Chapter 300: Power! It belongs to the capable! Otherwise, there will be backlash!

“Sir, I am forced to do this.”

Peter seemed to be very guilty on the surface, but deep down in his heart there was no emotional fluctuation at all. Betraying his old boss just to save his life was nothing to him.

“You will die anyway, please let me deliver you to Duke Leto and let me live!”

Seeing that Peter could say such nonsense with a clear conscience, Baron Barron was immediately furious. He pointed at Peter and cursed:
“Damn you, you beast! You are my Mentat. Do you think you can survive by sending me away? A treacherous retainer will never have a good end.”

“That old bastard Leto will never let you go!”

Barron knew that he was a complete villain, and that his behavior and actions had offended many people, so he was very clear that if the retainers who followed him were caught by his enemies, they would definitely not have a good ending.

There is no other way. The Harkonnen family has offended too many forces, and all the bad things were done by a large group of people. It is not realistic to let him take the blame alone.

If Barron were to consider things from Leto’s perspective, he would definitely have to wipe out the Harkonnen family to put an end to it once and for all.

However, Peter remained unmoved and was still determined to tie Barron up and bring him before the Atreides family.

“As long as there is a chance, I won’t give up.”

In fact, Peter understood what Barron said, but only by doing this could he have a glimmer of hope.

Opportunities are earned through one’s own efforts. Even if one fails to obtain Duke Leto’s forgiveness, one has tried one’s best, which is better than sitting and waiting to die.

Seeing that Peter refused to respond, the desperate Baron Barron called out to the guards around him, hoping that they would kill the damn traitor and rescue him.

But the next second, Peter uttered a creepy sneer. He turned his head to look at the body at the end of the corridor, then looked at his blood-stained shoes, and said with a smile:
“Lord Baron, you don’t need to shout anymore. We are the only ones here.”

“Not long ago, your few guards were taken away by your good nephew, and the remaining guards who were loyal to you were also killed by me.”

“No one can come to save you now.”

“Oh, right……”

At this point, Peter smiled with a murderous look on his face and said, “Your good nephew Laban didn’t get far before he was discovered by the people of the Space Guild and was blown to pieces by them.”

“Not even a dregs left.”

It turned out that when Baron Barron ordered Peter to go down and prepare the escape ship as soon as possible, Peter let Laban take the guards away, and then deliberately used the Space Guild to kill Laban and the guards.

Grosu Laban is the nephew of Baron Baron. He has a rough and savage appearance and an extremely cruel temperament, so he is also called the Beast Laban.

As the captain of Barron’s security team, Laban is quite loyal to Barron. Although this nephew has caused a lot of trouble for the family, Barron still keeps him by his side for a long time.

When Barron learned that even Laban was murdered by Peter, he gnashed his teeth at this poisonous snake and roared hysterically:

“You beast, it turns out you have been planning how to betray me. Just wait and see, you will never have a good ending!”

Barron’s loss of control did not make Peter feel nervous or afraid at all. He slowly took two steps back and said:

“Don’t be angry, Baron. Duke Leto is always kind to others. Maybe he will let you go. Who knows?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Peter turned around and walked towards the corridor, ignoring Barron’s curses behind him. Next, he would work with the Space Guild to give Barron to the Atreides Family as a token of allegiance!
……

At this moment, a large number of ship wreckages were floating on the space battlefield. These shattered metals with electric arcs meant that the interstellar battle just now had come to an end.

The expeditionary fleet array of the Universal Corporation still stood as steady as a rock in the dark space. The coalition forces of the Harkonnen and Colino families failed to inflict any effective blow on them.

The legions of Harkonnen and Colino had already been completely defeated, with some fleeing and some killed in battle. The remaining troops were no longer able to organize the next round of offensive.

The vast majority of the defeated troops chose to flee back to their home planets, returning to where they came from.

Before escaping, the troops of the Harkonnen and Colino families would even fight each other for the navigator used for navigation, leading to another round of conflict and fighting.

Such internal strife also accelerated the collapse of Harkonnen and the Royal Coalition, and everyone crashed into each other in panic.

The original Harkonnen Army was one of the most powerful family armed forces in the Galactic Empire, second only to the Corino Royal Family.

But now, they only have less than 10,000 scattered soldiers left, and these remnants are even fighting among themselves. In this empty space battlefield, despair and fear fill the hearts of all the Harkonnens.

At this moment, the fleet commanders of the Universal Corporation actually knew the situation of the Harkonnens, but they did not make any decisions on the next step.

They neither sent out carrier-based aircraft to wipe them out in one fell swoop, nor did they choose to recruit these Harkonnens. They just watched them fight and kill each other silently.

Only a small part of the Sadok Legion continued to charge against the Giant Enterprise fleet without fear of death.

But their suicide attack was doomed to be futile. Before they could get close to the fleet in front of them, they were shot down one by one by the close-in defense guns.

In fact, these soldiers of the Sadok Legion did not launch an attack on the giant enterprise in order to complete the mission, but to demonstrate their loyalty and bravery.

