"Shut your mouth. No one will think you're mute if you don't speak," The Other, fiercely loyal to Beckett, glared at Astra, who was sighing at an empty wine bottle.
Although he also had the idea of suggesting Beckett abandon this mission. Judging by the projection from Woz, the number of warships deployed by the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire was not insignificant.
The Other even worried that these two might join forces in anger and destroy this N52 Planet. After all, as Woz's previous scan showed, the planet's resources were not abundant, and it lacked even the most basic planetary defense system.
"The fleets of the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire... is it because of you?" Because Beckett had released his hand from his chin and was constantly gesturing on the light screen, Diana finally got a chance to breathe. Hearing Astra's words, a flicker of surprise crossed her eyes.
"Did you desecrate the Kree ancestors' graves?"
"Go to hell." Astra immediately flung the empty wine bottle in his hand towards Diana's face.
"I'm a genuine Kree! If anyone's ancestors' graves are to be desecrated, it'll be those damn Skrulls'!"
Perhaps because his inability to fight back against Beckett was too much of a turn-off, Astra didn't hold much reverence for the renowned Pirate Queen. He even had a delusion that he could do just as well.
"Woz, still no way to plan a new route?" Not paying attention to the commotion on Astra's end, Beckett kept pulling and stretching on the light screen, simulating the outcome of him taking Astra through a space jump back to the Dark Order countless times.
All attempts failed.
In Woz's simulations, out of a thousand outcomes, not a single one was successful. They would either be killed by the Kree or beaten to death by the Skrulls. In short, Astra would die.
Astra was too weak compared to the firepower of the starships. Beckett couldn't bring him through the space jump point intact.
"It's useless. With your strength alone, it's absolutely impossible to break through the encirclement with those two burdens." While deep in thought, Diana's voice reached Beckett's ears. He looked up in the direction of the sound. Diana, wiping the blood from her lips, was looking at him with great interest.
"Don't look at me like that. I understand the Kree and Skrull fleets better than you. I've been fighting them for hundreds of years." When mentioning this, Diana subconsciously curved her lips into a proud smile.
The N52 Planet still exists today, and they, the Seven Leaders, deserve much credit. Take the Planet 616 next door, for example. Because of internal strife within its leading Titan Alliance, it was completely wiped out by the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire a hundred years ago. By the time the N52 Seven Giants learned of this news and intended to come to the rescue, Planet 616 was already in ruins.
"What's the use of you fighting for a hundred years? Have you ever killed an Accuser? This Beckett, he went alone into the universe and killed Accuser Rob."
Astra curled his lips, ruthlessly exposing Beckett's shortcomings. As a Kree, and one who had lived on Tofa for a long time, how could he not know the combat records of the N52 Star's Seven Giants?
Hearing this, Diana's heart stirred.
"I don't know why you insist on taking this useless Kree with you, but I can be sure that you alone won't succeed."
Glancing at Astra, Diana extended her right hand and raised her index finger in front of Beckett, her smile as bright as a flower, dazzling Astra's eyes:
"Has your father ever told you the saying, 'There is strength in numbers'?"
"So, let's put aside our past unpleasantries and get acquainted. My name is Diana, born on Paradise Island on the N52 Star."
Having witnessed Beckett's strength, Diana was the first to extend a friendly invitation to him, her change of demeanor so swift it was without any warning.
If she couldn't defeat an opponent, inviting them to join her team was not difficult for Diana. Moreover, Beckett's strength far surpassed that of any of them.
Diana recalled the scene of Beckett easily defeating her with mere gestures. Her tongue subconsciously licked her lips, and her gaze towards Beckett became even more fervent.
That long-shelved plan, Diana felt she had found a candidate to try it out.
"What are you thinking?"
Beckett was not so easily swayed. In his eyes, this Diana was just a weakling, and he didn't believe a word of her talk about strength in numbers.
Diana was already one of the strongest seven on the N52 Star, and her strength was already so pathetic. It could be imagined that these so-called Seven Giants were guys he could kill with one or two energy waves if he got serious. Beckett didn't think help of this level of strength would be useful.
"His Highness Beckett, Ms. Diana is sending you a cooperation request." The honest robot cat scratched the back of its head, patted Beckett's waist with a serious expression, and said with its round, cute face, blinking its eyes.
"That's right."
Diana glanced at Woz, shrugged, and her golden whip quickly shrank into a small rod, which she waved back and forth in front of Woz.
"You seem much smarter than your master."
Woz glanced at it but remained unmoved.
Beckett looked at Diana, his mind racing.
He was considering other possibilities for taking Astra away safely. He already knew the simulation results of leaving by warship very clearly; there was no chance of success at all.
"How about it? Want to cooperate?" Diana, unaware of Beckett's thoughts, extended another invitation to him.
She didn't want to miss this hard-won opportunity to escape the surveillance of the two major empires.
"What is this plan you speak of?" Beckett raised an eyebrow, his attention now fixed on Diana, or rather, the so-called Seven Giants.
As long as someone could disrupt the special magnetic field connection between the warships of the two major empires, he was confident he could take Astra away, just like the Chitauri soldiers had disrupted the connection between the Kree warships before.
To achieve this, he first needed to control the seven leaders of the N52 Star.
"Project Babel." Diana stated the name without hesitation.
"This is the only plan that can guarantee your prey can leave this galaxy safely with you."
Hearing Beckett agree, Diana cast a playful glance at Astra.
To cause such a stir from the two major empires, she was quite interested in the secrets this man held.
"Babel?"
"It's the name of the signal tower, but we internally call it Babel Tower. That old bat named it." Diana shrugged, signaling to Beckett that he didn't need to pay attention to it.
"Continue." Beckett sat on the throne Diana had just vacated, tilted his chin, and gestured for Diana to continue. The superior demeanor made Diana's eyelids twitch involuntarily, and anger surged in her chest, but she suppressed it due to her inferiority in skill.
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