Outcast Omega Pampered by the Alpha General novel Chapter 214

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At this point, the Empire needed military intimidation across multiple planets

Fast stabilization of order.

Fast calming of public sentiment.

Fast control of the parasitized.

But could Prince Harold Mulholland, the senior members of parliament, and the imperial lords accomplish

that now?

No.

The Empire had seven major legions.

At present, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Legions were guarding the borders and could not be rotated back.

That left only the first three legions available for deployment.

The First Legion was the Empire’s symbol.

It was more like an imperial guard from an ancient kingdom, responsible for protecting the palace, parliament, and noble houses.

Unless absolutely necessary, the First Legion could not be deployed on a large scale.

Some might say this was already a crisis.

But the truth was, the greater the crisis, the less they could send out the First Legion.

The First Legion was filled with children of senior officials and great houses. It was truly a legion of entrenched families.

There were gifted officers among them.

There were also people who advanced by seniority.

And plenty who were there to polish their resumes.

One fact was undeniable.

They were born separated from ordinary citizens by a wall.

A terrifying class wall.

That meant it was difficult for them to understand the lower classes.

They did not understand why those people would worship insectoids.

They did not understand why they would suddenly attack Omegas.

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Some officers in the First Legion even believed that no matter how many parasitized people existed, they were still a minority in an Empire of hundreds of billions.

As long as the Empire launched a purge, the crisis could be suppressed perfectly.

Yes.

That outcome might be possible.

But one misstep would plunge the Empire into terrible unrest.

And if the Empire fell into chaos, what would happen at the borders?

The insectoids could parasitize human bodies now.

Did anyone think they did not understand how to strike when an enemy was weak?

“We absolutely cannot take responsibility for something that will stain history for generations. Even if we stabilize the situation temporarily, Omega numbers still cannot cover the parasitized population…”

“Exactly. In the end, the military will still have to execute a large number of people. Do we even need to say what will happen to whoever gives that order?”

“This matter is too serious. His Majesty is ill. In my view, it should be handed to General Ashford.”

“Agreed. The Second and Third Legions are badly damaged, but suppressing the Purebody Alliance should still be more than manageable.”

Senior officials and imperial lords spoke in polished circles.

Where was their earlier confidence?

Where was the grand promise to send Omegas out and put the people first?

Right now, they all shared one thought.

How could they reasonably toss this burning mess back into Orion’s hands?

Once Orion accepted it, it would have nothing to do with them

The call asking Orion to return and take charge should have been made by Prince Harold, the person with the highest public status.

But Helen was injured, and Harold had gone to retrieve him.

So Orlan, Helen’s father, had no choice but to grit his teeth and call Orion himself.

The line rang for a long time.

Then it was cut off.

Orlan called again.

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He thought Orion had always cared about the Empire and the people. At most, Orion was making them lose face now, teaching them a lesson.

Then his call was cut off again.

Orlan: “…”

Once upon a time, he had been Orion’s future father-in-law.

When had Orion ever failed to treat him politely?

Now he was putting on airs.

Seeing the complex, faintly mocking looks around him, Orlan called again in anger.

Then he discovered that the moment his call went through, it was hung up.

He called.

It hung up.

He called.

It hung up.

The theme was simple: if he dared call, the other side dared hang up.

Not even a one-second delay.

Orlan: “!”

If no one had answered at all, fine.

If he had been blocked directly, fine.

But the other side neither blocked nor answered.

It just kept baiting him and hanging up.

During the minute or so he hesitated, “Orion” even sent him a message.

“Call again. Why did you stop? Are you a sore loser?”

Orlan: “?”

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