Bengtie, I'm really not a villain!

No one can believe you're still alive.

After all, offending the enforcement team means being targeted by the [ruling council]. In the history of the Grammer Empire fleet, all cases requiring the enforcement team to intervene resulted in on-the-spot executions.

The Grammer Empire fleet operates under extremely strict rules, and your appearance has broken those rules.

No one could believe your appearance. People were discussing whether you possessed such high military strength to break history, or whether your background was so powerful that some even speculated you were a member of the [Ruling Council].

[The firefly, who was deeply worried about you after hearing about your deeds, came to offer its condolences.]

[Thanks to your training, Firefly has also developed strong physical abilities and has unsurprisingly become a member of the excellent Grammer Empire fleet.]

This is the result of your and the Firefly Sisters' hard work day and night in training.

[Liu Ying's beautiful face and graceful figure amazed everyone.]

However, because of your past achievements and your survival story from the law enforcement team, no one dares to covet Firefly.

Everyone admires you and isn't envious at all of having such a beautiful girlfriend.

[Liu Ying's extraordinary beauty, her extreme concern for you, and the submissive look in her eyes have once again changed everyone's perception of you.]

However, upon closer examination, this seems normal, considering your terrifying strength and the unbelievable fact that you managed to return alive from the law enforcement team.

And just like that, you've successfully become one of the most famous members of the Grammer Empire's fleet.

[Thanks to your efforts, you and Firefly were successfully assigned to train together.]

[Because your Conqueror's Haki has been upgraded, most people cannot stand in front of you during training.]

Even when facing formidable training opponents, you still demonstrate astonishing strength.

Within the fleet, you grow stronger through training, gradually becoming one of the few truly powerful individuals.

With your domineering presence, you rise steadily through the ranks of the Imperial Fleet.

[In the many competitions, the Grammer Empire fleet has no shortage of equally powerful individuals, strong enough to stand out from the crowd just like you.]

Everyone is watching you; some hope you'll be eliminated like a fleeting flower, while others hope you'll soar to great heights.

[As expected, you've won championships in every major competition, either by using Conqueror's Haki to make your opponents surrender without a fight, or by displaying overwhelming power to win.]

Sometimes you encounter exceptional players who also boast terrifying records.

However, because you made history for the Grammer Empire fleet during your recruit days, everyone's impression and discussion of the new generation only revolves around you.

[For this reason, the other party especially resents you and regards you as their most hateful lifelong enemy.]

Everyone is eagerly anticipating your duel, but the powerful noblewoman behind your opponent clearly doesn't want you to have even the slightest chance of winning.

In what should have been a fair skills competition, all the firearms and other equipment you used malfunctioned.

Furthermore, all the backup equipment that should have been prepared by the organizers was unusable. They refused to use it either because the backup equipment was also unusable, or because you were not qualified to change equipment before the competition.

[The person who gave you that cold smile seemed to be anticipating your humiliation.]

That opponent also possesses considerable strength; before you, his ability was widely recognized.

His competition equipment was in perfect condition, so his competition scores were close to historical records, and in some events he even broke them.

Everyone can see that your opponent is sabotaging you, but there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Almost everyone doubts your ability to turn the tide, believing that despite your superior strength, you're powerless in this situation and will have no choice but to surrender.

Even those who admire you lament the frustrating nature of this match; they find it hard to harbor such exaggerated and audacious fantasies, let alone those who want to embarrass you.

Even with your opponent's near-perfect match score, you remain unmoved.

[You apply the effect of the "Marionette" entry to an object, gaining complete control over the damaged part of the object.]

After countless days and nights of working with the Firefly Sisters, your "Puppet Master" skills have been greatly enhanced, allowing you to easily control even utilitarian objects.

Therefore, the effect of "The Marionette" helped you achieve a miraculous and impossible comeback.

[Under the incredulous gazes of everyone, you competed using the damaged equipment.]

[And even more unbelievable is that, with the help of "The Marionette," you were able to achieve a miraculously high score even with damaged equipment.]

You easily surpassed your opponent's score, breaking the already high record that they had broken!

[Your opponent, who was waiting to embarrass you, stared wide-eyed, and when he saw you break his record, he was so angry he gritted his teeth to pieces!]

