952 Unexpected guest
".....?!" Everyone felt like they were about to lose control.
"Father!! What do you mean you wouldn't believe even if he told you himself? What makes you so sure?!" Caesar was the first to pull himself together and react, then looked at his brother Theo, "Is what Father saying based on the reports of the Shadow Swords? Are there signs that Jabba is still on our side somehow?"
Theo kept his eyes on his father for a moment before sighing and replyed, "...Well he stayed with the Marshal inside the walls of the City of Hope since the war began and didn't move a muscle, maybe that's a sign of something."
"That's not proof of anything, maybe he's just waiting for the right moment, on the contrary, by remaining still he took the Eastern Region out of the game so we couldn't invade it nor benefit from it and we were waiting for a move from them all the time, he put a dagger to our necks just by staying there, that should be a proof against him!" Amon waved forcefully.
"Theo, what else do you have to support what the Lord says?" Sakaar dug his claws into his thigh, not even bothering to give any title to Theo, the son of the Lord.
"Nothing really, everything else says he's cooperating with them wholeheartedly." Theo shrugged, "Our sources say that while the Marshal was in Hope City he asked Jabba for a new technique or item that would prove his worth as a Truth Chosen, and Jabba created a technique for him that could speed up the energy movement in his body by 10%. After testing it on the rest of the soldiers, they found that it speeded up the energy movement in their bodies by up to 30%. Our spy network told us that while monitoring the experiments of the Marshal's guards and the rest of the regular soldiers, they saw a huge difference before and after using it. They all became noticeably stronger, which was one of the reasons why Marshal Lacrosse respected and treated him like an equal recently Jabba." "Is that even possible?" Amon looked around, for the Great Serpent Army to get such a boost in power was terrifying. "Jabba specialized in blood research and obtained the Eye of Truth because of it. If he had a number of demi-serpents to experiment on, then naturally he could invent something that would improve their bloodline." Caesar gritted his teeth and sent a sideways glance at his father, wanting to say a lot but unable to. His father had received many psychological shocks in his life, each one hitting his head like a hammer. In cases like Robin's, there are usually two reactions, the first being that the person becomes suspicious, not trusting even himself and avoiding everyone around him, or he turns to denial and refuses the possibility of receiving another blow... And in his father's case, it seems that he chose the second.
*Bzzzz* Jura's portal activated and a number of Rune Masters and Divine Blacksmiths came out this time, and with them came Charles who easily found his way to Robin and the rest's location, "I Salute Your Excellency and all the leaders, I have important news!"
"Have you discovered the movements of the Great Serpent Army after the withdrawal?" Theo asked quickly, this was Charles's mission when he sent him to Nihari.
Just a few hours ago Sakaar had a firm grip on Planet Nihari... with complete control over the center, west, and south, he was besieging the east with Morin's army, and besieging the north Amon's army, but all of this disappeared in an instant.
Now the eastern region has been completely exposed as hostile land with the appearance of the instant space portals, meaning that they no longer want to hide anything and will participate in the war openly. The Great Serpent Army who received a huge boost from the arrival of the Imperial Guards will start making a move!
"The outlines of their plan have already started to take shape." Charles quickly spoke before anyone could ask him, "The 300 Imperial Guards have been sent to Marshals Xanox and Serpal in the North and are currently making preparations to resume their plan to completely destroy the Northern Region, while at the same time, 3 of the Northern Fleets have returned and headed toward the City of Hope, where they have been housed in military barracks and scrolls are being spread out among them, one of our spies was able to take a look at one and it turned out to be the breed strengthening technique that Sect Chief Jabba had created for the demi-snakes."
Then he continued while looking into Robin's eyes, "As for Marshal Lacrosse, he personally leads the army of the Nehari Union Sect and is slowly advancing towards the central region, leaving a garrison behind wherever he goes. It is clear that he is seeking to tighten control over the central region slowly and very intensively before moving on to the rest of the regions."
"....." At this moment, Amon, Sakaar, Caesar, and Theo turned simultaneously towards Robin.
Robin looked around and began to mutter, "...Perhaps there is something forcing him, perhaps he is thinking of a plan! You should think a little better." Then his tone began to rise, "Jabba is my only student, he is the only one who truly understands me, no matter how much disagreement there is between us, it will not reach the point of open hostility! Don't you understand? Jabba would never betray me!! never..."
As for Sakar, he sighed, "He was... he was your student."
"....." Robin opened his eyes wide and looked at the ground
*BZZZT*!! While activating the gate to let out the Rune Masters and Divine Blacksmiths, a sudden commotion occurred in it as if it was about to explode, then *BAM* *BAM*
"What's going on?" Theo looked back inside the city
The space inside the portal arch actually made an explosion sound and then spat out something huge, "RAAWWRRR!!"
The thing was about 60 meters long, its head was like a dragon's head and it had two huge hind legs and two front wings instead of arms.
"Was that... Crixus The Great?!"