From the Abyss of Stars Part 1

Vol-2: 026. Long Time No See, Have You Reached the Moon? (Part 1)

026. Long Time No See, Have You Reached the Moon? (Part 1)

The young lord's kidnapping was quickly noticed, and the guards pursued relentlessly in their hover cars. Fortunately, Barnum's driving skills were decent, and after two hours of wild racing and zigzagging, they managed to shake off the guards who were discreetly tailing them.

The hover car stopped in an abandoned factory to evade low-earth orbit satellite searches. Li Aozi dragged the tightly bound Marlis out of the car and threw him to the waiting Bemudes rebels who had been lying in ambush.

"This is—Marlis, the Grand Duke's son!" a Bemudes soldier shouted excitedly. "You did well, Mr. Li Aozi, you're truly our hero for capturing Marlis."

"Just a coincidence," Li Aozi said casually. "You can interrogate this guy—but don't kill him. He's a Beta level; your weapons won't harm him. Also, there were many issues in today's battle..."

Li Aozi wanted to say more critical words, but when he saw the wounded Bemudes soldiers peeking out from behind, he couldn't bring himself to say anything.

After all, as a hired thug from the Tianhuan, he wasn't qualified or responsible to point fingers at a group of blindly passionate rebels. He might end up leaving himself open to criticism, so it was better to say nothing and just do his own job.

Although Li Aozi wasn't particularly intelligent, his emotional intelligence was at least passable. He pulled Barnum out of the car and handed him over to the Bemudes people, telling them to teach him how to shoot and fight, and also to gather information about these people. Compared to Li Aozi's strong image, someone like Barnum, who was weak and powerless, was better suited to infiltrate and gather intelligence.

Marlis was taken away, and Li Aozi leaned against the vehicle, a cigarette in his mouth, looking thoughtful.

"...Interesting."

In fact, the Yellow Cuckoo Blood Pact and the 【Inquisitor】 were just urban legend-like Easter eggs in the previous life, discovered by some story enthusiasts who dug into the backstory. People only then realized that there were still many untapped stories from the old era of the Azure Star, and that the Gulanth Duchy, which seemed to have a harmonious relationship with the Frost-Plated Republic on the surface, had its own secrets.

Li Aozi had originally prepared to storm the Surut Palace to forcibly capture someone and then ask about the 【Inquisitor】's whereabouts. Unexpectedly, Marlis came in a hurry, without any bodyguards, perhaps overconfident in the city's lockdown and his Beta level strength.

However, both Marlis and the Grand Duke were mentally aligned with the Frost-Plated Republic. Although they were rulers of the country, they didn't care at all about the people's lives. Marlis, as the heir apparent, spent most of his time in the Twin Cities of the Frost-Plated Republic, spending 3 million derbies a week on his appearance, wearing the same clothes only twice, and he greatly disliked the traditional Gulanth national attire.

As for his father, Grand Duke Gamoth, despite being a Gamma-level powerhouse and having ruled the country since the old era as an immortal being,