AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 103

Auston’s sudden departure startled everyone in the legion.

“Your Highness…”

“Your Highness, where are you going?”

“General Carnell, what should we do now? The Legion Commander said he’s going to kill the Bug Emperor alone, how can he do that? Does he already know the location of the Bug Emperor, has he confirmed which one is the Bug Emperor?”

“Can the Legion Commander deal with the Bug Emperor alone?”

“What should we do now?”

The legion’s communication channel was instantly thrown into chaos, unsure of how to react to Auston’s departure.

“Didn’t the Legion Commander leave orders before he left? Everyone listen up, immediately follow the Legion Commander’s orders and execute your respective tasks!” Unable to stop Auston, Carnell took a deep breath and accepted the task of commanding the entire army as the adjutant after Auston’s departure.

Hearing his voice, the somewhat panicked voices in the legion finally calmed down.

Watching Auston and Glimmering Morningstar disappear into the distance, even if they wanted to stop him, they couldn’t. Apart from believing in Auston and obeying his military orders, they had no other choice…

They didn’t know if they could return to the fortress alive, nor did they know if Auston could kill the Bug Emperor. The clear-headed could only use their meager strength to fight the Zerg desperately, and follow Auston’s instructions to try their best to control the many mech warriors who were affected by the Zerg’s mental influence and began to attack their own people frantically…

Glimmering Morningstar’s golden mech body unfolded on the unrestrained Zerg planet, spewing out towering flames, its enormous body giving the Zerg infinite pressure.

Auston used his powerful mental strength to support his huge mech, blocking and resisting the attacks of the huge Zerg warriors composed of countless Zerg, as well as the attacks from his own bewitched soldiers behind him.

At first, Auston once thought that this huge, mech-like warrior composed of countless Zerg was the Bug Emperor, but later, he realized it wasn’t…

They were not the Bug Emperor, just puppets driven by the Bug Emperor.

These golden guardians of the Bug Emperor were very capable, and after going crazy, they even had the power to attack the human spirit. The mental pain they caused was endless.

“Pfft—”

Auston spat out a mouthful of blood in the mech cockpit, almost feeling like he was about to collapse. He could only maintain his highly concentrated mental strength by injecting one tranquilizer after another.

A large swarm of Zerg surged towards Auston, almost engulfing him.

“Bang—bang—bang—”

But even in extreme pain, Auston never missed a shot, killing countless Zerg.

His gaze swiftly swept across countless Zerg, using his powerful mental strength to perceive and identify many tiny traces, probing for the Bug Emperor’s trail.

This one isn’t it…

The Bug Emperor isn’t here.

As time passed, cracks finally appeared in Glimmering Morningstar’s indestructible mech shell. The mech was linked to his mental strength. Looking at the endless Zerg behind him, Auston stubbornly refused to disconnect the mental link between the mech and himself, and his mental strength was immediately backfired once again.

Auston’s head was splitting, and even his vision began to blur…

But even at this point, he forcibly linked his mental strength to the mech, probing for the Bug Emperor’s trail as if he would never give up until he achieved his goal…

Finally, in a pile of inconspicuous Zerg, he found a plain-looking bug that looked very much like the lowest-level Zerg, but was slightly different from the lowest-level Zerg.

His 3S-level mental strength told him—

It was the Bug Emperor.

“It’s you.” Even though his mind and body were suffering tremendous pain, Auston looked at the unremarkable Zerg that was almost impossible to find when thrown into the Zerg pile, and laughed out loud.

Immediately afterwards, he piloted his huge mech towards the area where the Zerg was located…

The Bug Emperor keenly sensed something was wrong and immediately scurried into the closest Zerg group, hiding its body among thousands of Zerg.

Making it impossible to find his trail, impossible to find him.

But how could Auston give it a chance to escape?

Auston pushed his mental compatibility index with the mech to the limit, and activated the highest-level attack system inside the mech towards that area. The machine’s mouth spewed out towering flames, instantly burning countless arthropod-like Zerg into black smoke. Countless light energy bullets were simultaneously shot out from the mech’s body.

