While the Kunlun Empress methodically wiped out the Shadow Kill Legion, the strong nuclear force Bird's Nest five billion kilometers away finally contracted to its limit.
Firefeather Old Ten was captured alive by Tartarus, along with twelve members of the Firebird Race.
They had exhausted their ammunition and supplies. Apart from a suit of stealth bio-armor, they had almost nothing left.
This so-called rebellion could now be declared over.
"Bring them to me."
Tartarus was thoroughly satisfied. He had genuinely feared Firefeather would kill himself, leaving him unable to explain things to the boss.
In the dark, silent vacuum, comets formed rotating rings, each nested inside the next, linked end to end into tens of thousands of concentric circles.
Firefeather and his followers were soon brought into the empty space within the innermost ring.
Every weapon on his body had been stripped away. Even the Blood Saber hidden inside him had been extracted.
He looked around. Warriors resembling bird-headed gods stood on the many comets revolving around him.
A cacophony of electromagnetic waves flooded his sensory channels, filled with the enemy's mockery.
"Firefeather, why did you rebel? You harbored treacherous intentions and betrayed your own people. You should have died long ago! Yet the boss kept tolerating you and even gave you wealth and glory. Is this how you repay him?"
Firefeather sneered repeatedly at these words and scoffed, "Spare me your judgment. The victor becomes king, and the loser becomes a criminal."
"Did you spare my life just to humiliate me? Are you going to kill me or not? If you won't, I'll do it myself!"
He had endured for over two thousand years. Knowing full well that he was no match for Kaleidoscope, he had retreated at every turn, yielded at every step, withdrawn before trouble arose, and