Chapter-7 Strange Mental Fluctuation

"Flynn, can you take a break from your little blacky and focus on what's going on around you instead?." Morcelo said while pointing at the black tab in the hand of the man sitting across him in a white coat.

The man, who was just called out, frowned when he heard this. He pushed back his seaweed like hair and corrected Morcelo with an expressionless face, "First of all, it is not called blacky, but Cortez SS04, a mini advanced computer. Secondly, looking at it is much better than looking at your unsightly face."

"Yeah...ye-wait! What!? Did you just call me ugly?" Morcelo jolted up from his chair with disbelief written all over his face. What's worse was that Flynn obviously did find anything wrong with his words.

"Aren't you?" 

"You!"

Before he could start a fight, Verona came inside the conference room, "Alright, calm down. Others will be here soon..."

Morcelo could only shut his mouth after hearing this and sit down, but he did not forget to glare at Flynn. 

Verona nodded at Flynn and sat on her chair. They did not wait for long before two handsome alphas entered the conference room.

"So, you still remember that you have a uniform to wear." One of the alphas, who was dressed meticulously, said with a fox like smile on his face. His strikingly sharp features were accentuated by his jet-black hair and pointed ears, giving him an air of intrigue.

Morcelo, who was the target of this sarcastic remark, looked up at the old fox and sneered, "I was afraid that if I didn't wear a uniform, then chancellor Sebastian may not be able sit still throughout the meeting."

Hearing this, Sebastian's obsidian pupils deepened as he looked at Morcelo through his spectacles, "Oh, is that so? Then I am really grateful towards General Morcelo for being so considerate of me." 

"Okay...okay cool down, both of you, his majesty will be here in a while." Seeing that the other two were completely indifferent towards this situation, Jaden, the other alpha with curly hair, could be the only peacemaker. After all, he did not want to be involved in the childish bickering of these two.

Speaking of which, he couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Sebastian, who was obviously the mature one yet, he would never let go of a chance to ridicule Morcelo.

At this moment, they heard a special prompt coming from the door. Their instincts were faster than their consciousness. All of them stood up in their position and bowed in a respectful manner as the automatic door opened, "Your Majesty!"

Arwan walked inside the conference room wearing a neat black outfit with intricate golden embroidery and a flowing cape cascading behind him. His long black hair were neatly arranged and the jet black horns on his head shone with a cold light.

With an air of composure, Arwan strode to the head of the table, and nodded towards them as a greeting.

"Rise." he said, his voice smooth and resonant, carrying an undertone of authority.

Sarkan, who was silently following Arwan, also greeted others and took his seat.

Arwan sat on the central chair, while tapping his long index finger on the table, he patiently waited for his subordinates' report.

Verona was the first one to begin, "Your Majesty, we have discovered that the mid-level zergs, which appeared in the nebulae during last battle, are a newly evolved species, these zergs are not only fast, but can also understand the battle tactics to some extent."

"We suspect that they have developed intelligence. While investigating the people who attacked his majesty, we discovered that those attackers seemed to be unaware of the zerg attack. Either they were just sent as baits or these two things are interlinked"

As the person who had directly faced those zergs, Sarkan understood this matter better than anyone else here. So, when Verona finished her report, he added a few more things, "While fighting with the zergs, I felt some strange mental fluctuation. However, the duration was only for a few seconds, so it is hard to find the source."

Everyone had a solemn expression on their face after hearing this. At present, Zergs are the common enemy of all the races in this galaxy, due to their endless apatite, which can consume anything. Countess lives and home planets have been destroyed under their siege, regardless of race or nation.

The only good thing so far is the fact that even though, Zergs are powerful, but they have low level of intelligence with only never-ending hunger in their minds.

If they have started developing intelligence now, then there can only be two outcomes, either the other races can try to negotiate with zergs, which is next to impossible or they can only wait to become the food reserves of zergs, who have gotten rid of their only weakness.

However, this is not the case for the Norex empire, because it is currently the most powerful nation in terms of strength. Even the Galactic Alliance, which is the strongest nation in terms of population and technology, can hardly match them when it comes to strength.

The residents of Norex Empire are very similar to the dark races depicted in human mythology like demons, vampires, dragons, etc. Their physical strength is no less than that of zergs. So, they are a race least afraid of zergs.

The reason for Verona and others' seriousness is the mental fluctuation that Sarkan felt. If it involves mental power then, either this zerg attack was planned by someone or the zergs have also started developing mental power.

The later situation is obviously more dangerous.

Although, these questions were running in their mind, they silently waited for their emperor's orders. Arwan's violet eyes darkened, "First, determine if the zergs have developed mental power or not."

Arwan looked at Jaden with his dark purple eyes and said with a deep voice, "Jaden, check out the zerg layers near that nebulae and collect some samples for Flynn to research." 

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Verona, investigate this incident thoroughly, and inform Cassian to complete his mission and come back."

"Alright, Your Majesty."

After receiving the instructions, they resumed to reporting other important matters to his majesty.