Sarota was still calm in his ship, barely twenty minutes had passed. Although the time had been longer than expected, it was still within his estimate. He was quite curious about who the pilot of the Celestial Ring ship was.
That pilot not only managed to evade the pursuit of dozens of ships, but he could also help the other two ships share the damage. Several times, when those other two ships were about to be captured, the Celestial Ring ship would appear and cause problems.
Sarota might be calm at the moment, but his irritation would grow the longer he waited. In the original story, Sarota would have to wait almost 3 days only to have his ships blown up by Ames and end up being captured and sent to Godora.
This time he could be considered 'happier', because he wouldn't have to find Ames, and besides, the time he would have to spend trying to capture the mercenaries would be much less, because he would no longer have time to waste on that.
Just as Sarota was about to send a message to dispatch more ships for assistance, a series of alarms began to sound on the Dark Star's ship.
Sarota frowned. -What's going on?!- He asked his second-in-command.
The Vice Commander was frantically fiddling with a virtual tablet when his eyes widened, and an image from outside the galaxy suddenly appeared on the monitors in the command center.
A gigantic gate appeared not far from the Dark Star fleet, from there, dozens of large ships sped off, not only that, 5 motherships followed soon after and dozens of smaller ships of medium and small size followed behind, clearly mercenary ships.
Sarota's eyes widened completely at the sight of the gold and white design of those ships, he would recognize them anywhere!
He froze, his heart pounding uncontrollably, at that point, all he wanted to do was curse.
Damn it! How did Godora show up here?! How come there was no information about this?! How did they find out about this attack?!
Dark Star's anti-prediction technology was incredibly powerful! Even for a magical society, it would be impossible to discover them through prediction, so Sarota's first thought was that there was a traitor!
-Damn! It's a trap! - However, now was not the time to think about that. - Send a distress signal, there's no time to escape, they've surely already activated the space stabilizers.
Sarota was right, that was precisely the reason for the alarm. The Grade A mage from Godora, after activating the gate, began the next step of the plan, directly activating a spatial stabilization device. It would be impossible to enter Hyperspace and even more impossible to escape, they could only fight.
Sarota was furious for this reason, there was no escape. Help would take too long, and it probably wouldn't even come. Godora had truly paid a high price this time. It was likely that the leader would prefer to take advantage of Godora's efforts being spent outside to attack some less protected planets.
Sarota understood, he would have made the same choice.
-It's impossible! Godora has already activated a signal interception device! We have no communication!- The vice-commander wasn't much better off than Sarota, he was also desperate. It was clear that Godora had planned this for a long time!
But how did they know?! That didn't make sense! Everyone who knew was on that fleet, and any communication would be monitored! There was no way to send messages from here!
Sarota couldn't figure it out, nor could the other members of Dark Star, so they dropped the subject.
It only took a few seconds for the Godorian Fleet to arrive and start firing, it was all-out, direct warfare!
Meanwhile, the commanders of Holy Stone and Black Raven were shocked by the scale of the event, they realized it was a trap, just as Sarota had, but the real issue was where those two scoundrels started fighting!
Damn it! This is their border territory! You Godora and Dark Star people have your own nest! Why the hell did you come here to stir up trouble?!
Black Raven were fine, they didn't care at all as long as Godora didn't act on their territory, but on Holy Stone's side, Commander Shivate seemed completely furious. -Damn it! Send a message to the Godorians and Dark Star! Let them out immediately! Do they really think this is their home?! Tell them that if they don't leave, we'll open fire!
Unfortunately, his message was completely ignored, making Shivate even angrier. He slammed his fist on the table, leaving a dent. The subordinate beside him asked. -Commander, are we still going to attack?
-Attack your ass! We're just watching!- Shivate yelled angrily, he was only bluffing, he just didn't want those guys fighting in his territory.
Unlike that commander of the Black Raven, Shivate would truly be harmed if something happened, precisely because it was such a corrupt civilization. Holy Stone was a master at shifting blame, if something happened there, all his enemies would blame him, and his allies would just coldly observe. In the end, losing his position and political voice would be the least of his worries, if a war started because of him, he could even end up in prison!
Shivate just hoped Godora and Dark Star wouldn't mess things up too much, they needed to deal with this quickly and get out of here!
As for helping one side?! That was even worse, the damage from an 'unauthorized' incursion would all fall on his head! He wasn't that stupid, he could only order the ships to move away and be on standby.
Black Raven had the exact same idea, although they didn't share Shivate's concerns. The reason they didn't act was purely because there was nothing to gain by acting, sitting and observing was the best choice. At the next assembly of the shattered star ring civilizations, they could use this to attack Godora and gain some profit.
In any case, neither side would get involved in this conflict, that much was certain.
From Han Xiao's perspective, he quickly realized the signal was lost, but thanks to the players' forum, he could see that the mercenaries and Godora had arrived, causing him to breathe a sigh of relief.
Among the Godora troops, the 5 motherships were responsible for dealing with the Dark Star mothership, the mercenaries were responsible for dealing with the smaller ships along with the other Godora ships, only part of the mercenaries separated, ready to enter the planet and help the fleeing mercenaries.
Among these ships was the Trihexa, although only Rick, Vanessa, Korak, and Slugcat were piloting it.
Hila, Trax, and Eva had already entered their capsules, ready to board the Dark Star mothership once the energy shield was destroyed. Among them, Hila was the most excited, with such a large war, it was clear there would be enough souls to collect.
There was a good chance she would complete her breakthrough this time!