Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 715: Section 710 - Rebel Army Risk

Pilot Niko looked baffled, and his stomach embarrassingly grumbled.

He was neither tied nor handcuffed; a humane treatment was given.

Actually, he couldn't fight nor escape anyway, so it was better to just stay put.

"You take care of washing and cutting the vegetables, or else it's canned noodles for dinner tonight. Wash your hands before you start."

It was hard to imagine that just a short while ago, they had been fighting a life and death battle, and now they were together preparing dinner.

Chen Fei took out pots, pans, and bowls, along with meat and vegetables.

A Space System Alchemy Storage Device is a great thing. As long as the capacity is large enough, anything can be stored inside and accessed at any time, which is very convenient. Sadly, the storage device on his wrist was borrowed from the Slan Royal Family, and its storage capacity was standard for a national treasure.

Once the water was boiling, the cooking process sped up, blanching meat in cold water and vegetables in hot, and finally making a soup, just waiting for Minante to come back from his long phone call outside.

Chen Fei's cooking skills came from the true transmission of the Gallic Head Chef. The meals at the Aircrew Base were battle meals—no fuss, all solid dishes with heavy meat and vegetables. The main course was usually done through a bread machine, with formulas from Teacher Shen, taking about an hour and a half, same as cooking rice.

The clean-up was almost done, and just waiting for the soup and bread, Minante finally entered the cabin with his phone, ending the call with his uncle, the legion commander.

"That long?"

Chen Fei took his phone back.

Minante pulled Chen Fei aside, cautiously glanced at the waiting pilot Niko, then lowered his voice and said, "Things don't look too good; I'm only telling you this, you must keep it a secret."

"Is your rebel army about to collapse?"

Chen Fei wasn't surprised at all.

The business of rebellion, often prone to fail at the start, or crumble halfway, rarely falls apart at the last step.

"Spit it out, who curses like that? If it collapses, where would that leave me?"

Minante hastily spat, had Chen Fei not been an unrelated outsider, another person might have received a slap across the face.

"Don't worry, even if it collapses, I can still ensure your safety, but there's one exception—if you and I face each other on the battlefield."

Chen Fei spread his hands as he spoke the last sentence. When it came to life or death, showing the slightest mercy was the most foolish act, respecting neither the opponent nor oneself.

With the Chen Family's relations to the Slan Royal Family, saving a mere soldier's life was not an issue.

"Pfft! I won't hold back either."

By now, Minante completely understood the mindset with which Chen Fei had initially spoken these words.

War is not a dinner invitation, it demands lives. It's either your death or mine. Being selfish at this moment isn't wrong, as at least on holidays you could tidy a friend's grave, add some soil or such.

"Tell me the specifics? Eat and talk?"

Chen Fei glanced at the still bubbling soup and the bread machine now entering its programmed baking phase.

"Let's eat and chat!"

Minante nodded towards the prisoner squatting in the corner, saying, "Serve yourself and eat outside, no eavesdropping allowed."

There were some things he didn't want the other party to hear, as he wasn't really one of their own from the Eastern Warzone.

"..."

Poor kid Niko obediently took a plate, served himself some food, and walked out of the cabin.

The outside was now completely dark, with only a little light from the cabin behind. Various roars from the forest inevitably made one's skin crawl.

Heading into the pitch-dark Primeval Forest right now would clearly mean asking for death.

Dinner smelled great, but the mood was terrible.

"..."

In the cabin, Minante and Chen Fei whispered together for a while, occasionally casting glances toward the door at the pilot Niko, who sat in the yard with his back to them, not daring to turn his head.

The latter, filled with a desire to survive, nearly pressed his face against the wooden wall, maintaining a focus from his eyes to his nose to his heart, counting mathematics problems in his mind and ignoring any noises behind him.

The information Minante shared with Chen Fei was immense. Any word getting out could immediately stir a massive disturbance, and might even be exploited by the publicity department of the Silan Dynasty.

The Tessa Empire Restoration Army had just rebelled not long ago. Although they temporarily held the initiative over the entire continent, cracks were starting to appear at the upper levels due to personal motives and interests, casting a shadow over the grand cause that required unity.

