"Fortunately, they were fooled, they were busy chasing us all the way to the city walls."
"Ah, we are here."
Aun stopped and showed they had arrived at a large room, the room was 5 times the size of the other rooms. In front of the room, there is a light barrier.
"We've tried various ways to break through this barrier, but nothing works."
Astrum noticed something caught his attention on the wall of the room, he approached to take a closer look.
"Ah!" The voice of his surprise was heard by the others. In such an enclosed space, of course, the Reverberant's voice was very strong.
"Astrum, what's wrong?" Thea who rushed first towards Astrum.
"This… This glyph is the same as the glyph in the pyramid."
"Hah?"
Astrum continued to follow the instructions of the glyphs on the wall. Thea along with Lander and Aun just looked at Astrum in confusion. The glyphs on the walls of this room are ancient glyphs, they can't know the meaning of these glyphs. But Astrum's behavior seemed as if he understood the glyphs.
Tracing the walls with torch-like eyes, he studied the glyphs with great enthusiasm. After 3 hours, he finally finished studying every glyph in the room.
"Oh… it looks like that!" Astrum mumbled. But his muttering was heard by the others.
"Astrum, what did you get?" Thea was the most curious.
"We have to activate the last pyramid first to be able to open this barrier. This entire underground passage was a path made to escape the core seal. When the entire pyramid is active, this key will turn into the master key to open this room."
Astrum shows the two keys he got earlier.
"Alright, then we can break this barrier after rescuing our comrades." Aun gave an opinion.
"No, we don't have to. We will use the last pyramid to save our comrades." Astrum said in an excited tone.
***
After a while, they returned to the main reconnaissance room to come up with a new plan.
"Captain Aun, what is our current strength?" Astrum asked.
"Right now our strength is very weak, currently I only have 50 green leaf troops. But they are elite troops that I trained myself. And Lander in charge of 30 personnel. of Lon Clan Beastros."
"Hm. How about the location of their spaceship?"
"They built a hangar at the west of the green city," Aun spoke while showing the hangar location on the 3D map.
"Then, the location of the Green Leaf Insginias troops?"
"Most of the green leaf troops are held in this cell."
The prisoner's location is east of the green city.
"Is the black pearl still around the city?"
"Apparently not, the entire black pearl was taken back by Zax. Seems like to hold Sidius and Stella." Aun said.
"What is the black pearl actually? Why can it weaken the power of the stars? And how did they get the black pearl?" Lander threw a barrage of questions at Aun.
Before Aun could answer, Astrum cut him off "That pearl is mine."
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"That black pearl is the pearl that Astrum got from defeating the monsters on the horn clan continent." The explained.
"That's right, before the attack on Green city, Arie and Aria wanted to borrow the black pearl to train the combat strength of the mid-force against the blue monster. But they actually used it against us!" Astrum said while clenching his fists.
"Then, what next?" Thea asked.
"We need to hijack the spaceship first. Clan Chief Lander, do you have the same ability as Daal?" The point of the question is the ability to disappear.
"Of course, Certi and I have the same abilities. It is the natural talent of our race."
"Good, I will ask the two of you for help."
***
After a while, they finished with the attack plan.
"Thea, how are conditions on the home planet?"
"He just got it, in one day Solux will return to Nexor."
"Alright, let's get ready for the attack this time."
Waiting for a day, Astrum actually wanted to level up quickly, because he knew his current level would not be enough to fight Zax. At least he was at level 30 to be able to keep up with Zax. But he couldn't possibly deplete the materials from Lander, even if it was booty from Zax.
Astrum decides to use materials from his home planet, which Solux is carrying. In this waiting, Astrum only helps Bi and Hiru to train new skills.
The next day, after a long wait, someone in the room reported new information.
"Captain, Solux just reported. She'll be landing in a moment."
"Good. Who is in charge of receiving Solux?"
"Looks like Horax and Torax are in charge of escorting Solux."
"What are the positions of the others?"
"Gorux is currently at the cell location, Folux is at the factory, and the rest are gathered at the mansion."
"Alright, this report immediately to lord Astrum." Aun gave an order to one of his subordinates.
When Aun's subordinates brought this news, Astrum smiled in satisfaction. He had been waiting a long time for revenge, and now was a perfect time.
Everyone gathered in the core room waiting for orders to move.
"Okay, I ask everyone for help. We will move according to plan." Astrum spoke like a leader.
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
Troops are divided into 3 groups, each group enters a different aisle.
Thanks to Certi's help, Astrum can walk in the middle of the city without being noticed by the guards. After a few minutes through several bends, they finally arrived at the location. Their location was the hangar, where the Solux would land.
"Alright, we'll wait for the signal," Astrum whispered.
Certi nodded her head with her gaze focused on the hangar.
***
At the mansion, Zax is having a meeting with his aides. Currently, there were only 4 aides present.
"How was the report?"
"Currently, Folux is preparing a new soul leech product and Horax and Torax are picking up new materials brought by Solux."
"Good."
Just as Zax answered, there was a huge explosion in the green city. To be precise, the explosion was the same as the location of the previous explosion.
"Damn it! They're attacking again! Catch them!"
Zax's Aides rushed out of the room. They rushed towards the city wall which was the center of the explosion.
After some time rushing to the site, another explosion occurred near the north. The location was very close to the Soul Leech factory. Seeing that the second explosion occurred at a critical place, the four aides split up. Two to the wall and two to the factory.
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In another location, the Spaceship Solux has landed in the hangar. Astrum and Certi hid from a distance watching Zax's troops prepare to unload the cargo of materials.
"Certi, use this. Just toss it and don't use the star power." Astrum handed something to Certi.
"After the signal, we must move immediately."
"Good understand!" Certi responded with a nod.
Boom, the sound of explosions from the city walls rang out.
"Damn it! What the hell!" Solux was furious when she heard the sound of an explosion.
"Looks like they're attacking again. We have to hurry!" Horax ordered his men to speed up their activities.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Smoke bombs exploded at their location, this time the color was not black as usual, but blue. Blue smoke enveloped Zax's troops who were near the spaceship.
After a while, the smoke evaporated and showed Solux, Torax, Horax, and their troops fast asleep. It was the result of the blue pearls that Astrum collected from the beak clan continent.
"Good! Now we carry out according to plan." Astrum began to move closer to the Solux spaceship.
***
In the mansion, Zax who was sitting in the main room waited quietly for his aide. Suddenly someone rushed into the room.
"Commander! There is an important report!" The man said while panting.
"Say it quickly!"
"Spaceship Solux has left the hangar!"
"What! These bastards are all diversions! Their goal is to take the material! Quickly call the others to catch up with the spaceship!"
"Understood!" The man immediately rushed out of the room.
Zax is alone in the main room feeling so annoyed, he feels cheated twice. The first time, he was robbed during the green city raid and now the newly acquired materials will be robbed once again.
Zax's aides who were looking for the enemy's presence in the city walls stopped their search when they got this report. They immediately rushed towards the hangar. As they ran towards the hangar, a huge black shadow crossed them. It was the Solux spaceship that had been hijacked by Astrum.
The spaceship flew at normal speed past them. They hastened their movement to the hangar after realizing the spaceship had departed.
Zax's aides made it to the hangar, they rushed to prepare a small spaceship to catch up. When the two spaceships were ready to take off, another explosion occurred to the east of the green city.
"Damn it! What The hell is happening?"