Huang Ji finally arrived at the battlefield an hour later.
By then, however, the military and Halogen had already finished collecting the bodies.
"You certainly got here early, Aurora!" Socia said bluntly.
Although Socia was only Halogen's adjutant, he held a special status. He was a Shacha and a trusted aide of Prince Stubi, so he never backed down before anyone or thought of himself as a subordinate.
Huang Ji kept his face stern and rasped, "Where are my squad members?"
Seeing that his first question was about his squad, Socia's expression softened slightly.
"They're all aboard the ship..." Socia said.
Huang Ji flew out of his own ship and entered a warship.
The others soon led him to the hall where the bodies lay. Most of the hundred-odd corpses were badly damaged, and robots were repairing them.
Huang Ji went straight to Aurora's Assistant, gathered his body into his arms, and stared blankly in silence.
Seeing him like this, some of the others' anger faded.
Socia thought, Forget it. He didn't know the enemy had discovered his teammates' position or that the fighting would start early. We can't blame him.
After mourning in silence for a while, Huang Ji suddenly turned back angrily. "Why didn't you pursue them? I'm here now, aren't I? You could have held Shadow Fang down until reinforcements arrived. We could have fought!"
The people from Lingzhu and Myriad Eyes all looked at Halogen. Halogen said, "We couldn't pursue them. Someone called Shadow Long wasn't inside the encirclement, and we didn't know his position. We couldn't give chase recklessly."
"You gave up the pursuit just because you didn't know where one person was?" Huang Ji demanded.
"Calm down, Aurora," Halogen said gravely. "That man is powerful! Besides, the fact that your squad was caught and