Chapter 268: Just Me, an Imperial Loyalist?

Bang—

Helusu tossed the military report directly onto the table.

Then, looking at the sweating foreheads of the people below, his face had turned a deep iron blue.

"Speak up, tell us, what on earth happened!"

Helusu was even too lazy to look for inconsistencies in the report.

After all, a report can deceive, but the front line cannot.

Now, watching the projected distance between Xisi and himself, Helusu saw Xisi's progress as if it were an armed march, with his own defenses completely unguarded along the way!

But Helusu clearly remembered that he had not only set up defenses, and had treated those lines as important fronts only one tier below Terra.

How could they let someone kill their way in so easily?!

Helusu, irritated, publicly scolded those commanders, and the other Original Bodies below unusually refrained from shielding them.

They also did not seize the chance to attack other legions.

Seeing the commanders of all legions standing in the front row, the Original Bodies could only sigh that these brats were, for once, perfectly orderly.

They never set traps for the former, just a clueless newcomer pulling everything.

Thus, at this moment, every Rebel Forces legion had a representative standing at the front.

This perfect order also caused the Original Bodies to, for once, remain silent for a while.

And when Helusu asked, who below dared to answer?

Everyone could only bury their heads; after a round of mutual glances, they all glared viciously at the instigator, Fulikes.

Fulikes, equally self‑righteous, even shot a sidelong glare back.

"Ah, right, I set a trap for you."

"But you also don't look at the battle results you reported."

"Could a normal person have come up with that?!"

Fulikes glared at the other commanders; after all, the reason Helusu wanted to check the rear lines at the critical moment of the march on Terra was that behind his rear were not minor or medium fronts, but a grand front.

It was simply because Helusu, looking at the latest battle results and that exaggerated three hundred billion figure, finally grew curious.

"Loyalist faction, where did so many of your kills come from?"

Although Helusu admitted that the scene of Xisi's legion he had seen earlier also shocked him with its numbers, you brats have killed far too many!

Helusu, seeing Fulikes and the others below silent, grew irritated and waved the military report at the crowd again:

"According to these reports, Xisi must have been killed by you dozens of times!"

As Helusu said this, even while being possessed and twisted by the Four Gods, he unusually smiled at them.

The few below could only respond with helplessness, having no explanation.

They reported such numbers not to belittle the ones ahead.

But a very practical situation was in front of them, forcing them to inflate the figures.

That is, your allies ahead eliminated so many enemies, yet your front line still fell?

You can't possibly say:

"Oh, the allies ahead were all heroic, making the Loyalist faction scatter, but when it came to me, I was kicked by the battered Loyalist army that had been beaten countless times before!"

Then wouldn't you be outright admitting that the labor side is the weakest?

Even the loss of all the front lines ahead could be blamed on you.

Therefore, to make the loss of your front lines appear 'reasonable', Xisi's legion must always retain overwhelming force.

But that's only a few hundred billion; I believe that's far below Lord Xisi's limit!

In the end, the Loyalist faction raged, lambasting Xisi as a complete amateur.

The Rebel Forces side, curious about Xisi's massive army, wondered if it truly grew from the ground.

Fortunately, Helusu was meticulous and asked a couple more questions, finally uncovering this scene worthy of a joke!

Until everyone below fell silent, Helusu's angry gaze swept around, wanting to cut someone down; finally his eyes landed on Fulikes, the one who opened this front, and Pei Tula Bo suddenly stepped forward.

"The most urgent task now is to quickly reorganize the front lines."

"The solar system is right before us; seizing Terra is now the top priority!"

Seeing Helusu about to act, Pei Tula Bo could no longer sit still.

Cursing aside, if he really used the Iron Warrior as a model, where would Pei Tula Bo's face end up?

Looking at his most relied‑upon ally, though Pei Tula Bo didn't state it outright, Helusu knew he would never move against Fulikes.

But Helusu didn't just leave it at that; after a moment's thought, he sat up straight:

"Fine, let seizing Terra be the priority first."

"Then who among you is willing to reorganize the front lines? Show repentance with concrete action."

Helusu said this while looking at the crowd below, despite his accumulated authority.

These people, unlike those behind who had never faced Xisi directly, having truly witnessed the unreasonable Longlin Star, were scared of Helusu but even more of Xisi!

This scene made Helusu, who had been about to gently reveal, lose his restraint!

Facing a choice to stay and face him or go out and face Xisi, everyone chose silence; even a fool knows that these high‑level Rebel Forces core members are more afraid of Xisi than of Helusu!

Helusu realized this, his previously simple gaze turning from irritation to fierce murderous intent!

This time, even Pei Tula Bo dared not intervene; Angelon and Fu Ge Rimu each gave a serious look at their offspring, then one sighed and shook his head, the other sneered, unwilling to oppose Helusu now.

Seeing the Original Bodies all yielding, Fulikes, stared down by Helusu, finally after a moment of terrified, wide‑eyed contemplation, stood upright again!

"I'm going!"

"This time, as long as I'm on the front line for a day, Xisi won't advance another step!"

He didn't dare make a guarantee, but declared his stance.

Although Helusu had no expectations of Fulikes, seeing that Fulikes ultimately was even more afraid of him, Helusu's goal was essentially achieved.

Then, without even looking at Fulikes, he simply waved his hand:

"Go. I hope that the next time I see you, you have completed the mission and are with me in Terra's imperial palace."

Fulikes said no more, and immediately stood at attention and saluted.

Then, with decisive resolve, he turned and left, his figure disappearing from the gloating gazes of the others.

The small fleet belonging to Fulikes above his head slowly ignited its engines, and only then did Helusu withdraw his gaze.

He then looked at the projection before him and decided to focus all his attention on the approaching Solar System.

In space, far from Helusu, when Fulikes' companions heard that they were to return and face Xisi, the entire Bridge instantly fell into an icy, dead silence.

Only after Fulikes confirmed they were far from Helusu did he look at the numb subordinates below, who seemed already to be on a death countdown, and, snorting with laughter, said:

"What are you doing?"

"How…"

"Am I the only Imperial loyalist here?!"