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Chapter 568: Channeling the Empress
Su Xiaosu turned to Lan Jue “Coades one, two and three break up and dissehout Crescent City Once we’re in, we can keep in touch through our coet froet there we regroup, then proceed to the next part of the plan”
Eight hundred soldiers exited the ade spread out to scout enemy positions while the rest anically around their bases There weren’t any checks and people were h, were confinedclass typically had ten days on and two days off They were given a sht to iood-hearted, and pitied their suffering Under her direction the laborer population on Moonfiend lived long and cos
Crescent City was the second largest establishment behind Luna Pirates numbered a relatively small amount of the population here near the h the alternative would have been death The Moonfiend Empress had tried to kill as few as possible Instead her prisoners were brought here to help build the city they would live in The capacity to adapt was in every human, and in times of adversity we relied on habit To most, life was more precious than pride
There was a reason Su Xiaosu chose to lead the troops in to Crescent City, of course The slanted deely occupied by pirates It was calmer here, and easier for them to blend in
Pirates would be pirates, and expansion was as true here as it was in any other part of the Starfields Planet Moonfiend was the jewel of pirate culture, and four or five cities had sprung up across its surface Every one of the land Xiaosu’s designs were inspired With enough time she would have turned this planet into ain the Three Alliances It would have becoh the syste Star had always been self-reliant, headstrong, and alorious pirate queendom
But as it turned out, her dreaive her ti our failures in to focus Su Xiaosu had to be betrayed and nearly killed before she would shed her pride Lan Jue’s daring rescue convinced her to give him her loyalty
While Lan Juo did his business on Luo, Xiaosu locked herself away and focused on cultivation, to return to her forth She had had soAll that she’d experience was on display like an oldfaced with it all made her conflicted, and depressed She realized she needed a strong shoulder to lean on
She knew Lan Jue had his heart set on another He would never love her Even if he was one to take several lovers, he had his A woht That’s why she was so emotional when they’d returned to Skyfire Avenue She could not be his lover, so she had to prove her worth Otherwise, how could she measure up to the Amazons!
She returned to Planet Moonfiend She paid her dues through hardships, freeing her people from the Pontiff’s clutches with the help of Lan Jue’s ship Eventually she got knew of the Star Division Her heart jueons, they’d filled her with drugs to break herher body healthy Su Xiaosu was the greatest eneration She had proven her h her efforts in the Starfields Su Xiaosu knew the time had co her expectations It was strong, adaptable, and in no ti like a veteran outfit Step by step they were becole unit could take on a hundred enemy mechas and walk away unscathed They were also individually capable, giving her space to be creative with her pirate tactics
Once-in-a-generation tactician or not, her heart still swelled when she saw her city again after so long She knew she shouldn’t have any connection to this place, but she was just human, after all
Because most of the slum’s populace orkers, the streets were deserted at this tiuised well, and no one gave theathered within the city
“Xiaosu, are you alright?” Lan Jue turned his concerned eyes to the for beside hiet settled here, the next target it Luna We’ll spread out all through the city, and once everyone’s in place the first place we hit is the Moonfiend Palace That’s where they keep the planetary defense hub Once we have control, we hold this place with everything we got I designed the Palace like a castle with all the tools we’ll need to stave them off Meanwhile, a second force will head for the airship hangars where they’ll disable battleships controls When those two things are done, planet Moonfiend is ours The pirates will come at us, so all we need to do is fortify this position and wait until they exhaust themselves Then we make our move”
Lan Jue nodded “Good That’s the plan”
The Driver suggested taking the pirates’ battleships and using theued However, Xiaosu vetoed the idea for the si to round troops Then there was the tiet the ships in the air