From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 716 Where did you come from?

When Amber was making a scene in the palace, the founding emperor of the Star Dragon Empire, Delaman Leon, who was supposed to go to bed as requested by the eunuch, was discussing some matters related to the Federation with the empire's first chancellor, Horken Berg.

The empire had only been established for more than a decade, and there were already a lot of affairs that needed to be dealt with. Another major human force, the Blue Star Federation, was also eyeing this emerging empire that had broken away from its original territory. Therefore, Delaman Lion, who was praised as the "founding monarch" and "the greatest emperor of all time" in the history books of the Star Dragon Empire, often discussed some matters with some important ministers late at night.

However, this night, which should have been an ordinary night, became extraordinary because of the alarm sounding in the Grand Palace.

When the commander of the imperial guards entered the palace to meet the founding emperor and whispered to him that someone had broken into the underground facility, knocked out the archbishop and others, and was now fleeing inside the Grand Palace, in addition to his well-deserved anger, a hint of excitement unconsciously appeared on Delaman Leon's face.

After seeing the puzzled expression of the Imperial Prime Minister, Delaman Leon did not hide the matter, but directly informed the Prime Minister of the current situation.

"The underground facility has also been invaded? How did they do that? Isn't there only one entrance and exit? What do you imperial guards do for? If the other party wants, can they sneak in quietly like this to get to His Majesty?"

Upon hearing this, the Imperial Chancellor, Horken Berg, flew into a rage and vented all his anger on the commander of the Imperial Guards.

"Sir, the Imperial Guards will fight to the death to protect your majesty's safety."

"Since we haven't caught him yet, don't even bother talking about 'fighting to the death to protect him'!"

Hocken Berg waved his hand and ignored the commander of the Imperial Guards. He turned to look at Delaman Leon, who did not show any panic on his face. "Your Majesty, the invaders are still fleeing. This place may not be safe. You should take refuge under the protection of the Imperial Guards first!"

"No, I will not take refuge."

Delaman Lion smiled and shook his head, then walked out of the hall first. The frightened guard commander immediately rushed to him and deployed the composite protective shield on the arm of the power armor.

"It's been a long time since I last took action. I want to capture this intruder myself."

"His Majesty!"

The commander of the imperial guards, Salivia, almost choked when he heard this. A rare trace of panic appeared on his usually stern face. He hurriedly stepped forward and raised his shield slightly higher to protect the emperor's head.

"The situation in the palace is unclear at the moment. The identity of the intruder is unknown. There may be a conspiracy. Your Majesty, please make sure to go to a safe area first!"

Delaman Leon waved his hand, with a childlike excitement on his face: "Nonsense! I haven't been to the battlefield in person for a long time. What is there to be afraid of such a small matter?"

As he spoke, he tried to bypass the loyal commander of the Imperial Guards in front of him, while continuing to mutter: "Look at the explosion, it must be a good show!"

The imperial prime minister and the commander of the imperial guards who were following him felt a black screen before their eyes. They cursed a few disrespectful words in their hearts but did not dare to show it on their faces.

The commander of the Imperial Guards, Salivia, turned to look at the Imperial Chancellor and signaled with his eyes that he should act together. Seeing this, Hocken Berg nodded slightly and forced himself to maintain a calm expression on his face.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Hocken Berg spoke slowly and gently, "It's just that according to the rules set by your Majesty, if you want to go to the front line in person, you must first put on armor, prepare ceremonial guards, and summon the guards."

"What are you waiting for? Get ready! Once the invader is caught, there will be no fun!" Delaman Leon said impatiently.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hocken Berg bowed and responded. Then he turned slowly to the attendant beside him and began to issue a series of complicated instructions, each of which delayed the time just enough without causing the emperor's dissatisfaction.

Just at this moment, a loud noise coming from the palace in the distance attracted the attention of all three people.

Suddenly, a huge black shadow flew out diagonally above the palace where the battle was taking place. The three people with sharp eyesight quickly recognized the black shadow under the bright lights in the Grand Palace.

That was the statue of Delamain Leon.
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Taking advantage of the moment of chaos created by throwing the emperor statue, Amber turned and rushed to the window of the reception room.

“Why is this thing that Saleh is rubbing still being repaired?!”

Amber let out an inhuman cry, and then before the pursuing Imperial Guards could raise their guns, she smashed the stained glass window. The fragments sparkled in brilliant colors under the lights of the Grand Palace, and Amber's figure was like an eagle with spread wings, leaping directly from the third floor of the palace.

“Fuck fuck fuck fuck—”

Amber suddenly remembered in the air that she could not rely on her psychic power at the moment, and could not help but exclaimed. At the same time, she quickly adjusted her posture to relieve the force and prepared to land.

