17 days ago--- During the Battle of Safe City
"Heyaa!! Die you scum--" As one of the True Beginning Emperors shouted, an instant space portal opened behind him and he was pulled into it, then it quickly closed.
His opponent was surprised by what had just happened, but he shouted and chose another opponent for himself...
When that Martial Emperor felt a Shadow Sword pulling him, he was happy and thought that he would be taken away to be treated and rested, but, *bzzzz* "Eh... What's going on here?"
The next moment, that Emperor found himself standing in front of a huge spaceship in a desert~
"Wait a little longer and you'll find out." The Shadow Sword entered the instant space portal again.
These events were happening everywhere during the Battle of Safe City, the Shadow Swords opened space portals in all the battlefields until 100 Martial Emperors were randomly pulled out!
Then 100 Martial Emperors arrived, wondering among themselves what happened or asking the Shadow Swords, but they didn't get any answers, they were just ordered to sit in their places and wait... and they did so with annoyance, but without worry.
They knew very well how harsh the soul oath that the Shadow Swords took upon themselves was, and they knew that whatever was happening now was definitely His Excellency's order since even generals couldn't give such big orders to the Shadow Swords.
After a while, the first Demon Emperor arrived, then the second and third until the number reached a hundred headed by Morin, one of the three leaders of the Demon Race, which made the situation even stranger for everyone.
In the end, Old Man Gu also arrived with a number of Rune Masters from the Research and Development Team, scratching his head like the rest, not knowing what was going on...
Then, Charles Burton, the second man in the Shadow Sword System after His Highness Prince Theo, appeared before everyone...
Everyone bowed slightly towards him, except Old Man Gu and Morin who only nodded towards him.
"Welcome everyone, congratulations to all of you for being chosen for this difficult yet exciting mission," Charles put his hand behind his back, "His Excellency has given the orders to begin the counterattack that we have been secretly working on for the past months."
"Counterattack?" Old Man Gu frowned slightly.
"You will be sent on this ship to invade one of the planets controlled by the Great Serpent Empire, called Planet Gudah," Shadow Emperor Charles walked towards them, "According to the information we extracted from the prisoners, that particular planet has a strong resistance that is equal in size to the Great Serpent Empire's army there, and it is also a very important planet to them and they must always control it because they fear the development of its local population, and they even say that there is a planetary empire on the way to grow there... That is precisely why it was chosen as the target of the counterattack."
Then he stood up and looked into the eyes of Old Man Gu and Morin, "Your mission is to help the locals of Planet Gudah fight the forces of the Great Serpent Empire and establish a good relationship with them in the process, then find a way to build a space portal on the planet and make it a foothold for us to strike the rest of the Great Serpent Empire." Then with a wave of his hand, he spread out several hundred small metal cards, "Here you will find the instant translation technique used by the Great Serpent Empire, learn it on the way there."
"And those are the drivers of one of the spaceships, they were captured after we took down a ship and were tamed by His Excellency personally, they will be obedient to any order given to them, do not ask how." Then he snapped his finger and several shadow swords appeared beside him, each one holding a demi-human, "They will take command of the ship until you safely reach Planet Gudah and complete your mission."
The demi-humans gave the military salute of the True Beginning Empire and then walked in an orderly manner to the ship and started the engines under everyone's eyes.
"His Excellency informs you that this mission will be essential in the war, if the Great Serpent Empire feels that their possessions are threatened they will withdraw their soldiers or at least not send more reinforcements, victory or defeat depends on your success or failure." Then he lightly threw a space ring to Old Gu, "You will find a few things here that may help you establish a good relationship with the people of Planet Gudah, enjoy the trip!"
Charles disappeared, and then all the shadow swords from the area followed him.
*Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Swoosh*
After a long time, Demon Emperor Morin and Old Man Gu exchanged glances and opened their mouths at the same time, "...Huh?!"
Current time--- Inside the warship---
"Sir, we have approached the abyss separating the north and south as you ordered." One of the ship's drivers spoke like a robot, his eyes downcast, he did not seem to be conscious.
As they had been on the way for the past two weeks or so, Old Man Gu asked the ship's pilots many questions and learned some general information, and as expected of a planet that has spent hundreds of years in war, it wouldn't be easy to get involved there...
If he landed in the Great Serpent territory directly then he wouldn't have accomplished anything, he might have just stayed in Planet Nihari and fought them there. And if he landed in the local's lands they might think they are the Great Serpent Empire's associates and start a direct battle against them!
So he decided to land at the border between the two regions to observe the situation first. "Everyone get ready, we will enter hostile territory at any moment!" Old Man Gu let out a loud shout that resounded throughout the ship
Upon hearing the words, the 200 Martial Emperors inside the ship stood up, their faces showing extreme worry, some of them still had injuries from the Safe City battle...
When His Excellency invaded Greenland, he took hundreds of thousands of soldiers with him, and in the invasion of the Farm, he sent the massive Demon army, but here in a new world filled with the Great Serpent Empire's soldiers and many powerful locals, they were the only ones sent?!
Old Gu took a few slow breaths to calm himself down, he knew that His Excellency had chosen him out of everyone to establish good relations with the locals, he must not fail in his mission no matter what...
"Hmm? What's going on over there?" Old Gu narrowed his eyes slightly and pointed in a certain direction.
In the direction he pointed, there were traces of a large battle.
"That seems dangerous..." Morin spoke in a rough voice, landing right next to a battle didn't seem like a good idea.
"...We have to take the initiative. In that spot, we will find our enemies and we will definitely find the locals, isn't that why we are here?" Old Gu patted the ship pilot's head, "Take us