The exploding flames almost illuminated the entire night.

The Bug Emperor dodged left and right, and the surrounding guardian Zerg were constantly killed and quickly regenerated.

Finally, when Auston didn’t know which light energy bullet hit the target…

The swarms of Zerg suddenly scattered in all directions as if their leader had died.

“The Bug Emperor, the Bug Emperor is dead…” Someone in the legion was the first to cheer. The giant Zerg monster composed of countless Zerg immediately scattered, and the soldiers who had been bewitched by the Zerg also regained consciousness one after another, cheering for the news of the Zerg’s defeat.

At this moment, Auston, at the moment of killing the Bug Emperor, because of exhaustion, disconnected the link between himself and the mech’s mental network, and felt like he was about to die.

But before closing his eyes, a thought kept repeating in his mind—

That was, his Omega was still waiting for him to go home.

Ruan Tang loved him so much, if he died, Ruan Tang would be very sad, maybe even commit suicide to be buried with him. Suicide is so painful… so he must not die.

He didn’t want to die either.

“Your Highness…” As Auston’s most trusted adjutant, Carnell was the first to notice something was wrong. He immediately piloted his mech, leading countless rescue mechs, and rushed frantically to the bottom of Auston’s rapidly falling mech, trying his best to rescue Auston.

…

When Auston woke up again, he was lying in a medical pod. His body was being immersed in treatment fluid. He lost consciousness in the most alert state and woke up in the most alert state.

It wasn’t until he opened his eyes and saw the first person in front of him that he suddenly relaxed.

For no other reason than that the first person he saw when the medical pod opened was Ruan Tang.

“What… what happened to me?” Auston was severely damaged in all aspects, and even his voice was a little hoarse.

Ruan Tang glared at him angrily, wanting to hit him: “What do you mean what happened to you? How dare you leave the legion and kill the Bug Emperor alone, do you think you have nine lives, or do you think you are a god?”

He really couldn’t understand why this Alpha loved doing dangerous things so much?

When Auston was first sent back for emergency treatment, Ruan Tang was almost scared to death.

“Aren’t I okay? Besides, I chose to do this because I was confident enough.” Auston immediately explained.

Ruan Tang immediately glared at him: “Confident enough? If you were confident enough, would you be lying here like this? Have you ever thought about it, if you are so reckless, what should I do if something happens to you?”

“Don’t worry, nothing will happen to me… because I know, you are waiting for me.” Auston had become accustomed to being henpecked and completely gave up defending himself: “So, no matter what, I will definitely come back safe and sound, I promised you.”

Ruan Tang glared at him, completely unwilling to pay attention to him, and directly summoned the nurse robot to come over and inject Auston with the treatment medicine that should be injected after he woke up.

The syringe injected the medicine into Auston’s body. Auston didn’t resist, but pitifully called out to Ruan Tang: “Hiss~ it hurts…”

Ruan Tang looked away, ignoring him completely.

“By the way, what about the Bug Emperor and the Zerg?” Seeing that he was angry again, Auston didn’t know why he was angry, but he still opened his mouth again to try to talk to Ruan Tang.

Ruan Tang immediately said angrily: “Of course they are dead, killed by you, wiped out… otherwise, how would it be worthy of you risking your life and lying back?”

“I’m sorry, I was wrong, I promise there won’t be a next time…” Although he felt that what he did was the right thing, Ruan Tang had no position to be angry at all, but the strong desire to survive still prompted Auston to apologize at the first time. He gently stretched his hand out of the medical pod and grabbed Ruan Tang’s hand on the hatch.

Although Ruan Tang didn’t want to pay attention to him, he let him hold his hand.

