𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒𝟖: 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (4)
The heart of the federation has fallen into the clutches of the Chimeraz.
Thud thud thud thud thud. . .
The golden city, which once bloomed with a brilliant civilization, is melting miserably in the shower of black liquid.
Smoke from explosions or fires filled the sky. Even the bio-barrier is dark in broad daylight as it follows the wind.
【Support came from Andromeda? Why isn’t anyone coming to support us when we’ve already been pushed back this far?!】
【Did you think all the places on the planet’s surface would be occupied in just 4 hours?!】
The Chimeraz army is running wild in the capital.
In the air, insect-like aircraft are swarming, engaging in aerial combat and bombing. The Lomro-or formed a defensive line to delay the Chimeraz’s advance as much as possible, but the Ririm and the Parahtoria had already intervened in the rear of their forces, erasing the meaning of the front line.
It’s overwhelming just to deal with the Chimeraz ground forces that have infiltrated this planet. But we can’t expect orbital bombardment from the fleet, and it’s a tragedy that we’re killing each other among the same allies.
【Rank 4. . . . Phlegeth is said to have come. . . .】
【On what basis?】
【Their group is screaming. The entities under Phlegeth are hot-tempered.】
【Gorgo and Phlegeth. . . . What a shitty situation. . . .】
The city where the Supreme Council is located was quickly captured like a sand castle in front of a wave.
Is there a single intact military base on the planet at this time? Is there an army that is still holding out and is under the control of the executive?
The silence of the severed communication network was replaced by the screams of the army. The noise of the fierce war was silenced by the sound of the black liquid that melts everything.
It’s no longer a situation that can be called a war. It feels like standing in the middle of a civilization that has been destroyed or is being destroyed.
A large golden structure like a cathedral in human culture.
The last forces of this planet are facing death in front of the Supreme Council.
【They’re coming.】
【How long can we hold out?】
【I don’t know. About 6 minutes?】
Those who guard the Supreme Council do not despair. They had the enviable mental strength and faith to accept any situation.
But the opponent was a ‘legion’ that didn’t even need to discuss something like mental strength or faith.
Chizizizi. . .
The shield dome protecting the Supreme Council area is blinking unstably. The shield output is on the brink due to the continuous black liquid bombardment of Hailspatter.
【I’ve got a question.】
【What is it?】
Kieieieieieieieieieck!!
In contrast to the usual Chimeraz troops, a troop that is unusually loud is approaching. What kind of leader is Phlegeth that his legion possesses such violent tendencies? It’s as if they were a legion of absolute evil.
【If there were a correct answer to what a powerful army is, would it be something like that?】
That’s why the Lomro-or soldiers in front of the Supreme Council are composed.
【A correct answer. . . That would depend on what’s most powerful.】
【The conventional strategies and tactics we know don’t work on them at all.】
【Yeah. We don’t know if they’re the correct answer or the wrong answer, but we were definitely the ‘wrong answer’.】
【Are we going to die now. . .?】
The Phlegeth troops are in sight.
They will soon enter the poor firing range of the remaining firearms.
【Fine. My family will be safe anyway.】
【The Chimeraz weren’t going to kill innocent Lomro-or. They’re different from the beastly collective consciousnesses of the Andromeda Galaxy.】
【That’s why the Chimeraz are scarier.】
【Damn. . . Still, I didn’t know that the Ririm would be hiding such a ferocious side.】
【They’ve all arrived.】
【See you in the afterlife, friends.】
They fired their guns and their living weapons sent grenades.
Boooooom!!
At that moment, the bio-barrier engulfed the area of the Supreme Council. Those who were exposed to a gamma ray bombardment in that pitch-black darkness must have died shortly after feeling a brief moment of pain.
🔷🔷🔷
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A large creature emitting steam like hot gas arrived before the Supreme Council.
The leader ranked 4th in the hierarchy, Phlegeth.
“Is this the place? Gorgo.”
“Yes, sir.”
A shield was also deployed like a barrier on the tightly closed golden gate.
Boom!
Phlegeth’s jaw opened at a sharp angle. Purple flames burst out of his fiery throat.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The surprised air, subjected to extreme heat, explodes as it transforms into plasma. The shield protecting the main gate turned off, and the thick, golden alloy broke apart at the molecular level, bending and penetrating into the building.
Immediately, the Elite troops nearby rushed into the Supreme Council.
