Hot-Blooded Teenage Scapegoat

"Quick! Quick! The Black Seal King's clansman is right ahead!"

They continued through the limestone cave, and before long, a row of alloy trench plates appeared ahead of them!

The alloy trench plates stood five meters tall and a meter thick, sealing off the passageway ahead completely.

A series of firing ports had been cut into the tops of the trench plates.

At that moment, the enormous laser cannons at those firing ports were already glowing with dazzling light. Clearly, the laser cannons had finished charging and were about to fire!

"Your Highness, we're on your side!"

Seeing the situation, Black Gorilla hurriedly identified himself. "Your Highness, I am a Level 7 Mercenary from the Cosmic Mercenary Headquarters. My name is Black Star. By order of Lord Black Seal King, I have come to search for Your Highness."

"Black Star? Black Star of the Black Ape Clan? You're that honest and dependable Black Star?"

A gruff voice sounded from behind the alloy trench plates. However... the voice was clearly weak, as though its owner had been injured.

"So it's you! Come in quickly!"

At that moment, a doorway opened in the alloy trench plates. An ape-man covered in red fur, with a black ghost-face mark on his forehead, stood at the entrance holding a large black staff.

"Black Star of the Black Ape Clan pays respects to Your Highness of the Black Seal Upper Clan. This subordinate arrived too late to render aid. I beg Your Highness's forgiveness!"

When Black Gorilla saw the red-haired ape-man appear, he immediately bowed and saluted.

"You really do uphold the old traditions! Get up quickly!"

The red-haired ape-man smiled and nodded. "We're all part of the Human Alliance now. There is no longer any distinction of rank between the Black Ape Clan and the