Extreme star field, Demeter star field, Pandora galaxy
"Jumped out of subspace!"
Amidst the bursts of loudspeakers on the command deck, the Massacre-class cruiser [The Great Huron] broke free from the twisted fury and crashed into the material reality again, leading the Red Pirates' squadron into the Pandora galaxy and to the galaxy.
Keris Star on the Edge.
Behind it were the Murder-class cruiser [Death Blade], the Redemption-class cruiser [Unrepentant], and the three Heretic-class predator ships of the Red Fury Squadron.
At this time, nearly half a year had passed since the Battle of Pandora began. During this period, the Empire had been engaged in a protracted war of attrition with the Black Legion's fleet in the asteroid belt.
But now, under Abaddon's repeated urging, a force that is about to change the situation of the war has surfaced.
The commander of this fleet, War Lord Onius Plaid, was fully armed and wearing armor as red as blood. He stood behind the porthole, pressing one hand on the thick armored glass. This window
The right eye socket of the huge stone skull forming the bow of the ship.
He was once a company commander of the Red Scorpions, but he defected to Huron and became a traitor. As for the reason, only he and Huron knew, and no one dared to ask.
But no matter what, Plaid has abandoned his former glory, turned to the embrace of Chaos, and replaced the Eagle emblem with an eight-pointed star. As for his appearance, there has not been much change, he is still cold and calm.
"The fleet maintains course formation."
Under his command, the small plundering ships quickly arranged themselves in arrows.
Soon, the repeater light set on the control panel below the window made a clicking sound and changed, indicating that all the battleships in the fleet had arrived.
Plaid's deputy looked up at his commander and said carefully:
"My lord, the fleet is ready to obey your latest orders."
The war lord nodded and still stood there silently observing the void around him.
After a while, the adjutant felt the need to say it again.
"My lord, when we arrive, shouldn't we be ordered to immediately support the Black Legion?"
Plaid suddenly grinned.
"Ah, Yidun, it is very impolite for guests to enter the stage from outside too early. I must respect the Warmaster and let them harvest more honor and blood from the false emperor, otherwise we will make the Warmaster angry.
"
The adjutant immediately realized the essence of his commander's words.
"That's right, let those black legions with their eyes high above their heads fight the empire for a while and shed more blood, then they will take our role seriously."
Hearing this, Plaid's smile continued to widen.
"Of course, sometimes it takes strategy to get them to realize that."
"Then... how long do we have to wait, my lord?"
An unpredictable smile appeared on Plaid's scarred face, and he turned and left the observation window.
"Then let's see what happens."
Suddenly, the bridge alarm sounded!
Prayed's face suddenly changed. This was a signal of enemy status, but there shouldn't be enemies here!
"Report! A large enemy fleet was scanned!"
Plaid hurried to the podium and roared:
"Tell me the exact number!"
"To... at least twenty ships!!!"
This number startled Praid, and he subconsciously thought that the empire's second fleet had arrived.
"What number?"
"The signal source is... Astral Knight!"
Plaid was stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning.
"Astral Knights...How could it be them? How could it be them!?"
No one responded to his roar, and everyone was confused. Who could have expected that the Astral Knight would suddenly appear in the distant extreme star field?
However, there was not much time left for them to react. A huge fleet emerged from the void. The one rushing at the front was the huge Eternal Loyalty. The Sky Eagle emblem on the bow of the ship filled Praid's entire sight, making Plaid's eyes wide open.
His hands and feet were cold——
Why didn't they notice each other at such a close distance?
While he was still in doubt, the other party had already opened fire.
Silver-white spears of light shot out from the bow of the Unbound Soul, followed closely by countless cannonballs. The furious firepower capable of destroying the city first stirred up bursts of spreading firepower on the Death Blade's unprepared void shield.
The prism hit its defenseless hull like a rain of fire.
The Eternal Loyalty fired a salvo of macroguns, releasing terrifying power that instantly turned the Murder-class cruiser into a pile of burning ruins in the void.
Then, the main guns of other cruisers were like scalpels, dismembering the remains of the Death Blade.
In just one minute, the Red Corsair, the capital ship, was torn apart.
"Retreat! Retreat with all your strength!!"
Although he knew that the chance of survival was low, Praid still wanted to give it a try. He ordered small warships to intercept the enemy and buy time for the main force.
But he ignored the fact that the Red Pirate is a pirate——
For a time, all the small battleships, without waiting for his order to be issued, abandoned the main force and fled, completely ignoring him as the fleet commander. Even the Impunity abandoned the slowest Huron and fled for their lives.
This time, Plaid became the queen.
On the bridge, the weapons supervisor and artillery supervisor shouted various orders to their intercoms at the top of their lungs, and the ship's spine fortress illuminated by fire filled the entire image of the monitor.
Countless projectiles still rained down on the shields of the great Huron, but the battleship just tried to turn around and charge in the opposite direction without any counterattack.
The gravity generator tried its best to keep up with the turning rhythm of the battleship, but it still pushed many people to the ground. Only the Space Marines managed to stay standing by relying on the magnetic locks on their boots.
But everyone looked bad.
Suddenly, the firepower directed at the Great Huron weakened, and Plaid then realized that the other party had not let him go.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They want to keep all the main force of the Red Pirates, so they allocate part of their force to hunt down the Never Repentant.
At this moment, the Absolute Repentance was like a small boat in a violent storm, struggling to start the subspace engine.
At this time, the Heart of Light, which had already been eyeing it, took action.
As an ancient Scourge-class battleship, it has the most terrifying light spear array in the Imperial Navy. When several large light spear arrays fire at the same time and converge into a line, the void looks like it has been cut.
With just one blow, it broke through all the barriers that were trying to block it, causing a small explosion near the bridge of the Never Repentant.
The technology behind this beam is so ancient. Although the natural disaster-level multiple light spear turret technology has been lost, today it exerts its due effect, and the blue-white scorching energy cleanly penetrates the enemy's void shield.
And this is everything the White Temple needs.
The moment the void shield went out, several frigates quickly approached it and then launched a series of landing torpedoes.
Plaid also saw this scene, immediately gritted his teeth and gasped angrily:
"They're going to take the Never Repentance!"
At this time, the last message from the bridge of the USS Never Repented suddenly echoed on the bridge.
"Sir, a large number of enemy Terminators have boarded the ship, requesting——"
The message was interrupted, leaving only the sizzling white noise, and Plaid knew that the Redemption-class cruiser was hopeless.
And himself——
Looking at the approaching enemy ships one after another, feeling the tremor of the armor being torn apart by gunfire from the soles of his feet, and listening to a series of bad news such as engine failure, shield failure, and power system overload, the Red Pirates' war lord Pula
Ide pulled out the exquisite power sword from his waist, smiled miserably, and issued the final order.
"Everyone is ready to fight against the Bounce Gang."