Xunbekel's red eyes abruptly narrowed. "What?"
"It's the Third Legion! They're attacking every Canoptek Spyder that tries to approach!"
"Phaeron!" Another alarm came in. "Overlord Ixtator-Tek in Sector C-4... his awakening sequence has been forcibly interrupted! The Third-Party Legion's Destroyer Force destroyed his stasis tomb!"
"Phaeron!!"
"Shut up!"
Xunbekel abruptly rose to her feet. Faced with this unprecedented betrayal, her magnificent metal faceplate almost seemed to twist.
Leo!
He hadn't just run away!
He hadn't just resisted arrest!
Before leaving, the fucking bastard had... incited the security department (the Third Legion) to "isolate" the CEO (the Phaeron) under the pretext of protecting company property, then locked out the access cards of every other department manager (the other Overlords)!
How despicable. How utterly shameless.
"Leo..." Xunbekel growled his name under her breath. For the first time, she felt that this was... a problem.
"Phaeron," the captain of the royal guard asked calmly, "the Faceless Ones in Sector D-9..."
"Continue the pursuit!" Xunbekel's will brooked no argument. "Leo's 'soul' is the source of all his abnormalities! He thinks these little tricks can hold me back? Fool!"
She divided command of the Dynasty into two branches.
"Authorization: awaken the First Legion. Mission: suppress the Third Legion's rebellion. Declare them traitors and execute them on the spot!"
"Authorization: the Faceless Ones hunting squads, along with the Fifth and Seventh Legions. Mission: seal off Sector D-9. Tear the place apart if you have to, but bring Leo... back to me!"
Under the Phaeron's thunderous wrath, the newly awakened Maynarkh Dynasty immediately plunged into an unprecedented... civil war.
In the dark subterranean city, green gauss beams began trading fire in a frenzy.
"For the Phaeron!"
"For the Dynasty('s purity)!"
Before the enormous energy nexus, the warriors of the First Legion and the Third Legion began the