Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Just now, Carol almost crushed them to death. Although it wasn't Admiral Carol's intention, if they had escaped safely from here, Carol would probably have really thought about killing them.

This was supposed to be a partner of the Star Alliance!

Carol wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and grinned maliciously, saying, "Planting spies to slander the Covenant, truly something only you Imperials would do! I can't believe you're still so arrogant after being exposed. Even if people condemn me for sabotaging the Alliance, I will kill you despicable scoundrels!"

"You're good at labeling people, but do you really think you have more people?"

An Ran slowly raised her right hand.

As her body gently unfolded, a dense swarm of mechanical weapons suddenly sprang out from the empty space of space.

In terms of sheer numbers, they completely overwhelm the fleet. In terms of quality, they are not necessarily much worse, only their mobility is relatively poor. However, with the support of Anran's domain, their mobility is fully guaranteed.

"It's a psionic giant elephant!"

"There are seventeen psionic lasers!"

With a few gasps of surprise, the Holy Judgment Sword materialized in An Ran's raised right hand.

Clang!

A brilliant golden light shone, and Carol became alert. This was the sword An Ran had used when chasing the Zerg, possessing extraordinary armor-piercing capabilities.

"My attitude towards shameless people has always been to beat them until they have any shame left. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will make sure your Star Alliance fleet sinks here forever."

An Ran swept her gaze around coldly: "I'd like to see who dares to stop me! I'll pay him a visit in a while!"

Uh……

Several people who had originally wanted to persuade An Ran to lay down the Holy Judgment Sword and prioritize the greater good immediately stopped.

They still preferred the powerful Star Alliance to the Earth Pot, but An Ran's attitude was completely ruthless.

Looking at the mechanical legion in the distance, Carol's heart suddenly raced. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to say that he was a little scared.

This woman is unforgiving once she gains power, and she doesn't follow the "rules" at all. I've never seen such an unreasonable master.

In the past, all the grandmasters they had met had been obsequious to them.

Carroll clenched his fists; this was a fight he had no choice but to fight!

The instant he raised his right hand, An Ran flew past him along the outer edge of his right side, narrowly avoiding the Crimson Lotus Explosion.

Is it a coincidence?

When An Ran anticipated and dodged the female grandmaster's deadly piercing attack, Carol knew that An Ran had seen through their plan.

But it was too late.

boom!

The Holy Judgment Sword grazed Carol's neck. The attack from the mechanical legion completely blocked his movement, forcing him to fight Anran in a confined space. Anran seemed to be fighting him with the idea of ​​trading blows.

That moment of hesitation led to a sword strike to Carol's neck, followed by a three-shot burst of psionic lasers. The explosive lasers, like a giant vortex, thoroughly washed over his body, leaving Carol completely bald.

"Bombard! Fire directly!"

The Covenant fleet's star destroyer cannons lit up simultaneously.

They didn't care if the shot hit their own men; as long as they could hit An Ran, anything was fine.

In the final two minutes, An Ran unleashed his full power, like a rampaging demon god, overwhelming the three Grandmasters of the Star Alliance. Carol and the others were completely powerless to resist the crazed An Ran and were beaten into a panic.

"Why isn't it ready yet!?"

"Almost there!"

"Where's the Star Destroyer?"

"immediately!"

"Ten, nine, eight, seven... three, two, stop, stop, stop—"

As the planet-destroying cannon was about to fire, the gunner in the cockpit, who was announcing the countdown, seemed to have seen a ghost. He burst out with the fastest speed he had ever used, slamming down on the brake button just before the last second of the countdown ended.

"Boom!"

The terrified scream caused Carol to be struck again by An Ran's sword. He immediately roared angrily, "What are you doing? Are you all really spies for the Empire?"

"General, General..."

The gunner was breathing heavily, completely exhausted, and answered Carroll's question in a weak voice.

"Yes Yes……"

[Star Destroyer Cannon No. 1 damaged at 6%]

"Useless! What's the point of keeping a bunch of useless people like you around!" Carol cursed, clutching her neck.

