The fourth ascended Tal'darin sits on the Commander's Iron Throne, where blood and thorns stand out like swords, and his pair of glowing scarlet eyes look meanly in all directions:
"Just use your ever-moving primitive mouth - tell your emperor how I won."
Extremely pragmatic, cruel and cunning, smart, confident, cold, ruthless, and deadly. No matter what words Alarak's men used to describe him, they were not exaggerations.
The fourth Ascended One, Alarak, regarded the Chain of Ascension as a power game intertwined with loyalty and betrayal, and used all his cunning to concoct conspiracies until he became the final winner of the game. Looking at the entire Chain of Ascension, only Alarak had the ability to
Known for cultivating and controlling allies, other Ascendants who are good at manipulating people's hearts have all been defeated by the current Fourth Ascended One.
Alarak may not be the strongest person in the chain of promotion, but he must have the most outstanding, cunning, selfish, and vicious brain among them.
"My response is only artillery fire." Warfield has seen many protoss, and this is not the first time he has fought against the Tal'darin protoss. Many people think that the protoss are invincible, but that does not mean that he is also such a person.
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The Emperor of the Tyranid Empire had great trust in Warfield and appointed him as the head of the Empire's three admirals. Warfield wanted to prove to everyone that he was worthy of the Emperor's trust.
A scholar dies for a confidant.
"The entire Tyran Empire stands behind us, and the country's gate is at our feet. There is no way out." Warfield completely sounded the clarion call for the Tyran Empire's fleet to attack.
"Activate all reserve forces and concentrate the firepower of the artillery team forward. Today, we are burning the boat."
The confrontation and tense situation between the Tyranid Empire fleet and the Tal'darin fleet immediately evolved into a direct, frontal military conflict. At this time, the number of battlecruisers that jumped into the Gebus system alone reached 60, which is equivalent to
That's more than one-half of the entire empire's warships.
In terms of power on paper, Gebus's imperial fleet did not fall behind when facing this Tal'darin fleet.
Although according to the Tal'darin protoss themselves, their death fleet is extremely powerful and invincible, the Gebus fleet is by no means the main force of the death fleet, or even only a small part.
In fact, although the arrival was terrifying, this fleet only had one Tal'darin Mother Fleet and more than twenty aircraft carriers, hundreds of reconnaissance planes, shuttles and more blade-like missiles.
spaceship.
Even so, such a fleet is undoubtedly more than enough to destroy several human colonies. It is a waste of time.
But the arrogant Slaine Tal'darin protoss finally met their opponent in the Gebus galaxy and hit the iron plate. These imperial humans are different from the humans on the federal planet destroyed by the Tal'darin. They have high fighting spirit and fearlessness. This is the reason why
to their sense of belonging and confidence in their own identity.
Having gone through numerous difficulties and dangers, numerous large and small wars, the battle-hardened Kehal Revolutionary Army has become the largest human armed force in the Koprulu sector. Due to the complete officer promotion system and military regulations established at the beginning of its establishment,
Discipline system, they have completed the transformation from a revolutionary army to an imperial regular army.
At this moment, rows of Imperial battlecruisers opened fire together at Marshal Warfield's order, laser cannons and electromagnetic cannons igniting the entire sky.
From the perspective of the people on the ground, this may be the largest fleet battle they have ever seen. Large swaths of orange-red barrages spread from one end of the sky to the other, brilliant and dazzling, illuminating the entire world.
Located in the atmosphere, the roar of dozens of battlecruisers' Yamato cannons when their main guns are charged and fired at the same time is really shocking, as if the mountains are collapsing and the sky is about to fall. Anyone who has heard this sound will never forget the Yamato cannon. That classic buzz.
Dozens of smaller suns suddenly appeared in the sky, and then dazzling flames burst out. The Tal'darin protoss mothership at the front bore the brunt, and the compressed nuclear explosions spattered on its wide plasma shield wall. Come, the aftermath turns into flowing flames falling down.
Yamato cannons landed on the shields of the Tal'darin mothership one after another, triggering nuclear explosions that were enough to destroy thirty New Columbia cities.
Originally, the scarlet mothership withstood all the attacks generously, as if mocking the weakness of human weapons, but its shields soon reached the limit of endurance. Until a focused nuclear explosion shattered it. The energy curtain wall was destroyed, causing the ship's hull to burn fiercely and leaving charred black scars.
