Defection
"What?" Chairman Brewer sprang to his feet from behind his broad desk. His movement was so forceful that the thick desk, carved from a single piece of wood, shifted forward slightly.
"Chairman, it has been confirmed. Two Level 4 Sky Knights and six Level 3 Earth Knights have disappeared on War Star," the intelligence chief said with certainty.
"This is a disgrace—the greatest disgrace in history!" Chairman Brewer paced back and forth furiously.
The disappearance of two Level 4 Sky Knights and six Level 3 Earth Knights on War Star would not ordinarily have been a major matter, but these eight knights had been recommended by the Dennis Family and the Cotton Family.
Great nobles possessed more War Star quotas than ordinary nobles, and those quotas were an important means for nobles to cultivate powerful knights.
War Star offered a real combat environment and was a major source of cultivation resources. Its environment greatly promoted a knight's growth, and the vast majority of high-ranking knights had undergone trials on War Star.
The Dennis Family and the Cotton Family were also great noble families, and over the years, they had recommended many knights to War Star to take part in the war.
For two Level 4 Sky Knights and six Level 3 Earth Knights to all die at once was almost impossible.
Furthermore, the intelligence reports showed no signs of a Zerg invasion. When the eight knights vanished, they had taken all their personal belongings and borrowed a considerable amount of supplies from other knights.
From this, it was clear that this had been a premeditated and planned operation.
Considering the circumstances of the Dennis Family and the Cotton Family, Chairman Brewer was nearly certain that the eight knights had defected.
Throughout the long period since God's Great World established