The process of waiting for the arrival of new life is always extremely long and painful. No one can share the slight pain of a great mother.
From late at night to dawn, every minute and every second is difficult.
People in the palace were restless at first, chatting quietly or praying for the queen and the unborn child. The darker the night, the more solemn the emperor's expression became, and the clouds on his face seemed to be dripping with water.
Augustus relied entirely on his own experience, calm reasoning and the courage to risk everything when necessary. When he realized that he could not help the queen when she gave birth to a child, it was understandable that he was at a loss and uneasy.
Can be forgiven.
Sarah Kerrigan may be the most powerful human being in the world, and this speculation is not unfounded. She can strangle a bison to death, and she can also detonate human heads with her thoughts.
The court doctor told Augustus that the queen was much healthier than he was, that there was nothing wrong with her family history, and that there was almost no chance of an accident during childbirth.
But for Augustus, he could not rest at ease until the last moment.
This was the first time that the ministers saw the emperor being so nervous, and they tried their best not to make a sound.
If there are still people who are unclear about the power of Emperor Augustus Mengsk in the Terran Empire and his authority among his ministers, it means that he has not yet entered the inner circle of politics.
The emperor has overall power and is also the supreme commander of the army. All ministers, territorial governors, imperial parliamentarians, diplomats, court judges and military officers in the Tyran Empire are appointed by the emperor. In other words, the empire that is sitting here
Officials were directly responsible to the emperor himself. Their rights and status came from the emperor and could also be taken away by him.
Emperor Augustus was willing to show his love for a certain general and courtier, but rarely stated who he didn't like. The emperor paid equal attention and attention to everyone, as if everyone was important to him - but if someone
It would be a huge mistake to believe that the Emperor is indispensable to the Mengsk dynasty.
No matter how much the emperor shows how much he values you, never get carried away.
When the emperor was anxious, only his family and generals could talk, but most of them didn't have any good ideas. Renaud suggested having a drink to relieve his worries, and Tychus said to find a palace maid to relieve his boredom.
, this pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes deserved to be scolded bloody.
In the end, Prince Arcturus ordered someone to move the chessboard, and he and Augustus started playing chess. At critical moments, Arcturus would find someone to play chess with him. While he was playing chess,
While thinking about it, the fate of a planet has been decided in just one game of chess.
Arcturus believes that the battlefield is like a chessboard and above it, everyone is a pawn on the chessboard, and following the rules does not guarantee victory.
As always, Arcturus played black and Augustus held white, and he still defeated the emperor. In the end, Tassadar and Zeratul also joined the game, and it only took a short time for them to master the game.
Got the trick.
Valerian, the son of Prince Arcturus, stood beside him, wearing a crimson coat with golden wheat ears and exquisitely tailored dark blue trousers, looking like a royal guard officer.
Valerian is already turning sixteen, which means he will be treated as an adult soon.
At this time, Valerian was already a tall and handsome young man, inheriting his mother's beauty and his father's stern eyebrows. Valerian was as strong as his father and had the gentleness of his mother's aristocratic temperament.
Likeable.
He spent his childhood in the pastoral and pastoral Umoyan, and received an elite aristocratic education under the guidance of his father.
Therefore, his parents were pleasantly surprised to find that although Valerian Mengsk was still an impatient and arrogant young man, he had the excellent qualities to become a wise master.
If all goes well, Valerian will inherit the title of Prince White Star (white star, Arcturus, one of the 21 brightest stars in the sky) from his father.
Unconsciously, several stars in the sky have disappeared, and the dawn has arrived.
The whole Augustgrad was still brightly lit. People gathered on the streets and did not want to leave. They simply sat on the ground. Those who had been prepared set up tents. Augustgrad had the best security in the entire Tyran Empire.
, one of the cities with the lowest crime rate, due to the city-wide surveillance network and effective governance since its inception.
At this time when the emperor's daughter was about to be born, every street was patrolled by armed hoverships, Augustgrad police and drones all night long.
At this time of year in Augustgrad, the spring breeze is warm during the day, but the night is still cold. This is still in the center of the city surrounded by high walls and densely populated with high-rise buildings. If it is in a dangerous radiation desert, the temperature difference between day and night is even greater.
