Above the Temple of the Venerable Ones, on the Capital Star of the Kingdom of Ash Venerable Ones
Inside the temple, the sound of ministers arguing could be heard.
"The Conqueror Civilization's fleet offensive has intensified; we should deploy more fleets to the front lines!"
You're right.
But where do we have more legion fleets now?
Are we just going to ignore those rebel fleets running rampant behind our lines?
Or are you going to disregard the Venerable One's safety and deploy the fleet from the capital star system?
"I think we should now recognize the current situation."
The conqueror civilization was too powerful.
Let alone our Ash Venerable Kingdom, even the entire Venerable Civilization Universe Cluster might not be their match.
I believe we should now try to negotiate peace with the conqueror civilization.
Although the Conqueror Civilization has been launching wars and invasions against other civilizations, plundering many interstellar civilizations.
However, there are also examples of those who surrendered and then lived peacefully with the conquering civilization!
Inside the temple, all sorts of sounds could be heard.
There were proponents of war, conservatives, and those who advocated peace.
These sounds annoyed even the Ash Venerable on the throne.
He slammed his hand on the chair and shouted, "Stop arguing!"
With a furious shout, all the ministers in the temple stopped speaking.
They stood there respectfully, awaiting the reprimand from the Ash Lord.
However, it was quite noticeable that some of the people who lowered their heads had a hint of disdain on their faces, and there were other emotions in their eyes.
However, the high and mighty Ash Lord was unaware of all this at the moment.
His prestige has been greatly threatened due to the invasion of the conqueror civilization.
"It's too early to negotiate now."
If we were to negotiate with the conqueror civilization now.
What do other advanced civilizations think of us?
"We can't be the first to surrender." Ash Venerable was the first to lay down his bottom line.
From these words, it can be understood that the Ash Venerable does not believe in surrendering at all; he is simply still concerned about his face and honor.
He was willing to surrender, but he was definitely not the first to do so.
Among the dozen or so Venerable civilizations, quite a few may surrender in the future.
But the first one to surrender will be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Although the Ash Lord is currently quite incompetent, he cares a lot about this.
Therefore, he would not accept being the first to surrender.
"However, we cannot cut off our communication channels with the conqueror civilization."
You are responsible for maintaining this, but you cannot give a clear answer; just drag it out for now.
Let's wait and see how things develop on other battlefields.
“Yes,” the pro-peace ministers replied respectfully.
"Although we advocate peace, we still need leverage to negotiate surrender."
The front lines cannot be captured too quickly.
Let all the officers in charge of the battle at the front know that no space territory can be easily relinquished without my orders!
This was clearly directed at those who advocated for war, and the vast majority of those advocating for war were basically from the military.
"but!
Everyone is aware of the current situation in our Ashes Venerable Kingdom.
Beset by internal and external troubles.
We not only have to deal with the situation on the front lines, but we also have to handle all sorts of problems in our own backyard.
The problem of rebels cannot be tolerated; any rebellion that occurs anywhere must be suppressed.
Therefore, the troops in this area cannot be moved.
The capital city is also very important; we cannot afford to lose it.
I know that reinforcements are needed on the front lines.
Subsequent procurement and repair of interstellar warships can be prioritized for supply to the front-line battlefield.
"Let's arrange it like this!" These were the arrangements made by the Ash Venerable.
To the ministers below, it was basically just a bunch of nonsense.
The situation is basically the same as before.
For the pro-war faction, how many of those purchased and repaired interstellar warships are there?
After a month, it would be good if three to five hundred thousand interstellar warships could be dispatched to the front lines.
But what is the reality?
In fact, various forms of deduction may occur during this process.
Only about one-third of them can actually reach the front lines.
In response to this situation, even when faced with reactions from below, Ash Venerable would simply try to smooth things over.
Just when everyone thought today's meeting was just a formality and was about to end,
Outside the temple, officers rushed in.
After running in, he knelt down on the ground and shouted, "Your Excellency, something has happened!"
Something's happened outside!
"What's the panic? Could it be that the Conqueror Civilization's fleet has attacked our capital planet?"
"Stand up and speak!" Venerable Ash frowned. He always cared a lot about this kind of benefit, and he required everyone to remain calm and composed in the face of any situation.
Therefore, he was not very satisfied with the officer's current attitude.
But write down what the officer reported.
Indeed, even Ash Venerable himself lost his nonchalant attitude.
"This is the latest news we have received."
Rebels have appeared!
When he heard this, Ash Venerable was unimpressed, and the other ministers around him also scoffed.
During this period, rebels would appear in the Ashes Lord Kingdom every now and then.
Now, at the Ash Venerable's request, any fleet of less than 100,000 interstellar warships no longer needs to be reported to him; they can simply be handed over to his subordinates for disposal.
Even with the increased requirements, there have been instances of rebels appearing seven times a week, seven days a week.
However, these rebel forces were not very strong; at most, they could only raid some remote planets and plunder some things at the beginning.
They will soon be wiped out by the legion fleet that was dispatched to suppress them.
Because these clowns sometimes seem to have a huge number of interstellar warships, perhaps as many as five or six hundred thousand, or even a million.
Hearing this number might seem a bit intimidating.
But in reality, there may not be many of these T4 starships out °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° of a million.
The total number of all T3 interstellar warships gathered together is probably less than three thousand!
More often, they are T2 starships or even T1 starships.
Even worse, some interstellar transport ships might have had their hulls modified and fitted with cannons of unknown origin, and then they would call themselves interstellar warships.
