Jenkins could feel his nails digging into the skin of his palms. Never once in his life had he even imagined that he would be cornered like this, not to mention that it was because of someone of a lower realm.

But he could not deny it. Rationally thinking, it would be best for him to stay silent and wait for the empire\'s armada to come and annihilate these people, and that would only be right. Confidential information regarding their empire should stay confidential.

But he could not do that.

There was no way he could let his men die just like that. Not when he had a way to save them.

"...Major Patton. His name is Major Patton."

He gave in. After all, it was just a name. He did not think that it would be considered a betrayal of the empire nor the major.

However, unlike what he expected, Tristan\'s smile instead turned into a frown.

"Captain. You never fail to disappoint me. I thought you were smarter than this. Isn\'t it obvious that I want more than just his name? Or are you making fun of me?"

Tristan already knew beforehand from Siegfried that it was unusual for someone with a position as high as a major to be in such a ship and take part in a mission targeting a lower realm, so there must be an important reason behind it. That was the information he wanted to know.

"What\'s his mission?" Tristan asked in a low voice.

"I don\'t know his mission" Jenkins almost instantly replied.

"...Ha. Do you really think I\'d believe that?" Tristan pressed the matter.

Tristan turned his eyes to the orc overlord. He was ready to order Ghrall to crush the squad leader in his hands.

Jenkins immediately startled, he turn panick and said

"I\'m telling the truth! I really wasn\'t told anything about his mission! I swear! He was specially assigned by the higher-ups! He is not part of my crew, and I have no idea what he intended by coming aboard my ship!"

Tristan looked back at him.

"So you have no idea what he\'s after? Not at all?" Tristan looked at the man in suspicion.

It was then that Commander Cecilia of the Starlight interrupted him. "My king, with all due respect, although I am unable to clearly read his mind, I can sense that he was telling the truth."

Tristan simply gave an empty smile toward Commander Cecilia. "Thank you, Commander. While it may be true that he was telling the truth, unfortunately I am not satisfied."

Tristan once again looked at the captain.

"Even if you weren\'t told anything about his mission, I\'m sure a smart man like you would at least have a guess as to what his mission is about. I am sure he did spill one or two things about his intention didn\'t he?" Tristan asked threateningly, his eyes on the squad leader in Ghrall\'s grasp.

Jenkins hesitated. While it was true that he was not told a thing about the major\'s special mission, he did have a suspicion of what it could be.

"He... seemed to become nervous and slightly excited to see captain Siegfried was… It even more apparent when you show up.. The blood elf! Although I don\'t know the details of his mission, I reckon it has something to do with you… Blood elf, that is."

This information wasn\'t something unexpected for Tristan, but for everyone else in the room, commander Sterling and Cecilia both of them was stunned

Tristan smiled hearing his response. "See, Captain? I knew you would know something!" Tristan cheerfully said before continuing, "So, what do you know about these blood elves?"

Although Jenkins could feel that Tristan was mocking him, he did not say anything about it.

"Everything I know about them is the same as what I read in the empire database," Jenkins answered.

Tristan understood that the captain was suggesting for him to search the spaceship database to know. He only hoped that it was not so heavily damaged that he would not be able to access it. Before Tristan could say more, Siegfried\'s voice sounded from behind him.

"My king, if you would like to access the database, I suggest you use the captain\'s access code. It has more information that only high rank such as him knew"

"Captain?" Tristan looked back to the captain and questioned.

Jenkins was slightly annoyed. He glared at Siegfried as he said with disgust, "I have never seen a mind-control magic turn a space knight into such a loyal dog!"

He was hoping that Tristan would only be able to access the general database, but now with the access code mentioned, revealing it would mean trouble for the empire. Ultimately, giving the captain\'s code to unauthorized individuals could be considered as high treason.

This devastated him, but in the end, he chose not to do it.

"No, I won\'t tell you my code!"

Tristan sighed in response. "That\'s too bad, Captain. I really don\'t want to do this, but you leave me no choice."

Tristan touched the communication stone and ordered, "Do it."

At that moment, Ghrall quickly snapped the helpless squad leader\'s head.

With this decision, Tristan could hear irregular breathing aside from Jenkins.

He turned toward the direction of the sound, and as expected, it was Layla. Her eyes were wide open and she had a disturbed expression on her face.

When their eyes met, Tristan could see that she seemed to want to say something, but no words came out of her mouth.

Although Tristan was a bit worried, he decided to ignore it. The girl must learn that with their current condition, such things were necessary.

With this in mind, Tristan returned his gaze to the captain, who was clearly enraged.

"Arghhh!! I already told you everything I can! Stop this madness!!" the captain screamed. After everything he told him, he still killed his squad leader. He could not hold back anymore.

"Captain, calm down. Don\'t worry, there are still more interesting things to see, so just relax a bit and reconsider my question."

Still with the communication stone in hand, Tristan ordered, "Bring in the next one."

This time, the one who entered the room was a man in black uniform, this man is one of the bridge officers of the space cruiser. The sight once again enraged the captain..

After the door closed once again, Tristan commanded, "Start."

Hearing Tristan\'s order, the orc overlord shouted his battle cry and quickly charged toward the man in black uniform.

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Written by Avans, Published exclusively by W.e.b.n.o.v.e.l,