Ch.212Child Civil War (1)

# Chapter 212: Civil War of the Children (1)

After Ambassador Samiya evolved into darkness as a Sadukwang.

Around the time he began his advance toward the capital with the border guards.

The Prosnack capital and central government were also being pushed into a state of extreme chaos.

“What on earth is happening!”

“The mind control waves are being neutralized! How is that even possible!”

“Impossible! The wave generator is technology from the Dark Age!”

This was because the mind control waves, which had maintained the solid ruling system of Prosnack, the largest nation in the galaxy, were being simultaneously neutralized throughout the entire territory for several days.

Of course, even if the mind control waves were neutralized, if their proud Supreme Commander were residing in the capital…

Such trivial chaos would have subsided at any time under the charismatic leadership of the Supreme Commander, and everything would have quickly returned to normal…

Unfortunately for the Prosnack central government, their charismatic Supreme Commander was not in the safe capital but had headed to the eastern front.

But the problems facing Prosnack did not end there.

“With the mind control waves disrupted, we can’t mobilize troops from various regions?”

“Oh, this might be our chance to turn the tide.”

As Ambassador Samiya had previously mentioned to Arto.

Within the Prosnack Federation, there had always been a power struggle among Supreme Commander Fern’dus’s children behind the scenes.

Such conflicts had been suppressed by the overwhelmingly incomprehensible charisma of Supreme Commander Fern’dus who resided in the capital…

But at this time when the Supreme Commander happened to be away.

And with the mind control waves that had solidified Fern’dus’s rule now neutralized…

“Now is the time to emerge from father’s shadow.”

“Indeed, you are right.”

His children, each occupying positions in the Prosnack government or military, would certainly not miss such a golden opportunity.

With the desire to eliminate all other competitors and succeed their father Fern’dus.

To become the undisputed second-in-command of the Prosnack Federation.

And eventually the true leader, they began to make their moves in earnest…

As a result.

The capital city of Prosnack descended into utter chaos, truly embodying the word “disorder.”

“It’s a coup d’état!”

“The current Prosnack central government is corrupt! Only we are the true rulers of Prosnack and direct subordinates of Supreme Commander Fern’dus!”

“You madmen, stop coming out of nowhere!”

And this chaotic period, later known as the “Children’s Civil War,” brought extremely painful consequences for Prosnack…

Beyond secret power struggles, some children openly appropriated troops under their command for personal use to seize power.

Due to the fierce battle to capture the central administration of the capital city, where the source and equipment of the mind control waves were installed.

The capital of Prosnack, once the strongest power in the galaxy, suddenly became like pre-interstellar nations divided into numerous continental states.

Torn apart from within, it plunged into a miserable state of civil war.

The battle situation was so intense that.

“From now on, I am the leader of the Prosnack capital!”

“Shut up, that position is not for someone like you!”

The position of administrative head seized by one child was taken over by another in less than 30 minutes.

“Now begins our era.”

“Cut the crap!”

The next one lost the throne in just 20 minutes, resulting in the catastrophe of the planet’s leadership changing three times in less than an hour.

The chaos in the Prosnack capital began to spread like an uncontrollable fire.

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And such chaos was the same in space as well.

“We can’t hold out like this. Contact the captain in the Capital Defense Fleet and request support!”

“Y-Your Excellency! If you do that, the other children will take the same approach!”

“Is that our concern now? We’re about to die here!”

Starting with the urgent signal from a child facing defeat in the civil war…

“Oh, that crazy bastard is messing with the Capital Defense Fleet?”

“Call them too! The ones who’ve been paying us regularly!”

“Let’s request help from the fleet commander who belongs to our faction.”

As other children also began to deploy ships and squadrons that made up the Capital Defense Fleet…

Before the fleet commander could grasp the situation.

The invincible shield that was supposed to be the ultimate defense line of the Prosnack Federation, the strongest Capital Defense Fleet in space with over 10,000 ships, met the tragedy of breaking apart on its own before it could even take action.

The level of this disaster was later described by Arto, the Minister of Diplomatic Enforcement of the Holy Seveli Empire, who assessed the situation:

“Split in half? No, this is more like shattered glass.”

It was a disgraceful display utterly uncharacteristic of the usual Prosnack.

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Of course, there were those who tried to suppress this insane situation.

“Stop this madness, you lunatics!”

“Aren’t you afraid of what the great Supreme Commander will say when he sees this?”

The existing administrative officials.

Those who had been in charge of the rear in place of the Supreme Commander decided they couldn’t stand by and watch the children’s civil war.

They mobilized ground forces under their control to suppress the rampage of the Supreme Commander’s children on the surface, but…

“We are the coup suppression force, surrender now!”

“No, we are the coup suppression force!”

“…???”

Against those who already believed themselves to be the true Prosnack government and legitimate successors to the Supreme Commander.

The title of ‘existing central government’ held no meaning whatsoever.

The absurd situation occurred everywhere where coup suppression forces trying to prevent a coup were suppressed by other self-proclaimed coup suppression forces.

As a result.

The existing central government led by officials failed to become a rallying point in the burning capital.

Instead, it was reduced to just another faction in the civil war.

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However, this chaotic civil war could not continue forever.

“These crazy bastards, how can they cause such a commotion at a time like this?”

“I know, right?”

“Let’s not fight among ourselves and at least maintain the status quo.”

Setting aside the fact that the neutral faction, which had no intention of participating in the children’s ranking battles or political nonsense, was unexpectedly large.

“My foolish and dull younger siblings, this position does not suit you.”

“What.”

As the eldest son of Supreme Commander Fern’dus.

Who was said to have inherited most of his father’s abilities and commanded the largest faction, the Prosnack Security Commander began to intervene in the civil war in earnest.

The ‘Children’s Civil War’ soon stabilized into three main groups: the ‘Eldest Son Faction’ led by the Security Commander, the ‘Neutral Faction’.

And finally, the ‘Allied Faction’ formed by the defeated survivors who had been crushed by the Eldest Son Faction.

Of course, this only appeared to be a neat three-way division on the surface.

“That damn eldest brother…!”

“How is he so strong? How on earth does he command such loyalty!”

The fundamental nature of the Allied Faction was that it was a collection of leftovers without an absolute central figure.

“We have said many times that we have no intention of getting involved in this foolishness.”

“That is enough.”

The existence of the Neutral Faction, which had no intention of joining either side from the beginning, was practically irrelevant.

“Terrible news! The Capital Defense Fleet commander has declared support for the Security Commander!”

“W-What?!”

Adding to their already inferior ground forces.

With most of the space fleet forces also supporting the Eldest Son Faction.

The ragtag Allied Faction was in a state of panic, stomping their feet in frustration…

“If we stay like this, we’ll all die at the hands of our eldest brother!”

“We can’t just die quietly.”

“We have some capable individuals. Let’s use them to take our dear eldest brother’s life.”

“Oh.”

However, as everyone had their own trump cards.

They attempted to assassinate the Security Commander using these hidden weapons, but…

“We failed.”

“Damn it all!”

“What do we do now?”

“What else can we do? There’s no way out in the capital now, so we need to escape first.”

The moment the assassination attempt failed.

The Allied Faction, abandoning their usual disorganized state, showed unprecedented swiftness and cooperation in executing their escape from the capital.

“Brothers! Please take us with you!”

“No.”

“You need to become a sacrifice to our eldest brother so the rest of us can escape.”

Of course, they didn’t stop purging unnecessary elements in the process.