was the owner himself.

Siva yelled again, “FIRE!”

–Fire!

BOOM!

The commander was rocked inside the ship as well as the crew that haven’t had the chance and the opportunity to find their ground and brace themselves before those three devastating attacks.

But still, he found a moment to look above, to the ceiling, and yelled a curse.

“Damn you, D’Catch! How could you shoot down your own friend!”

There was no reply but this call was connected through D’Catch so of course he was listening.

Siva did not bat an eye and yelled again, “FIRE!”

Marshal D’Catch repeated the command.

“Fire!”

BOOM!

After three explosive bursts of lights, Siva then looked at the commander’s face and decreed with a flat yet furious tone, “Now you can’t escape the premises of the city.”

The commander’s face was grim. “Shet! What did you do?!”

Answering his cry wasn’t Siva but the statistics officer on the bridge who was just recovering his bearing as he was thrown off his chair when the three attacks connected.

“Commander! All thruster engines have been disabled! Fires on Sections 29 to 58! Casualties are unknown! Balancers are unresponsive! Even the Grey Stone Base chambers have been put to fire, sir! We’re basically a sitting duck here!”

Realization hit him.

That’s right. They have erected a no-teleport area around the city’s borders. The Rewloola right now is hovering directly above the city so they are practically still ‘inside’ the city premises.

And so, their plan to teleport away as soon as Redeye and Zaza barded the battleship… has been rendered a useless plan.

What more, as if to add a layer of paint to it, the sliding door of the command bridge opened and in it were the two faces that, right now, he didn’t want to see.