Chapter 680 The Mistress, the Emperor, and the Invaders

AT A DISTANT STAR, LOCATED A FEW SECTORS AWAY FROM XAVIER AND ALEX

"Mistress Song, the preparations have been made already. All we need is your a.s.sistance, and we can start digging from the nearby planet…."

[My servant, there is no need for you to remind me that. I can do this without your meddling, so just stop pestering me.]

"Um, okay, Mistress Song. So does that mean-"

[Now, if there's nothing else that you have to say, just go back to your quarters and do your job already.]

"…."

[Oi, why are you still standing there, my servant? Do you have something else that you want to say? Because if you don't, then you're just wasting my time….]

"Well about that Mistress Song…. There is actually something important that I have to say to you, so I cannot just go back."

[???]

"What I am about to tell you is an important piece of information that I deem too important to just be ignored. So Mistress Song, please forgive me if I have irritated you today. I just need to tell you this information quickly, as the consequences of not saying it will just worsen our situation…"

[My servant, are you sure that you went here just to tell me something important? Because for the past minute, you've been only ogling at my chest…]

"M-Mistress Song! I was not ogling at your chest! I was just um, observing your clothes! You're the leader of our group, so I must check your clothes. Yup, that's what I am doing!"

[….]

"Wait, this is not the time for you to scold me, Mistress Song! I really have something important to tell you, so please just hear me out!"

[….]

"….."

[Sigh, if you're not just as perverted as this, you could have a lot of women going after you…. Tsk, tsk, what a waste of good looks.]

"Hm? Did you say something, Mistress Song? You seem to be whispering to yourself just now-"

[Ignore what I am doing now, my servant. Just… just spit out what you want to say to me.]

"Well um, okay Mistress Song… So while I was patrolling the border earlier, I suddenly received a message coming from Emperor Litch himself. The message said that the Emperor wants to-"

[What the h.e.l.l, my servant? Didn't I tell you many times that you must not receive and read any messages from Emperor Litch? That man is a menace against us, even if he wants to ally with our race!]

"Mistress Song! I am trying to follow that order of yours! It's just that…."

[It's just what?]

"Well, the one who gave me the message was one of the Emperor's generals, who told me that I should read the message on the spot. I really don't want to read the message, but with such a scary person forcing me to read, I have no choice but to read the message…."

[Oh my goodness, my servant. One of his generals came here? How did that d.a.m.ned Emperor have the audacity to actually send out one to this place? Is he going crazy?"

"I don't know if Emperor Litch is crazy or not, Mistress Song. But even if his is crazy, that general that he sent to us was the real deal!"

[….]

"Mistress Song. You can't imagine the feeling that I had after I met that general! It's like there was a sword hanging over my head, and I felt that that sword will descend on me anytime if I tried to resist that general's order!"

[….]

"So please forgive me for disobeying you, Mistress Song. The enemy just forced me to obey him…."

[….]

"Cough, cough, cough. Blergh…."

[Wait, why are you suddenly bleeding now, my servant? And why do you look so pal- Oh my goodness, you have a wound on your back? How the h.e.l.l did you get that?]

"I'm sorry Mistress Song… but after I read the message, that general attacked me once, as he said that he was not satisfied with my reading speed…"

[Hah? What kind of excuse is that? He attacked you just because you're a slow reader? That's…]

"Mistress Song, just forget about what that general did to me. I am still alive, so I can recover from this."

[But my servant, your power relies on your health. If you're this injured, your family might-]

"Mistress Song, just like what I said earlier, I have received a message from Emperor Litch. I have to talk about that message right now, so let's ignore about the other stuff okay? I can deal with my injuries later, so you don't need to fret over me this much…"

[What did you say? I am fretting over you? I-I was not doing that! I was just angry that that general had the audacity to wreak havoc here! Yes, I am angry at him!]

"Okay…. So you're angry at the general. That's good to know…"

[Hey! Why are you talking about that general anyway? Aren't you supposed to talk about the message from Emperor Litch? Go on, let's just talk about that already!]

"…Oh right, there is that too, Mistress Song. But you know, we can actually just talk about the message from Emperor LItch later. For now, we can eat lunch or go outside-"

[JUST TELL ME ABOUT THE d.a.m.n MESSAGE ARLEADY, MY SERVANT. OR DO YOU WANT ME TO ADD MORE WOUNDS ON YOUR BODY?]

