Chapter 288 The Second Clearance, Underground Space
End communication.
Inside the bridge of the Hymn of Courage.
Sui Bian turned around and walked to the porthole. Looking at the beautiful scene of the fault space outside the window, he couldn't help but mutter to himself:
'Even Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, can be corrupted, so Zeus and the Greek gods who went to another space may have all been destroyed, died, or became the playthings of the devil.'
Sui Bian had already expected this result from the moment Hephaestus explained to him that Zeus rushed into another space.
Pallas Athena represents war and wisdom, but now she likes killing creatures and torturing people's hearts, and Zeus...
The already lecherous Father of the Gods may become an evil god even more depraved than Aphrodite.
Next is the Marr people of the Vaelin tribe.
As Sui Bian had guessed not long ago, the elves encountered by Leon, Brea and others were quite different from the Eldar he knew.
His attitude is not that arrogant or arrogant.
However, among the entire Vaelin tribe, it seems that only the elves like the Marrs, who left the tribe early, are polite to other races.
Moreover, the fall of the Vaelin clan gave birth to more evil gods, and one thing they have in common with the Eldar clan is that they also "awakened" an evil god who liked to indulge in lust.
It may be a sex abuse, or it may be a "trafficker" who is even more perverted than a sex abuse.
What caught his attention the most was the ancestor whom Ina called "Erin Mir", who foresaw that he, the original body, and the Astartes would be the key to fighting against the alien space.
Since Elinmir can tell the prophecy, it means that the evil god and demon in the different space have also noticed him...
After all, it is inevitable that Blood Demon Griffin, Samael and many low- and mid-level demons will permanently disappear and attract attention from other dimensions.
Pallas's attempt to corrupt John is a good example of this.
Pallas knew that he could not shake John's loyalty with words, but he still chose to do so with the underlying purpose of creating a rift between him and his second son.
Unfortunately, one thing that the goddess of war and wisdom could never understand was that there was a "father-son connection" between him and the Primarchs and the Astartes. At the same time, he treated all Primarchs equally without any favoritism at all.
.
During the Primarch's childhood and youth, Sui Bian carefully taught them how to behave and patiently answered their questions...
Even if there is no "father-son connection", it is not easy to separate.
"Father." At this time, Leon walked to Sui Bian's side, showing a rare solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the alien space has focused its energy on us and humans."
"Yes, I miss the peaceful days in the past." Sui Bian sighed with emotion.
Said.
He looked behind him with his peripheral vision and ordered: "Inform Kennedy, Director Brea, and ask them to ensure the safety of the two humanoid aliens before we arrive at Pulton."
"Yes." The Red Queen in charge of this aspect promised.
"Father, are you prepared to negotiate with those elven-looking races?" Leon asked.
"That's right." Sui Bian did not deny it: "Let's get more information from them first. After all, not every race is as pure as the Sangheili, so interest is the key. As long as they can provide substantial help,
I don't mind trying to shelter them."
"Asylum?" Leon was slightly confused.
"Yes, they came here to seek shelter." Sui Bian explained slightly sideways:
"The total number of Mar people is only 20 million, and now they are being targeted by Pallas and another dimension. Without foreign aid, the final result will be either to be sacrificed by them all, or to be treated as pets by Pallas, so they want to please us."
"Indeed, otherwise the attitude would appear so friendly." Leon agreed.
"Yeah." Sui Bian responded softly, looked out the window again, and said: "The issue of elves is secondary. The first thing is to completely lead that Pallas out of the alien space."
———————
…
Pulton.
Budapest local time: 08/16/17:04.
As evening approaches, the stars still show no sign of "setting", and heat and fierce fighting are the main themes here.
"Ta...! Ta-ta...!"
"Boom~boom...boom!!"
Overlooking a "sea of forest", the UNSC, Krieg and the Second Legion Auxiliary Army are working in squads and platoons, plus armored units such as Cyclops, to stabilize the encirclement.
And within the encirclement.
The Astartes of the Second Legion, that is, the Spartans, are cooperating with a small number of Gray Knights to physically eliminate them with extremely fast efficiency, or using "Moonlight" bolts, full moon water and other weapons against demons.
To deal with the Jiralhanae that was corrupted by Pallas as a sacrifice.
Above the rainforest.