[It's hard to believe, but your miraculous high score is a fact.]

In the end, you still won the crown under everyone's spotlight.

[But that rival is still not convinced of your abilities. After repeatedly reporting you for cheating with the equipment without any results, he specially arranged a physical confrontation between you and yourself.]

Despite the fact that your opponent was able to secretly sabotage your equipment using the powerful noblewoman behind the scenes, you undoubtedly emerged victorious when it came to a direct confrontation.

The powerful backer behind the opponent obviously cannot accept their defeat, especially your retaliatory act of stepping on their head.

Therefore, the opponent's backer sent a high-ranking official to rush onto the stage after the competition, using the guise of an exhibition match to launch a vicious attack on you, with the aim of ruining your future even if not killing you.

Unfortunately, given your greatly enhanced Conqueror's Haki and formidable strength, even the higher-ups are powerless against you in actual combat.

You even nearly defeated your opponent.

[If the referee hadn't suddenly intervened to stop your killing move, the opposing team's powerful backer would have been severely injured or killed on the spot.]

[The opponent clearly didn't expect that their intention to seriously injure you would end up requiring the referee to save them.]

[So the other party left with a resentful look, expressing their incomprehension of the referee's unfairness.]

The referee was the very general who stood against all odds to protect you and gave you time to prove yourself.

Now that you have proven your strength in numerous competitions and have been completely spared execution, the general still wants to stop you from taking revenge on the enemy who secretly wanted to seriously injure or even kill you.

However, the general meaningfully indicated that this was for your own good, and you quickly realized that it was to ensure you offended the other party thoroughly before you became too powerful.

[Winning a sparring match only embarrasses the opposing leadership, but if you are seriously injured or even killed, you will inevitably be targeted again after barely escaping the death penalty.]

[Especially given the immense power and influence behind the scenes, it wouldn't be difficult for them to manipulate you, even with a general's protection.]

Even if you only defeat and humiliate your opponent, the general can still protect you.

At this point, you have completely surpassed your peers and become someone everyone admires.

No one doubts your strength anymore; you are hailed as a new generation legend of the Grammer Empire fleet.

While you were displaying your prowess, Liu Ying rose to fame because of her cute face and beautiful figure.

As your and Liu Ying's status rises, although your fame deters many from pursuing Liu Ying, there are still some audacious and powerful individuals who dare to confess their feelings to her.

However, when someone confesses their feelings to Liuying, you will stand with her and reject them.

[You just hugged Liuying tightly in front of the other person, letting Liuying hide her lower body behind a low wall, only freeing her upper body to talk to the person confessing their love.]

[The other party could not see the lower half of Liuying's body, only that Liuying's face was flushed, and applause and Liuying's muffled groans could be heard from time to time.]

And yet you mock their weakness right in front of them, while holding their goddess in your arms and wantonly playing with fireflies.

[When she rejected the other person's confession, Liuying screamed and shouted "Rejection!" before collapsing to the ground.]

[Liu Ying's overly exaggerated response led the other person to believe that Liu Ying especially disliked him. Coupled with your mockery from the side, the other person couldn't take the blow and fled in panic.]

[With your help, Liu Ying rejected many confessions of love.]

Like you, Firefly also needs to participate in many competitions.

Although the competition that Liuying participated in was not in the same track as the competition you participated in because of your gender, most of the events were basically the same.

So you very kindly helped Firefly train and strengthen her body.

[You and Liuying not only exchanged combat training tips in your respective rooms, but also left behind the sweat of your hard training in the training room and even in the corner before the start of the competition.]

You even made Liuying climb onto the stage to compete with her legs clamped together after training with you.

[To prevent your training with Liuying from being exposed, you even prepared a jade radish for her.]

[Because she had become accustomed to this kind of training with you in the manor, although her body trembled slightly, Liu Ying was still able to quickly adjust her state.]

Wearing the jade radish you gave her, Liu Ying won the championship on the stage under the spotlight.

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[You and Liu Ying took the stage together at the awards ceremony]

[Your actions offstage made Liuying, who was giving her thanks on stage, blush and her voice tremble.]

During Liuying's thank-you ceremony, everyone was worried that she might have a cold or fever, and why her complexion was so rosy and her voice was intermittent.