"Oh, oh, um ok… Right. I-I will state the message now, Mistress Song."

[Tsk, just make it quick.]

"So um… the message from Emperor Litch was not that complicated Mistress Song. He just told us that he wants you to lead our strongest warriors to invade a wormhole. Emperor LItch said that he does not care on how you invade that wormhole. He said that as long as no one else occupies that area, he considers it as a perfect work from us…"

[He wants us to invade a wormhole? What for?]

"I don't know, Mistress Song. He just said that he wants us to invade one. Oh, and the coordinates of that wormhole was written in the message too, so all that we have to do is to just go at that place and start invading it-]

[Oi my servant, why do you sound like you are accepting Emperor Litch's command already? You're even talking about the coordinates even when I still have not accepted that command! How dare you do this! Do you really think that we will be cheap to just work for that sleazy man? Tsk, are you out of your-]

"Mistress Song, Emperor Litch promised that as long as we invade that wormhole properly, he will give back our ancestral home….."

[Our ancestral home? He said that he will give that back? Are you sure about that, my servant?]

"I-I am sure about that Mistress Song! Do you think I would dare lying to you?"

[No, I don't think you are lying to me, my servant, but-8̷̭̈́̐̕4̸̡͙̘̓̎̀ 2̶̳̣̳̀̿9̴̡̙͍̈́0̷̫̪̖̓ 3̶̜̝̞̎͛͝8̸̹͊͂͘4̵̡̛̘͔9̶̨͓̹͛ 0̶̤̽̔͠2̸̪͂̿͘3̵̲̞̘̂̾̚8̷͔͖̺̂ 4̵̪͊͂9̷̮̌̈̕0̸̤̗̚ 2̷̯̗́͊3̶̯̣͓͠ 8̸͕͂ͅ4̸̙̗̿̏0̴̻͌ 9̶̰̺͊̃̇2̴̨̥̀̒́3̷̝̘̜͒8̷͚̇ 4̸̼̻́̓͠0̸̹̺̑ͅ9̷̢͈͗2̸̧́͗͘ 3̵̖̤̊͒8̶̥̽͗͒4̸̢̹͔͘ 0̴͇̓͝9̶̮̦̗̐̎ 2̵͚̝̅3̷̞̌̑͝8̷̡̞͂ 4̶̻̙̱̑0̴͔̦̏̿9̶͚͕̾ 2̷̘̺̆̂3̷̧̨̋8̷͍̬̄ 4̵̭̋͌0̶̙̝̄͒9̷̼̎̚͝2̷͈̿̔̚ 3̵̖̖͂͛̓8̶̹̖̈͘9̶̲̤̒ 0̷̤̈͘͝4̶̤͊͊͛3̵̧͍̑͌ 2̴̺͑͌͐7̵̢͖̋̒̕ 5̸͔̗̎9̷̧͓̕8̴̯͚͑̈͌3̶̞͎̚ 2̸̲̐

