The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2253 The Black Hand that Stirs Up the Situation

2254: The Black Hand That Stirs Up the Situation

"Hahahahahaha!" A loud laugh full of mockery echoed in a luxurious palace.

All I saw was a young man with long silver hair, a sinister face and a scar on his face, holding two beautiful women who were only wearing a piece of clothing, drinking and having fun.

This terrifying man was actually the leader of the Zahn Group and Shen Jon's favorite disciple - Tiber Zahn.

"You mean, that guy, Super Vizsla, took the initiative to start a war, but in less than a week he shouted in front of a group of civilians that he couldn't take it anymore? Hahahaha!" Taber Zane laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

His confidant, Ulai Finn, stood in front of him and said calmly, "That's right. He originally thought the war would be over in two or three days, but it lasted for more than a week, and he only captured a city like Sekbi that was controlled by the rebels. And when the rebels started the counterattack, he had no supplies at all."

Taber-Zane raised his hand and pushed the two women around him. He was very strong and pushed them to the ground several times and hit the wall. Although the two women felt pain, they dared not say a word and just retreated with tears in their eyes.

"And then what? He came to me crying and begging for things again?" Tiber Zane said with a grin.

"He didn't cry for help. On the contrary, he threatened us." Ulai-Fen said calmly, "He said that if we don't support him in winning the war, he will hand over the planet Mandalore to the Galactic Empire."

Tiber Zane showed an exaggerated expression, "Oh~~~ Leave it to the Galactic Empire! Our Super Vizsla is really thoughtful and hits our vital point at once! What should I do? I'm so scared... Tell him that there is not even a small can of blasting gas."

"I suggest that we provide him with a little bit of supplies, at least enough to sustain him until the coronation ceremony in five days," said Ule-Fen.

"Well, that makes sense. Let's do it." Tiber Zahn thought for a moment and waved his hand, "Give him some ideas, and let him be crowned in a grand manner. Ah... Extraordinary Mandalore, what a resounding name! This will surely be the most famous ruler in the history of the Mandalorians!"

"Then, when he begins the ritual, the person who kills him and interrupts the ritual will become a hero." Ulai-Fen said slowly.

"Who is our brave hero? Jango Fett or Bo-Katan Kryze?" Tiber Zane said, and then laughed again, "Hahahahahahahaha!"

After laughing for a while, his expression suddenly froze and he asked in a deep voice, "Sairui, how is she doing?"

"She is now in Narshada, the moon of smugglers, and is ready. She has already negotiated with Black Sun." Ulai Finn said, "We just need to wait for Savage Opress to meet up with her, and then we can take action against Black Sun."

"Hahahaha!" Taber Zane stood up, walked to the window and opened his arms, letting the sunlight shine on his bare chest. His solid muscles were covered with scars. It was not difficult to imagine how much pain he had suffered when he was trained by Shen-Jon.

"I have been waiting for this day for a long time. It is time for them to take the stage..." Taber Zane grinned, "Darth... Maul."

"Hahahahaha!"

“Ahahahahahahaha~~~!!!”

The devilish laughter came through the window and echoed in the air.

In the distance, a tattered Jaeger-class battlecruiser was dropped from the sky, and countless fragments and parts began to fall in mid-air.

Boom boom boom... The battleship fell on the wreckage, making a dull roar, like thunder. However, there was no fire or explosion. When the battleship was dropped, all its fuel and energy supply had been removed.

On the ground, there were piles of spaceship wreckage and countless robot wreckage. In the air, countless engineering robots and engineering spacecraft were sorting and processing these countless fragments, and then dismantling the useful ones.

The warships that can be seen in this scrap iron mountain range include the Hunter-class, Victory-class, Rookery-class, Divine Will-class, Generosity-class, Resister-class, etc. You can even see the wreckage of the Dawn Principality's warships such as the Cole-class and the Higra-class.

This is the planet Saleukami.

It was once one of the main battlefields in the Clone Wars and the longest-lasting battlefield. It was the last fortress and fleet assembly point of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

After Darth Vader captured the planet Saleukami, the Confederacy of Independent Systems was destroyed.

However, now, Taber Zane has expanded the Zane Group's garbage disposal business here! This is simply unbelievable.

Especially now that the Zahn Group is regarded as a criminal group by the Galactic Empire, they can still continue to smuggle warship wreckage and carry out recycling and transformation business so blatantly.

There is only one answer to this - the Zahn Group has received support from a powerful figure within the Galactic Empire, and this is definitely not official support.

The planet of Salukami once gathered thousands of battleships of the Confederation of Independent Systems, plus tens of thousands of small and medium-sized warships of various types, as well as a large number of armed space stations, Gauss defense platforms and other orbital defense systems. When attacking this planet, the Galactic Empire also sent more warships and suffered very heavy losses.

  In other words, if the Zane Group were to start their waste recycling business here, they would have an almost endless supply of warship wreckage to use!

It was impossible to tell from Tiber Zane's young but extremely sinister and cruel eyes what he was planning!

The only thing that is certain is that both the Galactic Empire and the Principality of Dawn are within his calculations!

……

At the same time, the planet Dathomir.

An extremely tall and strong man with yellow skin and black stripes on his body pushed open the door and walked into a very hidden underground base. He was wearing heavy armor and looked fierce. He was Savage Opress, a Nightbrother who had been discovered and trained by Mother Talzin of the Nightsisters and then handed over to Count Dooku as a killer. He walked into one of the laboratories, where a large bacta tank over four meters high stood, filled with expensive bacta fluid.

