From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 656 Come if you dare

"Marshal, look! The flagship of the Atlas fleet is leaving their formation!"

Admiral Carol, who saw the movements of the Atlas fleet, could no longer sit still.

Even without his reminder, Marshal Trafalgar also saw the situation on the Atlas fleet side, and the old marshal also fell silent after seeing this scene.

He had seen all kinds of fleet battles in his life, but he had never seen a situation like this before.

"Could it be that the power system of that super flagship has malfunctioned?" Admiral Carol beside him was still speculating.

"Unlikely." Marshal Trafalgar shook his head. "On such a large warship, the redundancy of such important units and subsystems will be very large. It is unlikely that there will be a failure that cannot continue to support navigation."

"Then what exactly is going on?"

"No matter what the situation is, let's catch up first!" Marshal Trafalgar said fiercely, "As long as Amber is on that super flagship, it will be enough for us to sink this battleship!"

As time went by, the distance between the two fleets grew closer, and the situation of the Atlas Fleet became increasingly "clear" in the eyes of the Federal Fleet.

All other warships are still using the gravity of Alpha Serpens to accelerate, but the super flagship "Eternity" has completely separated from the flagship, and its orbit is becoming lower and lower.

Although Marshal Trafalgar still had doubts, he had to admit that the current situation seemed to be that there was indeed a problem with the power system of the "Eternity", otherwise the other party would not have to act to such an extent - after all, the increasingly high temperature of Alpha Serpens approaching orbit would have a real impact on the battleship.

However, the old marshal had another suspicion in his mind, that is, Amber might have escaped to another warship, and abandoned the Eternal as bait.
This suspicion continued until the federal fleet received a short message from the "Eternity".

[Serpent's big stage, come if you dare~]

"Hmph, interesting." Marshal Trafalgar sneered, "If you want to provoke me, this method is too crude."

"really."

Admiral Carol also nodded.

"This doesn't seem like a trick that Mr. Amber would use, and we are not so easily fooled, unless..."

"Unless he's serious, he really intends to use himself as 'bait'."

Marshal Trafalgar said this with some uncertainty, but he still felt that the possibility was too low. It was hard for him to imagine that the controller of a giant global enterprise would take such a huge risk to come to a meeting alone in order to cover the evacuation of his fleet.

But the next second, this guess was confirmed.

"Report! Received a communication request from the enemy flagship!"

Hearing the communication officer's words, Trafalgar and Carol looked at each other quickly. They read the same meaning from each other's shocked eyes - 'Is this guy serious? ! '

"Connected!"

The next second, Amber appeared on the main screen of the 'Dreadnought' bridge. Looking at the empty bridge behind him, Trafalgar and Carol felt that their previous guess might be confirmed.

"I've long heard of you, Marshal Trafalgar. We finally meet." Amber's voice rang out on the bridge of the 'Dreadnought', and there was even a hint of relief in her tone.

"Mr. Amber's fame is worse than his meeting, but I didn't expect that we would meet in this kind of situation." Marshal Trafalgar also had a smile on his face at this time, "I always thought that there are many common grounds between us, and perhaps we can become friends." "That's such a pity~" Amber shrugged, but the others on the bridge of the 'Dreadnought' did not hear any 'regret' in his words.

"Let's get down to business, Mr. Amber. You should be very clear about your current situation. I hope you can take the initiative to end this boring game of chase and surrender your fleet to the Federal Navy. I swear on my honor that I will give you a decent arrangement."

“Decent. Hahahahaha”

Amber smiled and shook her head, then suddenly put away all her smiles, looked at Marshal Trafalgar expressionlessly and said:

"Let my fleet leave safely. I can't leave anyway. I believe you have seen the situation of my flagship. I will wait for you here."

As she spoke, Amber floated to the panoramic porthole of the bridge. At this moment, the gravity control system on the "Eternity" had been shut down, and a mobile camera with its own micro-power followed Amber to the porthole.

Outside the panoramic porthole, on one side was the Atlas fleet moving farther and farther away, and on the other side was the Federation fleet pursuing at high speed.

Marshal Trafalgar also saw the message quietly sent by the communications officer. They have confirmed that what everyone is seeing now is not a composite picture, but a real-time picture, so at this moment they can finally confirm that Amber is on the "Eternity".

"What if I say no, Mr. Amber?" Marshal Trafalgar put away his smile. "The weak are not qualified to negotiate terms. Today, neither you nor your fleet can leave."

"That's such a shame."

While Amber was speaking, the Federation Fleet also detected that the Atlas Fleet was about to enter the range and had already begun to jump, but this time, they were also performing a fast jump in the "celestial navigation" mode.
Seeing the coordinates of the Atlas Fleet's jump destination on the screen that Admiral Carol had summoned - that was a star system located in the former Federation border, now a no-man's land, Marshal Trafalgar snorted coldly and said:
"Do you think I will let them go if you let the fleet escape to a no-man's land? For the future of the Federation, I will never show mercy to your Atlas Group. Don't worry, I will send your fleet to be buried with you."

"Your Excellency Marshal, I sincerely advise you not to be so greedy. Isn't it enough to catch this 'big fish' like me?"

"I prefer 'catch all,' Mr. Amber."

"Tsk, that's such a pity~" Amber repeated her previous words again, and then said provocatively: "Since you don't want to make peace, then I can only make it difficult for you to succeed. As I said just now, 'Serpentis stage, come if you dare'~"

After saying that, Amber closed the communication.

Then, Trafalgar and others saw that the "Eternity" began to speed up its descent into the atmosphere of Alpha Serpens.

"Giving me a multiple-choice question? Sorry, I want them all."

Marshal Trafalgar waved his hand and said in a thunderous voice: "Second Fleet, follow the enemy fleet's jump signature code and annihilate them! Without the support of the super flag, these remnants of the defeated army are nothing to be afraid of! First and Third Fleets, speed up to enter the Serpens Alpha orbit, let us send Mr. Amber on his last journey!"

On the bridge of the Eternal, Amber returned to the captain's seat and naturally saw the movement of the federal pursuit fleet beginning to split up, which was actually similar to his initial guess.

Amber could only sigh at the final decision of the Federal Navy Marshal.

"It is difficult to persuade a damned person with kind words, and it is self-destructive to show mercy without saving him."

At the same time, he also quickly loaded an encrypted message into the communication unit of the "Eternity" through the control panel, and the location of the receiving unit of this message was exactly the galaxy to which the main fleet was about to jump.

Looking at this galaxy and thinking of the 'helpers' waiting there, Amber paused for a moment with a complicated expression, then pressed the send button without hesitation.

"I really don't want to owe this big guy a favor. If I continue to do business with him, how can I make money from him?"

(End of this chapter)