Chapter 293: Confrontation (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Ice Shirt Snow) (Third Update)

However, Major Gene and his team didn’t pursue too aggressively. Instead, they destroyed the enemy’s defensive weapons along the way while chasing.

At the same time, they controlled their flight speed to avoid ambushes.

At this moment, Conner, like a startled bird, frantically piloted his Mech towards the Red Valley Mining Base to escape. He opened his communication channel and reported anxiously.

“Lord Beink, something terrible has happened. We’ve been defeated, and the enemy is coming this way.”

“Useless! Absolutely useless! How can so many people not defeat those few from Royal Court Academy?”

“Lord, they are so strong! There are many Third Generation Mechas. And their ship’s firepower is especially fierce; they directly launched a wave of bombardment before the fight even began, completely overwhelming us.”

“Idiot! Return to the base!”

Beink cursed and said.

“Alright!”

Conner’s heart immediately eased quite a bit.

Not long after, Conner fled to the main gate of the base. There, he saw Iron Head Mechs escorting over five hundred captives in protective suits out of the base.

At this point, an Iron Guard approached Conner and reported to him.

“Lord Conner, you’re back.”

“Where is Lord Beink? Those people from Royal Court Academy are about to attack.”

Conner asked anxiously.

“Lord Beink is preparing for battle. He wants you to use the hostages to tie down the enemy and buy some time.”

The subordinate quickly said.

“I understand.”

Conner glanced at the more than five hundred hostages, took a deep breath, and calmed his panicked emotions before speaking.

At this moment, Major Gene, leading Su Ming and others, pushed forward steadily.

Upon seeing this, Conner shouted at Major Gene and his team.

“Stop! If you take one more step, I’ll kill them!”

Major Gene saw the more than five hundred hostages, and a look of anger appeared on his face, but he still calmly gave the order.

“Stop!”

Su Ming and the others stopped. They saw the enemy using so many hostages as shields, and everyone in the communication channel cursed.

“Damn, how shameless!”

“That’s too despicable.”

“What do we do now? These are all people from our school!”

Su Ming frowned at the scene and said.

“This is troublesome. What do we do now?”

“I don’t have a good solution for this kind of thing! The hostages are our weakness. If we act rashly, it would be good if even half of these five hundred people survive.”

Mia was also very helpless; these people had no bottom line.

Major Gene looked at the scene before him and warned coldly.

“If they lose even a single hair, we will absolutely tear you to pieces later!”

Conner swallowed upon hearing Major Gene’s words, but still replied fiercely.

“Who are you trying to scare?!”

Major Gene saw the enemy’s resolute attitude, his expression shifted for a moment, and then he contacted Red Fang. The communication was quickly established.

“Sir, this is Major Gene.”

“What’s the situation now?”

Commander Xiao Ye asked in a deep voice.

“We have already defeated the enemy’s ambush force and reached the Red Valley Mining Base.”

Major Gene reported.

“What about casualties?”

Principal Fleck’s anxious voice came through the communication channel.

“Lord Fleck, so far, nineteen people are lightly injured, four are seriously injured, and two have sacrificed.”

Major Gene recounted the situation reported by his subordinates.

In fact, these injured and sacrificed students were mostly wounded by the first wave of attack.

Fortunately, the Iron Guard Mech’s defense was good, and the students all wore second-generation exoskeleton armor; otherwise, the casualties would have been higher.

But from this, one can also see how well-equipped the students of Royal Court Academy are.

Of course, besides that, there was another very important reason: the combat effectiveness of this rebel army was truly too poor, completely not on the same level as the students of Royal Court Academy.

But it was normal; the students of Royal Court Academy were all one in a million and enjoyed the best educational resources.

“What did you say? Two dead? Oh dear!”

Principal Fleck, despite the outstanding combat results, showed no joy at all. Instead, he clutched his chest and spoke with immense heartache.

“Not only that, but the enemy is now using our people as hostages, as shields. How should we respond?”

Major Gene calmly requested instructions.

“What? They’re taking our people as hostages? These bastards! Major Gene, you absolutely must not act rashly and harm the hostages; those are all people from our school’s mineral department!”

Principal Fleck’s face turned green when he heard this.

He was almost cursing. What was supposed to be a super simple material retrieval mission had somehow escalated into this.

“I understand, but what should we do now?”

Major Gene asked steadily.

“Do not act. Initiate negotiations first. Do your best to ensure the safety of the hostages. If a rash action leads to hostage casualties, we will be held accountable.”

Commander Xiao Ye calmly gave the order.

His words were actually very clear: if their actions led to hostage deaths, and the Federation and Royal Court Academy pursued the matter afterward, no one would escape responsibility.

“Understood!”

After responding to Commander Xiao Ye, Major Gene spoke to Conner.

“Conner, your cause is already lost. If you safely hand over the hostages to us, we can spare your lives!”

“Bullshit! Do you really think I’m a three-year-old? If we give you the hostages, will we still live?”

Conner cursed fiercely.

“So arrogant. Do you believe we’ll chop you up?”

Some students with hot tempers immediately cursed in anger.

“You wouldn’t dare. Do you believe I’ll kill a few to show you?”

Conner also went all out, directly raising his mechanical left arm and pointing it at the hostages.

“Stop! Everyone, don’t act.”

Major Gene saw the situation getting a bit out of control and immediately stopped the students.

“Hmph!”

Conner saw the students being stopped and lowered his mechanical left arm.

His goal was to buy time, waiting for Lord Beink to be ready, not to provoke the enemy.

So, the two sides faced off against each other.

However, before they had faced off for long, suddenly, a large number of gray dots appeared on the radar scans of Su Ming and others.

The teachers, Tang Xuan and others, changed their expressions slightly and said.

“Not good, the Abyek Kingdom’s forces are coming. If they attack us from both sides, we’ll be in a passive position.”

“Everyone, don’t panic. The Abyek Kingdom probably isn’t coming for us.”

Major Gene said.

“That’s right. If the Abyek Kingdom really wanted to attack us, we wouldn’t have been able to leave the Interstellar Airport at all. And as long as we die here, no matter the excuse, the Federation and Royal Court Academy would not let the Abyek Kingdom off the hook. That king knows this very well! Even if he defected to the Imperial Army, he wouldn’t do something so foolish.”

Mia analyzed very rationally.

Su Ming listened to their discussion and also strongly agreed with their analysis.

Unless the Abyek Kingdom was looking for death, it was impossible for them to do such a thing.