Chapter 878 This Is?! (1)

After the second prince's match, there was a sudden intermission that happened.

It was supposed to be the match for the third prince that came after the second prince, but for some reason, the host suddenly called an intermission.

Everyone was confused and some people even questioned this intermission.

But when it was announced that this was a decree from the Mu Stellar King, everyone suddenly fell silent. Not a single person dared to say anything else because if they did, that would mean going against the will of the Mu Stellar King.

They knew that there was no higher power than the Mu Stellar King in this Mu Stellar Kingdom, or at least that was the way it was for them. If they ever went against the Mu Stellar King, there would be no place left for them in this kingdom.

So they could only patiently wait for the tournament to resume.

But on the Mu Stellar King's side, the situation wasn't as calm as the arena.

The one that had come in earlier was a general of the Mu Stellar Kingdom and he had come to report movements of troops of another Stellar Kingdom on the borders of the Mu Stellar Kingdom. This was a matter of national security, so of course it took precedence over the tournament.

The Mu Stellar King roared in a low voice, "Have you identified who the enemies are yet?"

The general bowed and said, "We have just received a report from the frontlines that confirms the identity of the enemy forces. They are ships from the Ran Stellar Kingdom."

"Ran Stellar Kingdom?" The Mu Stellar King asked in a very confused voice.

He wouldn't have been this confused if it was just a normal Stellar Kingdom, but it was different if it was the Ran Stellar Kingdom. That was because the Ran Stellar Kingdom was one of the Mu Stellar Kingdom's allies.

Normally they had a very good relationship, so they wouldn't do something like this without warning.

So why did they send ships to their border?

Was there a special reason?

The Mu Stellar King knitted his brows to think for a bit before suddenly saying, "Could it be that this is all a misunderstanding? They could just be here to watch our succession tournament, right?"

The general knitted his brows, but he slowly shook his head as he said, "It doesn't seem very likely."

The Mu Stellar King glared at him and asked, "Why is that?"

The general hesitated a bit before saying, "It seems like…they came in Thunder Class Battleships…"

The Mu Stellar King's mouth opened wide when he heard this, but then he closed it and deeply knitted his brows.

When it came to Stellar Kingdoms, they all had different kinds of ships that they used to travel to different worlds since they ruled over large domains. However, all these ships followed the same standard grades among Stellar Kingdom to easily grade the various types of ships.

Thunder Class Battleships were the strongest battleships that a Stellar Kingdom could make…

So if the Ran Stellar Kingdom was bringing out their Thunder Class Battleships, the only thing that came to mind would be that they were…here for…war…

The Mu Stellar King was in deep thought for a while longer before saying, "What about our Thunder Class Battleships, have we not moved them yet?"

The general revealed a difficult look as he said, "It's already too late. The enemy's Thunder Class Battleships are already in our domain and if they wanted, they could destroy any Thunder Class Battleships that we send out. The only thing that we can do now is keep the Thunder Class Battleship in the core of our kingdom to protect the capital and the surrounding area."

The Mu Stellar King gritted his teeth when he heard this, but he didn't give up as he said, "The generals! What about all the generals that we've posted? Have they not been contacted yet? Why are they not moving their troops?"

The general's difficult look became even worse as he said, "We've tried making contact with them, but we haven't been able to reach them at all. It's almost as if there's something blocking our communication network."

The Mu Stellar King slammed his fist down on the arm of the seat that he was sitting in as he glared at the general and said, "Then shouldn't you think of something! It's your job as the supreme general to deal with these matters!"

The general shrinked back when he heard this, but he still said, "We can only wait for now to see what intentions the Ran Stellar Kingdom ships have. After all, if we make a rash move, then all we will be doing is falling into the enemy's traps."

This was advice given from his years of advice and it was solid advice, but this sounded like a coward's talk in the ears of the Mu Stellar King.

The Mu Stellar King ignored the general and fell into deep thought for a while before suddenly revealing a look like he had thought of something as he said, "The princes!"

The general couldn't help revealing a confused look when he heard this as he asked, "The princes? Your majesty, what about the princes?"

The Mu Stellar King once again ignored him as he said to himself, "Isn't this a perfect way to get two birds with one stone?"

After saying this, the Mu Stellar King broke out in wild laughter as he said to one of the ministers standing on the side, "Send down the decree for all the princes to gather immediately!"

The minister heard the Mu Stellar King addressing him and after jolting to attention, he quickly ran off to send the decree.

To his side, the general still had a confused look as he asked, "Your majesty, why are we gathering the princes?"

The Mu Stellar King revealed a sly smile as he answered this question with another question, "The princes have all gathered in the capital for the succession tournament, correct?"

The general was puzzled why the Mu Stellar King would ask him this, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, all of the princes without fail have gathered in the capital."

The Mu Stellar King once again asked, "Since they're all in the capital, then they should have brought all of their supporters with them, don't you think?"

The general still wasn't able to understand what the Mu Stellar King was planning.

However, the Mu Stellar King didn't care as he said, "It's fine to sacrifice a few princes like this."

…

An hour later, all of the princes gathered on the stage of the arena.

They were all confused why they had been suddenly summoned, even the princes that had already been eliminated from the tournament.

However, this was a decree summoning them that came straight from the Mu Stellar King, so they had no choice but to obey.

All of the princes had confused and anxious looks on their faces as they wondered what had happened. The only one that was calmly standing there was the second prince.

Once all the princes had been gathered, the Mu Stellar King made his entrance into the arena.

There had been a special spot set up for him on stage, so he made his way over and sat down on the makeshift throne brought in.

No one said a word as he came over and they all waited for him to speak to see what this was about.

After sitting down, the Mu Stellar King said, "My children, it pains me to say that I will have to cancel this tournament."

Everyone in the crowd and all of the princes took a cold breath.

What was happening here? Why would the Mu Stellar King suddenly canceled the tournament midway?

But no one said a thing since they knew that there was more that the Mu Stellar King had to say. They all waited for him to finish his words.

The Mu Stellar King gave a sigh before saying, "With a heavy heart, I have to report that one of our allies, the Ran Stellar Kingdom has turned on us."

Everyone once again took a cold breath of shock.

The Ran Stellar Kingdom was considered one of their closest allies and people wouldn't believe that they would turn on them normally, but these were words that came from the Mu Stellar King.

The Mu Stellar King definitely wouldn't be someone that would joke about this, so they had no choice but to believe this.

A war definitely took precedence over the succession tournament, but why did the Mu Stellar King gather all of the princes like this?

It didn't make sense if he just wanted to announce that the tournament was canceled, he could have done it with an official decree and sent everyone home. But instead, he gathered everyone like this, so he must have a reason.

The Mu Stellar King then changed his tone and said, "But this also provides us with an opportunity."

He paused as his eyes swept over the princes before he continued, "As proud princes of this Stellar Kingdom, it is your duty to protect the people. So when enemies invade our land, naturally it is your time to step up."

All of the princes looked at each other, but they could see in each other's eyes that none of them bought this.

The Mu Stellar King definitely had some other intentions.

The Mu Stellar King didn't mind this and continued, "So as princes of our Mu Stellar Kingdom, naturally it is your duty to meet our enemies when they invade. As such, you will all be sent to the front line to fight the enemies of the Ran Stellar Kingdom."