Chapter 1338: Chapter 1084: Tricked!
Ever since Yahola received assistance from Simu, he had been scheming to unite the entire pirate world. He didn’t take the threat of Long Yi too seriously. Although Long Yi was a Giant and a true god of the Trinity, Yahola was not merely a Divine Worm; he had fully integrated with Yahola, limiting the true god’s influence on him. As a Giant Pioneer, he didn’t know the full extent of his own strength, but it certainly couldn’t be outrageously high. Therefore, Yahola decided to downplay the conflict between himself and Long Yi to a more realistic level.
To be honest, the Leviathan Worms that Simu provided him were indeed powerful, and even Yahola himself was incredibly surprised by the strength of these modified warriors. It was just that their appearance was really too dreadful. The modified warriors were loyal to him, but the other pirates greatly detested them. This was not only because their appearances were too ferocious, but also because during battle, these modified warriors had no regard for anyone around them, rampaging recklessly. In each battle, more pirates died at their hands than were killed by the enemies.
Perhaps he needed to find Simu again and ask her to rein in the temperaments of these modified warriors a bit.
But for now, his biggest worry was Long Yi.
It was Long Yi who had instigated Mahal’s attack on him, and now that he had defeated Mahal using modified warriors, what move would Long Yi make? It definitely wasn’t Long Yi’s style to stay silent. Whether as a Giant Pioneer or as a true god of the Trinity, he would definitely not give up.
Yahola was still lost in his thoughts when an urgent report suddenly arrived, stating that two battleships from the Interstellar Wraith Pirate Group, which were taking over territory, had suddenly lost contact. Before they lost contact, they had sent out a distress signal. But when the two ships sent to support them arrived at the scene, the battleships were gone without a trace, and the corpses of pirates were floating all around in the cosmos.
"Is there no other news?" Yahola frowned and asked the subordinate delivering the report.
"No... there’s none..." The subordinate was so scared that his legs trembled.
"Mmhmm, you may leave," Yahola said.
The subordinate was initially startled, then scurried out as fast as he could. He hadn’t been beaten! What was wrong with Group Leader Yahola today? Had he lost his mind?
Yes, that was what the subordinate was thinking. Yahola had many subordinates, but whenever there was bad news, delivering the report was a life-threatening task, so his subordinates usually drew lots. Whoever was unlucky would have to accept their fate. But today he hadn’t been beaten!
It must be my lucky day! The subordinate happily ran off to the gambling den.
At that moment, Yahola’s mind was preoccupied with the implications behind this incident; he had no time to hit anyone.
If it wasn’t an accident, this had to be Long Yi’s counterattack. But through what means did he counterattack? If it still involved those heavy-armored warriors, the battle couldn’t possibly have ended so quickly. So if it wasn’t the heavy-armored warriors, what else could it be?
While pondering, the subordinate who had just delivered the bad news came again, with a worried look and another report for Yahola.
This report was similar to the previous one, only this time a pirate ship, which was plundering in another place, had mysteriously vanished. After receiving the distress signal, the pirates who rushed there later could only find pirate corpses floating in the cosmos. This report included some images.
Against the black backdrop, the corpses of some pirates were floating, their bodies twisted into strange shapes. Clearly, they had suffered tremendous impacts before their deaths!
It definitely wasn’t the heavy-armored warriors; Yahola was very clear about their abilities, and they couldn’t have done something like this in such a short time!
"You may leave," Yahola said, furrowing his brows.
The subordinate, as if pardoned, hurriedly left. He had originally planned to go to the gambling den, but just as he walked out not too far, another report arrived, and his unlucky peers caught him red-handed. He had no choice but to participate in the draw again, and to his misfortune, he drew the short straw once more! Helpless, he had to come over again.
But this time, he definitely wouldn’t go back the same way! He had to take a detour!
Thinking this, he took another path to avoid the area, but as soon as he walked not too far away, he saw a group of pirates carrying a stretcher, rushing past him. On the stretcher was a pirate covered in blood. Upon seeing him, the blood-soaked pirate suddenly struggled to shout, "You! Come here! Quickly take this report to Group Leader! It’s urgent!"
Facing the stares of a group of pirates, he had no way to refuse.
Thus, he came before Yahola for the third time, describing what had just happened. This time, the report was a Crystal Stone. Typically, such stones are used to carry images and sounds.
"Just go," Yahola directly dismissed him this time.
The subordinate silently left. He decided not to go to the gambling den any longer, as he felt all his luck for this lifetime had been used up.
A moment after the subordinate left, Yahola infused Mana into the Crystal Stone, and it immediately began to glow with magic light.
