Star Luo City.
"Bastard! How dare he!" The Star Luo Emperor, Dai Yun, sat on his throne, looking at the report his subjects had just presented. Fury seized him, and he overturned the table.
Dai Weisi and the assembled ministers below all trembled with fear. No one dared utter another word.
News of Dai Mubai's uprising in the northwest had already spread far and wide. Everyone knew that the Star Luo Empire now stood on the brink of civil war.
"Father, I believe this is likely an operation arranged by the Jiuzhou Empire. Should we issue a public condemnation?" Dai Weisi stepped forward twice as he spoke.
Dai Yun looked at the son in whom he had placed such high hopes, and at that moment found him utterly foolish. He roared, "Idiot! Condemn what? Condemn them for not sending troops onto our soil to recover their equipment, allowing it to fall into enemy hands?"
Dai Weisi fell silent.
Indeed, this matter had little to do with the Jiuzhou Empire, because not a single person from the Jiuzhou Empire had participated in the incident. As for the equipment, it was the people of the Star Luo Empire who had seized it. If they really wanted to settle accounts, they should count themselves lucky that the Jiuzhou Empire had not demanded compensation or marched straight in to demand an explanation.
Perhaps they were hoping the Star Luo Empire would provoke them, so they could march straight in and openly support their puppet, Dai Mubai.
For now, however, the Jiuzhou Empire had no grounds to send troops, which also meant they could keep fighting Dai Mubai.
An empire against a band of a few thousand bandits-wouldn't victory be theirs for the taking?
Still, these bandits' equipment was truly a little terrifying.
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