"Mistress Song, what the h.e.l.l is happening? Why are there invaders here? Isn't this place safe from those 'monsters? 4̴̘̍̋5̷͈͆̀̚2̵͉̲̮̉̚ 3̴͕̈̐̀ͅ9̵̹̀͐4̶̧̩͙͗̚ 2̸͚͓̲̈́͛̊9̸̼̈́̉̇0̶̘̍̅ 3̷̝̼̈̀̈ͅ8̷̭̄͊́4̷͇̠̆͝͝ 0̵̖̍̌͜͜9̷̝̘̊2̵̞͈̩̔̚ 3̷̛͇̒̿͜8̴̬̠̟́́͗4̴͙͘ 0̶̨̛͙9̵̻̗̳̅2̸̨̺͕̿͌̿ 3̴̠͑̒̄8̸̟͊̎4̷̨̼̯͒̌͋ 0̴͓̐̃9̷̭͑͛͠2̵̩̽̿͠3̴̘̣̑̎̋ 8̵͕̯͋͘͝ͅ4̷̧̣̲͆̂̈́0̸̛̠̙̻ 9̶̟̠̰͗͒̈́8̷̱̯̦̆̾3̶̺̫̤̈ 2̷̩̰͑̓͂0̷̩̹̘̈́͒9̸̩̔ͅ 4̷͉̄8̶̣̯̜͒́3̸̦̝͖̈́́ 0̶̢͚͗̏9̸̬̣̔2̴̺̫̳͛̔ 8̸͍̠̣̂͒̀4̵̖͝0̴͓̲̍͊ 9̴̤̈́̌8̸̛͍͑͛0̴̨͋͘9̶̝̍ 8̶̹̝̅̃0̷̗̏9̸̺̇͆͝ 8̷͕̰̜̉̅̍3̷̣̝̅̿0̶̭̀̅ 9̸̞̲͚̊2̵̡̗̄̈́͝8̶̡̙͍͋͑͒ 4̷̮̝̋͗̓0̶̛̝̘̌9̷̲͊̈́͝ 2̷̮̘̃3̸̨̛͓̙̉8̷̝͉̈̍0̸̛̖̭̼4̵͙̈͊ 9̶̰̩̠̔͛2̸͕̜̹̂̚8̴̣̹̫̈́͗ 3̴̬̓0̷͈͂̈́̓9̷̭͓̈́̀̽ 5̴̲͉̍̈́̈́8̷̬̰̍̿2̶͈͑ 3̴̡͒̅̚0̷̬͚̅͆9̵̥̂5̶̟̜͋0̵̛̱̻2̵̠̖̆͘3̸̧̏̅͝9̵̦̘̆̈́ 5̸̖̾́8̴̼͖̔͘0̴͉̀̀ 9̸͈̈́2̶̫̜͉͑͆͝3̸̼͔͐ 8̷͓̓4̵̣̯̎0̴̰̠̾͋͠ 9̶̫̐2̴͈̩̫͆͠ 3̵̱̄̍̇8̴̢͕̋ 4̵̛͎̖͂͐0̵͈̏̍͗9̷͖̽͜2̴͙̠̦̚3̶̥͎̽ 8̵̖͍̅̅͠4̸̡͓͈̿̉

[F**k, don't ask me, my servant! Argh! Why are you even questioning me? Go back to your barracks and just prepare for the fight! Forget out that offer from that d.a.m.ned Emperor! For now, we have to defend for our lives- 8̷̭̈́̐̕4̸̡͙̘̓̎̀ 2̶̳̣̳̀̿9̴̡̙͍̈́0̷̫̪̖̓ 3̶̜̝̞̎͛͝8̸̹͊͂͘4̵̡̛̘͔9̶̨͓̹͛ 0̶̤̽̔͠2̸̪͂̿͘3̵̲̞̘̂̾̚8̷͔͖̺̂ 4̵̪͊͂9̷̮̌̈̕0̸̤̗̚ 2̷̯̗́͊3̶̯̣͓͠ 8̸͕͂ͅ4̸̙̗̿̏0̴̻͌ 9̶̰̺͊̃̇2̴̨̥̀̒́3̷̝̘̜͒8̷͚̇ 4̸̼̻́̓͠0̸̹̺̑ͅ9̷̢͈͗2̸̧́͗͘ 3̵̖̤̊͒8̶̥̽͗͒4̸̢̹͔͘ 0̴͇̓͝9̶̮̦̗̐̎ 2̵͚̝̅3̷̞̌̑͝8̷̡̞͂ 4̶̻̙̱̑0̴͔̦̏̿9̶͚͕̾ 2̷̘̺̆̂3̷̧̨̋8̷͍̬̄ 4̵̭̋͌0̶̙̝̄͒9̷̼̎̚͝2̷͈̿̔̚ 3̵̖̖͂͛̓8̶̹̖̈͘9̶̲̤̒ 0̷̤̈͘͝4̶̤͊͊͛3̵̧͍̑͌ 2̴̺͑͌͐7̵̢͖̋̒̕ 5̸͔̗̎9̷̧͓̕8̴̯͚͑̈͌3̶̞͎̚ 2̸̲̐

