Chapter 24: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
As soon as the Fanged King walked in Tassadar, he immediately began his own plan, he first sent the bug to capture the 'defector' worm mother, and prepared for it to see the fate of its savior, and then began to prepare for the arrival of Tassadar and his party, and he would prepare a surprise for Tassadar and his party.
That's right, as for the so-called mastermind, it is actually just a puppet chosen by the Fangs King, he has been secretly controlling the swarm behind the scenes, even if this mastermind dies, he can launch a new mastermind every minute.
Since the Fangs King put most of his energy into playing games with Tassadar, so in the eyes of the Skrull Empire, it is the Alpha Fleet's offensive that has slowed down, which makes them breathe a sigh of relief, recently they found that the colony of the Avebang Empire has broken out several infections, thanks to the experience of the last mushroom incident, the Skrull Empire quickly solved these infections, and judged that it is a different type from the mushroom infection, only by the alpha creature directly harmed the flesh, there is a chance to be infected with the virus.
After the offensive slowed down, the Skrull Empire also increased the investigation of infection, because this infection cannot be cured at present, the infected will be killed and burned as soon as they are discovered, so as to avoid secondary infection.
Returning to Tassadar, it had only been a few hours since they arrived at the Mother Worm Prison, and after careful analysis of the nearby mountains, they had finally settled on the inconspicuous hill in front of them.
'Sure enough, there is a stronger, yet more illusory, dark force hanging over here, Tassadar, how should we act?' Zeratul quietly conveyed his thoughts through telepathy, although he had long been able to sense that there was dark energy on that mountain, but in order to make a full set of plays, he still had to pretend not to know.
Don't worry about it, just because we don't know the dark energy. Tassadar looked at the mountain in front of him and pondered slightly, this place is different from the canyon, it is easy to let a few go, if this is the case, then his group will be mainly assassinated.
'Zeratul, I want you to lead the Dark Templars to get rid of those bugs and leave the Mother Worm behind. Tassadar commanded, 'The rest of the Templars will follow me throughout the foot of the mountain to prevent the enemy from escaping and to clear out any bugs that might come your way.' β
With Tassadar and his party splitting into two lines, he led a group of Light Templars to intercept the news, while Zeratul led a group of Dark Templars to assassinate the bugs inside.
Zeratul and his party completely melted their figure into the shadows, quietly approaching the Worm Mother Prison, no bugs found their traces on the way, as the assassination began, the prison gradually became eerily quiet, and the brushing sound caused by most of the insects walking in the past also disappeared, and at this time all the defenders in the prison had been wiped out by Zeratul and his party.
Arriving at the prison cell, Zeratul suddenly appeared in front of the insect mothers after killing the guards, looking at the rolling insect heads and strange creatures that suddenly appeared, and those who wanted to scream had to pinch their throats to prevent them from making a sound.
"I'm the executive of the Star Spirit Empire, Zeratul, and we're here to save you." Zeratul's calm psionic fluctuations calmed the frightened insect mothers, and before Zeratul could ask, a voice came out, "Are you really here to save us?" My name is Lisa, and I am the mother worm of the Central Tribe. β
Zeratu heard the sound and looked, as expected, he saw a dark power of the insect mother, [sure enough, it was shot so quickly] Zeratu remained silent and said: "We are indeed here to save you, the mastermind is cruel and unkind, not only killing countless aliens, but also oppressing their own compatriots, we are here this time to help you overthrow the rule of the mastermind." β
Lisa Worm Mother blinked her eyes and said in a low tone, "Even if you kill the mastermind, what can you do, our people have already betrayed us. β
Zeratul narrowed his eyes: "It is the mastermind who controls them, as long as the mastermind dies, you can restore your rule, now, tell me the location of the mastermind." Lisa shrunk her fat neck: "No one knows where the mastermind is, his whereabouts have always been a mystery." β
"Oh? Is it? Even his own daughter doesn't know? Zeratul flashed his blade of light, just a few centimeters away from Lisa's mother's neck.
"How do you know," Lisa's mother looked at Zeratul in horror, but didn't dare to make a move.
"It's simple," Zeratu said, expressionless, "Naturally, that's what I heard. β
[Heard? The Fanged King fell into thought, and these strange star spirits suddenly popped out of the shadows to surprise him, but he didn't think much about it, but when he heard these three words, he was extremely cunning and instantly thought of the previous scene, [Could it be that he also saw the whole process of the insect mother laying eggs in that canyon?] The Fanged King's eyes narrowed, he had lived for so many years, and he was naturally very sensitive to everything that might threaten him.
