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Chapter 1276: Chapter 723: Comoros

Vice Admiral Du Shiliang of the Alliance Navy paced anxiously back and forth on the bridge.

He was waiting for news from Martini. Ths chapter is updatd by N()velFire.net

After learning that a convoy of Wang Jiarong’s trading fleet had gone missing, suspected of being raided, he had rushed over in a hurry.

After Yelisia left, he was the temporary highest commander of the entire Alliance Navy. The safety of Alliance ships sailing across the Star Sea, including within the Spiderweb Domain, was his responsibility.

With an incident involving the Star Sea merchant ships, he was certainly responsible.

Moreover, it might not just be a leadership responsibility. When Yelisia left with Gu Hang, she specifically instructed the navy to set up the Star Sea defense measures in the Spiderweb Domain.

Meanwhile, the Alliance Government had already notified him in advance that Wang’s Trading Company’s fleet would arrive, asking him to make preparations.

Yet, an incident still occurred.

He felt a sense of injustice.

Despite all the precautions, they didn’t expect the Dark Elves.

Previously, the Alliance had never dealt with the Dark Spirit Race. For Du Shiliang, this was an unknown realm. Not only was there no experience, but he hadn’t even considered it.

Add to that the elusive nature of the Dark Spirit Race, it was even more difficult to defend against.

But he also understood that these were all excuses after the fact.

Within the Alliance Navy, aside from Admiral Yelixa being the most established, others did not have significantly different experience or capabilities.

Du Shiliang was indeed a veteran; during the Koroga Battle, when Mr. Gu started to make his mark in the Star Sea, he was an Imperial Navy Vice Admiral, a captain of the Tianma Fleet, and had assisted Gu Hang. In a series of subsequent decisions, he made the right choices and reached his current position.

However, there are others like him in the navy; some newcomers have also performed outstandingly in combat.

He didn’t have absolute merits to ensure he would always be the navy commander.

Now, with Yelisia gone, a vacancy available, and him receiving an opportunity to lead, if he botched it, his path ahead would be tough.

He might even be seen as ’incompetent for major tasks’.

With events unfolding, Du Shiliang had no choice; his current task was to quickly resolve the situation.

First, he needed to retrieve the missing convoy. They were likely in dire straits, but whether alive or dead, he needed to account for them, and the responsible Dark Elves must be dealt with, or it would be hard to explain.

Secondly, he needed to plug this hole.

With the Alliance actively developing the Spiderweb Domain, massive amounts of supplies exchanged across the Star Sea in the Domain, these merchant and transport ships needed to operate efficiently to meet the Alliance’s needs.

And such efficiency relies on one thing above all else—security.

Without security for shipping, they would need to spend massive time and cost on escorts, detours, and surveillance.

That would be unacceptable.

If Dark Spirit Race pirates repeatedly caused losses to Alliance ships, it would spell the end of his acting as the commander.

It would be fortunate not to be relegated back to captaining a regular cruiser.

The Navigators and Star Speakers under the navy, all usable Spiritual Power, frantically led by warships, were scouring the void of the Yangyu Star System, trying to catch any trace.

But the efficiency was low, yielding no results so far.

Next, he shook the personnel. Since the Dark Elves could have infiltrators in Yangyu, perhaps there were more spies? Perhaps some had been corrupted or bribed by the Spirit Race? Could they know any information?

Thus, he requested from a higher level, namely the Military Affairs Department, that Marshal Tadeusz deploy experts from the Military Intelligence Bureau to find further clues.

Of course, he was most looking forward to the Judges’ interrogation of the Dark Elf captives.

Upon hearing that the Anti-Extraterrestrial Alliance Judges had some major moves, he ordered the fleet to be on standby and informed the two Furyflame Battle Group companies accompanying the fleet to prepare for battle.

Then, Martini Court brought people from the Anti-Extraterrestrial Alliance on board his ship and delivered good news.

They had pinpointed the enemy’s location.

The Dark Spirit Race pirates had a temporary base on an inconspicuous asteroid in the Yangyu Star System. There, they even had a Spirit Gate opened.

Du Shiliang hastily ordered a full military mobilization, and en route, absorbed some knowledge about the Dark Spirit Race.

After listening, his expression was quite unsettled.

…

Zelnos Blood Curse looked down from a high platform, observing tens of thousands, over a hundred thousand, prisoners moving supplies on this little asteroid under the whip of Blood Slaves.

Normally, ordinary mortals could not move freely on an asteroid without protection. To enable these humans to operate, a channel was set up between the temporary docking point and the Spirit Gate on the asteroid, about sixty meters in diameter. Several large life support facilities were arranged along the route, a thin layer of energy protected the channel area from deadly cosmic radiation and maintained oxygen and temperature inside, allowing for human activity.