Outcast Omega Pampered by the Alpha General novel Chapter 443

Chapter 443 The Escort Detail

Atlas did not know whether to laugh or sigh.

* Finished

Continuing to argue felt pointless. Giving up felt equally wrong. In the end, he threw up one hand.

“I’m old. I can’t talk sense into you young people anymore. Fine. I’m done. I won’t interfere.”

Once the marshal left, Harper, Marston, and Caleb stepped forward. Everyone knew Orion could not accompany Julian into the interior.

“I’ve been rampaging across this Empire for years. Who meets me without knowing to call me boss? I’ll go back with little Julian. Dragonlord may still look like a baby, but its combat power is anything but small.”

When it came to ranking the Empire’s greatest menace, Harper believed no one would dare claim first if she called herself second.

Caleb’s argument was considerably more practical.

“I’ve gotten into plenty of trouble with Little Sir. Rowan is definitely going, and most of the escort will come from our legions. I’m the obvious choice.”

Caleb might behave like an unserious bastard most of the time, but the officers of the Second and Third Legions trusted him when it mattered.

Adrian Whitmore, Laurie Rick, Zoya Vance, and the others immediately voiced their support.

It was not that they distrusted Harper.

They simply trusted the comrade who had fought beside them day and night even more.

Once the Second and Third Legions began shouting, Celia Snow and the other officers from the Sixth Legion raised their voices too.

So this was a competition over who could yell louder?

Fine.

No one was backing down.

Then Marston, who had recently become obsessed with studying an ancient Blue Star language, suddenly spoke in the unmistakably mangled accent of someone saying, “I want the deck inspected.”

Chapter 443 The Escort Detail

“Though I am unworthy, I believe the Rockefellers have the strongest connections in the Empire’s interior. If I go, no one will need to inspect the deck. Child’s play.”

Caleb and Harper: ”

Excuse us?

Are we only qualified to polish your shoes?

Both were stubborn, but even they had to admit Marston was right.

Finished

No matter how much of a walking disaster Harper could be, the Sixth Legion’s foundations lay at the border, not within the Empire’s interior.

They were former star pirates.

Everywhere was home.

Their businesses moved wherever opportunity led, built around speed and flexibility rather than fixed influence.

Caleb was not much better.

He carried the amusing label of being the only living person in the Second and Third Legions, which made him sound exceptionally well connected.

In truth, most senior officers in those legions had risen from ordinary backgrounds. They were genuine first-generation achievers who had built everything through austerity, endurance, and relentless work.

They disliked socializing. They refused to flatter anyone. Their attention remained fixed on becoming stronger.

Caleb was merely less antisocial than the rest. When it came to navigating powerful circles, even Rowan, with his permanently narrowed smile, surpassed him.

Marston had been born a Rockefeller.

Since childhood, he had learned how to read preferences and give people exactly what they wanted. His family moved effortlessly among the military, the Council, and the nobility.

That influence would be extremely useful to Julian while he led troops back into the Empire to suppress the unrest.

Orion stepped forward at once and shook Marston’s hand.

“I’m placing him in your care.”

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“There is no need for such formality,” Marston replied.

Finished

After confirming that Marston would escort Julian, Orion personally selected the newly advanced Rowan, Adrian Whitmore, and the Second Legion assault regiment under Adrian’s command.

“Wait. I have to go too?”

Prince Harold looked genuinely shocked.

Was he not already serving as acting commander of the First Legion?

Even after that, he still had to trail behind Julian like a ceremonial porter?

Orion did not need to explain. Helen pulled up the recent headlines and placed them directly in front of Harold. Every report concerned the missing First Legion rescue force and the Alpha unit feared dead.

The First Legion stood at the center of the public backlash.

That attack was aimed not only at the military, but also at Harold and Helen, who held temporary command of the legion without yet possessing secure foundations.

“If you’re an Alpha, stand up and act like one. You finally obtained a legion. Are you really going to hand it over to someone else?”

“Absolutely not.”

Harold clenched his jaw.

He might once have appeared powerful and admired on the capital world, but only Harold knew how hollow that life had been. He had possessed no real authority.

He provoked Orion again and again because conflict proved he mattered and forced other people to notice him.

Even the Seventh Legion, which had seemed to belong to Harold, had truly been controlled by his uncle and by his maternal grandfather, who held the family’s businesses in his hands.

What did that make Harold?

A pathetic Alpha carrying nothing but the title of first prince.

“I’ll contribute one regiment!”

For one glorious moment, Harold felt heroic. He looked eagerly at Helen, certain he had never

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appeared more impressive.

Orion, already preparing to leave with Julian, answered without turning around.

“One division.”

Harold: “?”

“Settled.”

Finished

Orion took Julian’s hand and walked away, ignoring Harold’s furious shouting behind them.

“I don’t need that many people,” Julian said seriously.

Orion rubbed his hair.

“I was only teasing him.”

“Oh.”

Julian looked puzzled.

“Why do you bully him? Do you hate him?”

“No.”

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