Chapter 294: Sacrificing the Pawn to Save the King (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Ice Shirt Snow) (Fourth Update)

Not long after, mechas descended from the sky one after another. The leading mechas were a Hercules and a Gun Knight.

Inside the Hercules mecha, Martins’ angry roar could be heard.

“What are you trying to do? Hurry up and release the hostages!”

However, the soldiers present showed no intention of laying down their weapons.

“Alright, so you’re not listening, are you? Do you not care about the lives of your own families? I’m telling you, I’ve already had people surround the nearby Onters Base City!”

Martins threatened directly.

Upon hearing Martins’ words, the numerous soldiers panicked, unsure of what to do.

The reason they dared to rebel was because their families were all in the rebellious city, Onters Base City. Now that their base was overrun, they immediately fell into disarray.

“What are you doing? Retreating now is a dead end! No one is allowed to surrender, or I’ll shoot them!”

Seeing his subordinates wavering, Conner warned them fiercely.

However, at that moment, the two Iron Guards behind Conner suddenly attacked, violently ramming Conner’s damaged Gun Knight to the ground.

Seeing this, Martins shouted to the Gun Knight beside him.

“Monk!”

The Third Generation Mecha·Gun Knight immediately understood, and with all its might, hurled the long spear in its hand towards the fallen Conner!

Crack!

The entire long spear accurately penetrated the Gun Knight’s back into the cockpit, directly killing Conner.

“Still not surrendering? Do you believe His Majesty the King won’t be enraged and chop you and your entire families to pieces?”

Martins roared loudly.

The soldiers present threw their weapons to the ground one after another.

“Go!”

Major Gene waved his hand.

Teacher Ofam and the others rushed forward, controlling all the rebel forces and simultaneously rescuing the hostages.

“I am truly sorry, these rebel forces are truly audacious! They dared to deceive us and attack you.”

Martins said to Major Gene with great apology.

“We’ll talk about this later. First, capture the culprits and rescue all the hostages.”

Major Gene did not get angry at Martins, but simply replied in a distant tone.

“Right, rescuing people is paramount. We’ll go in with you!”

Martins quickly said.

Seeing that things were mostly under control here, Major Gene waved his hand and led his troops into the base.

Su Ming and Mia also followed them inside.

However, when they rushed into the base, preparing to capture the culprits and rescue the remaining hostages, they found the entire base empty.

“Damn it, those guys left this group here to tie us down. They escaped with the remaining hostages.”

Mia said with a grim face.

“This is troublesome now. We don’t even know their escape route, and it’s possible they split up.”

Major Gene also found himself in a difficult situation.

At this moment, Martins said to Major Gene.

“Sir, you don’t need to worry. I just checked, Beink sacrificed the pawn to save the king. Most of the troops were abandoned here, and he only brought his trusted subordinates to escape. There aren’t many of them. And they’re carrying so many hostages, they won’t get far. As long as we split up and pursue, we can definitely catch them.”

Hearing this, Gene no longer hesitated and immediately issued orders.

“Everyone listen up, Teacher will pursue alone, the rest of the students will form groups of five. We will split up and pursue. Once you spot the target, do not engage directly. Just report it on the communication channel, and we will all rush over immediately.”

“Yes!”

Everyone responded in unison.

Mia then said to Su Ming in the squad’s communication channel.

“You take Rhine and a few others as a group to pursue. Remember not to overexert yourselves.”

“Understood!”

Su Ming responded in a deep voice.

So, everyone piloted their mechas and flew out from the back door of the base, then dispersed to pursue.

Rhine, Zhang Yi, Elu, and An Qi followed behind Su Ming.

At this moment, they spoke in the communication channel.

“Su Ming, can we catch up?”

“Hard to say, it depends on luck. However, there aren’t many routes they can escape through. If he wants to live, he must escape this planet, and a standard Third Generation Mecha cannot do that; he must take a spaceship.”

Su Ming said in a deep voice, looking at the miniature map of the entire area.

“You mean he’ll escape to the nearby Onters Base City?”

Rhine asked curiously.

“Normally, he would escape there, after all, that’s his main base. However, I think he might know that his base has already been surrounded by Abyek Kingdom’s troops, so he won’t escape there.”

“Then where will he escape to?”

“Unclear for now, we have too little information to make a correct judgment.”

Su Ming carefully observed the map.

“This is troublesome now. They’ve been escaping for a while, and we’re still like headless flies.”

Rhine said with a sigh.

“Just do your best, we’ll catch them sooner or later.”

An Qi and the others seemed to have a good mindset.

“That’s all we can do.”

Rhine also didn’t hold too much hope.

At this moment, Su Ming suddenly controlled his mecha to stop. Rhine and the others also stopped, looking at him in confusion and asking.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Ming looked at the map displayed on the screen, his expression changing as he spoke.

“I think the other party might go to this place.”

Su Ming shared the marked location with Rhine and the others.

“Ah? Su Ming, are you sure? This abandoned mining point is so far from us?”

Rhine and the others asked, very puzzled.

“Not sure, this is just my guess. My reasoning is simple: since they can’t go to the city, and they need a spaceship to escape. Then the only possibility is this large abandoned mining point. Perhaps there’s a spaceship hidden inside. Of course, there’s also a high probability of being wrong and us making a wasted trip.”

“A wasted trip is a wasted trip, I think Su Ming’s analysis is very good.”

Elu expressed her opinion without hesitation.

“Exactly!”

Rhine and the others also agreed.

“Then let’s go!”

Seeing that Rhine and the others didn’t object, Su Ming led them towards the large abandoned mining point.

Time passed second by second. Su Ming and his group flew towards the abandoned mining point for half an hour. At this moment, reports from various teams began to come in continuously through the communication channel.

“This is Class 8, Chen Ang. I’ve found a small group of enemy escapees, five mechas, carrying ten hostages.”

“Have you found the enemy leader?”

“No, the highest-ranking enemy mecha is a Second Generation Mecha·Iron Guard.”

“Very good, await support!”

“Understood!”

“Damn it, the enemy is truly cunning. They really let their subordinates carry hostages to act as bait.”

Zhang Yi complained in the communication channel.

“People at their wits’ end will do anything to survive, there’s nothing strange about it.”

Su Ming said calmly.

“True!”

Zhang Yi thought for a moment and replied.

“Alright, everyone, cheer up, we’re almost at the abandoned mining site.”

Su Ming reminded Rhine and the others.

“Mm!”

Rhine and the others responded seriously.