There are flying fortresses such as the Condor and the Condor to provide fire support and suppression.
Looking at the entire Pulton, the second encirclement and suppression operation is in full swing, preparing to take the initiative to break the deadlock and lead Pallas out of the alien space.
And low-Earth orbit above Budapest.
Parked there is a Zeus-class aircraft carrier belonging to the Second Legion, as well as the Gray Knight's Stealth-class flagship, the Full Moon.
At this moment, more than four hours have passed since John and Sui Bian ended their conversation.
The Gray Knights led by Artemis have arrived in the star sector and dispatched their Stealth-class battleships to the colony with Jiralhanae Cholera to carry out physical elimination and "purification".
She led hundreds of Gray Knights to the center of the whirlpool of all things, Pulton. After all, Pallas had been possessed here.
As for the Second Army, it was also dispersed and deployed to the colonies suffering from cholera, and quickly crushed them with sheer size and strength.
The Zeus-class aircraft carrier anchored above Buda Penni was requisitioned by John to serve as a temporary flagship because the Hope is currently undergoing repairs.
ground.
"嘡!嘡!" The bolter fired rapidly.
"Pfft!!"
"嗗…嗗…"
The Jiralhanae's body exploded one after another, and the sound of corrosion echoed through the lush rainforest.
Artemis, whose helmet was not closed and was wearing an ancient Greek-style Terminator, was leading five Gray Knights to clear the area with moonlight blasters.
At her waist, there is also a "Moonlight Scimitar" that is put into a scabbard, and a hunting bow that is similar to the "Hunting Bow", but the main body is silver and the carvings are more exquisite and delicate.
The Moonlight Scimitar is actually the poisonous scimitar of the demon Samael. After being possessed by Sui Bian by spending points, the spiritual energy contained in the blade became pure spiritual energy.
Sui Bian gave this scimitar to Artemis, and she renamed it the Moonlight Scimitar.
Hanging on the right side of her waist, the "Full Moon Bow", also named after "Moon", is actually a weapon rebuilt for her by the craftsman god Hephaestus. The source of spiritual energy contained in it is the strongest weapon in human beings.
Psychic, Sui Bian.
In this way, Artemis can be regarded as "returning" to the top.
At this time, the Hunting Goddess relied on the real-time information provided by the power armor and the talent of "talking" to animals to locate the location where the Jiralhanae gathered, and then shared it with the Gray Knights and Spartans to annihilate them.
However, her face and expression looked extremely solemn.
Pallas Athena.
This goddess of war and wisdom is also her other sister.
The family is about to reunite, which should be a joyful and exciting event under normal circumstances, but when the reunion is placed among the gods of Olympus today, it does not apply at all.
Reunited with Aphrodite, Artemis discovered that the other party chose to commit suicide, and the man behind the chaos that caused the border sector to fall into chaos was the equally corrupt Pallas.
In her impression, Pallas was patient with humans, and often walked around the world to teach humans knowledge. He even founded the first court in Athens and carefully led humans to be positive.
At the same time, Pallas's war prowess is on par with Ares, the god of war, and even stronger than his brother, the god of war, who has long since fallen. His divine power is the top among the gods.
But the goddess who was patient and wanted to lead mankind has now become a murderous, murderous, and cruel evil god of chaos.
Think of these.
Artemis only hoped to give Pallas a happy life and escape from the fate of being reduced to a plaything in another space.
Thinking room.
She and the five Gray Knights shuttled quickly and came to a relatively open area in the rain forest.
And here.
Hundreds of Jiralhanae beasts stood in several circles according to a certain sacrificial ritual pattern, and the whispers and corruption from different spaces caused their already rough and ugly bodies and faces to be further distorted.
There were no weapons in his hands, and even his armor was removed by his feet, as if he was waiting to die.
See the situation.
Artemis, who knew Pallas's temperament, knew that the fallen goddess no longer wanted to play the conspiracy before the war. Since the humans ignored the sacrifice that would be achieved by killing the Jiralhanae, Pallas was also ready to accept the challenge of a head-on confrontation.
.
So Artemis and the Gray Knights immediately threw several full moon grenades and "splashed" a large number of moonlight bolts to instantly eliminate the group of Jiralhanae beasts.
After dealing with this group, move on.
While walking forward, Artemis also watched the holographic screen imaged in her right eye, paying attention to the situation in Pulton.
