Him and their stars.

Chapter 1712 All the actions of the empire are legal

The countess remained calm as she looked at King Circe who was roaring at her.

She was regarded as a model of the Galactic Empire's knights, but she didn't want to appear like an arrogant conqueror, so she opened the helmet of the emblem machine. Her bright red hair was reflected by the firelight in the square, as if the flames were pulsating.

She looked at King Heron, who was sitting on the steps of the square, behaving like a country fool, and smiled modestly.

"Your Majesty, everything we do is legal."

"You, you, you..." Is this the "Scarlet Comet", the most noble example of knighthood of the Star Knights? King Helang was so shocked by the shamelessness of the empire that he was almost speechless.

"Yes, Your Majesty, as long as you sign the military passage right now, everything will be legal."

King Circe put his hands on his waist, shaking with anger. He felt that the other party was wantonly trampling on his dignity and intelligence. If he were ten years younger, if he was not pointed at by the grenadiers' electromagnetic rifles, if he was a psychic, he would fight this despicable imperial woman to death.

However, facing the female knight's warm smile, he seemed to have lost all his courage, and suddenly he didn't even have the courage to utter a vulgar word.

The King of the Circe saw a corpse lying in two pieces not far from the female knight. That was his captain of the guard, the most powerful psychic in the Circe Kingdom, the "defender" of the fourth ring. It was said that his tortoise shell had been forged to be stronger than the armor of a battleship. It was because of his support that he was able to sit firmly on the throne during the royal civil strife that year. And he always trusted this psychic master with a golden tortoise shell and regarded him as the true pillar of the country.

Now, he was dead. He heroically charged at the Countess of the Galactic Empire, the enemy commander who had parachuted his troops over the throne, but he was unable to defeat her.

The king fell to the ground.

The female knight continued in an admonishing tone, "Your Majesty, you have three minutes to think about it. I just hope this can end peacefully."

Prime Minister Cherk shouted in the crowd, "Count, do you really think you can convince the international community this way? The Empire has launched a shameless sneak attack on a neutral country! Your political credit has gone bankrupt! From today on, no one will believe in any promises and contracts of the Galactic Empire. Even a small chiefdom in a remote star region will be suspicious of the decree of the Dragon Palace. Countess, is this also the order of Her Highness Brunhilde?"

The Prime Minister certainly understood the relationship between Jiafeil and King Su. He heaved a long sigh again: "I have met Her Highness once before, and I know she is not that kind of person. She shouldn't be so unwise."

The Countess looked at the old Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Circe with an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, sir, we really don't dare to be reckless, so we have to resort to some shady means."

She waved her hand, and her adjutant opened the terminal and projected a screen onto the square.

A group of Circe princes and important ministers stared in amazement as the representative of their country's Galactic Civilization Council in Huaxu was giving a report on the podium with a sanctimonious expression on his face.

"...The rebellion that occurred in our capital has been quelled. With the help of our traditional ally, the Holy Galactic Empire, the damage has not spread to other stars. Now, His Majesty the King has decided that Prince Theo will serve as the new prime minister to form a government. In order to get through this difficult period, our country has also decided to grant the Galactic Empire military access to our territory to help us maintain security in our territory and waterways."

The king looked at his cousin, Prince Theo, in disbelief. He was the most capable general in the Circassian royal family, and had made great contributions in the war with the Grand Duchy of Haiar. He was now serving as the Cardinal Minister of State, a noble position without real power.

He was giving his report in a serious manner. The representatives of various countries in the audience had no choice but to listen obediently with constipated faces and pinched noses. The scene of the most prestigious Galactic Civilization Council in the universe was suddenly filled with an absurd temperament full of postmodern spirit.

"Theo? Theo! It's you!" The king growled at his cousin. He finally understood: "The Imperial Fleet, it was you, you who let the Imperial Fleet in?"

Prince Theo said: "Her Highness Brunhild's fleet did not go through Xuantuo, but entered from the Huyu Star System. The commander of the outpost there is my old subordinate and my best friend."

The old prime minister finally understood: "So that's how it is. After your fleet entered our country from the Huyu Galaxy, it took our D-line route. That route is narrow and remote. There are no commercial routes. There are only three patrol fleets..."