The image showed a face that was incredibly ferocious. It was a face with no skin and sharp fangs.
"Hello, Group Leader Yahola," a strange accent came through, not any voice Yahola recognized.
"Perhaps you don’t recognize me now, but that doesn’t matter. I think you’ll definitely recognize these guys."
As he spoke, the image shifted, and in the distance was Yahola’s flagship, the Black Sea Demon! At this moment, the flagship had been disguised as a common merchant ship, secretly docked in a harbor known only to his confidants for retrofitting. Why did this monster know about it!
"This ship is really beautiful, don’t you think? If I were to destroy her just like this, would you get angry? Would you take it out on your subordinates? Or perhaps, you could bring your troops to rescue her? Don’t forget to bring your bunch of ragtag Modified Warriors, hahahaha!"
The image vanished at that point, but the rage in Yahola’s heart was slowly rising. Clearly, this person knew him extremely well. The most valuable thing to him was the Black Sea Demon, as Yahola had many vital things placed there; he would inevitably go to its rescue. The antagonist clearly knew about his Modified Warriors, yet still deliberately told him to bring them along—where did his confidence come from?
Could this be Long Yi’s conspiracy?
Wait! The way that monster spoke just now, it sounded a bit like Mahal! The movements of his eyes while speaking were also like Mahal’s! Could it be...
Yahola stopped all speculation, because no matter what he guessed, he had to go. The loss of the Black Sea Demon was inconceivable!
Yahola immediately issued an emergency mobilization order. All pirates capable of fighting, all warships able to sail, any combat power available—all were to follow his command to launch! This time he was out to rescue his flagship, and even more so, to boost his own morale!
The pirate ships set out mightily, with some capable of spatial transmission tearing through the void and appearing near a certain planet.
This planet was notoriously famous in the middle Plane’s dark world, for it was home to many capable craftsmen. From simple Magic device maintenance and manufacture to the retrofitting and upkeep of large warships, there was virtually nothing that couldn’t be done here. Moreover, this place was a designated safe zone agreed upon by Interstellar Pirates; no matter what hostilities one had outside, as soon as one entered this area, all conflicts had to be suspended. Any troubles had to be postponed until after leaving the area. Otherwise, one would never receive any spaceship maintenance services in the dark world again. Those who roamed the frontier had no choice but to come here for ship maintenance services, as in the middle Plane, being unable to maintain a spaceship was nearly like losing one’s legs. Thus, for a long time, this place had been peaceful, and many profoundly talented technicians took private jobs here, exchanging for high profits.
When Yahola rushed over with great urgency, he found his ship still perfectly docked there. As he entered the dockyard, the technicians were busy retrofitting the ship, with nothing having gone awry.
"Eh? Group Leader Yahola? Is it time for our appointment?" The one-eyed senior technician poked his head out from underneath an armor plate and asked.
"No, not yet," Yahola shook his head, then continued to ask, "Tell me, has there been any stranger here recently who showed interest in my ship?"
The old technician burst into laughter: "Group Leader Yahola, I know how much you treasure your ship, but please rest assured, your ship will definitely not be lost! Especially now that it looks nothing more than a battered old merchant ship, who would be interested in such a vessel?"
Battered and old...
This was the second time Yahola heard this phrase, but he believed the old technician. All the retrofitting for his ship had been done in this technician’s shipyard, and there had never been any mistakes.
Was the other party simply playing with him? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
With a heart full of doubts, Yahola returned to his temporary command ship. Just as he reached the bridge, a Magic message came through.
The moment the vanguard ships had left via Planar transmission, those ships that couldn’t perform the transfer were all suddenly attacked! This time, the image of the attackers was finally seen.
They were a group of burly figures clad in black Rune armor, their true faces unclear, but they seemed even taller and more robust than the Modified Warriors!
Then, a ship cannon landed a hit on one of the enemies, shattering the opponent’s helmet, exposing the face beneath.
No skin, full of sharp teeth.
"We’ve been tricked!"
Yahola’s first thought was not marveling at how the enemy wasn’t killed by a direct hit; he realized that he had fallen into the enemy’s trap. They had lured him out, exploiting his impulsive nature, to secretly devour his backup forces!
"Charge the Teleportation Array immediately, we’re going back!" Yahola ordered.
All of the warships vanished cleanly in the blink of an eye.
When Yahola arrived back at what used to be his own territory, all he saw was devastation. The universe was littered with countless shattered pieces of metal, and among those fragments floated one pirate corpse after another! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with a recommendation ticket or a monthly ticket on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