Holding Ruan Tang’s hand, Auston immediately felt a long-lost sense of peace and relaxation. He was already sleepy again because of excessive physical exhaustion as soon as he woke up, and mumbled to Ruan Tang vaguely: “I’m so tired, so uncomfortable…”

“It’s good that you know you’re uncomfortable, I want to see if you dare to do it again.” Ruan Tang held his hand with one hand and supported his head with the other, adjusting him to a position where he could rest better in the medical pod.

Auston didn’t speak, but before falling asleep, he gently took the opportunity to kiss the back of Ruan Tang’s hand and whispered: “I’m sorry, I love you…”

Looking at him like this, even the biggest fire in Ruan Tang’s heart disappeared at once.

…

In less than a day, the news that Auston piloted a mech to lead the legion to wipe out the Zerg and kill the Bug Emperor, which even the Imperial Twin Stars Xue Xin and Calandre could only seal back then, spread throughout the empire.

In order to promote and maintain the royal family’s honor, the military released a recording of Auston piloting a mech to break into the heart of the Zerg alone and strangling the Bug Emperor with his bare hands, which was directly topped the trending searches by the people.

Auston’s reputation was reversed among the people almost overnight because of this great achievement.

“Isn’t that too handsome, fighting the Bug Emperor alone, this is something that even the Imperial Twin Stars couldn’t do back then.”

“I always thought that Duke Auston was a waste, and that his high mental strength was just packaging from the royal family. I repent and apologize, he is simply too awesome… If it weren’t for his disabled legs and flawed appearance, how much potential would he have?”

“I remember that he used to be the first Crown Prince, right? He was abolished because of an accident… At that time, they praised him as the pride of heaven, a genius, and I thought it was all fake, but now I really believe it a little.”

“Speaking of which, he was blacklisted a bit too much in the past few years. They always said that he was cruel and inhumane, and that he killed people like flies, but except for strictly interrogating and forcing confessions from prisoners, there was no evidence to prove what he had done. It’s just that he has a physical disability and a gloomy personality. I thought before, why should he be described as a pervert?”

“Besides, there is not a shred of evidence…”

“Upstairs +1, although his habit of using disabled people as servants is indeed strange and creepy, but from another perspective, those people were not disabled by him. He actually created employment opportunities for him disabled people. If you think about it badly, it’s creepy, but if you think about it well, it may be because he also has physical defects, so he has compassion for people with disabilities… It’s just that his temper is too tough, which has caused misunderstandings…”

“I really think I need to get to know this Duke again. He has physical disabilities but has never given up on himself, and can drive a mech to such an extent…”

“I’m a fan, his mech micro-operations and actual combat, coupled with his fearlessness of life and death in fighting the Zerg… I declare that he will be my favorite royal family member from now on, without exception.”

People’s reputation is often like this. When most people say bad things about you, no matter what you are like, out of herd mentality, countless people will point fingers at you, believing that you are an unforgivable bad person, and will not want to identify the truth at all.

And when you become successful and famous, making everyone can’t help but pay attention and worship you, those people will turn around and sing your praises, saying good things about you.

Although Ruan Tang was not on the Imperial Star, he was able to manipulate the reversal of Auston’s reputation through remote communication with the Ruan family and the Empress’s forces, and guide it remotely very well.

And seeing Auston become famous in one battle, his reputation rose with the tide and was loved by the people, the Emperor became anxious.

“These lowly people are really ignorant. It’s just wiping out the Zerg. He has hundreds of thousands of Glimmering Great Army behind him, it’s not like he went alone. What’s there to worship and praise? Have they all forgotten his previous notorious reputation?” The Emperor smashed everything in his study to the ground in a fit of anger.

Looking at the praise of Auston on the Internet and Auston’s rising public support rate, he was so angry that he was about to have a heart attack.

Although Auston was his son, he also hoped that the Zerg, this confidant’s trouble, could be wiped out, but he did not want to see Auston return safely and gain such a great reputation.

Everyone in the entire study was uneasy when they saw the Emperor like this, and they all advised: “…Your Majesty, Your Majesty, calm down.”