The damaged Tal'darin mothership quickly retreated under its own fleet through a short jump. At that time, the Tal'darin fleet had already opened fire in response to the Imperial fleet's offensive. Scarlet particle rays subdivided the sky into multiple parts. The fragments bombarded the green shield matrix raised by the battlecruiser.
Hundreds of protoss and human battleships opened fire at the same time. Ten times as many small and medium-sized battleships and fighter planes shuttled between the gunfire. Battleships were constantly shattered in a round of concentrated fire. Molten metal fell from the sky like rain, and the gunfire and The light released by the explosion illuminated the entire world as bright as day. Wraith fighter planes and transport ships continued to take off from the dock of the battlecruiser. This largest fleet battle in the history of mankind against the protoss reached its climax as soon as it broke out.
It was like a doomsday scene, with countless flames falling from the sky, and the falling battleship released endless light and heat at the moment of falling.
In the hands of the communication screen that was still disconnected, Warfield and Artanis could see that the body of Alarak, the fourth ascendant on the Tal'darin mothership, trembled, but the light shone on his purple-gray face. Immediately it was stretched and pulled away.
"The famous human fusion weapon~ Hehe, such an ancient weapon. You humans like to play with fire and burn yourself, but in the end you don't even know how to burn yourself." The fourth ascendant still showed a calm attitude, as if he had a chance to win.
But the situation on the frontal battlefield is not like this. Tal'darin's warships are capable of overwhelming human warships in terms of shields and weapons, but they are not without losses.
After completing a series of upgrades such as the Titan reactor, capacitors, and energy transmission pipelines, the Terran Empire's warships already have enough energy to install Yamato cannons and energy shields. Both firepower and armor levels are no longer the same as they were four years ago. And words.
In addition, their strongest weapon is their determination to put life and death at risk. The protoss can even feel this unified belief with the help of their powerful telepathy ability, which is rare in the human race.
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"You butcher, just one outpost was attacked, and you are going to kill all the people on three planets." The imperial cap emblem on Warfield's blue and black wide-brimmed military hat shone brightly under the reflection of the artillery fire, and the grip in the shield emblem
The whip ring and the golden star on it have become the symbol of the Tyranid Empire.
While Warfield was speaking, the Altera on the port side of the fleet's flagship Iron Justice was being hit head-on by the phaser main gun of the Tal'darin Protoss Mothership. It was like a hot knife cutting through butter, and its bow was almost completely cut open.
, massive explosions spread across its surface.
This is a Behemoth-class battlecruiser built in 2492 and launched the following year. It was built by the Aurora Shipyard on Antiga Prime. Strictly speaking, the Altera and her sister ship Martell are Behemoth-class battlecruisers.
The transition ship between the Beast class and the new Minotaur (Minotaur) class. They are larger than the previous Behemoth class, and the Yamato cannon has also been upgraded.
But this magnificent battleship built under the emperor's order could not even last two minutes. Unfortunately, she became the first target of the Tal'darin fleet's fire.
Immediately afterwards, the rest of the imperial warships avenged the Altera. They surrounded a scarred Tal'darin aircraft carrier, tearing apart its already shaky shields with just one powerful and cannon shot. Another round
A single salvo destroyed it completely.
In the brutal battle, even scientific ships responsible for escort and maintenance support joined the battle. Battleships fell every minute and thousands of people died.
At the same time, an operation to rescue refugees was also underway on the surface of the planet Gebus, where a large-scale battle was also breaking out between the Terran Empire and the Tal'darin ground forces.
Gebus was originally just a little-known colony, but the Battle of Gebus will surely become a milestone in mankind's fight against alien invaders. From then on, any historian who writes about this period of history cannot avoid this battle.
, written about the history of the Tyranid Empire’s Emperor ordering Marshal Horace Hofield to fight Gebus in a bloody battle with the Protoss.
In the past four years, there has never been a direct confrontation between the human fleet and the protoss.
"From your human perspective, this is indeed the case." Alarak said:
"Why should I have mercy on humans? Even if other Tal'darin angers me, the same fate will happen to him. This is Tal'darin, and these are our rules."
The Tyranid Empire's fleet cheered up Alarak, and he began to devote himself wholeheartedly to command. Even the arrogant Alarak had to admit that even the scraps of humankind were not without power to fight back.
