Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 871: Chapter 474, Showing You the Corpse_2 Chapter 871: Chapter 474, Showing You the Corpse_2 To kill Titus in a one-on-one duel was to usurp his position;

to lead an army to kill Titus was also to usurp his position;

to bring a Fleet to destroy Titus’s chariot—that is, this Combat Moon—would also allow for usurpation of his place;

in such moments, the infighting of the Iron-Tooth Clan erupted in the most disorderly fashion.

And in the end, Titus did not die.

But it was impossible for him to continue sitting in the position of a great chieftain.

Under his leadership, one-third of the entire Iron-Tooth Clan’s main Battle Group and Fleet were destroyed in this battle, and his Combat Moon was ruined as well. The internal rebellion combined with external bombardments had turned this supreme war machine into junk. Titus, too, had boarded a spaceship at the last moment to flee to another vessel that remained loyal to him, narrowly escaping burial with the Combat Moon.

One-third, under the leadership of a renowned Orc Warlord, headed south for a decisive battle to the death with the pursuing Fury Flame Battle Group. This King Muru now claimed to be the new chieftain of the Iron-Tooth Clan, and he garnered massive support because he vowed to lead the Green Skins no longer to flee. He declared that he had Mr. Mao’s blessing, and that they were fated to triumph in this battle.

Of course, this was impossible.

Titus knew that Muru’s pandering to the Green Skins’ belligerent and bloodthirsty nature would only lead this elite force of the Iron-Tooth Clan to extinction.

They could not possibly triumph without supplies or reinforcements.

But, this was for the best.

In fact, Muru’s actions served as the role of his rearguard.

No matter how inept or lacking in combat prowess, they were still one-third of the Green-Skin main force. With such strength, they could definitely hold back the Fury Flame Battle Group and the Oil Heads of the Sect of Mechanics for a considerable time.

And he could take this opportunity to escape back to the Jiang Meiyu Sector.

He still commanded one-third of the Green Skins’ main force; of the four Star Sectors that comprised the Iron-Tooth’s home base, the Jiang Meiyu remained untouched and unscathed.

Upon returning there, he would properly manage the entire Star Sector, suppressing internal unrest on the one hand and fortifying every planet on the other.

He anticipated that once humanity had claimed victories on all fronts and was free to focus, they would surely press their advantage and seek to exterminate them.

By that time, he would be in Jiang Meiyu, taking full advantage of home territory, to drag those Shrimps into the mire of war, and seek development amidst the conflict.

He still had the chance for a comeback!

…

The first half of the story progressed just as he had envisioned.

The one-third Green-Skin main force, their morale boosted by King Muru, engaged in fierce battle with the human army in the Leilong and Thunder Element sectors.

The intensity of the battle was exceptional.

Though their forces were smaller, Muru’s stance was to attack on all fronts, leaving no room for retreat. The combat power that erupted from them was quite terrifying.

The human pursuit forces were caught off guard, and the two squads of the Fury Flame Battle Group that were in hottest pursuit were even wiped out.

Erso, the Battle Group Leader of Fury Flame, was quite enraged.

Being bitten back by a duck that was thought to be cooked was surely aggravating.

He embarked on the Battle Group Fleet’s flagship—a Combat Shuttle equivalent to a Battleship class—to personally join the battle.

The normal intensity of the battle was high, but it ended quickly.

King Muru suffered defeat at sea, his fleet nearly eradicated; the planet where he resided was also subjected to an invasion by the Fury Flame Battle Group led by Kazimir Erso himself. In this ground decisive battle, the numerous and well-equipped Green Skins were mercilessly annihilated, having entirely lost orbital control.

Muru himself was also beheaded by Erso.

But Erso still was not happy.

He wanted the head of Titus, not Muru. This fellow claimed to be a great chieftain, but the state of the Green-Skin leaders had been largely figured out by humans over the past few years. Erso knew that although this fellow’s status was not low, he was actually just a warlord, a ‘king’.

