On how to avoid being cannon fodder

On January 504, 1 in the calendar of the Felician Empire, the youngest Duke Herriman in the history of the empire inherited the title of God of War.

On January 504, 1, His Majesty Serance Felici publicly paid tribute to the war god Kyle Sidia.

On March 504, 3, Arthur Ledion took over the first and second legions under Kyle's command and became the new commander of the Imperial Army.

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Heriman hugged his knees and watched quietly on the electronic screen, His Majesty the Emperor smiled and bestowed the commander's badge on a strange tall ALPHA.He remembered that his father had the same one, and it was one of his most precious things... only slightly worse than this pendant with his mother's photo.Heriman clenched the pendant in his palm, turned off the electronic screen and walked towards the study.

The housekeeping robot was sweeping the floor in the corridor. When Heriman walked to the door, he saw the robot that was gradually approaching the study room. The movement of closing the door paused, and he ordered: "Xilin, I want to eat monkeys to help with the row."

The cleaning action of the housekeeping robot stopped immediately, and the arm that turned into a vacuum cleaner returned to its original shape and went to the kitchen.Heriman watched it go out of sight, entered the study and locked the door.He sat down where his father used to sit, and stared at the pendant lying in his palm for a long time with lowered eyes.The woman on the pendant had the same pair of light blue eyes as his, and she smiled softly, but it made him feel a little sad for no reason.

I don't know if it's because of the light, but Heriman's eyes seem to be darker at this moment.He looked at the pendant in silence for a few minutes, and finally made up his mind, raised his hand and groped for a while on the pendant. With a soft "click", the pendant split from the middle, revealing the communicator hidden inside.Heriman stared blankly at the communicator for a while, then stared blankly for a while, then clumsily imitated the actions of his father that he had accidentally seen.

Upper left, lower right, middle plus right, upper, upper plus lower left...

He looked at the twenty characters that appeared on the light screen, and hesitantly pressed the call button.

Two seconds later, a hoarse male voice filled with astonishment and joy came from the communicator: "Boss?"

Heriman was silent for two seconds, and asked, "How did Kyle Sidia die?"

Everyone in the base over there was looking forward to Landis who was contacted by the leader again. Everyone was a little dumbfounded when they heard this sentence.Landis' face changed, his fingers holding the communicator unconsciously tightened, and he suppressed his emotions and said, "Are you...?" Their communicators have been specially processed for safety, and their voice always sounds like Electronic voice, and only a few confidantes and high-level people know the identity of the "leader".Of course, everyone present is aware of the situation. When they heard that the Duke of Sidia was killed in battle, they didn’t know what to do. They had been holding meetings twice in three days to argue about what to do in the future.During the meeting just now, they suddenly received a communication request from the Duke of Sidia. They thought that the leader had faked his death, and now he has quietly returned, but they didn't want to hear such a sentence.

Heriman's expression darkened again, and he said slowly, "I am Heriman Sidia, the only survivor of the Sidia family."

Lantis' complexion changed immediately, and deep suspicion appeared in his eyes: "Are you sure?" Everyone in the empire knew that Duke Sidia had a foolish son named Alpha Heiliman, and the tone of this man's speech was terrible. Not stupid at all.

"Of course." There was still no emotion in Heriman's voice, "You can choose not to believe it or report to His Majesty the Emperor. Anyway, I'm just an 'eight-year-old fool', and the worst result is to accompany my father."

There was a little anger in Landis' voice, and he said sarcastically, "Excuse me, sir, how are you like an 'eight-year-old fool'? Even if you pretend, please be more dedicated!"

Heriman let out an "oh" and said, "I don't know what happened, you don't need to believe me, you just need to tell me how my father died."

There was silence for two seconds, and the call was hung up.

Landis and the others in the base have already quarreled.

"Stop!" Landis had a headache from the noise, and slammed the table to stop everyone.He frowned and said, "The first thing we need to determine is whether the leader's communicator has fallen into the hands of outsiders."

Another ALPHA immediately denied: "This is impossible, even we don't know where the leader's communicator is placed, and it is even more impossible for outsiders to know."

"But how did this man know?"

"Someone hacked the database of the housekeeping robot?"

"How could the leader carelessly use the communicator under the camera of the housekeeping robot!"

"Then how does this person know?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Okay." Landis said: "Maybe he is really the son of the leader."

"However, the leader's son Chisha is public information, and the leader even funded a private research institute for him."

"Not necessarily, maybe it's just pretending, it's a full set of acting."

"But didn't this come from a physical examination at birth? The leader bought the Imperial Central Hospital?"

