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David was exhausted. It had been a long time since he had felt this exhausted. For ten days, he had been unable to rest, constantly pressed tightly against the back of the Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetle.

Although there was no air resistance in space, every time they broke through space and entered the void to travel millions of kilometers, he felt the impact of spatial energy.

At first, David had been able to endure the impacts of that spatial energy, but as time passed, fatigue was inevitable.

Sensing an energy fluctuation from the lord communication array within his space Pendant, he swept it with his spiritual perception first. Others had contacted the lord communication array before—some unfamiliar top-tier nobles—but he had ignored them.

This time, David sensed a message and a contact request from Lord Gould. He took out the communication array and checked the message first.

The message told him not to act for the time being, as a new development had arisen.

David lightly patted the Sonic Boom Ironclad Beetle, having it stop for now, before accepting Lord Gould's contact request.

"Lord Gould, what did you need me for?" David asked first.

"Arthur, it's wonderful that you're all right!" Lord Gould said, clearly letting out a long sigh of relief. Then he continued, "There were some things I didn't tell you before because I feared you would act impulsively, but now I have no choice but to tell you. According to my investigation, Chairman Ebb was the mastermind behind the ambush against you. Those six top-tier nobles merely accepted Chairman Ebb's assignment and dispatched their families' Level Five Temple Knights to carry it out. I suspect Jenner Star is a trap. You must be careful and do not fall for it."

Lord Gould had not previously told David