In the north, south, east, west, and central, one of the supreme commanders of the five major warzones was discontent with the status quo and was scheming to replace the great leader, and possibly even aiming further to become the new emperor of the Tessa Empire. Who said that the emperor after restoration must be from the original Royal Family? "A nobleman should be courageous like this!"

If there were no ambitions, there would not have been a rebellion today.

It was these unknown changes that posed a huge obstacle to Chen Fei's plans.

Currently, aside from Minante and his uncle, Legion Commander Befas, in the Eastern Warzone who were still cautiously considering, the attitudes of the other warzones were still not optimistic.

It must be said, those Parasitic Species sure picked a good time and place.

After listening to Minante who had been whispering to him for a long while, Chen Fei helplessly said, "Ha, you guys are really something."

Minante confidently said, "What can I do? I only have one uncle who is a legion commander. Lord Stephens agreed to meet you only because of my uncle's face. Do you think the other commanders-in-chief would care about you?"

The legion commander also held real power, and his words were heeded. If it were one rank lower, the situation would likely be different.

The key was that the things Chen Fei wanted to do were akin to triggering a chain reaction. Now that the Restoration Army was achieving a great cause, if their focus was divided causing the ultimate failure, the consequences would not just be a total loss but would also lead to their heads rolling under the Silan Dynasty's blades.

"I'm starting to suspect that there are already people among the upper echelons of the Restoration Army who have been parasitized, even boldly cooperating with the Parasitic Species, plotting with tigers for skins." The mysterious circumstances forced Chen Fei to make even bolder speculations.

From the standpoint of the Parasitic Species, the current scene of the rebels was indeed perfect for them to fish in troubled waters.

"Don't worry, not everyone is a short-sighted fool. Even if there are hookups, who is outsmarting whom is still unknown!"

Minante patted Chen Fei's shoulder and continued, "Tomorrow as soon as it's light, my uncle will send someone to pick us up. Once we make it back, we'll be safe."

"What about that guy?"

Chen Fei shifted his gaze, looking toward the captive pilot Niko outside the cabin door.

Fortunately, he had built a wooden plank fence at the first opportunity and dug a trench around the outside, while various nocturnal creatures wandered about the forest howling one after another. Some even wandered close to the cabin and fence, losing footing and falling into the trench, emitting desperate screeches.

After finishing his own portion of dinner and staying away from the cabin as if facing a wall, pilot Niko's face grew paler by the minute. The noises outside made him extremely nervous, like drawing water with seven buckets up and eight down, not knowing if the wild or Magical Beasts outside might suddenly break through the wall.

Greatly fearing that Chen Fei and Minante would abandon him.

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"For now, 'Radiant Tiger' Corps will supervise, prisoners have human rights too."

Minante received the disposal result for the captive pilot Niko from his uncle, the legion commander.

Whether to transfer the person to the headquarters of the Eastern Warzone was a matter to be seen later.

"Alright, next up: guard duty, you take the first half of the night, I'll take the second half."

Chen Fei quickly settled the night watch arrangement.

The night passed peacefully.

Apart from a dozen wild beasts falling into the trench outside the wooden wall and even fighting amongst themselves overnight, leaving only a few blood-soaked ones alive in the end.

As soon as they woke up in the morning, Minante threw a grenade into the trench, and all was quiet immediately.

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A buzzing sound approached from afar, circling around nearby a few times, quickly homing in on the smoke columns rising slowly in the middle of the dense forest.

Branches covered with morning dew and a bit of fuel created perfect smoke signals.

"There they are, the 'Sky Falcons' sent by my uncle!"

Minante easily identified the vibration of the "Sky Falcons'" light wings.

At least 16 "Sky Falcons" circled overhead, their ranks quite formidable.

Finally, their safety was guaranteed.

Two "Sky Falcons" descended slowly from the sky through the gaps created by the felled trees in the canopy, landing one after the other outside the wooden fence.

"You're finally here? Eh? You! Damn it?"

Minante, who was initially smiling and about to greet them, suddenly spun around and tackled Chen Fei who was caught off guard and both rolled into the ditch outside the wooden wall.

The slight whistling sound created by the Full Metal Bullets accelerated by magnetic rails was incessant, and the ditch border, the nearby wooden wall, and even the cabin appeared to have many holes.

"I don't know them!"

Minante shouted at Chen Fei, still visibly shaken.