The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 2716

The Fall of the Fortress (II)

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Afterward, an unexpected incident occurred.

The crashed Lila Super Star Destroyer, Doku, came under attack from Kingdom of Dawn special forces. The Kingdom of Dawn deployed a raiding force that included Ghost Agents, Salarian special forces, and an Ewok jungle unit, secretly infiltrating the planet in an attempt to destroy the Lila.

However, the operation still ended in failure. The Galactic Empire had deployed more than 50,000 Imperial Stormtrooper soldiers here, and Ninth Sister, an Imperial-class Judicial Department Inquisitor, was also present. After launching several attacks and suffering considerable losses, the Kingdom of Dawn's raiding force saw that the Imperial army's defenses remained solid. They chose to split up and vanish into the planet's jungles.

It was this attack that strengthened Dunn-Vesex's belief that the Kingdom of Dawn would attack Parin-Minor. He believed that if the Kingdom of Dawn wanted to delay the Lila's launch, it must have been trying to create a window of time to launch an all-out assault when his strength was at its weakest.

This caused him to make a series of mistaken judgments in the decisions that followed.

On July 10, 9BBY, Tang Xiao had barely recovered from the Son's corruption. In order to continue directing the coming operations, he took a ship from Makito to Ord Mantell.

He stood before the washbasin, staring at himself in the mirror.

The man in the mirror had pale skin and looked to be in his thirties. His features were regular, with sharp brows and bright eyes. Under normal circumstances, he should have been quite handsome. Combined with the powerful confidence and oppressive presence cultivated by his long years in power, it would not have been an exaggeration to say that he possessed the bearing of a king.

Yet his entire appearance had been ruined by the

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