The bio-exoskeleton's cushioning system worked at full capacity to mitigate the impact of his fall, but even so, when Amber landed, she created a small dent in the lawn of the Grand Palace, splashing up a circle of dirt.

"Hiss, that was close."

Amber gasped. Although he had the exoskeleton to cushion him, he still felt a little nervous after jumping from a height of more than ten meters with his physical body. It would not cause any harm to him after jumping from such a height, but it had been a long time since he had fought with his physical body alone, so there was still a risk of spraining his ankle, and at this moment, this little problem was enough to be fatal.

Without time to check her situation, Amber exerted force on her legs and continued to run, because the figures of the Imperial Guards had appeared in the window, and they were adjusting their weapons and preparing to shoot.

But at this time, a team of imperial guards appeared in front of him, obviously they were surrounding him from other directions after he entered the palace.

"There are enemies on both sides. We are trapped now."

Amber didn't care about the energy consumption of the exoskeleton and suddenly accelerated again. She shuttled between various shelters near the palace like a flash of lightning, confusing the sight of the imperial guards. However, the increasing number of drones launching suicide attacks overhead made Amber realize that if she didn't leave, she would really be unable to leave.

He once again took the time to look at the watch dial, and at this moment the goddess of luck finally kissed his forehead.

I saw that the dial that was originally flashing red had now turned yellow, and a new line of prompts popped up.

"Anchor timeline repair progress 95%, emergency shuttle function has been activated!"

Emergency shuttle, this is one of the functions of the 'Tactical Time Shuttle Device MK1' that Saleh told her before Operation Amber.

This emergency function will be activated when the user is in crisis and the anchor timeline has repaired more than 90% of the problem.

Its function is to temporarily send the user to the timeline adjacent to the anchor timeline, so that the difficulty and workload of the device in timeline analysis will be greatly simplified.

However, the timeline derived from the anchor timeline also has a certain error, ranging from a dozen days to several months.
But Amber couldn't care less now. After all, if he delayed any further, he might die in the 82nd year of the new calendar.

"Confirm to execute 'Emergency Jump'!"

"Verification passed, start executing 'emergency jump'."

Just as Amber finished the setup, a dazzling searchlight beam suddenly shone on his hiding place, and then several imperial guards and a "Holy Spirit" armor rushed out from behind a building not far away.

"Target found!" The voice of the 'Holy Spirit' armored pilot came through the loudspeaker, with a bit of mechanical coldness.

At the moment when the imperial guards were about to rush forward, Amber pressed the shuttle button without hesitation. In an instant, a bubble of negative energy began to form around him, and the familiar, uncomfortable energy fluctuations began to envelope his whole body.

The next second, with a slight "pop" sound, Amber's figure suddenly disappeared in front of the Imperial Guards, leaving only a group of stunned Imperial Guards soldiers and an empty corridor.

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Just like every time she traveled through time before, the feeling of the 'emergency jump' was just as uncomfortable as ever. Amber felt as if her consciousness was forcibly split into two halves, and then suddenly merged together.

However, the 'emergency jump' is somewhat different from the previous normal jumps. The most obvious difference is the uncertainty of the target timeline. Therefore, Amber did not see the scene on the target timeline this time. She seemed to be deprived of her vision and fell into darkness.

"Oh my god, it's always this painful. No, this time it's even more painful!"

After his vision became clear again, Amber forced himself to steady himself and tried to regulate his breathing. When he finally came to his senses and looked around, he was suddenly stunned.

This was indeed the interior of the Grand Palace where he had just been, but the environment was completely different from before he had traveled through time.

Collapsed palaces, broken stone pillars, fallen bodies of imperial guards, wreckage of heavy multi-legged chariots and HCPs, bullet holes and burns from directed energy weapons on the inexplicably proliferating composite armored bunkers around, billowing black smoke rising in the distance, and continuous explosions in the background.
All this told Amber that he was in a war zone.

"What the hell, am I not in the Grand Palace?"

"boom!"

Before Amber could even take a look at the timeline she was traveling through, a loud bang suddenly came from behind her. A golden HCP carrying a 'Fanatical' painted in the colors of the Imperial Guards crashed into nearby buildings and rushed into the small garden where Amber was.

Then, the 'Zeator' lost control and fell to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, and the golden HCP also pulled out a plasma double-edged battle axe that had cut deeply into the cockpit armor of the 'Zeator'.

At this moment, Amber finally recognized the model of the golden HCP through this iconic melee weapon.

MGT-A4 'Apostle', a dedicated HCP for the Star Dragon Empire's State Religion Martyr Corps
"The Martyrs' Legion and the Imperial Guards are fighting? Why am I having such a dream? What is this for?"

(End of this chapter)