Chapter 403 - Shakstress's Counterattack

Shakstress appeared in the main command center of her ship and took one look at the reports.

"A Presider has infiltrated this ship. Or at least, a team of trained and prepared Pioneers which has several Presider level techs. Sound technology? At an interesting tech..."

Despite the chaos, she was finally excited.

"It's been a while since I had such problems. Finally, a trial that could help me improve my Conqueror Potential." She smiled as she began to search the ship as her Throne synced with it.

"Continue bombarding Pridgeon with constant attack. He won't make any big moves for now. He will wait for the right time. Right now, the battle is between me, those who created the Dimension-Cleaving attack, and whoever is that infiltrated my ship."

"Presider. What are your orders?"

"Take command and release orders that everyone is to ignore and direct orders that are allegedly by me. Show a video with me so it will be authentic."

"Yes, Presider!" The Pioneer did as ordered.

A broadcast occurred all over the ship and revealed the video footage of Shakstress standing behind the Pioneer Commander, who gave out several orders.

Outside, the entire ship was turning strange as the ship kept enlarging and shrinking on certain parts.

The sandstorm and locust technology of Egypt continued to increase as the entire land of Egypt kicked up a sandstorm.

The large water creature that the Emperors created gave out orders to all the ships and asked them to reorganize and regroup. Treaties and ceasefires were forced on all nations as they were all given direct orders to prepare their weapons to attack the large saucer.

Most human technologies failed as the people of Earth tried to make sense of what they saw and soon followed the directives of the Emperors.

In the constant exchange between the Moon and the saucer, it was clear that the moon was on the losing end.

Shakstress was immediately able to resolve the many conflicts and confusion within the ship.

"What a very impressive intruder. All the lies and attempts have deeper purposes. It seems that I have to make some effort to search for these rats!" Shakstress sneered as the windows and screens that all the commanders were looking at all changed into what Shakstress want.

"Where are those who had attacked us earlier? I saw that there were five of them who had some Wind Technology?"

"They have retreated towards the sandstorm and is near the Flood Dragons. But with the sandstrom covering them, it's difficult for us to detect them."

BOOM! BOOM!

Intense vibrations could be felt all over the ship as the Flood Dragons attack began to reach. The momentary focus of attacks towards Pridgeon's ship allowed some of the Flood Dragon's attacks to reach the force fields of the ship.

Shakstress took one look at it and frowned as she continued to watch the movements of the Flood Dragon.

"Hmp. Save our more powerful attacks for later. Focus on defending. Those movements... Andronze is buying time. I bet everyone is preparing to pounce and attack me."

"It seems that Presider Andronze and Presider Pridgeon have invested so much in trapping you, Presider."

"Hmp. Whoever that woman was, she sure has made her preparations. But I doubt that that powerful attack was from either of the two. It seems another hidden Presider is here. They could Top-Tier for all we know." Shakstress then turned to the screen to see what the five men who made the Dimension-Cleaving attack were doing.

Her face then turned to confusion.

"They have been doing those odd movements for a time now."

"I see. So even those Emperors have stopped attacking. They are all waiting for those who infiltrated this ship to do something. Even the WGP is waiting. Like I'll let you wait.! Activate Shrink Distortion and keep attacking Pridgeon. Commander, I leave defending the ship to you. You are granted control of up to level seven techs."

"Yes, Presider!"

"Class Two Commanders, follow my commands. We will be capturing the rats that entered my ship!"

The orders were made, and a strange change began to fill the air.

Hermes and the Four Winds felt it.

"Relax. That can't kill us. Space is shrinking and expanding back to normal. We just have to be careful of the shrinking attacks. Here it comes. Prepare to evade." Hermes ordered.

The Winds began to move as nearly invisible attacks began to rain down from the Flying Saucer.

The WGP immediately acted and launched various attacks on the sky. Explosions suddenly occurred without any reason.

The ships below detected several rockets and laser attacks aimed at them despite having no visuals.

