Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Sacrificing Everything for the Governor!
In the Hoffman family's mansion, the sounds of artillery boomed outside while screams echoed within. Blood spilled across the floor, pooling at Yusef's feet.
"Why are you doing this, child?"
Old Hoffman, a frail, white-haired elder in red robes, looked at Yusef, trembling with sadness in his eyes.
"To live up to your teachings..." Yusef replied emotionlessly.
Behind them, the slaughter continued.
Masked soldiers wielding blades butchered the members of the Hoffman family one by one, sealing their bodies in containers.
Old Hoffman sighed deeply.
Of course, he knew.
This was the child he had raised.
He had pinned his greatest hopes on Yusef, his fourteenth, illegitimate grandson.
To the point of using a data link to transfer the entire legacy of the Hoffman family into Yusef's mind when he was still an infant.
He had engraved the family's shameful three-thousand-year history into Yusef's consciousness.
By the time Yusef could walk, Old Hoffman was already teaching him the art of scheming, nurturing his ambition.
On Yusef's sixth birthday, Old Hoffman ordered him to brutally murder his best playmate, teaching him that the best heirs of the Hoffman family needed no emotions.
The only reason he lived was to erase the shame of the Hoffman family and claim the position that had eluded them for millennia.
Old Hoffman's education was successful.
Yusef had grown into exactly what he wanted: exceptional and ambitious.
Through a series of calculated schemes and bloodshed, Yusef had risen to become the head of the Hoffman family, launching a revenge campaign against the Grant family with notable success.
The price was the deaths of dozens of family members, including several of Old Hoffman's grandchildren and Yusef's father, his eldest son.
But Old Hoffman believed it was all worth it.
Revenge always came with pain and despair, that was the price.
Under Yusef's leadership, the Hoffman family would achieve vengeance and rise to new heights!
But over time, things began to exceed Old Hoffman's expectations.
Yusef's desire for revenge was far stronger than he had imagined—he was willing to pay any price.
To avenge the Hoffman family, Yusef had even turned to Chaos, using his own sister's body as a vessel to nurture a Chaos embryo.
He had slaughtered the peasants under Hoffman's rule to feed the growing Chaos creature.
While difficult to accept, Old Hoffman could endure it if it meant success.
But now, Yusef planned to sacrifice the entire Hoffman family, including himself, to the cursed Chaos creature!
That price was too high for Old Hoffman.
If the Hoffman family no longer existed, what was the point of revenge?
Looking at Yusef, the heir he had placed all his hopes on, Old Hoffman suddenly felt a twinge of regret.
He had created a monster, and the cost had been unbearable.
"Do it…"
As the cries of his kin fell silent, Old Hoffman quietly accepted his fate.
Thrust!
Yusef stabbed Old Hoffman in the chest.
It was the same knife Yusef had used years ago to slowly torment his best friend to death.
Old Hoffman coughed violently, blood spilling from his mouth.
With a final look of expectation in his eyes, he gave Yusef his final instruction:
"Child, don't let our sacrifice be in vain…"
If everything was now beyond saving, then they would offer the lives of every Hoffman to strike the fiercest blow against the Grant family!
This was Old Hoffman's final thought.
As long as Yusef succeeded, his life's efforts would not have been wasted.
Old Hoffman would not have failed!
By the time Yusef pulled out the knife, Old Hoffman had taken his last breath.
"The old fool… I'm Yusef. How could I ever lose?"
Yusef muttered, tears streaming down his face.
But they were tears of excitement.
He trembled with anticipation.
Today, once he sacrificed the blood and bones of the Hoffman family to complete the ritual, the offspring of the Thousand-Eyed Master would descend!
Yusef gave the order for all combat units to hold off the King's Court forces at any cost.
He only needed a little more time.
Once the ritual was complete, the Grant family—and everyone in the King's Court—would die!
"Come on, boys! Attack!
Kill those damned cyborgs!"
On the Hoffman family's second line of defense, gunfire and explosions echoed.
Arye stood atop a damaged armored tank, wielding a massive, customized machine gun, raining bullets on the enemy.
Shell casings piled up like a mountain around him.
Seeing the enemy suppressed, Arye charged forward, leading his troops in an all-out assault.
As always, Arye led the charge through a hailstorm of bullets.
Rounds whizzed by, but none hit him.
This was the legendary Arye, blessed by the God-Emperor, the Unkillable One who always led the charge!
As Arye and his men surged forward, the Hoffman soldiers fell one after another.
Though the Hoffman soldiers had undergone nerve modifications and showed no fear of death, they were no match for the King's Court forces, who held both numerical and technological superiority.
Especially when it came to equipment.
The soldiers of the King's Court were armed with advanced laser rifles, which outperformed the Hoffman family's outdated weapons in both speed and accuracy.
However, halfway through the advance, something terrible happened.
The Hoffman soldiers injected themselves with a special Chaos serum, transforming into monstrous abominations.
These creatures charged at Arye's Defense Forces, tearing through one soldier after another!
"Damn heretics!"
Arye roared, rushing into a swarm of monsters to save one of his men.
But just as a monster lunged at him, a blast from an energy cannon vaporized it.
"Damn slippery kid, you finally showed up," Arye spat.
It was Kaes, leading his long-range sniper squad.
They were armed with the latest energy cannons developed by Sage Moss, powerful and precise, though their slow charging speed limited them to support roles.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Arye launched an assault on the monsters, with his men following suit.
They had to use their bodies to hold off the abominations, allowing the sniper squad to lock on and take them out.
No one backed down; this was a battle they couldn't afford to lose. Their home was right behind them.
And their sacrifices would not be in vain.
They would be honored as war heroes, their names etched onto the stone beneath the God-Emperor's feet as symbols of loyalty.
Their families would be cared for, and their children would have the chance to enter the Loyalist Academy.
They would give everything for the Governor!
The soldiers used their bodies to block the monsters, giving the sniper squad time to lock on and blow both monsters and men to pieces.
Similar scenes were playing out everywhere.
The King's Court forces continued to push forward, gradually breaching the Hoffman family's third line of defense.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dozens of anti-aircraft cannons fired, blowing up assault ships one after another.
With the decoy drones' help, Eden's assault ship finally broke through the anti-air defenses, reaching the core of the Hoffman family's territory!
(End of Chapter)
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