“Calm down? The fire is about to burn my eyebrows, what do you want me to calm down with?” The Emperor paced back and forth, unable to calm down at all. He did not expect that Auston could really kill the Bug Emperor. He was counting on Auston to die there and severely damage or seal the Zerg again, to whitewash the already notorious royal family and regain its reputation.

But he never expected that this son, whom he looked down on and who was always crazy, would have such ability—

In the past, Auston was a dog in his hand. His high position and authority were all given by himself. The Emperor used this son, who hated his mother, to check and balance the Empress, to achieve a balance of three forces very smoothly. But now Auston has made great achievements in battle, his partner has such a great background and power to support him, coupled with his own high position and authority, everything is different.

As a superior, the Emperor does not believe that any Alpha does not love power and does not want the throne under his ass, even a madman is the same.

In the past, Auston had nothing, and the Emperor could still control him, check and balance him, and use him as his guard dog. But now, Auston has everything, and the Emperor is afraid of him biting the master.

After all, Auston is crazy… Now that he has so much power in his hands, and a legion, what if he has the wild idea to kill into the Imperial Star and seize his throne?

Since the news of Auston’s safe extermination of the Bug Emperor came back, the Emperor has had nightmares for days, dreaming that this crazy son killed into the Imperial Star, cut off his head and seized the throne.

The servants were silent and knelt in front of the Emperor.

But the Emperor waved his hand and vented his anger on them: “Mechanical butler, drag all these people down and deal with them according to the palace rules.”

“No, Your Majesty, we were wrong, Your Majesty…” The servants immediately cried out in fear.

The Emperor became more and more irritable when he looked at them, and was about to increase the punishment.

At this moment, a young Omega walked into the Emperor’s study with a smile: “…Why is Royal Brother so angry?”

“It’s Iso, why did you come to me instead of staying at home to recuperate?” When the Emperor saw Grand Imperial Concubine, the fierceness on his face was concealed and eased.

Iso smiled and said: “Royal Brother must have troubles recently, so I came to share Royal Brother’s worries.”

Grand Imperial Concubine Iso can be said to be a special person on the entire Imperial Star. Although he and the Emperor were not born from the same mother, he showed his skills in front of the Emperor with his scheming, and exchanged for doing a lot of dirty things for the Emperor, and transformed from an orphan into the most honorable Grand Imperial Concubine of the Empire.

He is a very important figure in the Emperor’s think tank and the Emperor’s confidant.

“I wonder if Royal Brother is worried about Auston?” Iso asked softly.

Seeing him coming, the Emperor immediately dismissed everyone else: “I’m not worried about his affairs, what else can I be worried about… This rebellious son is born to be incompatible with me. You don’t know that I have been dreaming these days that he led his army into the Imperial Star and seized my throne…”

“Your idea was not good in the first place. I should not have let him lead the army to exterminate the Zerg and hand over the military power to him.” The Emperor said in a deep voice: “Now it’s good, he has made great achievements in battle, and I can’t even find a reason to confiscate his military power… When he comes back, the balance of power in my Imperial Star will be broken all at once.”

Auston’s extermination of the Zerg is a hero for the entire Empire. When Auston comes back, as long as he does not commit any heinous crimes… If the Emperor wants to move him, he will inevitably face resistance, and no one will stand on the Emperor’s side.

“Royal Brother, in fact, I had predicted this long ago. Therefore, I have a plan here that can help Royal Brother test Auston’s loyalty to you, his father…” Iso smiled softly: “If he is disloyal, even if you kill him, it will naturally be justified.”

Hearing this, the Emperor’s eyes lit up: “Oh?”

Iso immediately leaned close to his ear and whispered.

Hearing this, the Emperor’s tight frown relaxed immediately: “Good idea, good idea, Iso, you are really my good younger brother…”

“But, if I do this, what if I alarm the Empress and make her fight me to the death?” But suddenly thinking of something, the Emperor frowned again.

