Chapter 2705: Execution
"Why! Why!"
Todd could no longer maintain his refined appearance. He simply could not control his expression or his nerves. Rage enough to consume all his reason burned fiercely within him. He truly could not bear everything that was happening now. Why had this Legion War turned out like this?
What had caused all this? He could not understand why nothing had proceeded according to his plans, why it had developed step by step into its current state, why they were facing such defeat without even having fought the Burning Legion head-on.
They had not even encountered the real enemy, much less defeated them, yet this Legion War they had believed was theirs to win had come to an end. Now they had finally seen the Burning Legion fleet, but it was an enormous fleet several times larger than theirs. Worse, that fleet had bolted straight out of the star system, refusing to engage them directly at all.
Shameless, vicious—they had relentlessly tormented them with ultra-long-range attacks in an utterly humiliating manner. They wanted to flee, but it was useless. The surrounding space had somehow been sealed off, making every method of hyperspace jump unusable. If they tried to force their way through, a large group of S-Class Pilots would block their path, launch a fierce assault, then quickly vanish again.
They had also detonated the virus, throwing their internal forces into chaos and leaving them unable to care about anything else. They were powerless both internally and externally. Their lives and deaths had completely fallen into the Burning Legion's hands.
Under such torment, more and more people chose to surrender and abandon resistance. In the end, he could be said to have been left entirely alone. Even Zoe and Grayrock had been singled out and killed