Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 870: Chapter 474, Let me show you the corpse Chapter 870: Chapter 474, Let me show you the corpse Titus encountered his first deadly problem, and it was not human pursuit but an internal rebellion.

Actually, calling it a rebellion isn’t quite accurate. In Green Skin culture, there isn’t much concept of “betrayal.”

They have always abided by the notion that the strong rule over the weak, and the weak must step down.

Titus was no different.

For the Iron-Tooth Clan, he was certainly a heaven-sent warrior. With a gun, a hand cannon, and a battle axe, he killed his original leader, then the warlord who ruled over them, and took over as leader. He then unified his own planet, later boarded a starship, and unified the entire Iron-Tooth Clan.

He was also one of the few rationalists among the Green Skins. After unification, he managed to suppress unrest and farmed quietly in his old lair for several years, making the brutal infighting somewhat milder, amassing elite trusted aides — those heavily armored, can-to-can fighting chiefs’ guards.

Moreover, he accumulated many Green Skins’ Mechas, even Titans that could rival those of Yunluo’s Shrimps.

Not to mention the fleet.

His original plan was to keep accumulating for a few more years, but the humans’ proactive attack four years ago still troubled his plans.

Green Skin society is like a powder keg, sitting on which he managed to suppress the inherent brutality with great difficulty, something many Beastman leaders could not achieve.

But the human strike lit the powder keg.

Unable to suppress it any longer, there was no need to keep suppressing; he led his troops to counterattack the human offensive and launched a full-scale assault.

Victory, victory, victory, a grand waaagh ignited the passion of the entire Iron-Tooth Clan, pushing his prestige to its peak.

However, the prestige gained from the war could also be lost due to the war.

Green Skin thinkers are quite straightforward; they do not entertain notions of loyalty or betrayal. You say you’re strong, you show it by overthrowing the current leader, then you’ll be the leader; and if you can lead us in a fight and win, then you are a good leader, and we will follow you.

But if you start losing, don’t blame the Green Skins for having second thoughts.

In the past two or three years, after the arrival of the Fury Flame Battle Group, this was the situation.

The aggressive momentum of victory was halted.

Of course, during that phase, it was still manageable; although the front lines couldn’t advance further, the declared target of the waaagh by the grand chieftain was in sight — Jindi Star and Yunluo Star, where they fought, were not too far either. Moreover, there was always intense, interesting combats to be had with those Shrimps, with wins and losses going back and forth.

However, in recent months, the situation took a drastic downturn.

Losing a battle, retreating; then losing another battle, retreating again…

Losing one, two, three battles — okay, no problem, as Mr. Mao taught us, to be both ruthless and cunning. Temporary defeat can be seen as a strategic necessity, a cunning ploy to lure the enemy into a trap for a greater victory.

But continuous losses are unacceptable.

Moreover, Titus was not only losing, but also constantly retreating.

This is the most despised behavior in the nature of Green Skin Orcs.

No matter how much broad and deep vision you have, how much patience you must exhibit for the greater good, if you keep retreating and fail to deliver timely victories to prove these are cunning rather than cowardly acts, then don’t blame the plummeting prestige.

As prestige fell, other issues naturally followed.

The first was the Challenger.

Hoisting the warhammer, Titus looked emotionlessly at the subordinate in front of him, battered and tattered.

This was the third Challenger he had killed in the past two days. Each was an important lieutenant he had relied on, holding titles of general or great king.

In the past two days, they had all stepped forward to challenge him one by one.

Titus granted them this honor and personally bestowed death upon them.

However, the matter did not end there.

Three Challengers can still be said to have “followed the rules” by engaging Titus in public duels.

But how could the power struggles among the Green Skins all follow the rules?

As he killed the second Challenger and faced the third, a rebellion erupted on the battle moon where he was stationed.

Two chiefs, along with their trusted aides, incited quite a large number of youngsters to attack the area where Titus was located.

The number of incited Beastman youngsters accounted for about half of the entire battle moon.

The trusted aides loyal to Titus engaged in a fight to the death with these rebels — or rather, power contenders.

Titus too joined the battle personally.

He felt weakened.

Three consecutive challenges, and those daring to directly challenge him were, of course, the three most formidable chiefs in the Iron-Tooth Clan besides himself. Although he won every fight, that did not mean it came without a cost; he was injured and had expended a great deal of energy.

While this battle to suppress the rebellion was still unresolved, everyone suddenly felt the battle moon where they were violently shaking.

It was the Green Skin Overlords and kings outside starting their challenges, in their own manner.