The military strength of the Ash Lord Kingdom is currently a mixed bag.
However, compared to these clown-like starfleets, they are still a regular army, and it would be no problem for a regular army to wipe out these clown-like starfleets.
Therefore, they were already used to the presence of rebels.
But the officer still said in fear, "This time is different!"
In just ten minutes, we received news that at least thirty locations had been attacked.
Moreover, the attack was quite large, and the total number of rebel fleets involved in the attack was at least ten million interstellar warships.
And this is only after I've given a report on the previous situation.
We don't know if any new rebel fleets have appeared in the meantime!
They heard that ten million interstellar warships had been attacked in as many as thirty different locations.
Even Ashbringer realized that this was unusual.
He frowned and asked, "Who organized this rebellion?"
The simultaneous rebellions of legion fleets in more than thirty locations are a coincidence that no one would believe.
Prior to this, some rebel fleets would unite and launch a rebellion simultaneously.
But the scale was not as large as it is now; at most, it would only attack a dozen or so places, and the total number of interstellar warships would not exceed three million.
But this time, the attack came at more than thirty locations and involved ten million interstellar warships.
This exceeds the size of the rebel fleet that appeared within the Ash Venerable Kingdom during this period!
“Many of our strategic locations that have been attacked have sent out requests for help.”
According to the intelligence they reported.
These attacks by the rebel fleet were unlike anything they had done before.
The interstellar fleet possesses interstellar warships of T2 level or higher; no T1 level interstellar warships have been found so far!
Just as the officer finished speaking.
Another officer ran in from outside the temple.
The officer looked even more flustered.
He knelt on the ground and shouted loudly, "Reporting to Your Excellency."
Nearly thirty families suddenly launched rebellions and uprisings within their own territories.
They all invoked the name of the Lord of Ashes and attacked our important strategic hubs around us, including starports and stargates.
Their total number of interstellar warships exceeds ten million!
The emergence of this news made everyone feel even more uneasy, and even created a sense of crisis.
Because of the ten million interstellar warships that appeared earlier, and the rebel fleet that attacked in more than thirty locations.
These are all interstellar forces of unknown origin from civilian backgrounds.
This time, however, a large number of rebel fleets appeared all at once, and these were all noble lords from the Ash Lord Kingdom itself.
This influence far surpasses that of the former, and their ten million interstellar warships are naturally more powerful than those second-rate interstellar warships in civilian hands.
It will cause even greater damage.
Most importantly, they raised a banner.
Lord of Ashes.
This indicates that they all come from the same organization.
The threat posed by such a large, united rebel group is greater.
"Investigate!"
What exactly are these families trying to do?
They actually dared to betray me, and they even talked about an uprising!
They are nothing but a bunch of traitors and rebels.
Dispatch a legion fleet to wipe out all the families that launched the rebellion.
Arrest all members of their family and bring them back to the capital planet.
I want everyone to know the price of betraying me.
I want to create a 'meteorite belt' of heads from all these families in near-Earth orbit around the capital planet.
Everyone naturally knows what the Ashbringer meant by the meteorite belt.
This has happened before.
The Ash Lord has zero tolerance for those who betray him, especially those noble families who betray him.
Once the legion fleets of these nobles are destroyed, all members of these traitorous families will be brought back to the capital planet, and their heads will be collected on a platform in near-Earth orbit.
This creates a scene resembling an asteroid belt, encircling the planet like a star ring.
And this scene will be broadcast live in its entirety.
Let everyone see that this is the price for betraying him, Ashbringer.
And now, more than thirty families have betrayed him in this one instance, which is simply a slap in the face to the Venerable One.
He will not allow such a thing to continue to happen in his kingdom.
"Issue my order that these rebellions be quelled immediately in all regions within the shortest possible time."
At all costs, capture those who launched the rebellion.
You also need to find out exactly what this Lord of Ashes is.
In my kingdom of the Ash Lords, how dare anyone claim to be the Lord of Ashes!
The Ash Lord's furious roar could be heard throughout the entire temple.
At that moment, a third officer ran in.
Upon seeing this third officer.
Ash Venerable's voice abruptly stopped, and he looked at the third officer in disbelief.
Even the other ministers fell silent at this moment, staring at the minister in disbelief.
That can't be right.
They all had their own guesses.
However, the nearly 20 million rebellious interstellar warships were beyond their imagination.
Are they still around?
That can't be!
At first, everyone was in disbelief.
However, there are the two examples mentioned earlier.
And it just so happens to appear at this critical juncture, so they can't help but think in this direction.
Report!
Breaking news.
Around our capital star system, unidentified legion fleets have appeared in more than ten locations.
Some have already launched attacks on our strategic facilities.
Our interstellar warships, responsible for guarding these strategic facilities, have engaged in combat with them, and their attacks are extremely fierce.
There are also a large number of T2 suicide interstellar warships.
Requests for assistance were issued from various places.
This wave of the enemy has reportedly numbered ten million interstellar warships!
Another ten million interstellar warships.
The ministers seemed to have become numb to the appearance of this number.
"Another ten million interstellar warships?"
"And who are these attackers?!" Ash Venerable roared in fury.
This time, the third officer produced a video recording.
As you can see above, these interstellar warships all have the same emblem on their hulls.
It resembles the emblem of the Ash Lord's kingdom, but it features a figure holding a flag, with what appears to be the remains of the Ash Lord's throne beneath his feet.
The meaning of this emblem is already quite clear.
"The rebel fleet we've reported here seems to have the same emblem!"
"Me too!"
The second officer and the first officer both spoke at this point.