"It's chaos, everything's in complete disarray!"

The gunner knelt on the ground with a mournful face.

He didn't want to either, but at this moment he didn't even need to look at the big screen. Just by looking out the window, he could see the star-destroying cannons mounted on the other battleships pointing at each other. The cold blue light with its particle effect was too easy to spot.

If he hadn't pressed the brake button, he would already be a corpse.

[Star Destroyer Cannon No. 2 damaged at 29%]

Click.

The battleships tilted as a result.

"She's a mechanic, a general, she's a master-level mechanic!"

Going at An Ran with a spaceship at close range like that is just asking for trouble.

The gunner collapsed to the ground in despair, his eyes filled with despair.

"It's over!"

The pilots, who had been cheering for the Covenant and excited about the Covenant's planet-destroying cannons' impending triumph, all began to wail.

They, the entire Star Alliance reinforcements, except for a few masters, have been kidnapped by An Ran!

Carol's mind went blank.

What high spirits, what Star Alliance being the best in the world, what a mere pirate—reading between the lines, all you can see is the word "failure."

"Twenty seconds left!"

An Ran didn't want to watch those final twenty seconds slip away, so she charged straight at Carol, the Holy Judgment Sword piercing directly into the most energy-dense part of Carol's body.

Stir it.

"what--"

Carol curled up into a ball.

An Ran realized that her sword had pierced the balloon, or rather, it had punctured the reservoir dam.

Besides suddenly being hit by a variety of blood-red debuffs, Carol's level plummeted.

156, 151... Suddenly it plummeted below 150!

Everyone in the Covenant, including Carol herself, froze.

His expression was not much different from when he saw the stock market suddenly crash.

The level is still dropping!

147, 143, 139...

It kept falling until it reached level 102 before finally stopping.

This level is sufficient to ensure that Carol will not die in space.

However, for him, living was more painful than dying!

"My energy core, my energy core..."

Carol was at a loss with his hands, and his heart broke down. Falling from a Grandmaster at the top to a level 102 Master was tantamount to severing Carol's entire life.

He's finished.

He had a premonition of that dark life ahead.

Even if An Ran doesn't kill him, he's finished.

When he returns to the Star Alliance, he will be brought before a military court to face charges of his crimes, and endless imprisonment awaits him. If that were all, it would be better than nothing. The enemies he has made over the years will not let him go. Without his support, his family will surely fall into an abyss.

An Ran stopped, and the Star Alliance Grandmaster also stopped.

For a moment, no one spoke.

The other two grandmasters were afraid of angering Anran and ending up like Carol.

The time was just right; the effect of [Guardian Ark] had already expired, and the effect of [Void Descent] was almost over.

Although she still had some trump cards left, An Ran didn't plan to use them here; she was saving them to deal with that ancient god.

She has achieved her goal, and now it's time for negotiations. In order to complete the task of rebuilding the empire, now is not a good time to completely break with the Star Alliance.

The male grandmaster of the Star Alliance swallowed hard: "I think we should have a serious talk."

He was terrified.

The audience is also panicking, and someone immediately stood up and said, "I think so too. Only by sitting down and negotiating properly can the problem be solved."

An Ran snorted.

"I've said it before, if you don't give me an explanation today, I'll let the Star Alliance fleet sink here forever!" An Ran emphasized the word "explanation".

“An explanation is necessary.” The Grand Master of the Republic nodded repeatedly.

Dolores also stepped forward: "After all, the Covenant was in the wrong first."

"At this moment, everyone should consider the bigger picture; those monsters are a threat to all of humanity."

The Star Alliance members felt incredibly aggrieved, but they could only swallow their anger: "Yes, it's all our fault. We don't know what kind of compensation Your Excellency the Chief of the Guard would like."

"That depends on your sincerity," An Ran sneered.

"..."

Sincerity is the most difficult thing to ascertain.

The Covenant members could only contact their own headquarters first. After a long discussion, the Covenant and the Empire finally reached a temporary reconciliation agreement.