Fortunately, according to the forecast from the Kekha Meteorological Observatory, it will only be slightly colder in Augustgrad tonight. There will be no wind or rain on this day, which is a very good weather.
By five o'clock in the morning, the temperature in the center of Augustgrad suddenly dropped to ten degrees Celsius. People lying on the street holding quilts were surprised to find that a layer of frost had condensed on their bodies at some point.
Then, the wind picked up again and the wind was freezing.
Without any warning, multiple Wraith fighter jets left trails in the sky, and rows of Imperial soldiers wearing red power armor appeared on the platforms of the Augustgrad subway and suspended train tracks.
The crowd was in commotion again, and millions of people tried every means to get a clearer view of the palace. Most of Augustgrad's population was from outside, and the native Korkha people no longer accounted for the majority.
, and a recent opinion poll shows that the royal family is highly supported by Augustgrad people.
Not only the people of Augustgrad, but the people of most of the empire are watching the latest developments through cameras aimed at the palace. Regardless of whether these people support the royal family or love the king, they do not want to return to that war-torn country.
An era when people's livelihood is in decline.
Under the gaze of tens of billions of people, the magnificent golden outline of the Augustgrad Palace was covered with a layer of hoarfrost and ice. That was the water vapor condensed on the glass windows, while the cold air came from inside the palace.
Hosts from various TV stations urgently contacted meteorological experts to analyze the cause. After a while, all experts agreed and said that this was a normal natural phenomenon.
Such a vision is indeed unprecedented, and even humans with telepathy are not that special when they are born. No matter how powerful the talents of these telepaths are, they often do not show it when they are young.
The unnatural reality that can affect the weather has only been seen in the Zerg Overlord, the legendary Dark Archon Orega and the original Queen of Blades. No matter how powerful human psychic abilities are, there is a limit.
But the people of the empire didn't know, they only regarded this as a good omen or a bad omen.
If we talk about the history of mankind in detail, this has its roots. And if we talk about the natural phenomena when the emperor was born, there is no explanation.
At this moment, Augustus, who was in the palace, felt it more and more clearly. Admiral Horace Warfield immediately dispatched the elite troops of Korhal Corps to enter Augustgrad. Something abnormal happened and there was no room for it.
lose.
As the temperature in the palace continued to drop, the really cold wind came from all around, blowing the skirts of the women's wives. Strange sounds seemed to come from the abyss, like a whistling, never-ending wind.
Some people were horrified to find that they heard strange whispers, while others heard nothing.
"It's so cold. What's going on? Is there something wrong with the air conditioning unit?" Dr. Narud shivered and turned pale.
"It's ridiculous. How can the queen and princess be allowed to freeze at this time? This is going to cause big problems."
"Swan, go and fix the central temperature control device." Augustus almost crushed the chess piece in his hand: "Royal Guards!"
Faraday, the captain of the guard, immediately presented an AGR rifle, and Augustus picked it up and walked to the delivery room. The men of the Mengsk family have been able to hold guns since they were young. They have achieved what they are today by themselves rather than relying solely on the influence of their fathers.
"I have witnessed the birth of the Black Sun, and the destruction of stars countless times that of Sagurath, but I have never seen a scene like this." Zeratul raised his head and put on a defensive posture.
"I feel the power of the void. Some strange medium is opening a door to the void." He immediately corrected:
"The medium does not come from Kerrigan, but from somewhere else. Once this rift is formed, the palace may be dragged into the void!"
"Shadow Guard!" I don't know when, the control of the Shadow Guard actually came into the hands of Archbishop Tassadar of Durham: "Templars, come to my place to assemble."
I saw powerful high-level templars and dark templar masters jumping into the palace. They summoned powerful twilight energy like spellcasters. In the Nerazim space-time stasis force field,
With the assistance, it didn't take long for the void crack that had just appeared and not yet formed to quickly dissipate into nothingness.
Fortunately, this void medium disappeared before causing more serious consequences.
"Did this void medium appear out of thin air?" Augustus quickly regained his composure and looked at Zeratul.
"The Xel'Naga Temple can open a rift with the void and open the door to reality and illusion, but there are no Xel'Naga ruins here." Zeratul replied.