“I can’t enter because I’m too big. I’ll clean up the surroundings, so leave the rest to you.”
“I understand, Phlegeth-nim.”
Phlegeth returned the way he came.
And from somewhere, an Asotus approached Gorgo’s head and hovered there.
‘Come down here.’
At Asotus’ words, something the size of a person fell in front of Gorgo.
Clang!
It was Kreion’s bio-armor.
‘Master. I will take you to the Supreme Council. The shell that will be your avatar is ready.’
Clang! Clatter. . . !
The bio-armor opened wide from the lower abdomen to just below the collarbone on the left and right, revealing its hollow interior with dense teeth.
Thud!
Then, it folded its body again and returned to its normal form.
In the head of the bio-armor, purple light entered the two eyes.
“I am connected. Hurry and guide me.”
Kreion’s consciousness is contained in the bio-armor.
🔷🔷🔷
Part of the Quakacor thought entity fleet is attacking the dimensional passageway by making a large detour in the space battlefield.
While doing so, the thought entity observed the movements of the Lomro-or fleet.
➖It seems like the dimensional passageway is no longer needed.
The Lomro-or fleet is not guarding the dimensional passageway and is instead entering the capital star system to concentrate only on the fleet battle.
If more Lomro-or fleets were to arrive here, they would have tried to defend the dimensional passageway by any means necessary.
➖Destroy it.
Koo-gugugung. . .
The undefended dimensional passageway is completely destroyed into several large pieces.
Afterwards, the Chimeraz allies received a message from Ark all at once.
➖The number of enemy fleets is estimated to be 1900, while that of the allied forces is 1200. The Chimeraz have occupied the capital planet and are entering the Supreme Council.
➖If the additional production of allied forces can be sustained, the odds of victory are very high.
The Chimeraz and their allies are a fleet composed of various species. On the other hand, the Supreme Council and the Federation fleet were fleets composed solely of the Lomro-or species.
No matter how many ships the Federation fleet has, the allied forces have the advantage in the endurance battle. And while the allied forces have strategic diversity, the Lomro-or have shown a lack of strategic diversity.
This side has figured out everything about the enemy’s ship types, strategies, tactics, and weapons, but the enemy is still busy analyzing those of this side.
Sparks fly everywhere in space throughout the capital star system. It is a battlefield where at least hundreds, and at most thousands, of lives are incinerated in an instant when a ship is shot down.
And the Federal Enforcer, who commands the Supreme Council fleet and the Federation fleet, had a feeling.
【Federal Enforcer, communication with the Supreme Council has been lost.】
He had a premonition of defeat.
【. . . It’s too fast.】
He didn’t know that the capital planet would fall in just 4 hours. It was neither a small planet nor some rural planet in the outskirts.
It is the capital planet that serves as the head of the great Le-orantarum Federation.
It was a fortress-like planet equipped with hundreds of military bases, hundreds of millions of elite troops, the Supreme Council’s direct fleet, and an amazing shield that protected the entire planet.
They had already gathered powerful stellar weapons and a fleet of unprecedented scale, weapons far more powerful than the humans’ Planet Weapon. But who could have known that even if the enemy was a superior race, they would face such a quick end?
【We have confirmed that the capital planet’s military has been annihilated. The Chimeraz have already entered the Supreme Council.】
But we cannot give up.
Even if we lose the capital star system, and over 3,000 fleets are wiped out, and even if the Supreme Council collapses, the Le-orantarum Federation will not fall until the very end.
The Federation is vast.
Even if we are defeated here, if we continue the war of attrition, the Federation will be the one to win in the end. Even if we are prepared for the Great War to continue for a few more years, if we look at the total production of forces, time. . .
Indeed, will time still be on the Federation’s side?
【I’m going crazy. . .】
After all this, he doesn’t want to admit it, but his head comes to its own realization.
The cold conclusion that the future does not look bright comes naturally.
【Federal Enforcer. . . If something were to happen to the Federal Supreme Justice, the next Federal Supreme Justice would be. . .】
【It’s still too early to tell whether he’s alive or not!】
We cannot surrender.
We must not surrender.
What we can do now is to take as many enemies as possible with us to the afterlife as Supreme Council troops for the sake of the Federation.
【We were prepared for this. We were all prepared for this. Don’t forget your duty.】
A long-standing wish.