His power is not as good as the Empress’s, so even if he hates the Empress, he does not dare to compete with her easily.

“Royal Brother does not need to worry about the Empress. If she really wants to do something, just let her do it. Haven’t you always wanted to completely annihilate the Empress’s forces and make Tina the Empress? If she really does something, now is the best time.” Iso said lightly.

The Emperor frowned slightly: “But…”

He felt that his power had not accumulated enough, and fighting with the Empress would only lead to a lose-lose situation.

“…Carlos is my husband, and I am already pregnant with his child.” Iso gently stroked his lower abdomen with extreme gentleness: “Although the Empress is his sister, she has bullied and suppressed him since he was a child. He has already promised to stand on my side, on our royal family’s side…”

He gave the Emperor endless promises out of thin air: “And he has persuaded the Patriarch of the Yashaman family and three of the seven dukes. They have all agreed to stand on Your Majesty’s side and support the royal family… If Your Majesty does not believe it, just summon them and ask them.”

“Ah—” The Emperor was stunned, but he did not expect that this Omega brother who climbed up from the orphanage could do such a thing for him.

After a while, he was overjoyed: “Iso, Iso, you are really my good younger brother…”

“Your marriage contract with Ruan Yang is my fault to you. Andrew is my biological brother. When the Queen Mother was alive, she loved him the most. He is incompetent, and in order to save me, his fertility was damaged. For the rest of his life, he can only have one child, Ryan. He spoils Ryan very much. That child Ryan is young, ignorant, and wants to get everything he wants… I didn’t expect that he would insist on robbing Ruan Yang from you, and he actually persuaded Ruan Yang and took him away…” The Emperor suddenly thought of something and sincerely apologized to Iso: “It’s my fault to you…”

He did not mention that Duke Andrew went through nine deaths to save him, but he was worried that his brother’s descendants would seize his throne. Taking this opportunity, he let Duke Andrew be sterilized, and he felt guilty and spoiled Ryan.

The Emperor could not see that Iso still had feelings for Ruan Yang, but at that time, between the two brothers, he was more inclined to Andrew because of guilt, and he agreed to the marriage contract.

But now…

“It’s nothing, how can I, as an uncle, care about my nephew, like my brother?” Iso smiled gently when mentioning this matter: “Besides, Carlos treats me very well. Even if I really marry Ruan Yang, I may not be as comfortable as I am now… I am very satisfied.”

The Emperor immediately patted him on the shoulder and laughed: “That’s right, Omega, find an Alpha you like, it’s better to find someone who likes you.”

Iso looked at his lower abdomen and smiled gently, seemingly very satisfied with his current marriage.

“Iso, when we accomplish great things, you can tell Royal Brother what you want, and Royal Brother will definitely reward you and Carlos heavily at that time.” The Emperor habitually made empty promises.

Iso immediately said: “I don’t want anything. I know that I was originally nothing, just a humble orphan. It was Royal Brother who recognized me and made me a member of the royal family and gave me everything I have now… I sincerely thank Royal Brother.”

“How can that work? You are my only Omega brother, and you have made such great contributions to me, how can I not reward you and Carlos?” The Emperor said loudly.

Iso then said: “If Royal Brother really wants to reward me in the future, then reward the child in my belly. Carlos and I are both willing to help Royal Brother and help Royal Brother consolidate his imperial power, because I know that as long as your imperial power is stable, I will always be the Grand Imperial Concubine of Osfia.”

“In the future, when you give birth to a child, I will make the Omega the Imperial Concubine, and the Alpha I will make a Prince.” The Emperor promised loudly.

As for whether conspiring with this scheming brother would be seeking skin from a tiger, and whether Iso had other plans in his heart, the Emperor did not consider it at all.

In his eyes at the moment, his confidant’s trouble was the Empress’s forces. If he could eliminate the Empress’s forces, even if Iso was ambitious, he would have plenty of time and ways to suppress him. An Omega still wants to cause trouble in front of him?