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Chapter 1030: Chapter 559: Herding Sheep

“No, it must be faster.”

Upon hearing this, Boreson shook his head and said, “The actions of the Mechanical Ark Fleet have their own will. Politos, the reason we are here is that we were entrusted by Commander Paulo. Originally, the sect did not plan to raise the rebel flag now; it’s purely because your performance in the Proudclaw Cosmos was too terrible, so our sect had to come out to clean up the mess.”

“Commander Paulo did indeed request us to try and save your two groups if possible. But if there’s no opportunity, we cannot force it. Our primary mission is still to eliminate the main forces of the Alliance here, or at the very least, to prevent them from entering into the Thistle Muster Star Field and Alfonso Star Domain.”

Politos nodded and said, “I fully understand this, but I still ask Sage Boreson to help…”

As he spoke, Politos’s tall figure bowed deeply: “I request you… I implore you… save my battle group. If you can help us, in the future, the Fury Flame Battle Group and the New World Torch Battle Group will spare no effort to repay you. Whether it’s you personally or the Alphonso Sect, no matter what you want in the future, we will fight for you.”

Politos’s words were very sincere, and even Boreson’s mechanical heart beat twice because of it.

Of course, the fundamental reason for his mechanical heart to beat was the promise of full support from the two battle groups.

The Starfighter Battle Group, which is two groups, operating under the Ironfury sanction, and able to propagate freely… Their friendship is of considerable value.

The Sect of Mechanics often needs to attack a planet preserving ancient relics, handle exploratory missions, defend certain achievements, or hunt down certain traitors… The Starfighter Battle Group is a great hand at these tasks, much swifter than when the Sect of Mechanics sends personnel themselves.

Having two battle groups available to help at any time is also quite a significant support for the Alphonso Sect.

Not to mention, for Boreson personally.

If there’s some private job that needs execution, the Starfighter Battle Group is extremely handy.

As for if they were defeated and both battle groups were wiped out, unable to fulfill future promises… there really wouldn’t be any loss.

These thoughts swirled in his mind, and Boreson’s voice became gentle: “Ah… Commander Politos, we are allies. I am very sympathetic to and concerned about your situation. Since you’ve put it this way… Commander Politos, I will do my utmost to persuade the Ark Fleet to speed up and arrive as soon as possible.”

Saying this, Boreson also hesitated. After a moment of hesitation, he added: “However, you also need to be prepared. Even if we speed up, it will take at least a month to reach the Proudclaw Cosmos. When I say reach, I mean via the Star Realm Tunnel of Wenqi Star, arriving at Wuqi Star. To then make it to you and meet up depends specifically on the distance between us and the movements of the Alliance Fleet, which nobody can guarantee.”

“If that can be done, I am already immensely grateful.”

Boreson replied, “Then you all must hold on and not be wiped out before we arrive. After all, I am personally very much looking forward to the day when we achieve victory, for you and the New World Torch you represent, to honor the promise you just made.”

“I also look forward to that day.”

…

After having a conversation with Boreson and obtaining the assurance from the Alphonso Sect that the Ark Fleet would accelerate, actions became more cautious.

Just as Boreson said in the end, Politos knew that external assistance was only one aspect. Ultimately, whether he could preserve his battle group depended on himself.

On one hand, he dealt carefully with the Blood Sharks, absolutely not allowing any flaw for a rapid strike.

This group, which came from the outer domain ’barbarians’, possessed combat strength that Politos had witnessed when fighting alongside them 130 years ago, and again when the New World Torch suffered a brutal defeat prior.

Given the chance by these guys who are skilled in quick assaults, their fleet might indeed encounter big trouble before the main Alliance forces could arrive.

But no matter what, there were still over fifteen hundred Blood Sharks; even after the devastating loss, the New World Torch still had a number of seven hundred.

More than two thousand interstellar warriors, concentrated and ready on the main ships at all times, were still not easily conquered.

Politos had basically given up deploying interstellar warriors in warships below the cruiser level, instead concentrating all personnel on large vessels.

However, stable transmission beacons were arranged on every warship.

Both battle groups had think tanks with the capability of psychic transmission. However, theirs was just the plainest form of teleportation technology, neither akin to the Alliance which had a powerful Psychic Mage Corps, or guided by top-level Psychic Gu Hang himself, who could force teleportations with sheer strength; nor like the Blood Sharks, who had access to lost technology from some unknown era or race.

To utilize teleportation offensively, they must first fire a torpedo carrying a stable transmission beacon onto the target ship to ensure an error-free, ultra-long-distance teleportation.

Alternatively, they must let the ship carrying interstellar warriors and the think tank approach within a thousand kilometers of the enemy—this distance, in space combat, is practically face-to-face.

In terms of defense, however, things were much more manageable.

No need for transmission torpedoes. Stable transmission beacons installed on every ship would suffice.

When those small ships suffered from the Blood Sharks’ boarding tactics, they could react quickly.

But frankly, if a small ship were lost, so be it.

The core focus is to preserve ships above cruiser size, especially the Starfire Wings and Triumph Blaze, these two large ships.

However, moving forward, the Blood Sharks did not frequently attempt boarding tactics anymore.

They had achieved dazzling results with quick strikes against the Torch Light, at the cost of less than a hundred, eliminating more than two hundred Torch Warriors, and destroying the Torch Light combat barge.

Nevertheless, the ’cost of a hundred’, though acceptable compared to their gains, reduced the Blood Sharks’ numbers to under a thousand.

Doing this a few more times, even the Blood Sharks could not withstand it.

Not to mention, with Fury Flame and New World Torch on strict defense, replicating previous results was not easy.

The Bloodshark Fleet’s approach seemed more like intimidation.

Using special technology, they concealed their ships in the darkness. On the surface, only the Alliance’s three battlecruisers were chasing; yet from time to time, they would suddenly appear within the Fury Fleet’s detection range, often giving them a big fright.

By scaring and driving them like this, all the accumulated fatigue on the Fury Fleet was secondary; most importantly, during the escape, they virtually lost the ability to freely choose their escape route.

They were forced to act like a flock of sheep driven by sheepdogs.

It felt wrong; a great unease loomed over Politos’s heart.

She’s being herded… to where would the sheep be herded?

To the slaughterhouse?

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