CHAPTER 621: CHAPTER 379, DESTINED TO BE THE VILLAIN!

Attack?

Those holding high positions all possess a keen sense of crisis.

Afraid to die.

Also unwilling to part with life.

Zhong Tianque abruptly pushed away the woman on him, who was in a dazed state from the piercing alarm, grabbed a blanket to wrap around himself, and shouted loudly, "Someone come, someone come..."

Qian Taian rushed in with a group of people and asked anxiously, "Your Highness, are you all right?"

Since Zhong Tianque was on a diplomatic visit, as the chief strategist of the Light Pavilion, he naturally had to accompany him.

"What’s the situation? What has happened? Who is attacking us?"

"It’s a pirate ship, we’ll need to confirm the specific identity." The captain of the guards, Chen Mengxi, reported.

"A pirate ship? How dare a pirate ship attack us?" Zhong Tianque jumped up furiously, his face filled with disbelief.

The starry sea is vast, home to various countries and organizations’ trade routes and interests.

Of course, there are also those space pirates that lurk in the dark corners, stealing and robbing passing vessels.

But their main targets are those isolated transport ships or small travel vessels.

They would flee at the first sight of regular military forces.

Kidnapping the Royal Fleet, isn’t that a surefire way to seek death?

Yet, they went right ahead and did it...

"I also find it odd, such a thing has never happened before..." The Fire God’s ship captain Zhong Changming also arrived quickly, with a serious expression and contemplative look, "Only after we’ve completely crushed them will we be able to find out the reason, to see who was behind this..."

"Block them for me, I want to capture them alive... alive you bring me the person, dead you show me the body."

"Yes," Zhong Changming responded, "I’ve already ordered the Sirius Destroyer to encircle them; we will definitely annihilate them all..."

"A bunch of fools unaware of death," Zhong Tianque scolded furiously.

He hated that these pirates had disrupted his good times; it was very uncomfortable to have the arrow on the string and not shoot.

Even more, he despised these bastards daring to start a fight, plucking hairs from the tiger’s head, it was a disregard for the Phoenix Royal Family, and an even bigger humiliation to him, Zhong Tianque.

It would be a laughingstock if word got out.

Neither him nor the Imperial Family could allow such a thing to occur.

Although Zhong Changming was also a member of the Zhong Royal Family Members, in front of Crown Prince Zhong Tianque, he had no choice but to flatter and please.

He knew that these pirates had thoroughly enraged Zhong Tianque and said with a grave voice, "I will make sure these pirates cannot return..."

Whether it’s the Fire God or the Sirius Destroyer, or even the Changhe Destroyers guarding the perimeter, they were all equipped with the Phoenix Empire’s most powerful firepower and most advanced research materials. Against those cobbled-together pirate ships, there would only be one outcome: a one-sided harvest.

However, the situation did not unfold as smoothly and perfectly as they had imagined.

Gazing from the Fire God’s vast command screen, those pirate ships that appeared dark and decrepit on the outside, as if they had endured the endless trials of time and the hardships of the starry sea, were unexpectedly agile. They always managed to avoid the critical fire-lock and combined blockade of the Sirius Destroyer.

They were like fish on their last breath, time and again escaping the net, time and again fraying your nerves.

Weak, yet tenacious.

What was even more terrifying, was that two medium-sized pirate ships managed to evade the envelopment of the Sirius and Changhe destroyers, charging toward the Fire God with a fearless, resolute attitude, ready to die.

This was a suicidal assault.

"Stop them!" Zhong Tianque’s pupils dilated as he bellowed loudly.

He didn’t want to die, and he certainly didn’t want to perish alongside these beggars.

"Stop them!" Zhong Changming also issued the order simultaneously, "Changhe I, Changhe II... flank from the sides... engage in ramming..."

He was willing to sacrifice the Changhe destroyers to guarantee the absolute safety of the Fire God.

Zhong Tianque could not have any mishaps.

Absolutely, absolutely no accidents.

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Phoenix Palace.

Zhong Daolong lay sprawled across a bed that was over two meters wide, made from an energy stone. A graceful maid carefully applied a layer of green health elixir to his face, then covered his eyes with a thin silk mask before bowing deeply and retiring silently.

Just then, rapid footsteps were heard, and Chen Tianlei stood in front of the bed, reporting quietly, "Your Highness, there’s been an incident. The Eldest Prince encountered a pirate attack on his return..."

Zhong Daolong tore off the eye mask, questioning with surprise in his eyes, "Pirate attack? How is that possible?"

"Yes, I also find it improbable... How would pirates dare to attack the Royal Fleet? There must be someone behind them..." Chen Fenglei said respectfully, bowing down.

Zhong Daolong’s face darkened as he said coldly, "I thought they would act from within, but they dared to disrupt from the outside... Hmm, I truly underestimated them."

"How is Zhong Tianque? Their group was not small this time... Surely they can’t have trouble dealing with this mere annoyance?"

Chen Fenglei swallowed quietly, speaking in a low voice, "His Highness has departed the battlefield on the Fire God and is on his way back to Phoenix Port; the navy has also dispatched the Phoenix and nine Sirius Destroyers to rendezvous..."

"Hmm?"

Zhong Daolong’s eyes narrowed slightly. He could tell from Chen Fenglei’s expression and voice that the situation might not be too optimistic.

"We lost two Sirius Destroyers and three Changhe escorts..."

"So you’re saying... except for the Fire God, which Zhong Tianque boarded to escape... the entire fleet has been wiped out?" Disbelief etched on Zhong Daolong’s face.

He wasn’t panicked when he heard about the Royal Fleet’s confrontation with the pirate ship, because he knew the Royal Fleet’s combat capability. If they couldn’t even beat a few pirate ships, how could they have the face to return?