"Argh! The monsters got me, Mistress Song! Help me! Help me! Help-4̴̘̍̋5̷͈͆̀̚2̵͉̲̮̉̚ 3̴͕̈̐̀ͅ9̵̹̀͐4̶̧̩͙͗̚ 2̸͚͓̲̈́͛̊9̸̼̈́̉̇0̶̘̍̅ 3̷̝̼̈̀̈ͅ8̷̭̄͊́4̷͇̠̆͝͝ 0̵̖̍̌͜͜9̷̝̘̊2̵̞͈̩̔̚ 3̷̛͇̒̿͜8̴̬̠̟́́͗4̴͙͘ 0̶̨̛͙9̵̻̗̳̅2̸̨̺͕̿͌̿ 3̴̠͑̒̄8̸̟͊̎4̷̨̼̯͒̌͋ 0̴͓̐̃9̷̭͑͛͠2̵̩̽̿͠3̴̘̣̑̎̋ 8̵͕̯͋͘͝ͅ4̷̧̣̲͆̂̈́0̸̛̠̙̻ 9̶̟̠̰͗͒̈́8̷̱̯̦̆̾3̶̺̫̤̈ 2̷̩̰͑̓͂0̷̩̹̘̈́͒9̸̩̔ͅ 4̷͉̄8̶̣̯̜͒́3̸̦̝͖̈́́ 0̶̢͚͗̏9̸̬̣̔2̴̺̫̳͛̔ 8̸͍̠̣̂͒̀4̵̖͝0̴͓̲̍͊ 9̴̤̈́̌8̸̛͍͑͛0̴̨͋͘9̶̝̍ 8̶̹̝̅̃0̷̗̏9̸̺̇͆͝ 8̷͕̰̜̉̅̍3̷̣̝̅̿0̶̭̀̅ 9̸̞̲͚̊2̵̡̗̄̈́͝8̶̡̙͍͋͑͒ 4̷̮̝̋͗̓0̶̛̝̘̌9̷̲͊̈́͝ 2̷̮̘̃3̸̨̛͓̙̉8̷̝͉̈̍0̸̛̖̭̼4̵͙̈͊ 9̶̰̩̠̔͛2̸͕̜̹̂̚8̴̣̹̫̈́͗ 3̴̬̓0̷͈͂̈́̓9̷̭͓̈́̀̽ 5̴̲͉̍̈́̈́8̷̬̰̍̿2̶͈͑ 3̴̡͒̅̚0̷̬͚̅͆9̵̥̂5̶̟̜͋0̵̛̱̻2̵̠̖̆͘3̸̧̏̅͝9̵̦̘̆̈́ 5̸̖̾́8̴̼͖̔͘0̴͉̀̀ 9̸͈̈́2̶̫̜͉͑͆͝3̸̼͔͐ 8̷͓̓4̵̣̯̎0̴̰̠̾͋͠ 9̶̫̐2̴͈̩̫͆͠ 3̵̱̄̍̇8̴̢͕̋ 4̵̛͎̖͂͐0̵͈̏̍͗9̷͖̽͜2̴͙̠̦̚3̶̥͎̽ 8̵̖͍̅̅͠4̸̡͓͈̿̉