Seeing that everyone was about to quarrel again, Landis squinted his eyes and thought for a while with a straight face, and finally made a decision: "Our lives were saved by the leader. If this is really Heriman, we can't ignore him. We separate A small group of people will contact Heriman, and if it is really him, they will merge." He didn't say what to do if this was a conspiracy, because everyone present knew it.After a pause, Landis spoke first: "Since he is the one who contacted me, then I will contact him. The people below... also select some who are absolutely loyal to cooperate with me."

The atmosphere in the base here is dignified, Landis is already ready to use his body as bait, but Heriman in the Duke's mansion is staring at a plate of pan-fried Monchi beasts in a daze.His light blue eyes looked clear and dazed, and the meaty food was full of temptation. After he stayed for half a minute, he ignored the knife and fork on the side of the plate and reached out to grab it.The steak that had just come out of the pan was very hot, and Herriman's hands were blistered immediately, and when he loosened his hand subconsciously, the steak smeared to the ground.He looked at the steak on the ground in a daze for a while, and felt the pain belatedly, his fleshy face wrinkled into a ball, and tears covered his face with a "wow".The housekeeping robot's eyes flickered, and it quickly judged the situation, took out the first aid kit, and began to treat Heriman's wound.

If Landis and the others saw this scene, they would definitely wonder if they had a collective hallucination in the previous conversation.

Time passed quietly in the drunken life of the nobles.

On March 528, 3 in the Imperial Calendar, a resource exploration spacecraft "Seven" belonging to the downcast Baron was destroyed on an uninhabited planet.Before the connection signal was cut off, the exploration spacecraft sent back a creepy video-a meteorite rain fell from the sky, and when the exploration spacecraft approached to check, a group of hideous creatures gushed out of the huge pit like a tide.The huge mouthparts, the carapace shining with metallic luster, and the sharp forelimbs like sickles easily tore open the iron shell of "No. 12". The spaceship was dismembered and swallowed by countless strange insects. In less than 10 minutes, the exploration device firmly protected at the core of the spacecraft was completely destroyed.Even from the blurry video, you can feel the sense of horror coming to your face, and you can hear the tooth-piercing sound of metal being crushed in your ears.You must know that although "No. [-]" is outdated and close to scrapping, it is a space exploration spacecraft after all, and the hardness of the material cannot be underestimated.Creatures that feed on such things are almost unheard of, let alone those that seem to be capable of interstellar travel.

Although the baron regretted that his spaceship was destroyed, he didn't feel too distressed, and even ecstatically hoped that he would be rewarded after reporting the situation to the empire.However, what made him feel overwhelmed was that there was no news after a week, two weeks... the long wait.He gritted his teeth and squeezed out the few remaining properties and bribed the high-level officials of the empire, only to get a piece of news that made him desperate——

"The information you provided is worthless."

The baron couldn't believe it, despair, anger, and panic almost filled his chest. "Number [-]" is already his last chance to rise. He spent all his remaining assets to buy this spaceship. Isn't he looking forward to finding a resource star to report to the empire to turn over?But "No. [-]" is now destroyed, and it is obvious that it should be rewarded for obtaining information on such a large and dangerous creature, but the upper echelon of the empire turned a blind eye to it!

In a fit of rage, the baron posted the video on StarNet.

This video caused a sensation in a short period of time, with tens of millions of clicks and reposts overnight, the imperial family had no chance to suppress it.

On the star network, calls for troops to encircle and suppress were heard.

In fact, if this news was put at another time, it would not have been completely ignored by the higher-ups. Unfortunately, the time when it was reported coincided with the [-]th birthday of His Majesty the Emperor Thrance Felici.The entire empire has been preparing for this grand event for several months. If there is news of monsters appearing in the outer galaxy at this time, what will be the face of the royal family?When the news was reported to the emperor, His Majesty was still annoyed at the lack of vision of the people below, and unexpectedly mentioned such a disappointing thing at this time, and the rewards that should have been given were canceled by him in a huff.

His Majesty the Emperor originally thought of delaying for a year and a half before sending a small army to exterminate these monsters, but no one would think about this matter with his hundredth birthday at that time.But he didn't expect that this matter would be put on the star network.His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and immediately ordered to delete all videos and prohibit discussion.

But so many people have already watched the video, and some even downloaded it quickly. No matter how much the royal family suppresses it, they won't be able to make everyone lose their memory, right?As a result, the incident spread uncontrollably.

Amidst the clamor of the crowd and the collective ignorance of the top management of the empire, His Majesty Selance's [-]th birthday finally came.