"Is Orega causing trouble?" Tassadar asked.
"Orega may be able to do it, but he has no reason to do it." Zeratul said: "This is more like a trick of the dark god, but why humans?"
"Emil, what do you have in mind?" Augustus' eyes immediately locked on Narud.
"The void is a mysterious natural phenomenon." Narud was frightened and broke into a cold sweat:
"Just like a black hole, we can't see the void but can detect its existence through clues. But no one has been to the void, and we can't figure out how it appears and how it disappears."
"Yeah." Augustus looked at Narud and said:
"We should stay away from vanity."
"Narud, stay here and find out the reason for the emergence of this void medium."
"As you said." Narud immediately bowed and said.
Amon, the God of Darkness, can even pull a planet closer to the void, but at this time, his power in the real world is not enough to support it. Amon still has the power to influence the world, but he has exhausted
I opened a crack in my mind, but I didn't want to take a look just to join in the fun.
Augustus suspected that Narud had tampered with it. If he could use Xel'Naga technology to open a temporary gap to the void, it might be the case. The void was bone-chilling and filled with dangerous high-energy particle flows.
, capable of breaking the strongest battleships into molecular states.
The void has long ceased to answer the prayers of the protoss dark templar. There is only a bound old god, an evil god's lackey guarding the prison, and an evil god full of malice.
This is not good news. Narud is likely to take this opportunity to cause harm. If something happens to the queen, he can use this opportunity to blackmail the queen and restrain Augustus.
In order to prevent Narud from doing anything with the Xel'Naga artifact, Augustus ordered the fragments of the artifact to be stored in different locations, so he must have other means.
But Narud must have been unable to achieve his wish. Archbishop Tassadar of Durham immediately recruited a large number of high-level templars and dark templar masters, and used the time and space device to destroy the void rift that had just appeared.
No matter what, Augustus was determined not to let Kerrigan and her daughter take risks.
When the storm subsided and the frost subsided, Augustus was awakened by a cry. He hurried to the delivery room and saw a doctor standing in front of him holding an infant child.
It was a wrinkled child, she was crying, and when she occasionally opened her eyes, they revealed a golden light.
The princess's eyes were golden when she was born. When she opened her eyes, they looked like roses made of gold.
"She is very healthy." The doctor meant to explain that the princess's vision was normal.
Augustus held his child in his arms, came to Kerrigan's bed, kissed her sweaty forehead and said, "Thank you, Sarah."
"Good things come hard." Renault said: "This kid will not be ordinary."
"She inherited her mother's gift." Zeratul said: "She was born with telepathic abilities. When she opened her eyes, she was talking to the stars."
"How amazing," Tassadar taught Artanis: "As I told you, do not underestimate the psychic talents of humans."
"this kid"
"Something's wrong." A brainworm squeezed in and quickly occupied a key position. It tilted its head and behaved unusually, unconsciously making a buzzing sound like a bug.
"How great." It shouted: "Me, me."
"Let me lick it."
"You man-eating beast, stay away from him," Duke said angrily.
"I can feel the connection between her and the zerg. This is the power of Sarah Kerrigan's bloodline." The brain worm raised its head and felt some kind of subtle call: "Their spiritual connection with the zerg swarm.
They have extraordinary sensory abilities, as they can attract swarms of insects and command them."
"Let me lick it." it said:
"Look, she smiled at me."
"Nonsense, how could the princess have anything to do with insects?" Duke shouted.
"Just lick it."
"You cannot tell the outside world what happened today." Augustus only said one sentence and walked out.
"She will be as great as her father." Narud was waiting for him outside: "The god of destiny favors her! The glorious future will shine on her!"
"I will take this as a prophecy." Augustus nodded, thinking about the meaning of these words. Then, he came to the press conference hall outside the palace and announced this exciting news to his subjects who had been waiting for a long time.
information.
"Today, my daughter was born." He said:
"Her name is Louise, Louise Mengsk."
"Remember this day and don't forget it."
Louise Mengsk is derived from the Louise in Sarah Louise Kerrigan's name, in honor of Kerrigan's late mother.
The people of the Augustgrad Empire all rumored that when Princess Louise was born, it was freezing and frosty, and a storm roared.