Alarak's fleet is only a small part of the death fleet. In fact, at this moment, Tal'darin protoss from all over the world are gathering at Slane to participate in the Rakhi of the First Ascendant and High Lord Marash.
Ceremony.
Those high-level ascenders who supported the first ascendant were sent by High Lord Marash to other battlefields far away from Slane, and because Marash suspected that the fourth ascendant Alarak had secretly joined the first ascendant.
Under his command, he ordered him to deal with humans.
Despite this, even if he disobeys the so-called orders, Alarak will definitely return to Slane in time to join the final struggle for power when the Rak'shir ceremony arrives. Dealing with humans is just Alarak's way of passing the time and sharpening his men.
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And Alarak is not prepared to launch a longer and longer battle with humans, which will make him miss the largest Rak'sir ceremony in Slane in the past century. If the first three ascendants can be killed at the same time, even
It was Marash and Alarak who could even become the high-ranking lord of Tal'darin, above thousands of people under Amon.
Fighting to the death with humans would not only bring no benefit to Alarak, but would also cause him to lose his potential power to fight for power.
"Aranak, it was humans from Earth who attacked your outpost, not humans from the Tyranid Empire." Executive Officer Artanis tried to reason with the other party in another way.
"The purpose of the people on Earth is to make both the Tal'darin and the Tyranid Empire suffer, so that they can take advantage of it! You are trying to hurt both of them here, but it is just allowing the third party to benefit."
"Oh, dear Artanis, you have caught my attention." The fourth ascendant's tone was filled with his superior pride and razor-sharp black humor. Although retreating now can save a lot of strength, it also means that the reputation of Alarak's fleet will be greatly affected. How can an ascended person who has suffered a complete defeat in the war with humans have the face to compete for the first place?
To be promoted to a high-ranking position is exactly what the current high-ranking lord Marash wants.
But if the enemy gives him a way to escape, that would be the best.
"I think that besides losing battles, what you Templars are best at is preaching nonsense. How can you still say that you can't kill your enemy? Artanis~" Alarak said:
"Your naivety makes me laugh. Artanis, you just happened to be right. No one can use the Tal'darim."
"So, you are willing to retreat?" Sagulas is still in the war, and Artanis has not brought a fleet. Otherwise, according to the Tyran Empire Emperor Augustus, he would rather defeat the enemy.
I'll make sense later.
"Retreat? Tal'darin must pay the price!" Warfield acted blackface without changing his expression.
Even if Alarak's fleet retreats, Warfield will not stop there. He has received the emperor's personal visit, and he also wants to clear out the Tal'darin Protoss entrenched in Monlais and the Sigma Quadrant, and permanently drive them out of the Empire's territory. To fight tooth for tooth, give
The people of the empire give an account.
"Only when I think there is no need to waste time here!" Alarak snorted.
"I think that's now—" Artanis shot back.
"Are you angry? Artanis. This makes me a little interested." Alarak tutted: "Dead Apostles, concentrate the firepower of the fragmentation cannon and burn them all to ashes!"
"Our mission is only to burn down this planet - a piece of advice to you, don't stand under the mothership. Of course, it's you who are going to die anyway, not me, Artanis."
After the words fell, the arrogant Tal'darin Ascendant snorted and cut off the communication.
"Oh, this vicious guy. What is he hinting at?" Artanis looked at Warfield: "This arrogant Tal'darin is simply worse than -"
"Simply more arrogant than you." Warfield sighed and said:
"It sounds like he's going to burn Gebus to make things easier for him. Unless I double the number of battleships, there's no way to stop him before he burns the planet, but it shouldn't be a problem to evacuate all civilians before that."
"With all due respect, this looks very similar to the weapons of your Protoss Empire." Warfield said thoughtfully:
"I heard that Tal'darin parted ways with you thousands of years ago and has never been seen again. At that time, the Protoss Empire was still in the tribal era. Then why are your battleships and weapons so similar-"
"I can't deny this, General Warfield." Artanis also fell into deep thought: "Actually, I am also... puzzled. This is so strange."
"The Tal'darin mothership is recharging their main guns. After that, they will destroy the entire Bugs." Artanis's eyes lit up and he pointed at the Tal'darin mothership on the screen of the Iron Justice.
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"He must be stopped!"
Warfield hummed: "General Medici. Send a few more Vagory frigates."