Intertwined

Half an hour later.

A battered, tattered capital ship slowly approached the spaceport and docked at Wulan Star's harbor.

A large group of maintenance personnel and medical staff who had been waiting for a long time hurried forward.

They began the necessary protective decontamination and radiation-removal procedures.

Regan Edward, commander of Wulan Star's highest defense division, a mustached man with a gloomy air about him, stared grimly at the gradually opening exit of the capital ship.

Aside from the defense division's officials, Balrid had also brought Wei He, Rong Ling, and the other students here in advance.

A group of senior military officers from another branch of the armed forces were also waiting behind them.

Everyone looked exceedingly grim.

Without Florent, this incident would have been nothing more than an ordinary attack.

But with Florent involved... its meaning was completely different.

Pfft.

Pungent smoke spewed out from the ship's interior, but the protective personnel swiftly suppressed and restrained it with psionic power before extracting it away.

Soon, groups of people entered the capital ship and carried out corpse after corpse, casualty after casualty.

"What exactly happened?!"

Balrid, standing in front of Wei He, asked in a deep voice. His expression was incomparably ugly.

"A passenger merchant vessel was attacked. Our patrol fleet went to provide support, but then... we encountered a Knosus dragon machine. The patrol force from the nearby military battle-star base and the merchant vessel were both caught up in the attack," Regan said in a low voice, clenching his fists with an indescribable emotion.

"The Tyrant Dragon again!?" Balrid's gaze fixed tightly upon the corpses being carried out. Soon, the body of a man he knew all too well was carried out and placed separately among the senior officers.

Balrid closed his eyes slightly in pain.

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