"This patrol fleet is also my people." Prince Theo was very proud. He stared at King Circe with a look that gradually changed from guilt and avoidance to unyielding persistence. "I have been in the army for thirty years. I know more about the army than my weak, old, and slow brother. Of course, I also know more about the universe! Times have changed."

"But the large fleet cannot pass through the D-line route... Wait, does this mean that these thirteen ships are all the troops you have now?" The king showed a look of horror.

Jiafeil smiled but said nothing.

  However, there is still something that is difficult to understand. It takes about three days to sail from the D-line route to the Royal Capital Katun System, and during this period, it must pass through the defense zone of the Royal Capital Garrison Fleet. Why didn't anyone raise the alarm?

At this time, the king suddenly remembered that the Minister of Defense told him that in order to prepare for the possible war that might come later, he needed to reorganize the fleet and be ready to rush to the border for support, so he needed to carry out intensive training of the large fleet.

As a result, a large number of fleets guarding the royal capital were mobilized to the non-host star system next to Katun to carry out actual combat exercises.

Has the Empire's infiltration into us reached this point?

King Circe wanted to find the Minister of Defense in the crowd. He wanted to ask him why he betrayed his kindness and his country. But he soon realized that the Minister of Defense was killed when the Imperial Army airborne to suppress the capital. He was the first cabinet minister to die in this airborne operation.

King Helang let out a desperate sigh. He no longer wanted to dwell on whether this was considered murder or not. He only knew that, in the final analysis, it was his order, and he had given the order to make the capital lose its defense.

King Helang wished he could hide his head in his shell and never come out, but he still couldn't imagine that the Empire really dared to attack a country's capital with just 13 warships.

Crazy! I only heard that the Dragon Kings of the Empire are all crazy, but I have never heard that the Dragon Kings' retainers are also crazy? You know, the scale of the reinforcements coming back from all directions is already dozens of times that of this imperial fleet, and they can destroy them at any time.

...However, these fleets surrounded Katun but did not dare to move at all.

I have already lost! The Circe Kingdom has also lost!

At this time, on the huge screen, the representative of the Kingdom of Circe to the Galactic Civilization Council continued to speak: "Our king will make a televised speech to the entire universe at 10 a.m."

"Your Majesty, you have three minutes." Jiafeil continued.

King Circassian raised his short and thick neck, wanting to express his unyielding spirit for the last time. He wanted to tell the countess loudly that the Circassians were also an unyielding people, and there were only kings who died in battle, but no rulers who knelt.

"Brother Wang, this is meaningless." The newly appointed Prime Minister and Prince said, "Thirty years ago, you were also the cause of the internal strife, and only with the support of the Alliance did you secure this position. There are more than 200 people in the Wang family. In terms of the legitimacy of the succession, you are not the most convincing one. In terms of ideology, shouldn't we stand on the side of the Empire and stand with the great Dragon Kings?"

"Until now, the Kingdom of Circe has not been involved in the war." Jiafeil smiled and said, "As for the arms you purchased from the Sanqi Galaxy to deal with the Principality of Haiyal, the Empire will accept them all at a price higher than the market price. Your Majesty Helang, I heard that your country's royal enterprise has also encountered a bottleneck in the construction of the high-energy particle factory in the FD-187 system of Sanqi, but this can actually be solved. The Holy Tree Chamber of Commerce and the Canaan Chamber of Commerce can both provide technology in this regard."

King Helang looked at his old prime minister... no, the former prime minister, but saw that the latter was no longer speaking. He just sat on the ground with numbness on his old face, like a walking corpse without a soul.

He glanced at his high-spirited cousin, the corpse of the captain of the guard, and his family, and lowered his head dejectedly, shrinking his thick neck into his shell again. At the same time, next to the Chelo Fortress between the border of the Kingdom of Cherk and the Community, a silver-hulled triangular warship hovered outside the long-closed port like a god's vehicle.

This fortress was built more than 200 years ago. It was originally a large fortress built with the help of the Alliance to defend against the Earth, which was still a colony of the Empire at that time. After the establishment of the Community, the national defense significance of the fortress basically disappeared.