It can be said that they were dying to prove their will.

Nearly half an hour later, all the Sadoka warriors were killed as they wished, and the last iron army of the Colino royal family disappeared into the dark sky.

Soon after, the AI ​​reconnaissance aircraft of the Cosmic Giant also found the Space Guild’s tall ship to the north of Arrakis’s satellite.

The members of the Space Guild on the Gauliet took the initiative to contact the Atreides family and announced that they had trapped Baron Barron and could send this brutal guy to Leto at any time.

Faced with the fence-sitter behavior of the Astronomical Guild, Hawat, who was in charge of this space battle, although he despised these people, still had to express his acceptance of their surrender.

After all, both Duke Leto and Leon, the executive of the Universal Corporation behind the scenes, want to end this battle as soon as possible.

But considering the possibility of the Space Guild making a desperate effort, Leto did not rush to send any senior personnel to the tall ship. He only sent some family guards and Spartan warriors to take over the control of the tall ship.

The war was not over until all the navigators on the tall ships and the Harkonnens, including Peter and Baron Baron, were captured.

……

Not long after, Leto and Hawat walked side by side in the corridor leading to the control room of the Gaolie ship, accompanied by Song Zhaomei, the director of the giant enterprise expeditionary force.

Song Zhaomei blinked her artificial eye which was glowing red, and she transmitted the first-person view here back to the headquarters of the Wanjie Base in real time.

So that Li Ang can understand the situation here as soon as possible.

At this moment, Li Ang, who was sitting in the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, was watching Song Zhaomei and her group gradually walk into the control room of the Gao Lie ship through the holographic screen in front of him.

The outcome of this interstellar war was not surprising. The defeat of the Harkonnen and Corino royal families basically declared that the overall situation of the Dune universe had been determined. All that remained to be done was to redistribute the benefits.

[Song Zhaomei, keep an eye on the situation here. Keep Barron and Peter alive for now. Don’t let them kill them.]

Li Ang gave orders to Song Zhaomei using the communication device.

Of course he knew that Barron and Peter were complete villains and out-and-out bad guys, but Leon didn’t care.

Good and evil have their own standpoints. In fact, from the perspective of the Harkonnen family, Baron Barron’s inappropriate behavior over the years has indeed made the family stronger.

Even if the original plot was followed, if the sisterhood had not interfered and provided investment for the protagonist Paul to start an army, the Harkonnen family would really be able to achieve a great revival.

But unfortunately, destiny is not on Harkonnen’s side.

In addition, for Le Ang, he would not simply choose anyone based on good or bad. The only people who could be killed by his order were unruly fools.

Therefore, whether Barron and Peter can survive depends on whether they can react quickly enough and realize the positive signals of joining a giant company.

“Yes.”

Song Zhaomei responded in a low voice, and then continued to follow Leto to the control room of the Gaolie ship. As they walked, Hawat couldn’t help but smile, “This battle ended much faster than we thought!”

“They are truly an expeditionary corps of a giant corporation. Those Harkonnens and Sadokar warriors have all become cannon fodder. Seeing this, I feel sorry for Barron and Padishah.”

Hawat kept praising the giant enterprise’s fleet along the way and flattering Song Zhaomei in every possible way. He also wanted to get a few such warships to enrich the naval power of the Atreides family.

If it weren’t for the fact that Song Zhaomei was here, Hawat really wanted to laugh out loud.

The Atreides and Harkonnen families have a feud. Originally, the two families were evenly matched in strength, but with the emergence of the Lansgard Federation, the political influence of the Atreides has surpassed that of the Harkonnen.

In order to balance the situation between the two families, the royal family decided to give the mining rights of Arrakis to the Harkonnen family for monopoly.

Relying on the nearly hundred-year monopoly on the spice business, the Harkonnen family rose rapidly and surpassed the Atreides family in terms of strength alone.

Facing the vicious tiger-like Harkonnen family, Atreides could only focus on defense and constantly use the Lansgard Federation to mediate.

If the Universal Corporation had not emerged, the Atreides family might have been destroyed by the combined efforts of the Harkonnen and Colino families!

Today, the army of the Harkonnen family has been completely destroyed, and Laban, who was expected to inherit the position of Baron Harkonnen, also died on the way to escape.

Although the guards of the Atreides family have not yet set foot on the planet Jaedi, Harkonnen is already in name only, waiting to be taken over.

“What do the other families say? Are they willing to cooperate with our actions?”

At this moment, Duke Leto was very calm. He knew that this battle had little to do with the Atreides family and he was just winning by doing nothing.

Hawat smiled and responded, “Of course. Without the Sadoka Legion, all those families came out to plunder the royal territory.”

“Without us calling them, this group of people will each bring their family guards to help us attack the positions of the royal family and the Harkonnen family.”

Thanks to Emperor Padishah, Baron Baron’s rude habits caused them to offend many people. Naturally, no one dared to provoke such a big villain when he was strong.