【How long have we been preparing and waiting for this! Trials are a given in a Great War! If we cannot overcome a strong enemy, we are willing to pay the price! We were all prepared for this!】
Amidst the wavering hearts of everyone, the Federal Enforcer made up his mind.
He couldn’t waver after coming this far.
【Federal Enforcer. . .】
【We are fighters! Those who do not fight left civilization long ago, so we are the ones who remain! If we do not fight to the end, what will become of those who believe in us?】
【Well, that’s. . .】
He tried not to waver.
【Unidentified celestial activity has been observed in the location of our dimensional passageway.】
He tried not to waver and fight to the end, but something completely unexpected happened.
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This is the heart of the largest variant, Euryale.
➖My children, who were destroying the dimensional passageway and joining us, are not moving!
“Master. . . There is a gravitational force as strong as that of a black hole 0.4 light-years away, and it is restraining half of the Quakacor thought entity fleet. . .”
“Is there a black hole?”
“No. . . It is not a gravitational field concentrated on one point like a black hole, but rather. . . a method in which multiple gravitational fields act in combination to restrain each ship of the thought entity fleet at one point. . .”
“Ark.”
➖I can’t do that. I’m also trying to find the fleet in that location, but nothing can be identified.
At this timing, a force with such high-level technology appears and restrains the fleet without attacking it.
Other species may not know this, but this is obvious to Kreion and the Chimeraz.
Kreion glanced somewhere while sitting on his throne.
“I wondered how long you would just watch.”
Ludwig turned his head following his gaze and made a surprised sound for the first time since he was born.
“Siiik. . .!”
An egg-shaped object was floating next to the surprised Ludwig, who sounded like a snake.
“. . . It seems you know why we came here.”
“Aren’t you here to stop the Great War?”
Meanwhile, the fleet battle was halted.
All fleets are restrained in their own gravitational fields and cannot move from their spots. The projectiles fired from the cannons were also distorted by each gravitational field, and none of them hit their targets.
The Believer, who stopped all the fleet battles in the capital star system at once, have fleets that are invisible.
It is an incomprehensible technology. It’s like they’re using magic.
“This will make things faster.”
The Believer approached Kreion while floating in the air.
“Why don’t you stop here?”
“I was planning to take care of the Federal Supreme Justice and stop at an appropriate point anyway.”
“Killing the Federal Supreme Justice could be a rash decision. Rather, if there is a way to peacefully destroy the remaining vast forces of the Federation, it would be to use the position of the Federal Supreme Justice. Isn’t that why you’re targeting the Supreme Council?”
“That’s right.”
“Then I’ll persuade the Federal Supreme Justice myself. . .”
“I’m sorry, but that’s not possible.”
The Believer was taken aback.
He was not taken aback because Kreion cut him off.
He was not taken aback because Kreion rejected his offer.
The intelligence of the Transcendent cannot be calculated numerically. The Believer, a Transcendent, had seen through the positions of all the species before observing, analyzing, and acting on this matter, and of course, he had thought about many things from Kreion’s perspective as well. They had considered and imagined all sorts of things that ordinary beings could never think of, and then came to find Kreion.
However, looking at Kreion’s expression, tone of voice, actions, and the situation, it seemed like he could see one of the situations he had imagined beforehand. But that situation was something that he had imagined from Kreion’s perspective as a Transcendent. In short, it was a situation that he thought was unlikely to happen. It was a situation that he had only imagined, thinking that it might be possible.
It seemed that Kreion was trying to lead that situation now.
If they were the ones who had laid the tracks and Kreion was the train running on them, it seemed like Kreion was trying to lay the tracks since before the Great War and put them on them as a train. It was as if Kreion was trying to do that.
That’s why the Believer was taken aback.
‘Master. . .’
Ludwig felt an indescribable air flowing between Kreion and the Believer.
To Ludwig, it seemed like the possessors of transcendental minds, which he dared not approach, were having an invisible power struggle in the depths of their brains.
“Was that an unpleasant offer?”
“The fact that you made such an offer to me proves that The Believer now see me as a ‘lower being.'”
“Kreion. . .”
“Of course you would deny it, but deep down, don’t you think of me that way?”
“You’re no different.”
“Yes, that’s right. I also tried to see my relationship with The Believer as equal, but looking back, it seems like it didn’t work out so well. From the fact that one side uses respectful language while the other side doesn’t. . .”
“. . . .”
“That’s why I’m going to change it little by little now.”