In order to save costs, most areas were naturally closed and only the most basic maintenance personnel were retained.

Rather than being a fortress, it is more like an oversized border customs checkpoint.

Before the war, some people even proposed to convert the military part of the fortress into a civilian space city for border trade. Because it does look like a military fortress, maybe it could be used as a tourist attraction.

Therefore, this proposal was actually put on the discussion list of the Prime Minister's Office of the Circassian Kingdom.

If the alligator snapping turtles were more efficient, the fortress gun compartment here might have been converted into a dome-shaped artificial bathing area in the space city.

Holding a grand feast facing the starry sky is very tasteful just thinking about it.

But now, this fortress is destined not to become a trading city.

More than 60 years after losing its function as a military base, it welcomed the most famous soldier in its life.

King Brunhildr of Suliuca stood in the command room full of alliance style. His domineering dragon eyes in the color of the morning glow were gazing at the starry sky in the direction of the community's New Atlantis in the distance through the huge porthole.

"So, what are you going to do now, you heartless thing?" she pondered.

"Your Highness, are you observing the movements of the Community's native fleet over Lonely Night City?" said Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ostana Barr.

"I can see the fear on the enemy's face now."

The Chief of Staff kept her smile unchanged. "New Atlantis is 84 light years away from here."

"You, a third-ring person, don't understand the affairs of the saints."

The Chief of Staff found that she couldn't fight back in the bickering, so she could only bow and say, "Major General Nega has cooperated with us to complete all the work."

Brunhildt said "Oh" and looked at an older Circassian standing by the door of the hall. His sturdy and strong body was sandwiched between two Imperial grenadiers wearing power armor, and he immediately looked humble, helpless and pitiful.

This is the commander of Chelo Fortress.

Of course, he still looked devastated, his eyes were not even focused. It was probably because the Imperial Army's sudden arrival of Chelo really overturned his imagination.

"General, thank you for your help." Brunhild smiled, full of divine beauty that looked down on people from a high position.

In front of such a person who has lost his threat, she has never been reluctant to show her magnanimity and can occasionally give him a bright smile.

The Circassian general was speechless for a moment as he looked at the face of the elector. He felt that he had indeed seen a real god.

"General, thank you for your help." Brunhildt still smiled and repeated her words.

General Circe lowered his head deeply, and indeed looked like a large alligator snapping turtle lying on the ground.

"I, I still can't understand how you and your warship got here."

He felt that if he didn't figure out this problem, he would die with regret.

"You will know soon. But don't worry." Brunhild still smiled, but her attitude was unquestionable.

...Okay, this question doesn't seem to be that important.

General Circe lowered his head, forced a smile, and quickly obeyed the order.

"I have handed over all the authority of the fortress... The activation codes of the main shield and the three main cannons are dynamic, but there is a regular manual in my safe. I just hope that all soldiers can be treated humanely."

"You worry too much. The Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Circe are not at war, not now and certainly not in the future." Brunhild smiled and said, "You and your men are not prisoners. It's just that in order to avoid misunderstandings, we need to restrict our actions a little bit."

"Understood. We will definitely cooperate." General Nega looked at the prince pitifully and said, "Your Highness, how will history judge me for laying down my weapons without even offering the slightest resistance?"

Brunhilde laughed in silence: "General, history is very snobbish. They probably only record the victors."

So, I am too self-conscious, right? Yes, maybe I will just be a sideshow in Queen Brunhilde's miraculous surprise attack.

The Circassian general felt that he had indeed received a blow.

"But this is how history was recorded in the past." Brunhilde smiled and said, "Starting from me, it should be shown that you did not sacrifice the lives of your subordinates unnecessarily for your own martial reputation."

The fort's garrison and customs staff totaled less than 2000 people, and they were truly unable to fight against the famous Angel of Dawn.

This is a wise king! His Highness is at least willing to comfort a humble surrendered general like me. The Circassian general was suddenly filled with emotion.

I should be able to live safely until after the war, right? But my friends on Earth are in a bit of a pity.

He prayed hard to the spirit of the universe, but his heart was inevitably filled with a sense of superiority brought by survival, and his mood suddenly improved.