But once a flaw is revealed, everyone will surround it and attack it fiercely, seeking revenge for grievances and revenges.

Especially the Colino royal family, which has been exploiting various families for a long time!

“That’s right. It saves us the time of clearing up the royal family.”

Leto nodded and walked into a heavily guarded room where they found Baron Barron, bound and tied.

“Your Majesty the Duke.”

The guard in charge of guarding the room stepped forward and saluted, saying in a deep voice: “We have searched Baron Barron from all directions. He is not carrying any weapons. You can interrogate him without worry.”

Leto nodded and waved the other man out to wait.

Since the search has been done, it means that every part of Barron’s body from teeth to anus has been checked. Unless Barron has mastered the power of sound control, he does not pose any threat at this moment.

But Song Zhaomei has a built-in sound control shielding device on her body that can ignore anyone’s sound control, so Leto doesn’t need to worry that Barron will escape by relying on sound control.

Immediately, Leto and Song Zhaomei walked in and communicated with Barron face to face.

“Barron, you didn’t expect us to meet here, did you? You look a lot fatter. Aren’t you afraid that your greed will kill you?”

Duke Leto fixed his eyes on Barron, looking at his white and tender pork belly, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“Oh, it’s just a matter of success and failure. If I win, they will say I am forge ahead. If I lose, I will become greedy in your mouth.”

Barron did not accept Leto’s ridicule at all. He raised his head and looked at him. At this point, Barron had become more open-minded.

“Where did that fleet outside come from? I don’t believe that the Space Guild can help you build such a warship, nor do I believe that you can build such a behemoth by your own research.”

After a series of reviews, Barron realized that all his steps were actually correct, except for the opponent’s warship.

He really couldn’t understand why the Atreides family could build such a powerful fleet under the watchful eyes of the royal family and the Harkonnen family. It was completely unreasonable.

“We didn’t build those warships.”

Leto did not hide the truth. He honestly explained the doubts of Baron Barron and told him about the existence of the world giant company.

He told Barron everything from the emergence of the giant company to the fact that Leon, the CEO of the giant company, wanted to become the emperor and support the Atreides family.

After listening to Leto’s fantastic story and looking at Song Zhaomei standing next to Leto, Barron’s head was buzzing.

A powerful civilization from another universe…!
“How is this possible?”

Barron felt his head was a little dizzy. Conspirators are best at calculations and laying out all the controllable points, so they are afraid of uncontrollable factors.

It’s like two armies fighting each other, and they were fighting well, but suddenly a meteorite shower fell from the sky, knocking one side to the ground, while the other side reaps the benefits.

If the outcome depends entirely on fate, then is there any need for these conspirators to make plans?

“I’m already dying, is there any point in saying this?”

Baron Barron obviously could not believe what Leto said. He couldn’t help laughing at the beginning of this story that amused little kids.

In his opinion, this was a complete insult to his intelligence.

Seeing that Barron did not believe him, Leto just smiled and said, “Since you don’t believe it, who else do you think can build such a warship in the Galactic Empire?”

As soon as these words came out, Barron fell silent.

Indeed, unless they received help from other powerful civilizations, the Atreides family would never be able to build this fleet with their limited financial resources.

Although the truth is hard to believe, this is the most realistic answer.

“So, we didn’t lose to the Atreides, but to the Cosmos Corporation, a super civilization spanning multiple universes…!”

Baron Barron leaned weakly on the chair. His face looked as if he had aged by dozens of years. He looked sad and listless.

“I don’t understand why the Universal Corporation chose your Atreides family instead of the Corino royal family or the Harkonnen family.”

Having said this, Barron turned his head and looked at Song Zhaomei, hoping to get the reason from her.

Anyway, they are all serving as dogs for the giant enterprise, so why should the Atreides family be the one to serve? It is obvious that the Harkonnen family can also support the giant enterprise and serve as its dog!
In response, Song Zhaomei did not give a reason, but looked at Leto, as if to signal him to answer Barron’s question.

Leto was very calm and told Barron directly: “Because my Atreides family is more valuable, I am the head of the Lansgard Union, and most families will listen to me.”

“And you, the Harkonnen family, usually do a lot of evil and are greedy. Most families wish the Harkonnen people would die.”

“If it were me, I would also choose the Atreides family. This would make it easier to manage the Galactic Empire and unify matters.”

Leto has a very clear understanding of his own position. He knows that he can only be a dog in front of the giant corporations in the world, but at the same time, he also knows that being a dog has more advantages than being the emperor of the empire.

Being a seemingly powerful emperor in the Galactic Empire will lead to hatred, jealousy and resentment from the families below, with high risks and low returns.

However, being a dog in the camp of a global giant can not only make you the head of each family, but also ensure a stable income and make money through the global business circle of the giant company.

A false title is far less valuable than real benefits, and Duke Leto understands this very clearly.

Power will always be held by those who are capable. Otherwise, there will be backlash and they will fall into an irretrievable situation.

The current fate of the Colino royal family is the best proof.

(End of this chapter)