Chapter 4: Capture the Zetarians
On the Skrull's ship, Count Messiah now had no idea what to do. All he had in his mind right now was: Who am I, where am I, who is beating me?
As Count Messiah's bodyguard and as a Super Skurull, Lega felt the need to protect Missaria from the battlefield.
In fact, when the ambush began to appear and the Yamato cannon salvo fired, Laygar already had a vague sense that something could not be done. What happened after that confirmed her suspicions.
Now the Zetarians were strangled by the opposing fleet, and seemed to be on the losing side. The King Worm Battleship can fight the opponent's large battleship (Yamato), but the Wyvern Warrior is completely inadequate.
Although the Wyvern Warrior is faster, the shortcomings of weak firepower and thin armor cannot be concealed. If the Wyvern warrior fights the Viking, he needs to hit at least twenty or thirty shots in a row to penetrate the opponent's armor. And the Viking Dry Wyvern only needs one shot. No matter how fast the Wyvern Warrior flies, it is not as fast as the Gauss electromagnetic railgun that fires in the universe.
There have already been countless Wyvern warriors spilling their blood in space, and at this time, Laijia has also made a decision.
"Count Missaria, let's run away!" Lega strengthened his convictions: "If you don't run now, I'm afraid it will be too late later!"
"Run away?" said Misayah, who came back to his senses when he heard Lega's words. Ever since the beginning of the war, his soul had been in a state of detachment.
"Yes, run away!" said Lygar with certainty, "the Zetarians are just a bunch of pirates, after all. It's okay for them to fight civilizations that are weaker than themselves, and it's okay to fight with the wind. But fighting tough battles has never been their forte, otherwise they wouldn't be called Space Pirates. ”
"From the beginning of the war to the present, the Zetarians have lost twenty percent of their warships. This is already far beyond the range of losses they can afford. And, importantly, we don't have enough resources for the Zetarians to bury their entire fleet here. So they're definitely going to turn back!"
Ryga's sworn tone made the Messiah even more panicked: "Anti-...... Reverse water!" he exclaimed, rising from the captain's seat.
"Yes, we need to be prepared. The Zetarians are not a very trustworthy bunch!" "The Rygar Seat Super Skrull is also someone who has fought on other frontal battlefields, and has also seen cosmic pirate characters like the Zetarians. These people have never had credibility to speak of.
"If we can't do it, they'll probably throw us out of the way. They will say that everything was instigated by the Skruls. It will even hand over your head in exchange for a chance to escape. "Lega's guess was correct, and the Zetarians were already planning to do it.
"Now we don't know where the other party's fleet came from, whether it belongs to Earth or to the Nova Legion. But one thing is for sure, the message we receive must be wrong. The planet may not be as fragile as we think it is. And now we may be faced with a life-or-death decision. ”
And the Messiah is now completely panicked. He's just a guy who likes to play a god in front of a low-level civilization, and his greed for life and fear of death and bullying the weak and afraid of the hard are his strengths. Don't say anything about the Messiah, he's never had that stuff before.
"That'...... So what should we do?" the Messiah is now completely out of ideas.
"Run! While the Zetarians and the other party's fleet are now in a tight fight, they can't get out. We should run away with all our might. Lyga spoke her mind.
Now everyone's warships are stuck in the expansion space, and they can only rely on normal cruising speed to fly. And this ship of Skrull is known for its speed. As long as you escape from the expansion space, then you can make the jump. At most, it's just more time to jump out of the galaxy.
As long as you can escape to the edge of the galaxy, then you don't have to fear anything. Thinking that this Lega had directly deprived the Messiah of command, she ordered the flight officer: "The energy shield maintains the basic level, and all the energy is transferred to the engine." We're going to get out of the circle!"
Skrull's ship is breaking away from the war zone. On the other hand, the Zetarians have already made their decision.
Zitari's general sent a communication request to Li Jie's fleet, although Li Jie couldn't understand what they meant by the communication request now that the war had reached this stage, Li Jie still agreed to connect to the other party's communication request.
"We're here to ask for a truce!" General Zitari cut straight to the point, making Li Jie almost flash his waist. (General Zetari uses the galactic lingua franca, which is the one promoted by the Nova Legion, and the previous Illumination will help Star-Lord and others do subtitle translation, so they can directly translate this language.) )
Li Jie was almost amused by General Zitari's words. Although it was only a voice communication and they couldn't see each other, Li Jie wanted to know what kind of expression the other party was saying such things with now.
Li Jie replied in a playful tone: "Truce? You have declared war on the earth! Once the war starts, is it so easy to stop?" Li Jie's words were translated into the lingua franca of the universe by Friday (AI) and the voice was processed and transmitted back.
"We didn't declare war on Earth, it was the Skrulls who declared war on Earth. We're just bodyguards he's hired. General Zetari hastened to remove himself from the matter, and started the skill of telling nonsense with his eyes open.
And his lieutenant lip-synced him: sure enough, it's Earth's fleet, and we've been pitted by the Skuruls.
General Zitari nodded silently and continued to convey to Li Jie: "Please stop fighting, this is meaningless. We're fighting for life and death for someone who has nothing to do with you or me. You and my people will lose a lot. ”
"We can sit down and talk, there is no need to use knives and guns, after all, peace is the most precious thing. When these words came out of the mouth of a space pirate, Li Jie felt how strange it sounded.
But Li Jie has his own plans.
"Friday, how long does the Yamato cannon have to store?"
"Fifteen minutes to go. ”
Li Jie nodded, and then sent a message back: "But you need to show your sincerity. ”
"We can cease fire immediately. The general made a gesture.
"But that's not enough. Li Jie said that the conditions are too few.
"Of course, we will also send the Earl Shruru Messia, who has offended your civilization. The general did not hesitate to sell the Messiah.
Li Jie smiled at the corner of his mouth when he heard this: "It's not that you can't think about it." Just be warned, that Skrull's ship looks like it's going to run!"
As Li Jie said, when the battle was chaotic at the beginning, everyone didn't pay attention, and Laijia's escape plan went well. Skrull's ship had retreated to almost the edge of the fleet.
And when Li Jie and General Zitari negotiated the conditions, the fighting was significantly reduced. When the two reached an agreement, there was already a trend towards a temporary ceasefire. And now the intention of the Skruul ship is obvious.
General Zetari had a big toe and could have imagined that the Skrulls were going to use themselves and others to drag the Earth Fleet on a frontal battlefield, and they were going to be ready to slip away!
Trapping his group into the battlefield of Earth, only to be ready for them to run away like this?The general felt that he had been tricked, and he commanded in his anger, "Capture the Zetari!"