[No!!!] 2̸̻̫͙͛̈́̅3̸̹̻̀̈́̓0̸̖̀ 9̸̹͕̣̇̄5̶͎͔̲̌4̵̡̯͗̌͝ 2̸͓̆͝0̵̪̂̎̿3̵̫̓̊̈4̸̨̮̭̈́ 2̴̘̏͂0̴̹̣̑̇̿9̵̢̢͇͗͐ 3̸̠̦̄̈́͠8̵̖̱͓̑4̷̫̈́0̸͖̘̙̐ 9̵̞̣̭̀̐͝2̶̤̭́͊̈́3̵̨̕ 8̶̟̙̂̕4̶͓͒̽0̵̥͆ 9̶̨̻̕2̸̖͚̦͐͛́3̸̜̗̏ 8̴͈̦̾̚4̶͔̰̣̎̋̃0̸̫͊̆ͅ 9̸̣͝2̸̩̏͝3̸̧͍͗̍ 8̶͕͕̙̐̏̽4̷̝̿͐͘0̸̭̈́̏͒ 9̸͙͙͂̈2̸̧̫̽̑̚3̵̧̧̥͛8̶̙̺͊̈ 4̵̫̏̌͐0̷̛̭͚̖̊9̸̬̟͛̽̀ 2̷̣̮̊̆3̷̬̟̼̐́8̸̳̥̻̉͂ 4̴̺̏̏0̵̞̬̊͆̕9̷̬͉̏̈́ 2̴͙̹̍̉̀3̷̺̙́̽͆8̶̗̹̇̃ 0̵̖̌4̸̻̼͓͐͑́9̶̰̘̥̂ 2̷͖̪́̄̎3̷̰͕͙̔8̶̢̻̏͋̚9̵̠̣̾̑ 0̵͕̋4̸̯̲̹͛̿8̷̡̻̅ 2̷͍̘͔̈̃͘3̵̦̾͒͘0̸̣̆ 9̴͎̝̊̑̽4̵̧͖̣̓̊8̴̪̜̞͝2̷̭̥̆͘̕ 0̴̹͕̊3̷̬́̓9̸̹̉͝ 8̸̨̡̮̿4̷͈͓̎̌͠0̶̥̹̆ͅ 2̸̻̲̥̑̇̽3̸̰̇̂ 4̶͔̰̣̎̋̃0̸̫͊̆ͅ 9̸̣͝2̸̩̏͝3̸̧͍͗̍ 8̶͕͕̙̐̏̽4̷̝̿͐͘0̸̭̈́̏͒ 9̸͙͙͂̈2̸̧̫̽̑̚3̵̧̧̥͛8̶̙̺͊̈ 4̵̫̏̌͐0̷̛̭͚̖̊9̸̬̟͛̽̀ 2̷̣̮̊̆3̷̬̟̼̐́8̸̳̥̻̉͂ 4̴̺̏̏0̵̞̬̊͆̕9̷̬͉̏̈́ 2̴͙̹̍̉̀3̷̺̙́̽͆8̶̗̹̇̃ 0̵̖̌4̸̻̼͓͐͑́9̶̰̘̥̂ 2̷͖̪́̄̎3̷̰͕͙̔8̶̢̻̏͋̚ 4̶͔̰̣̎̋̃0̸̫͊̆ͅ 9̸̣͝2̸̩̏͝3̸̧͍͗̍ 8̶͕͕̙̐̏̽4̷̝̿͐͘0̸̭̈́̏͒ 9̸͙͙͂̈2̸̧̫̽̑̚3̵̧̧̥͛8̶̙̺͊̈ 4̵̫̏̌͐0̷̛̭͚̖̊9̸̬̟͛̽̀ 2̷̣̮̊̆3̷̬̟̼̐́8̸̳̥̻̉͂ 4̴̺̏̏0̵̞̬̊͆̕9̷̬͉̏̈́ 2̴͙̹̍̉̀3̷̺̙́̽͆8̶̗̹̇̃ 0̵̖̌4̸̻̼͓͐͑́9̶̰̘̥̂ 2̷͖̪́̄̎3̷̰͕͙̔8̶̢̻̏͋̚4̶͔̰̣̎̋̃0̸̫͊̆ͅ 9̸̣͝2̸̩̏͝3̸̧͍͗̍ 8̶͕͕̙̐̏̽4̷̝̿͐͘0̸̭̈́̏͒ 9̸͙͙͂̈2̸̧̫̽̑̚3̵̧̧̥͛8̶̙̺͊̈ 4̵̫̏̌͐0̷̛̭͚̖̊9̸̬̟͛̽̀ 2̷̣̮̊̆3̷̬̟̼̐́8̸̳̥̻̉͂ 4̴̺̏̏0̵̞̬̊͆̕9̷̬͉̏̈́ 2̴͙̹̍̉̀3̷̺̙́̽͆8̶̗̹̇̃ 0̵̖̌4̸̻̼͓͐͑́9̶̰̘̥̂ 2̷͖̪́̄̎3̷̰͕͙̔8̶̢̻̏͋̚4̶͔̰̣̎̋̃0̸̫͊̆ͅ 9̸̣͝2̸̩̏͝3̸̧͍͗̍ 8̶͕͕̙̐̏̽4̷̝̿͐͘0̸̭̈́̏͒ 9̸͙͙͂̈2̸̧̫̽̑̚3̵̧̧̥͛8̶̙̺͊̈ 4̵̫̏̌͐0̷̛̭͚̖̊9̸̬̟͛̽̀ 2̷̣̮̊̆3̷̬̟̼̐́8̸̳̥̻̉͂ 4̴̺̏̏0̵̞̬̊͆̕9̷̬͉̏̈́ 2̴͙̹̍̉̀3̷̺̙́̽͆8̶̗̹̇̃ 0̵̖̌4̸̻̼͓͐͑́9̶̰̘̥̂ 2̷͖̪́̄̎3̷̰͕͙̔8̶̢̻̏͋̚