"Admiral Brady, we meet again?" The man chuckled, his voice deep and muffled.
Brady, standing behind Teresi, was already drenched in cold sweat. "Have... we met before?"
"Of course!" The burly man stretched both hands above his head. Then, two arms suddenly grew from beneath his ribs. All four arms reached behind his back and pulled sharply. Clang! Four constantly vibrating Monomolecular Blades appeared in his hands.
"You're Ye Lei, aren't you!" Cibule clearly still remembered Ye Lei, but his former impression had now turned entirely into wariness.
Prescott sensed an aura from Ye Lei no weaker than their own. Looking at him was like looking at a nuclear warhead falling from the sky. "...The power fluctuations of Rank Eighteen. Is this the resolve your Zerg have brought to carry out a decapitation tactic?" His words carried immense shock, along with deep disappointment.
Ye Lei glanced at Cibule and Prescott with amusement. My Emperor's praise for the Parasitic Pinworms had not been unfounded. These two Parasitic Pinworms really deserved Best Actor awards for their performance!
"Good that you know!" Ye Lei swept his four Monomolecular Blades horizontally and vertically before him, carving crack after crack through the air. He bared a savage grin. "So, if you know what's good for you, hand over Brady. Then I can still let you live long enough to see My Emperor. Otherwise..."
"...Do you mean that?" Cibule's voice was extremely low, but his words sent Brady's heart lurching.
Ye Lei had not expected Cibule to take his perfunctory remark seriously. He laughed. "Of course I mean it. My Emperor greatly appreciates those who know the times!"
Cibule flashed forward and seized Brady. Under Brady's terrified gaze, he hurled him viciously toward Ye Lei. Then, without even looking at Ye Lei, he spun around and