" You have got to be kidding with me, Solomon! You are not seriously considering killing our son because he ran away from us! " Lei de Napoleon, one of Solomon's many wives protested as she looked towards the emperor.

Lei was another result of Solomon wanting to improve relations with other nations. She was forced into an arranged marriage from a young age but ultimately, Solomon allowed her to have children at the time when she was ready. This was not an act of selflessness as the emperor had many other wives from other nations to attend to, some of which were from the Manchuria Federation, like herself. " The trial of Arlic put me into a difficult situation...I had no other choice but to condemn him with Naan's clique..." He stated, letting out a sigh as he began to walk out of their bedroom, which was one of many.

" You're the god damned emperor! You could have done anything to save our son! " Lei cried as she watched Solomon continue to walk away from her, ignoring her as he had much more pressing matters to attend to.

However, at the moment this had occurred, Xian de Napoleon, son of Lei and Solomon and brother to Kang was walking in the hallway to discuss plans on how to deal with the  group of princes that seceded. Unlike Naan, Xian decided to relinquish his succession to the throne as opposed to dying trying to keep it. He walked past Solomon with his eyes widening as he did so. Xian was among the minority of people in the future to be born with supernatural abilities, his was that to read minds. " That woman is useless to me...all she ever does is complain, I may as well stage an incident against her to have her killed..." Solomon thought to himself as he walked away, his expression stoic as he thought such things.

Xian continued to walk down the hallway until he had arrived to the war-room where Arlic and Hiero were, along with other military figures working there. " Xian, I'm glad to see that you've made it in time, you're always one to be punctual " Arlic commented, smiling as he looked towards the asian male.

The prince had a stoic expression on his face as he looked towards his brother, he had such disdain for many due to his innate ability to read minds. He could tell what other people truly thought of him because of such an ability, and it wasn't a pleasant ability to say the least. He drew a quick smile and walked towards Arlic to hear more about his plans. " I anticipate that the traitors will be trying to regroup in Carthaginian lands...I'm already beginning to assemble an army, our Damocles-Series Mechas are currently being assembled, but there is still plenty of time to make requests on design to have it best adjusted to your fighting style..." Arlic explained, as Xian sighed and then crossed his arms, looking at a map of the globe, specifically the large yellow stain upon it with disgust.

" This Empire...needs to be obliterated...." He thought to himself, beginning to think of what he desired in his mecha as he began to get out a datapad to think about requests.

" So....how'd you end up meeting your friend here? " Gwen asked as she flew their aircraft towards Carthaginian lands in order to search for Naan and his forces, just to survive from being attacked at home.

Nauplius immediately interrupted Kang before he could even speak. " My master has no obligation to answer you, meatbag " The droid stated, crossing his arms as he gazed towards the pilot in disdain.

" It's fine, Nauplius. " Kang quickly reassured, wiping his glasses and taking a deep breath as he began to recall the event where he and his Private Officer first met.

" Well...as everyone knows, droids were viewed as dangerous and ineffective to the general public, so they were scrapped for parts at mass...however, some held onto these machines and implemented them in different ways. The droids were once a special division of the royal guard, however, when I was very young...they were decommissioned. I was walking to choose my Private Officer when I found this and went to save Nauplius, who was the last of these models...we've sort of been friends ever since.." The prince explained, getting into a more relaxed position as he let out a yawn, he was quite tired from all that had happened in the last few days.

" You should get some rest...I hear you get wrinkles if you stress yourself out too much, and I don't think someone as pampered as you would want that.." Gwen stated, laughing lightly as she looked back at the black haired male, who swiftly laid his head down on the lap of his robotic companion, falling asleep to the sounds of whispers in the wind...

A few days had passed in the palace, great progress was being made with the invasion force and Xian was awaiting updates on his mecha that he would ride into battle, he had requested such an odd design that he had pondered whether it would be produced or not. The black haired man began to pace around the war room until a transmission came out from Emperor Solomon himself. It displayed the dead image of none other than Lei. Xian looked at this in shock and tightened his fist as he looked towards the television screen in the room, as there was more to this transmission than merely the image. " Damn it....I should have protected her..." He thought to himself, gritting his teeth as he did so.

" It is a tragedy that something like this would happen so suddenly, but tragedy will strike regardless. Prince Naan de Napoleon's Private Officer, a member of the resistance group against our great empire, has assassinated my wife. My royal guard had captured him and I myself avenged her death with my bare hands. But this is not the end, Naan hides in Carthage and seeks to use their people like puppets in order to rebel against us. I plea that both the people of this glorious country and the great nation in Africa shall both unite to apprehend a common enemy. That will be all " Solomon spoke, the transmission ending shortly after he finished his sentence, gasps of horror filling the room.

" Xian, it is a shame that your mother was killed...but this is only another reason why we should slaughter our enemies! " Arlic stated, placing a hand on the black haired male's shoulder to comfort him.

Xian's face blankly stared at the yellow stain on the map, his widened eyes saw it as it was, The Greater Bajan Empire. He knew his course now, and wouldn't hesitate in any event in order to save his mother. " Yes....our enemies.."