[Since you guessed that I may exist, and you don't know my existence, heh, it's so bold, Tassadar] The Fangs King, who originally turned around and wanted to leave this planet, thought carefully about Tassadar's actions, [If that's the case, do you think I'm going to lose to you carelessly? The Fanged King showed an evil smile, [Since you don't dare to call the fleet directly, you want to sneak attack me when I'm not paying attention] Looking at Zeratu in front of him, a cold light flashed in the Fangs King's eyes, [Unfortunately, you didn't know that I could see your actions, and your secret weapon has been exposed. γ
The Fanged King, who thought he had seen through Tassadar's tricks, looked at Zeratul and his party with a bloodthirsty smile [I have to admit that you have given me some surprises again, but since I have seen through it, let's prepare for your end, loser] The Fanged King prepared everything as planned, but strengthened his guard against the presence of the Dark Templar.
Zeratul and his party didn't know that the Fanged King had roughly seen through their plan, after all, they didn't think that those dark energies were not only the methods used by the Fanged King to control his men, but also the Fanged King's eyes and ears.
In the following communication with Lisa, Zeratul basically confirmed the location of the so-called mastermind, which was in a cave on an island, very far away, and after reporting the news to Tassadar, they transported the worm mother to the nearby mountains and left.
The Fang King actually gave the position of the mastermind directly, and it seems that the situation has changed. Zeratul spoke to Tasadar as he hurried.
Tassadar pondered for a moment after Zeratul had carefully described what had happened, and then spoke, "It is very likely that he has guessed our purpose, and it seems that through those dark energies, his minions can communicate directly with the Fanged King. β
Zeratul's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, 'Then do we need to revise our plan?' The Fanged King was afraid that he was ready for everything. β
Tassadar shook his head and said, "It's not in the way, even if he guessed that we might have discovered the secret of the mother worm through your sudden appearance, and thus guessed that our ultimate goal might be him, but he also found out that we didn't contact the fleet, and the conceited man will definitely think that we are trying to sneak up on him through your stealth skills, as long as he doesn't know the existence of the secret method, in his eyes, we are still not his opponents, but in this way, your danger has increased." β
Zeratul sighed, "If I knew I wouldn't use the invisibility ability, maybe I would be able to assassinate him directly." β
Tassadar chuckled: "This is also a matter of no choice, if you don't expose it this time, then the route given by the Fangs King will be much more detoured than this time, and in such a long journey, there will inevitably be mistakes, after all, we didn't expect the Fangs King to be able to directly obtain information on the scene, but this plan doesn't matter if it is exposed or not exposed from the beginning, as long as he doesn't escape, this plan will be successful." β
Zeratul could only say, 'I hope so, and there will be no more slip-ups.' β
And here in the Dark Temple, the Fanged King has a new guest.
"Yo yo yo, look who this is, it's my dear boy Carlisle, why, can a person dare to come and kill me?" The Fanged King's right hand was raised slightly, and the red energy trapped Carlisle in mid-air.
Just after discovering Zeratu and his party just now, the fanged king who was on guard immediately made multiple preparations for this stealth method, who knew that he had just made a big gain.
Carlisle has been looking for traces of the Fanged King all over the Star Zone, he was once a subordinate of the Fangs King, he is very sensitive to the Fangs King's power, after tracing the Fangs King's power, he immediately went to this planet, and wanted to destroy the Fangs King himself, who knew that he just ran into the Fangs King's trap.
"Oh, my dear Carlisle, why are you staring at me with a look of death or death?" The Fanged King leaned close to Carlisle's ear and whispered, "It seems that you have successfully reached the El, why, you have given up the power I taught you, you are really weak, you have not made progress in these thousands of years, ah, forgot, it may take thousands of years for that antique spaceship to fly to the El, plus you have wasted your efforts to rebuild, tsk, it is really a waste of my hard work for you." β
"The Fanged King!" Carlisle gritted his teeth, "Don't lie any more, I swore that I would kill you with my own hands to avenge my parents and brothers!" You are going to pay for your lies! β
"Silly boy." The Fanged King patted Carlisle on the face, "It seems that they told you the so-called truth, why are you so naΓ―ve, in fact, they lied to you, your biological parents are my faithful men." The Fanged King lifted Carlisle's jaw and let his eyes look at him.
"No, no, they won't lie to me." Carlisle's mind was a little blank for a moment when he heard the Fanged King say this, and he didn't realize that a trace of red light was seeping into his body along the Fanged King's hand.
"Come, my dear Carlyle, tell me how you got here." As the fanged king's scarlet eyes flashed, Carlisle, whose thoughts were in confusion, couldn't help but slowly reply: "I, I found it myself, and I am sensitive to your power. β
Looking at Carlisle in a daze, the Fanged King was very satisfied, and couldn't help but increase his control: "Tell me, did you come alone or did you notify the fleet?" β
"I, I came with my companions, no, without telling the fleet." The sluggish Carlisle seemed to be waking up from the chaos, and the Fanged King had to tighten his grip, but he knew he would soon be freed.
"Then tell me, why do you dare to assassinate me when you are so weak?" The Fanged King stroked Carlisle's cheek, strands of red silk covering Karaal's face.
"Because, because, because." Carlisle's expression shook violently, as if he was about to break free, "Because I have invented a secret method." β