The ships, submarines, and all military unit that were on flight shot out their anti-air weapons, and explosions rang the sky. But others were too late, and the attacks reached them.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The attacks landed, and it caused confusion and despair to many ships that had no means to defend against it.

All of a sudden, the sea's water rose and became a shield to protect many ships.

The Pioneer watched it and cursed as the WGP was able to use its tech to counter it.

"Damn those WGP!"

"Did a Presider sell out to the WGP?" One of the Pioneers mumbled to his peer.

"No. Not sell out. It's probably a trade." It was Shakstress who answered as she kept on configuring with several computers at once through her rule.

"Whoever figured out how the WGP had an impressive tech hidden somewhere is smart. Of the WGP had another tech equal to Throne technology, I would participate in a trade." Shakstress chuckled.

"Presider, our attacks are becoming ineffective."

"It was never meant to succeed. They are all waiting for the right time to fight me. The most pressing matter is the infiltration in our ship. I believe that's what all our enemies are waiting for." Shakstress began her search.

As Shakstress started her search, Andronze was coughing up blood from the trades she made.

Yet, she finally had what she wanted. She acted with great haste as the attacks of Shakstress that shrank and expanded even reached the Pyramid ship she rode.

The requested items were procured, and Andronze began the strange ritual.

She spun around and stopped. She turned around three times.

"One... Two... three... Pelvic Thrust!" She shouted as she jumped forward and landed on her right foot.

"It's time for tea! The cactus is rubbing me strangely." She declared.

As she did all those, she waited. But no response came.

She was growing impatient and finally moved to grab her comm device to yell at Lowengren. But then...

"Took you long enough. I'm already busy with this Top-Tier Shakstress. What do you want, Andronze?"

A voice was heard, and just as Lowengren described, it was as if the voice spoke next to her.

"Presider! I want an alliance against Shakstress."

"If you weren't on our side in the future, I would have killed you. But I guess you are neutral. Mysterious things will be soon revealed, and Presiders will have to choose who to ally. Have you made yours?"

"What's going to happen in the future?" Andronze asked. For the first time, she was finally starting to believe that these formerly nude men that infiltrated Egypt were, in fact, from the future!

"I can't tell you because it will affect the future! We are fighting forces beyond the Principal, and they can twist and tweak time. If you know even a bit of what will happen, it will only lead to more disaster. Especially you, who doesn't even have a raisin cake! Oh. Right! That Pioneer said you aren't even at the cactus level. Why did you allow yourself to be fooled by Pridgeon?" Hermes laughed.

Andornze was amazed at what she heard.

"I want to help. What can I do?"

"We time traveled, and I used whatever techs I found all over Egypt to rebuild this technology. Help me acquire one of those Sun Devourer armors."

"You are referring to those Dark armors that you smashed on each other through a powerful tech?"

"Powerful? It's not that powerful, to be honest. It's just how you use your technology."

"What can I get in return for this?"

"Whatever I can scavenge from Shakstress." Hermes laughed.

"Deal. Help me. I will command my Flood Dragons to aid you!"

"Good! Let's go!" Hermes laughed as he flew closer to the sky, and the Flood Dragons also rose from the sandstorm and began their attacks.

Within the flying saucer, the divided team of Arthur all began to work.

Madison, Oark, and Cheryl moved to the eastern side of the ship. While they didn't have a map of the ship, the sonar scans of Richie allowed them to have a mental map of the area. As such, the group knew where they had to go.

"Turn left and wait. Chris and Grace... Wait for a few seconds, and then kill those two. You don't have to destroy their bodies." Arthur continued to give orders from a certain enclosed room.

Arthur continued to lay out all the pieces in preparation for the trap. But with every move he made, Shakstress was already making a counterattack. So even though Shakstress didn't know what the plot was, she was still able to corner Arthur.

"This Shakstress is strong!" Arthur concluded as he kept seeing failure at the end of his plots.