Chapter 977: The four escorts


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    ...Robin would have undoubtedly sent news of his occupation of those planets to Pythor, but only after they were completely occupied and defenses were set up, and this is to prevent Pythor from even thinking about returning to fight for them, this is technically what Pythor is also doing in the central and western regions of Nihari.


    The first expected reaction of someone like Pythor would be to get angry and send part of his army to at least two planets... If he did this then Robin should have sent more forces to hold those planets to force Pythor''s men into request support and open several major battlefields and spread the Great Serpent''s army, and thus be able to return to Planet Nihari, or if they don''t get support then he forces them to retreat and thus keep the nine planets for himself as a pressure card.


    But in the end, occupying and defending these planets is not the goal, but the means to the next step...


    "What?! Father, what are you saying? Are you really going to the City of Hope for the so called negotiation? It''s clearly a trap!" Theo lost his usual composure, and even Richard frowned slightly, "What are we supposed to get out of that meeting anyway? Do you think he''ll simply hand us Nihari and we give him his nine planets? Then what, everyone would just go back to what they were doing before and forget about the tens, no, BILLIONS of deaths that happened between us in the past year alone? Father, you can''t be serious! If I told this to a little kid he''d tell me I was joking, we''ve reached the point of no return!"


    "I know, of course, I know, we wouldn''t get any deal out of this." Robin''s smile deepened, "Pythor is a tough guy who doesn''t like to appear weaker than anyone, it shows in all his choices, he might actually be willing to negotiate, he''ll probably offer to leave me the southern region of Nihari in exchange for me returning all his planets to him, the fact that he wants to wait until support comes and he has more control over Nihari before the meeting starts only reinforces that idea, but I won''t agree, what am I going to do with one or two regions while he''s just a few steps away from me? And most importantly, he knows I won''t agree."


    "Then why go through all the trouble?" Richard frowned


    Robin looked away for a moment, "To sound more convincing, of course! ...In that meeting, Pythor will try to kill me."


    "...Yes." Theo nodded, a bit of gloom and helplessness showing on his normally emotionless face, but he patted his little brother on the shoulder anyway, "Let''s go, you''re going to have a long week."


    After they left, Robin''s eyes turned back to Billy, "Can you go to Nihari for me? Call Sakaar and Amon, I need to explain to them what''s going to happen, and you stay there to manage the portal affairs until they return."


    "Not a problem!" Billy also used the Jura City Portal and quickly disappeared, leaving Robin alone behind.


    In the middle of the city where there was no breath but Robin''s, he raised his face to the sky and closed his eyes... Smiling.


    His plan was to force Pythor into a life or death battle with him without trying to escape, this meant that he would have to put himself in a weak position willingly until the negotiation day, Pythor needed to think that he had a chance or everything would come down to nothing. But the thing is, he wasn''t afraid of this situation, rather... Excited!!


    *Baaam*


    At this moment, with a crashing sound, something huge descended in front of Robin. "Hmm?" Robin opened his eyes to see a large shadow blocking the sun from him, and then he heard a voice, "I was eavesdropping, I want to go with you to that negotiation meeting, I have some unfinished business with them."


    Robin''s smile grew, he knew immediately that his mission had become even more exciting... that large shadow was Hulak.