The pirates had always thought they would be safe once they reached the Milky Way.
In truth, their enemies had never been the Chosen, but Captain Nais and his pirate band, hidden within their own ranks.
Once the pirates demonstrated their strength, Xi Yan immediately decided they could not be allowed to live. Whether he had the Chosen wipe them out or he or the Keen Empire took action personally, these pirates, who had grown into a formidable force, had to die.
Considering that the pirates would most likely make an emergency faster-than-light retreat when fighting the Chosen, Xi Yan ultimately decided to strike alongside the Keen Empire.
That Psionics User was also a disguise painstakingly prepared by an Ashes Agent. The entire Nais pirate band belonged to Xi Yan.
Xi Yan eventually held secret talks with the Keen Empire. The Keen Empire also wanted this band of pirates dead, so the two nations hit it off immediately and decided to join forces and come out swinging to eradicate the pirates!
Moreover, the local vassal seemed to be growing restless. Greater centralization under the Keen royal family was inevitable, and they were more than happy to let their human friends play the villain.
A Nanite Fleet immediately set sail, launching through the Quantum Catapult into the area designated by the Keen Empire and forming carrier battleships. A few days earlier, it had destroyed this vassal's fleet and every ragtag armed group in the area.
Then came today. The agent brought the pirate fleet here, straight into the encirclement laid by the Keen Empire and Xi Yan.
Captain Nais swiftly withdrew with his fleet, then turned around and hammered his allies. A nanite storm swept through space, assimilating all the wreckage and absorbing it into the fleet.
Within a few hours,