Chapter 1629: Are we going to fight?
The fourth prince did not hide anything from his brothers and sisters, saying, "My eldest brother has been staying on the northern border for the past few months. His mission for the past few months has been to inspect the garrison fleet there."
Even with all that's happening now, there's no sign of things coming back.
I guess they think the same way I do, wanting to show that they have nothing to do with this matter and have no other thoughts.
Right now, everyone wants to clear themselves of any wrongdoing, fearing they might cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
The other princes and princesses nodded in agreement.
The princes and princesses who had not left the Mehsa Star Empire gathered here because of this idea.
"All we can do now is wait for news from over there." The Fifth Princess pouted, seemingly not very happy with the current situation.
Everyone continued chatting.
But at that moment, the Fourth Prince's handheld terminal flickered, and it was a very high-frequency flicker.
The others noticed as well, and at that moment they all stopped talking.
The fourth prince opened the communication interface on his handheld terminal and looked at the message that was being transmitted back to him.
The princes and princesses around him could clearly see that his expression had changed drastically.
"Fourth Brother, what happened?"
"Has the negotiation over there yielded a result?"
"What exactly is going on? Fourth Brother, say something!"
The fourth prince looked incredulous and muttered to himself, "This... how is this possible... how could my second brother dare to do such a thing?"
It's over. It's completely over.
Some people couldn't resist; for example, the Fifth Princess went directly to the Fourth Prince and looked at the message displayed on the electronic screen.
The moment she saw it, the Fifth Princess's face turned deathly pale.
"Fifth Sister, what happened?"
"You guys are really driving me crazy, just say something!"
The fourth prince finally recovered and said with a serious expression, "My men have just received the latest news."
The people from the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire fleet said they had to take the Second Prince away for a related investigation.
Furthermore, it was clearly stated that if, during this process, it was determined that the Second Prince was the culprit...
Then the Second Prince must be taken back to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire for trial.
During this process, the Second Prince's trusted subordinates refused to hand over the Second Prince.
After a period of unsuccessful negotiations, the starships of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire fleet took action, attempting to surround the flagship where the Second Prince was located.
During this process, the second prince's trusted subordinates launched a direct counterattack.
A battle broke out between the two sides...
Upon hearing this...
The princes and princesses present changed their expressions drastically.
A battle broke out, which means this is a very serious matter.
This could directly lead to a declaration of war between the two empires!
"How far has the fight progressed?" someone asked with concern.
"There's no further information yet, let's wait and see," the Fourth Prince said.
Now, no one present had any intention of chatting; everyone eagerly awaited the next piece of news.
Finally, another piece of intelligence came in.
This news is even more incredible.
The flagship where the Second Prince was located was surrounded and boarded by the Xiaolong interstellar warships, resulting in fierce close combat. In the end, the Second Prince was captured and taken away by the interstellar heavy marines of the Xiaolong interstellar legion fleet.
At the same time, the Second Prince's legion fleet and the Xiaolong Legion fleet engaged in fierce combat.
Although the Second Prince's legion fleet had a numerical advantage, the Xiaolong series interstellar warships were still superior in combat power.
Therefore, they basically cannot gain any advantage in battle.
This even resulted in significant losses for the Second Prince's own legion and fleet.
After the Second Prince was captured, the Xiaolong Legion fleet chose to break out, but the Second Prince's legion fleet naturally wouldn't let the Xiaolong Legion fleet escape so easily, so it pursued them relentlessly.
"Second brother has been arrested?"
"My God, now our Empire and the Dragon Star Empire are truly at war!"
"I have also received the latest news."
The fleets of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire began to enter a state of full combat readiness, and multiple military star systems entered a state of first-level combat readiness. The Third Princess also received some news at this time.
Because she has some businesses involved in intergalactic trade and interstellar trade within the empire, she naturally obtains intelligence information more quickly.
After learning of this intelligence...
The people present were even more panicked.
All of this proves that the Dragon Star Empire is indeed going to declare war on them.
"How did it come to this?"
"If we really went to war with the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire, we simply couldn't withstand an opponent of that caliber."
"Damn it, what do we do now?"
Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to the Fourth Prince.
They were starting to worry. Even though they were just idle princes and princesses, they all knew about the formidable reputation of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
They were well aware that their own Majas interstellar empire was no match for the Wyvern interstellar empire.
If the two interstellar empires were to actually clash, they would have virtually no chance of winning!
At this moment, here, the Fourth Prince naturally became everyone's pillar of support.
But even the Fourth Prince himself was hesitant at this moment.
Their father, the emperor, has been seriously ill for many years, and the second prince has been handling these matters all along. But now the second prince has been captured by the enemy.
That would be equivalent to the Mehran interstellar empire being leaderless.
If this continues, the situation will only get worse.
What's more, this is the current situation where we're about to go to war with the Dragon Star Empire.
At that moment, almost everyone present received a telegram.
Everyone started looking at the telegram.
"Is it the Seventh Prince?"
This is a telegram from the Seventh Prince.
Now, everyone present seemed to have found their pillar of support.
Yes, even though the Second Prince is gone now, at least the Seventh Prince is still here.
Although the seventh prince was not ranked very high among his siblings.
But before that, he and his brother, the Second Prince, one a scholar and the other a warrior, controlled the Maihas interstellar empire, and things had gone smoothly for them.
Therefore, in a sense, the seventh prince Mados is the most suitable candidate to take charge of the current power of the Majas interstellar empire.
What's more, these two are brothers.
"I am Mados, the seventh prince of the Mahas Interstellar Empire. Now, a special situation has occurred in the Mahas Interstellar Empire."
My brother, the designated heir to the throne of the Majas interstellar empire, is now missing.
Because of the special circumstances at present, I will now take over all rights of the Majas interstellar empire.
