"Sigh."
Watching Bai Fu's retreating figure, Dmitry couldn't help letting out a deep sigh.
If he could, he would have gladly taken Bai Fu's place on the rearguard mission.
As a citizen of the Iron-Blooded Empire, he had never cared about personal honor or safety. What mattered to him was the Empire's interests. In his eyes, those interests came before everything else, even the Emperor.
Between him and Bai Fu, it was obvious that Bai Fu was the one who could lead the Rebirth Empire to a better future.
But Bai Fu was right. With his particular abilities, he simply wasn't suited to bringing up the rear.
In terms of sheer strength, there were actually plenty of people in the allied forces suited to the job.
For example, Chong Xiao, the Empire's senior partner; the Dragon God of the Supernova Battle Group; and the Lord of Phantoms, an affiliate of Titan Industries.
They were all capable of holding off large numbers of enemies of the same level for a short time.
But no one was willing to send them on a mission like this.
Chong Xiao was an Empire partner, but he was also the patriarch of the Mechanical Firepower Sect. Could he really bring himself to sacrifice his life for the sake of the other allied forces?
Probably not.
In this allied force, there was only one person who could do that—and whom everyone else would trust to do it. That person was Bai Fu.
Sigh.
Dmitry sighed again.
There was no point worrying now. They had to find a way to break through first. Only the living had the right to talk about the future.
"Let's begin."
Dmitry exchanged glances with the people in the cockpit.
Then they split into several squads and flew out of the ship's