He originally thought that the Green Skins turning to fight desperately against him was a last stand by the great chieftain Titus, but it turned out not to be the case.

Combining the received information about the internal strife within the Green Skins, Gu Hang had almost confirmed Titus had fled.

Furthermore, even with the speed at which Erso had been annihilating this group of Green Skins, due to King Muru’s obstruction, it still took two months.

During these two months, the distance between the two sides had suddenly widened significantly.

Perhaps Titus had already retreated to his lair?

This speculation was very likely true, which only infuriated Erso even more.

The Iron-Tooth chieftain fleeing back to the Iron-Tooth nest, this bunch of Green Skins still having a part of their fleet remaining, with the full control of the planetary ground orbits for support, and possibly billions of Green Skin armies on those planets.

No longer in an expedition status, the Green Skins would no longer be restricted by supply and reinforcement, allowing their war potential to be fully unleashed.

Conversely, it was the humans that had become the Expeditionary Force. Though the main battlefield of the entire Star Domain had been won, the Green Skin invasion on over a hundred planets was yet to end. The number of Green Skins on these planets varied, but given their nature, they were like incurable diseases on the planets, like ringworm, and only through prolonged combat and management could they be completely rid of the Green Skin threat.

As a result, the newly reclaimed planets could provide very limited support to the human Expeditionary Force. Even worse, in some places, Erso might even have to invest troops to help them resolve issues.

Under these circumstances, Erso could imagine that hunting down the Iron-Tooth Clan one planet at a time and capturing the chieftain, Titus, to execute him would become incredibly difficult.

Not that it couldn’t be done, but it would take a very long time, cost a hefty price, and require a lot of blood and money to achieve the goal.

But could he just not do it?

After the Fury Flame Battle Group had already shed so much blood, was he supposed to release his grip now?

Then, all the costs previously incurred would truly become sunk costs.

Annoying!

Infuriating!

That was Erso’s mood now.

Having missed the best opportunity to annihilate Titus during the chase, he was infuriated; endless troubles afterward made his scalp tingle.

However, at this time, a communication request from Gu Hang came through.

This was normal.

Since the end of the Temir Campaign, the Alliance had changed its previous style and began communicating frequently with him. Although still not obedient, there was some unspoken understanding.

The best example was that the Alliance had diligently blocked the Green Skins’ southward reinforcements from reaching their nest and set fierce fires in the Green Skin lair, destroying their war potential and leading to their full retreat. This allowed Erso and the Sect of Mechanics to expand their victorious results through a rout, achieving a decisive victory on the front.

Secondly, during the Fury Flame Battle Group’s pursuit of the Green Skins, the Alliance also blocked multiple northern escape routes of the Green Skins, forcing the Green Skin legions to escape along the Thunder Dragon, through the Thunder Element Sector, creating a major detour and providing ample chasing space for the Fury Flame Battle Group and Mingyang Sect.

Because of this, in recent exchanges, Erso had been a bit more polite.

Just a bit.

He still complained about the Alliance every time, demanding they release the detained Fury Flame Battle Group contingent and threatened the Alliance, accusing them of disloyalty.

At best, he was just a little gentler in word choice.

But today was a bit different.

The one making this call wasn’t the diplomat who had been communicating with Erso all this time but the Alliance’s highest leader: Gu Hang.

Not being able to talk directly to Gu Hang had always been an annoyance to Erso.

On top of that, with the war going unfavorably and Titus having escaped, Erso was in a very bad mood.

Today he wouldn’t give any face:

“Mr. Governor, is that you? You coward, have you decided not to hide and suckle milk today and dare to speak to me directly?”

Faced with this direct and malicious comment, Gu Hang showed no intention of stooping to his level; instead, he revealed a smile and delivered a piece of news to Erso:

“We have already killed Titus, would you like to see his corpse?”

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