[Pirates’ Boss office.]
Blood eye moved her gaze on the two men before her and asked seriously:
"What do you think about this offer?" She asked gesturing to the scroll on the table.
The two stared at her for a moment, then lowered their gazes to the scroll:
"Leader." The young man before her opened his mouth:
"I say we accept." He said.
"What?!" The other, the scar face man quickly interrupted, and turned to Blood eye.
"Leader!! I say we refuse! Countless bastards have come to us asking you to work for them! And we always refused! Even the elves, we refused them... So why would we accept such a weak nation?!" He stated.
"Weak?" Blood eye stared at him in confusion.
"Yes! That lady is known as Josephine Hel... She is the queen of the Beastify race... And those guys are getting attack by Wendigos! Asking us to work for them is akin to pulling us inside this war!! I say we refuse!"
"You don’t know the outcome of the battle yet! The beastify race might be at a disadvantage, but..." The young man sighed, and continued:
"Have you ever heard of that man? Her husband?? I am saying, The Beastify race have been standing for so long, and no one knew she has a husband or even a starship! All of a sudden, he appeared, and she got all high grand class equipments, and even a starship! Don’t you get it?"
Blood eye lowered her gaze, staring at the scroll:
"You both words hold meaning, but we must make a decision! We have 500 people counting on that, with children and elderly..."
She looked up at them:
"How long do you think the other factions will attack us? Do you think they don’t know our situation?" She rested her jaw on both her fists, with her elbow resting on the table:
"I vote we accept this offer." She stated.
"But Leader!"
"But what?" She looked up at the scar face man:
"The other two factions are after us... If we don’t take this and have a powerful backer, they will attack us one day."
She stood up:
"This is for the best!"
"I voted to join." The young man said with a smile.
Blood eye nodded and turned to the scar face, who gritted his teeth, and raised his hand.
"I voted."
"Good... Tomorrow, we finalize the deal." Blood eye said with an indifferent expression
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[Starship.]
Sunny and Josephine sat in one of the rooms in the starship, staring at the three in Blood eye’s office.
"That man might betray us in the future." Josephine said, turning to Sunny.
"Betray us? This fool is already a traitor... I let him live today, tomorrow will be the day he leaves this world." Sunny said with killing intent, while Josephine just offered a small nod.
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[Star Empire]
[11:30pm.]
Bella walked down the courtyard with a slight frown on her face:
"It has been so long, and I haven’t heard or seen the emperor." She muttered to herself:
’Did something happened to him?’
WHOOSH!!
Bella snapped her head to the side. She moved her gaze around the garden before her:
"Who is there?" She asked in a low voice.
WHOOSH!
A shadow moved behind her, causing her to spin around:
"Hey... Whoever you are! Show yourself!"
She flicked her wrist and a golden dagger appeared in her hand.
WHOOSH!
She turned around, now slowly following the movement to the garden:
"Last warning! You do know sneaking inside the imperial castle is a crime punishable by death!" She muttered.
"Hehehehe... We don’t know that!"
Bella turned around, only to see three dark figures, standing on three branches of the only tree in the garden.
"Who... Who are you?!!" She asked in mild shock, feeling the celestial energy emanating from the three masked figures.
’All grandmasters?!’
She was horrified.
The figures smirked and leaped into the air, landing calmly around her, her eyes filled with sinister intentions.
"You?!"
Bella moved her gaze on the three men around her... Her hand shaking.
"Don’t you dare come closer... I am the personal assistant of the emperor! If you do anything to me, he will make sure to kill all of you!" She hissed, hoping to scare them away with the emperor... But to her horror, the three burst into laughter.
"Emperor? The Emperor is dead." One said.
"Dead?! It... It can’t be...!"
Bella stammered, shakily moving backward.
"Ok little elf, just have fun with us, and we will make your death less painful... But if you want, we can use force, which will definitely not end well for you." One said, moving his gaze on her body.
"You! You won’t dare! This... This is the imperial castle, they are guards everywhere!" Bella said, pointing her dagger at the three.
"Guards?"
The three looked at one another and burst out laughing again:
"Hahaha! There aren’t any guards here... This garden is empty for the night! The guards and everyone else is at the other side of the castle!" Another revealed, while the third added:
"Haven’t you wondered why this place is empty?"
"This?"
Bella was stunned, she thought for some seconds, and her eyes widened in horror:
"The Queen asked me to pick up--"
BAM!
"AHHH!"
Bella spurted out her mouthful of blood, she lowered her gaze to her lower abdomen, seeing a blade protruding from her stomach... A slender hand then rested on her shoulder, and Matilda’s voice sounded in her right ear.
"You are such a loyal girl, Bella... But just too loyal."
"My... My queen?" Bella was flabbergasted.
Matilda drew out her sword, and pushed Bella to the three men, who quickly pushed her to the ground and started tearing off her clothes.
"I will go first."
"Don’t let her die yet."
"I don’t care if she dies, I must have my turn!"
Bella lay there, tears running down her cheeks as she painfully stared at Matilda, who passed her sword to Joshua, who appeared behind her.
"You... You killed the emperor?" She asked with difficulty as the men forced themselves on her.
"Well..." Matilda smirked:
"Yes... You vowed to serve him to death... Now, go and meet him... Make sure to serve him well in the afterlife." She said with a smile.
Bella stared at her with pure hatred and killing intent, but was powerful to do anything... She moved her gaze to the night sky, staring as the moon.
’My friend, I am coming to you.’
She said and closed her eyes, breathing her last.