Please cooperate with me unconditionally.
—Madows, the seventh prince of the Majas Interstellar Empire.
This is a notification from the seventh prince of Maddox, announcing the transfer of all authority.
In the current situation, this is indeed a reasonable approach.
"Now we can only wait and see."
Hopefully, the seventh prince can resolve this matter. The fourth prince's expression had returned to calm, but the worry could still be seen in his eyes.
"The problem is how to handle the relationship with the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire now."
It's important to know that the military strength of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire is undeniably formidable.
Moreover, now that he has established a cosmic trade alliance, almost no one will be on our side at this time.
"If we rely solely on ourselves to fight against the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire, it will undoubtedly be a losing battle," the Fifth Princess said worriedly.
The Ninth Prince thought for a moment and said, "However, we are not without any hope."
Don't forget that the Dragon Star Empire and the Devouring Civilization have a vow to duel.
If the Dragon Star Empire wants to win this sworn duel, it will inevitably need to do a lot of preparation.
The purpose of establishing that interstellar trade alliance was probably for this reason.
If they declare war on us under these circumstances, even if we are no match for the Dragon Star Empire, then we will be in trouble.
But as long as the Dragon Star Empire doesn't go all out against us, we can stall for time.
"If we can stall until the time for this sworn duel arrives, the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire will inevitably have no choice but to withdraw its troops from our territory."
Hearing the Ninth Prince's analysis.
Some agreed, while others remained worried.
However, all they can do now is wait and see how things develop. After all, apart from the fourth prince, they are all powerless members of the royal family and have no way to change the current situation.
They can either wait here for further developments, or like those royal families who have already gone on 'vacation,' they can take some of their wealth and head to other interstellar civilizations to avoid trouble.
They had no other choice.
"Third sister, what are your plans for the future?" The fifth princess asked the third princess.
Although they are not biological sisters.
However, because the Third Princess maintained a good relationship with all her brothers and sisters, everyone liked this older sister.
Even the second prince was very fond of this half-sister.
Moreover, she is often mature and composed, like everyone's older sister.
The fifth princess, in particular, often clung to the third princess, treating her as her own older sister.
The Third Princess looked at the Fifth Princess and smiled slightly, "I don't know what I can do either."
But for now, I'll stay here.
Let's make further arrangements when things get really dangerous.
"Sister, you have been engaged in inter-universe trade all these years and have many industries in other interstellar civilizations."
"If you're going to leave, you must take your younger sister with you." The Fifth Princess leaned closer to her elder sister and said with a smile.
The Third Princess looked at the Fifth Princess and said with a smile, "Don't worry, if I want to leave..."
I will definitely bring Fifth Sister along.
Others then gathered around.
Because among them, the Third Princess has the best temper and also has the most industries in other interstellar civilizations.
In these extraordinary times, they naturally all hope to get closer to the Third Princess, perhaps because they will need to rely on her when they go far away in the future.
For the remainder of the time, the royal family continued to stay there.
But they still kept a close eye on the news outside at all times.
The first 24 hours after the Second Prince went missing.
The seventh prince, Mados, led his legion fleet of nearly 100,000 interstellar warships back swiftly to the capital system of the Majas interstellar empire and took control of all the important administrative departments in the capital system.
At the same time, he announced to the entire nation that he had now officially taken over all the powers of the empire and declared that the empire had entered a state of second-level war preparedness.
At the same time, he ordered the dispatch of 100,000 interstellar warships to assist the Second Prince's fleet, which was still pursuing the 3,000 interstellar warships of the Xiaolong Interstellar Legion.
The order given was to rescue his brother, the Second Prince, no matter what.
At the same time, he also conveyed a friendly message of hope for communication and exchange to the Dragon Star Empire.
It was stated that the Maihas Interstellar Empire had absolutely no intention of being enemies with the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, and it was hoped that the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire would maintain a calm attitude in the face of the current special situation.
The response from the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire was that all negotiations were predicated on the fundamental principle of handing over the culprits behind the incident.
The Seventh Prince, Mados, stated that they were currently unable to contact the Dragon Legion fleet and the Second Prince's legion fleet, which were engaged in combat and pursuit.
As the two sides chased each other, they actually stumbled into a star system with a chaotic magnetic field, a star system that had always been marked as a forbidden zone within the Mahas Interstellar Empire.
Entering this area will disable all navigation devices, and even some electronic equipment within the starship will be affected to varying degrees.
That is also known as the Death Galaxy.
Communication interruptions are just a very common occurrence.
This has resulted in neither the Mahasman Interstellar Empire nor the Wyvern Interstellar Empire being able to contact the Second Prince or Marshal Medusa.
Finally, after a series of consultations...
The current ruler of the Maihas Interstellar Empire, the seventh prince Mados, has requested a face-to-face negotiation with the emperor of the Wyvern Interstellar Empire to discuss a mutually acceptable solution.
Emperor Xiaolong of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire agreed to this.
The location for the negotiations, of course, cannot be in the galaxies of either party.
Instead, they chose a broken universe.
What is a broken universe? It is a universe that has been destroyed for some reason.
The universe established during the duel between the Dragon Emperor and the Black God Emperor who devoured civilizations was a shattered universe.
It is a universe that was destroyed during the invasion of the devouring civilization, and the cosmic environment is no longer suitable for any life to survive.
Such fragmented universes naturally become the most suitable location for neutral negotiations between two interstellar civilizations.
Because of the unusual nature of the matter, the seventh prince of the Majas Interstellar Empire, Mados, requested a meeting as soon as possible in order to quell the current chaos.
Emperor Xiaolong also agreed.
The final meeting was scheduled for one day later.
That is, the third day after the Second Prince went missing.