BXBX NOVEL Chapter 295 - The Plan
When the spaceship encroached the sky above the capital, Tristan had specifically instructed Tobias to do anything in his ability to delay the other party as long as he possibly could. However, it seemed the famed old wizard had failed rather spectacularly in the task.
He could tell from the loud sounds of gunshots and explosions heard from the outside, despite the fact he was currently in the underground, in the prison cell of O district.
Against such an enemy who were equipped with advanced technologies beyond this planet, Tristan knew he needed to depend on his wits, and not his brawn. He had to think of a shrewd and acute plan to solve the problem.
Fortunately, he had enough of those, especially with the myriad skills he had in his repertoire.
Tristan walked forward and stopped in front of a cell, the one that was holding the space knight captain with a striking scar on his face.
"I have decided who I\'ll be taking, captain." He said with a smile. "This time, I will choose you."
[Blood Seal]
[Human]
[2,000 blood essence required to proceed.]
[Sealing success rate: 38%]
It was painful for Tristan to see such a high amount of Blood Essence and low success rate. However, he was then reminded the last time he scanned the man, the success rate was only a mere seven percent. It seemed his decision to upgrade the skill, twice at that, had enhanced the probability into quite a decent number.
He then checked the amount of Blood Essence he currently had and his current blood pool. After all, he would not be able to cast [Blood Seal] on Captain Sigfried if the number went past the limit.
[Blood Essence 34,210]
[7,100/10,000]
It was really unfortunate that his last trip, or rather, campaign against the orcs in the Chaotic Plains did not net him much Blood Essence. Instead, the augmentation of Ghral had taken quite a lot of space from his blood pool.
Luckily, he still had enough leeway to take over the space knight captain.
Without further ado, Tristan immediately willed the skill to take effect upon Captain Sigfried.
[Blood Seal]
[Blood Seal failed]
"Fuvk!!" Tristan cursed loudly as he saw the failed notification. It couldn\'t be helped though, as every time the skill failed, he would lose ten percent of the [Blood Seal] cost, which in this case was 200 Blood Essence.
It took Tristan two more tries before the skill was successfully applied as he watched the mist smoothly enter the space knight captain.
Naturally, the other space knights who witnessed all of this happening did not remain silent. They banged on their cell door and shouted at Tristan as loudly as they could.
"You!! What the fvck did you do?!"
"You fvcking elf! Get away from our captain!"
They were about to hurl more insults and sharp words at Tristan when Sigfried suddenly opened his mouth.
"Be quiet, soldiers! Do not disrespect the master!"
Complete disbelief was visible on their faces as they heard their captain\'s words.
"M-Master!??"
"Captain!! You are being controlled!! Resist him!"
"Fvck!!"
Tristan obviously decided to ignore their threatening words as he asked someone to open the Sigfried\'s locked cell. The moment the cell door opened, Captain Sigfried immediately give a little bow and paying respect to him. Finally, the large burly man was his.
Humming as a form of acknowledgment, Tristan quickly thought of a possible plan as he questioned Sigfried. The latter answered all the questions he asked; all the possible scenarios and strategies space knights used as per training they had. He also did not forget to ask for information on the spaceship currently in the sky.
From what Sigfried had told him, Tristan realized that destroying the spaceship with this planet\'s current technology was a mere pipe dream, a near impossible task to accomplish. Not only because of its very hard exterior hull plating, there was also a defensive barrier mechanism, an energy shield on the spaceship that apparently would be able to block most attacks.
The more Sigfried told the details about the standard cruiser class spaceship and its weapon arrangement and capability, the more worried everyone became. However, it wasn\'t the case for Tristan. The more he heard how devastatingly destructive the spaceship was, the more he wanted it.
Truly a dangerous thought.
"Alright. I\'ve heard enough," Tristan said. "In your opinion, what\'s the best strategy to take over the ship?!"
The words uttered by Tristan immediately shocked everyone. As for Sigfried, he said that the task was not impossible at all. But first, he needed to be able to communicate with the other party for the plan to begin.
Hearing that, Tristan quickly took out a storage ring and retrieved the communication device he took from the ship\'s crash site. The previously broken communicator was somewhat usable, as Chieng had partially repaired it.
With this important factor, Tristan\'s crazy plan to take over the spaceship was quickly formulated and implemented.
The main idea of the plan was to deceive the other party and let Tristan enter their spaceship. However, after the brief interaction with the other party, it was clear that the captain of the spaceship was not an easy figure to deal with.
Knowing the ship was about to send another volley to the capital again, Tristan came up with a new plan when he received a report that the Blue Division knights had run away from the city.
This new plan of his would devour the lives of hundreds or even the thousand of Arcadian knights, but desperate times required desperate measures. It was clear that unless more blood was shed, that captain named Jenkins would not believe the words Sigfried spoke.
…
"Success!" Tristan thought as he watched the spaceship leave the capital\'s skies, chasing the cavalry unit led by Commander Sterling.
Tristan\'s plan had managed to prevent the enemy from attacking the capital again and, hopefully, somehow gain a little bit of trust from the other side. Now, he just needed to make one final push, to get him inside the ship.
Requesting an extraction point within the city would be harder for the other party as there were a lot of risks involved, but outside of the city would be a different matter.
With that in mind, the next plan was to make it look as if the Grey Wolf Unit managed to hijack the flying ship, and thus, be able to approach the spaceship in the sky.
But for the plan to work, he needed all 4 crew to join him together with Sigfried. After all, it would be too suspicious if only him and Sigfried were present on the Firefly. Unfortunately, Tristan didn\'t have leeway in his blood pool to convert and [Blood Seal] all of them.
"Professor Emmet! When Callan brought these men here, did they come with their suits?"
As it turned out, there were two powered armors that were still functional and ready to be used.
At first, Tristan wished he could just bring any human with him. Unfortunately, that idea was immediately extinguished by the fact that these space knights had specialized implants sticking out of their skin. Hence, there was a high chance their cover would be blown out immediately.
Now, with two functional power armors, Tristan could bring two people together with him and not get caught.
After much thought, he finally decided on the people he would bring on this dangerous, almost-suicidal mission. First, was the strongest human that was currently available, Captain Rayna. While the other would be the pilot of the Firefly, Wash. After all, Tristan knew nothing about flying a flying ship.
For the third one, Tristan decided to bring the wounded female space knight.
Due to the lack of implants, Rayna and Wash would not be able to use the functions of the power armors. But it was still possible to merely wear it.
Before they left, Zoe the co-pilot and wife of Wash warned Tristan to not let her husband in harm\'s way, which he nodded his head to.
After everything was done, the Firefly finally departed from O district and quickly headed toward the hovering spaceship.
"Ahhh This suit stinks!" said Wash as he drove the Firefly.
Ignoring the complaint he heard, Tristan said to himself, "Hopefully this plan will work.."
Everyone in the Firefly was nervous as they watched their flying ship gradually approach the gigantic spaceship. Tension rose to its maximum when there was no reply coming from the other party, but they quickly relaxed when the Firefly was allowed entry.
As they hovered in the sky waiting for the spaceship to open its door, Tristan\'s eyes were attracted to the many Arcadian knight\'s lives lost on the ground. For a moment, he was tempted to jump down and extract all of them. However, he quickly restrained himself.
He had to be patient, to make sure his plan went perfectly. He also consoled his urge of his by repeatedly thinking there should be much more inside the spaceship. Much more Blood Essence waiting for him to be harvested.
As Firefly landed on the spaceship, Tristan walked out with chains in his hands.