[Sometimes, fireflies would even suddenly groan and their legs would go weak, and sometimes loud clapping could be heard.]

Many audience members, unaware of the reason, thought someone was encouraging Liuying with applause, so they all gave her thunderous applause to encourage her.

[In such a public setting, amidst such enthusiastic applause and encouragement, Liu Ying finally couldn't hold back and collapsed to the ground under the weight of the applause.]

Everyone was clapping, oblivious to the screams of the fireflies and the sound of water glasses being knocked over, all drowned out by the applause.

[After that, your feelings for Liuying grew even deeper and stronger.]

[And you, with your formidable strength and domineering presence, have risen through the ranks from recruit to centurion in the Grammer Empire's fleet.]

In numerous battles, you, as a centurion, led the Grammer Empire fleet to many near-impossible victories.

With your Conqueror's Haki now at A+ level, a single glare before each battle is enough to strike fear into the hearts of most of the enemy fleet.

[And the remaining elite troops in the enemy army who were still able to stand could not withstand the encirclement and attack of each of your elite soldiers, who were all trained with domineering power.]

With such an incredible record of victories and the power that commands the respect of thousands, you have become the commander of ten thousand in the empire.

Your fame resounds throughout the Grammer Empire; you have become one of the Empire's foremost legion commanders and frontline commanders.

As the youngest commander of ten thousand in the army, you're often teased about marrying a high-ranking member of the [ruling council] or a general in the military.

The general who stood against all opposition to protect you now values ​​you highly, and is proud that his judgment back then was indeed correct.

However, at this time, the Grammer Empire clashed with the Star Gods who were in the process of gestation.

As the commander of an army of ten thousand, you are naturally the first to face the [breeding] swarm of insects.

When you lead your army into direct confrontation with the [breeding] swarm of Zerg, you finally understand why the Grammer civilization came to an end.

The power of [reproduction] allowed the swarm to possess an unimaginable, immense number, far beyond the comprehension of the Grammer Empire; an endless, overwhelming swarm swept in.

Even after withstanding the onslaught of the swarm and drastically reducing their numbers with a barrage of firepower, the queen, blessed with [reproduction], can still create an extremely formidable fighting force in a short period of time.

The Zerg swarm's unique high degree of socialization allows it to execute orders perfectly in war, fearlessly charging forward despite danger and death.

A swarm with a unified consciousness transcends individual thought, acting as a highly coordinated whole, without hesitation for the benefit of the collective, without individual disobedience or chaos.

This is an overwhelming disadvantage for an army that needs to take care of soldiers' emotions, avoid emotional breakdowns and fear due to excessive casualties, and do everything possible to prevent mutiny.

Compared to a swarm of Zerg that completely obeys orders, soldiers with emotions are simply less effective.

Even seasoned soldiers, faced with an overwhelming swarm of insects, could only become food.

The Grammer Empire, caught off guard in their first encounter, lost nearly half of its territory in the initial assault by the Zerg swarm.

Most soldiers perish in countless low-level Zerg swarms, never even seeing an elite individual within the swarm.

[Amidst the Imperial defenses that are crumbling, only your army is capable of putting up a fight against the Zerg swarm; the rest of the defenses have completely collapsed.]

[Because your troops, forged by your domineering presence, are all elites, they can only hold out a little longer than armies led by others.]

To avoid excessive casualties, you have no choice but to retreat while fighting, following the Empire's defensive line.

Only after the Zerg swarm's first assault ended and its offensive temporarily halted did the Grammer Empire's army have a chance to catch its breath and regroup.

According to statistics, the once formidable army of the Grammer Empire suffered losses exceeding 30% in its initial assault.

The excessively high casualty rate was the reason for the continuous collapse of the imperial defenses.

Only your army maintained a survival rate of over 90%.

[For an army terrified by the insect swarm, this represents an unimaginably high survival rate.]

Your fame resounds once again throughout the empire and the army; no one can imagine how you achieved such an impossible survival rate.

In the face of a swarm of insects, what truly keeps your army above the survival rate is yourself.

After numerous battles, your Conqueror's Haki has been upgraded to S-rank, making your masculine aura overwhelmingly powerful.