This is top-level medical treatment that only a few people can enjoy. The price of such a large amount of bacta fluid is simply astronomical.

Savage-Opress looked up at the huge bacta tank and examined the man standing inside, connected by countless pipes.

No, it should be said that it is half a person, because this person only has the upper body, and his lower body is missing.

This is a Zabrak with half red skin, black lines, and an extremely ferocious and hideous face...

That's right, Darth Maul!

  Savage Opress suddenly felt something and looked up, only to find Darth Maul staring at him with his eyes open! The golden light in his eyes looked extremely terrifying!

"My brother! You finally woke up!" Savage-Opress was very surprised. "How do you feel?"

Darth Maul opened his mouth, revealing a row of sharp and jagged teeth. His mouth moved, and the deep and terrifying voice rang out around him through the vibration of the Force, "Yes! I am awake! And... better than ever!"

Savage-Opress pressed the button, and the bacta fluid was immediately drained. Inside the tank, two mechanical arms grabbed Darth Maul's shoulders to prevent him from falling.

  As the glass cover rose, Darth Maul grabbed it with his backhand, and the powerful force directly crushed the two mechanical arms into pieces. Then he slammed the jar hard, boom!!!

The bacta tank was smashed into pieces, and at the same time, Darth Maul's body jumped up and landed accurately on the two mechanical legs on the other side of the laboratory. In the middle of the mechanical legs, the centipede-like device directly pierced Darth Maul's spine, and the huge pain made him roar ferociously, followed by a hideous laugh.

"Ah!!! Hahahahaha! I'm finally... awake!! Obi-Wan Kenobi! Today is the day you die!!" Darth Maul laughed wildly.

Squeak~~~Woo~~~~With the sound of a mechanical motor, Darth Maul stood up with the support of his mechanical feet. He lifted his feet and moved them left and right for a while. His movements were still a little clumsy. After all, he had lost his legs for nearly 20 years.

"Savage, my brother, I feel a power in you that is no less powerful than mine! Have you completed your training? Hahahaha!" Darth Maul asked, "Then tell me, what time is it now?!"

"It has been 20 years since you were injured on the planet Naboo." Savage-Opress said in a deep voice, and then he roughly recounted what had happened in the past 20 years.

From the failure of the Naboo blockade, to Palpatine becoming the Speaker of the Republic, to a decade of conspiracy and calculation, to the outbreak of war, and the establishment of the clone army... Then, there were nearly three years of the Clone Wars, the demise of the Jedi Order, the rise of the Principality of Dawn, and the establishment of the Galactic Empire.

Then there was the four-year siege of Salukami, the fall of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and the death of Count Dooku. Finally, there was the open and covert struggle between the Principality of Dawn and the Galactic Empire, which continues to this day...

By the time he was almost done, more than two hours had passed, but Darth Maul, contrary to his usual behavior, listened quietly without any overly aggressive moves.

"Darth Sidious and Darth Malthael... they have actually achieved such a level!" Darth Maul said in a deep voice, "I have witnessed their past. One was a senator of Naboo and the other was the governor of Dawn... but in just 20 years, they have become the emperor of the empire and the Grand Duke of Dawn. They have all succeeded..."

He said, his teeth clenched and his eyes gleaming with ferocity, "I can indeed feel the boundless darkness and despair from the Force..."

"What did you see? My brother," asked Savage-Opress.

"This era no longer belongs to me. I have been asleep for too long. Although Darth Sidious is nominally my master, I am no longer of any use to him." Darth Maul said, seeming a little frustrated. "It's too late."

Savage-Opress said: "No, brother! We still have a chance!"

Darth Maul was so arrogant and violent when he just woke up, but now he felt the boundlessness and depth of the dark side of the Force, and what followed was deep despair. "I know Darth Sidious better than you do! I know all his plans! Now he has become the emperor of the empire, and his master Darth Plagueis has disappeared without a trace, which explains everything. His plan has succeeded, the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic have been destroyed! Darth Sidious will not leave us any room..."

He looked to the other side and continued, "As for Darth Malthael... I don't know much about him. I even just heard of the title of Sith today. But I know what kind of person he was 20 years ago. Comparing the two, you can know how much forbearance and development he has experienced! They will not allow more uncontrollable factors to appear in this galaxy... The hegemony of the galaxy will be created between the two of them."

However, at this moment, Savage-Opress showed a strange smile, "Brother, no one can control the entire galaxy, no one! Just like now, we are the biggest variable in this galaxy!"

He didn't say anything about Shen-Jon and the Zahn Group just now.

"What... happened to you? Where is Matron Talzin?" Darth Maul finally realized that something was wrong.

"Madam Talzin, you are one of us now..." Savage-Opress said with great pride, "We rose from the ruins, and we developed in the shadows! In that corner that neither the Galactic Empire nor the Principality of Dawn can reach, we have established our own Shadow Empire!"

"This is not something you can do! Tell me who that is!" Darth Maul's eyes became extremely fierce. He hated the feeling of being manipulated like a puppet.

"You should have heard of this name..." Savage Opress said slowly: "Darth Tenebrous..."

Darth Maul's face suddenly changed. He took several steps back and said in a stern voice: "I've heard of this name! I've heard of it!! That's... that's Darth Plagueis's master! But neither Darth Sidious nor Darth Plagueis seldom mentioned this name!"

"Darth Tenebrous planned all of this! He played both sides between Darth Sidious and Darth Malthael, developed secretly, and finally chose this place - the planet Dathomir!"

"We are on the planet Dathomir?" Darth Maul came to the door and sensed the Force. "No... this is not the feeling that Dathomir once gave me!"