Since the start of the second siege operation, the rainforest area where Jiralhanae gathered has been almost cleared out. However, more and more abnormal reports have begun to appear with the deaths of Jiralhanae.
For example, the rain forest spontaneously combusts, or animals die suddenly, etc.
These anomalies indicate that the door to reality from another space is opening, after all, the Jiralhanae beast as a sacrifice is about to die.
It didn't take long.
Artemis and the others have arrived at another area.
This is not an open area, and there are no Jiralhanae beasts standing in a sacrificial formation. What is there are just camouflaged fortresses covered with branches and dead wood.
The entrance gate is open.
The plasma machine guns and artillery set up inside the fortress showed no signs of attacking Artemis and the others, and there seemed to be no Jiralhanae responsible for controlling them.
Come to the edge of the entrance.
Artemis used the pulse scan of the power armor to try to analyze the situation inside the fortress.
Soon, the scan results were displayed on the screen in front of the right side, showing that the inside of the fortress was clear and there was a huge underground space underneath the fortress.
It seems that the Jiralhanae used the short half-month they landed in the rainforest to unleash the construction potential of their race, and actually dug out a space of this size.
At the same time, pulse scanning detected a large number of biological reactions in the space.
Artemis shared what she had discovered here, then waved her left hand forward, signaling the five Gray Knights beside her to enter the fortification with her.
Walking in the dark and gloomy inner passage, the group of people could occasionally hear the cry of "Woo...Woo" and the pitiful cry of "Ah--!"
Not a whisper.
It's a real sound.
The air was filled with an unbearable putrid stench, making Artemis couldn't help but look disgusted.
Following the best route given by the scan results, it only took them about two minutes to arrive at the southernmost entrance and exit of the underground space.
Walk out of the aisle.
The first thing that catches the eye is a large Greek-style temple located in the center of the huge space, located on a low hill.
It's just that the building materials of the temple are mostly purple and pink metal, and they are the metal armor of the old-fashioned armored units of the Covenant Empire.
In half a month, the Jiralhanae were unable to find enough marble or other stone materials to build a temple for Pallas, whom they believed in.
But being able to dig out an underground space about the size of ten football fields within this period of time shows that the Jiralhanae can do almost any "great deed" in order to please the "gods".
I could see that the temple was emitting a faint blue light from the inside to the outside, and under the low hill where the temple was located, there were gathered many Jiralhanae beasts with completely deformed bodies, distorted faces, and in a state of madness.
They knelt down in the direction of the temple and kept repeating something in their mouths;
"My God will lead us back to our pilgrimage."
"The empire will stand again under the protection of my god."
Wait for the words about "my God".
Hearing this, Artemis could easily guess that Pallas was using these Jiralhanae beasts to rebuild the Covenant Empire's strong emotions and thoughts to carry out corruption.
No need to give orders deliberately.
In order to save the ammunition they carried, the five Gray Knights brandished the Nemesis Power Halberd and rushed into the group of unconscious Jiralhanae Beasts.
All of a sudden.
The Gray Knight began to carry out physical purification procedures in an orderly manner.
And this group of Jiralhanae beasts who thought they were the chosen ones of Pallas reacted immediately, shouting "For the covenant!", "For my god!" and other battle cries, trying to compete with the five Gray Knights.
But it turns out…
Even though they received Pallas's whispered blessing, in front of the Gray Knights, these Jiralhanae beasts only had bodies and souls, and they were cut by the Nemesis's power halberd and burned.
What's more, there is also the chief instructor of the Gray Knights present.
Artemis, who was also trying to save ammunition, attached the bolter to the outer armor of her right leg, and with her right hand drew out the moonlight scimitar, whose blade was wrapped in a clear green light.
"Roar!"
"Die! Weak humans!"
But before she could launch a charge, two Jiralhanae took the initiative to surround her. One of them hit her on the head with a high-lifting hammer.
In an instant.
Artemis reacted at an extremely fast speed, first dodging to the left to avoid the blow, and then twisting her wrist to dance with the moonlight scimitar, slashing the Jiralhanae holding the gravity hammer in half.
Immediately afterwards, he made a fist with his left hand and made a seemingly random fist swing towards the upper body of the other Jiralhanae...
The sound of "Bang!!" was like a watermelon bursting.