Chapter 487

Chapter 487: The Foolish High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire

How did it come to this?

When they received the news, Chief Nika and the nine leaders found themselves in a state of panic, feeling lost and bewildered.

This outcome completely caught them off guard.

They had allowed the strong members and tribe members of Jin Jun’s tribe to go to the Great Flame Empire’s base to demand an explanation, intending to test the Empire’s attitude.

In their view, although the Great Flame Empire presented a strong front, they were indeed in a position of power.

However, at the very least, they should not actively provoke conflict.

But the result was that the Great Flame Empire, after giving them half an hour, ruthlessly decided to decisively suppress over six hundred thousand soldiers and tribe members of Jin Jun’s tribe who had not withdrawn.

This decisiveness and cruelty declared once again to the Black Tiger Tribe that the Great Flame Empire would not tolerate any exceptions that violated its laws.

But what about the Black Tiger Tribe?

“Do they think all of our Black Tiger Tribe members are just cowardly and afraid to die?” one leader couldn’t help but roar.

“Yes! Don’t they understand that the consequence of their actions will inevitably ignite extreme anger among all our tribe members once the news spreads?”

“At that point, even if we try to suppress it together, we won’t be able to control the anger of the tribe members.”

“Even when our Black Tiger Tribe was relentlessly suppressed by the Undying Race, countless tribe members still stood up to resist.”

“The High-ranking Leaders of the Political Council and the Military of the Great Flame Empire are nothing but fools, clearly able to reduce the situation, but they insist on being hardline.”

“What’s even more outrageous is that they are so arrogant they refuse to meet with the representatives of Jin Jun’s tribe and command them to return to the base, waiting for a punishment decision.”

The nine leaders vented their anger with harsh words.

In the eyes of the High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire’s Political Council and Military, they were all fools.

Given that the Empire’s laws were already relaxed enough, and with the Black Tiger Tribe’s enormous potential for future development, they still tried to manipulate the situation, testing the bottom line of the Great Flame Empire.

But in Chief Nika and the nine leaders’ view, the High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire’s Political Council and Military were also a bunch of fools.

These fools decided to decisively suppress Chief Jin Jun during a time when the Black Tiger Tribe had lost their territory and were most dissatisfied with the Great Flame Empire.

They didn’t consider easing the situation but instead repeatedly used a hard and arrogant attitude to provoke conflict.

As a result, tensions reached an almost irreconcilable breaking point.

However, after venting their frustration, Chief Nika and the nine leaders fell into a state of helplessness.

“These foolish high-ranking leaders of the Great Flame Empire are arrogant and stupid. We cannot afford to be foolish as well.”

One leader helplessly said, “Otherwise, the situation will truly develop to an irretrievable extent.”

“Once the news spreads, it only takes someone to incite a few words, and the tribe members will inevitably rush to assault the Great Flame Empire’s base without caring about anything.”

“I just can’t understand; compared to the rule during the Undying Race’s reign, the governing laws set by the Great Flame Empire have only one drawback: various tribes lost their governing rights over territories, only retaining some governance authority within designated areas.”

“But all other terms are a hundred to a thousand times more lenient than those of the Undying Race. Especially for us vassal races, it’s even a thousand to ten thousand times better.”

“Everything points to the fact that the Great Flame Empire treats vassal races with kindness, even towards those future races that might surrender, showing no intention of squeezing them dry.”

“Why, as soon as there’s a bit of dissatisfaction, do they become so reckless and suddenly show such an extremely strong and arrogant attitude?”

Chief Nika and the nine leaders found themselves increasingly puzzled by the thoughts of the High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire.

However, now was clearly not the time to understand the Empire’s leaders’ thoughts.

They needed to find a way to solve the problem first.

With the High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire being forceful and arrogant, allowing the situation to escalate, they could only suppress their dissatisfaction and anger, thinking of ways to completely resolve this crisis.

After all, they were extremely unhappy with the Great Flame Empire because of their lost territories.

But compared to the benefits they received, these grievances were actually within an acceptable range.

Not to mention the future expansion of the Great Flame Empire, which could bring them countless benefits due to military achievements and contributions.

Even if they stayed on the blood-colored planet, without the threat and plundering from the Swift Tribe’s Space Pirates, their resources and treasures were still gradually increasing and accumulating.

Moreover, as long as they accumulated enough contribution value, training in the Cave Paradise of the Great Flame Empire would slowly improve the average strength realm of the Black Tiger Tribe.

More importantly, the population of the Great Flame Empire was extremely small.

Even without external expansion, in the short term, the resources on the blood-colored planet would not face a scarcity problem.

The reason many of the nine leaders desired rebellion was purely to gain greater benefits while refusing to be subordinate to others.

To find an opportunity to defeat the Great Flame Empire in one fell swoop meant they could turn around and control the Empire.

With the long-range attack ability and teleportation ability of the Great Flame Empire’s army, the Black Tiger Tribe could truly soar to new heights, and unifying the entire Tianling Star Cluster would no longer be a lofty dream.

Furthermore, all the benefits would belong to them alone, rather than waiting for the Great Flame Empire to distribute them according to contribution value.

Buzz, buzz, buzz…

Just as everyone was getting energized, thinking of how to calm this crisis, Chief Nika’s communication stone suddenly vibrated.

He frowned and focused his Perception Ability on the communication stone.

A look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

It was a notification from the Political Council of the Great Flame Empire.

Upon closer inspection, his expression turned grim.

“What’s wrong?”

Noticing Chief Nika’s strange expression, the nine leaders furrowed their brows.

“The Political Council of the Great Flame Empire has sent me a notification, ordering us to quickly punish the strong members and tribe members of Jin Jun’s tribe for their violations of relevant laws with severe penalties,” Chief Nika gritted his teeth.

“Have they lost their minds?”

“They’re going too far; they are pushing us towards rebellion!”

“Damn it! They have already killed over six hundred thousand tribe members of Jin Jun, and yet they still want to severely punish those tribe members who retreated?”

“What’s worse, they want us to issue and execute these severe punishments. Doesn’t that mean putting us against our own tribe members?”

“These High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire are arrogant, foolish, and shameless to the extreme.”

The nine leaders erupted into a heated discussion, each one filled with righteous indignation and unleashing harsh words.

Yet, a few minutes later, the shouting gradually calmed down instead of intensifying.

Both Chief Nika and the nine leaders began to feel a sense of regret within.

If they had known the High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire would be this forceful and arrogant, they would have never allowed the tribe members of Jin Jun’s tribe to stir up trouble, testing the Empire’s attitude.

Up until now, not only had their prestige not been salvaged or improved, but it had even plummeted to a new low.

But if they hadn’t done so, they couldn’t have truly initiated rebellion without any chance and just thrown their lives away.