𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟗: 𝐀 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 (5)
【From this moment on, we will kill the ‘Nazar’ who is the leader of the enemy fleet and currently commands the Chimeraz of this galaxy.】
🔷🔷🔷
The Nazar group had the red plasma fireballs shooting Cresecters, the self-destructing Crepituses, the Fleetcuppers ejecting tungsten organisms, and the charging Shockphonias in the vanguard.
At the same time, the Deal Core fleet was widely deployed on the left and right to simultaneously fire pink particulate weapons.
In response, the Lemegetons and Euryales in the rear opened counter fire with the purple plasma streams of the Organic Accelerator Cannons.
The two kinds of light streams crossed the vast space and both fleets took the opponent’s volley.
Boom!
The smaller Lemegetons suffered serious injuries or their flesh burst out. And the Euryales, who could regard the attacks of particulate weapons as just minor wounds, rapidly recovered their wounds without dying.
And the Lemegetons with Mindrockers resisted by blowing up their bio-barriers.
Crash. . .
In the Deal Core fleet, several ships were shot down by the attacking plasma streams, and the Vehlpciaarct members who formed the shot down ships tried to recombine as moving debris.
【We will help too.】
The ships of the Teterek launched hundreds of thousands of interceptor drones en masse to strike the Chimeraz aircraft in the lead.
The intercept drones moved like a metal cloud of machinery. It surrounded the Chimeraz aircraft in the lead then shot neutral particle weapons at them like lightning in all directions.
But the scene was like aiming arrows and other primitive weapons at an army equipped with modern combat gear.
‘Ignore the scrap aircraft of the Teterek.’
While the neutral particle weapons were quite powerful in a vacuum environment, it was difficult to take down the Chimeraz aircraft with them.
Some Cresecters died and some Crepituses exploded, but that was the end of it. No matter how much concentrated firepower the Teterek intercept drones focused on the Chimeraz aircraft, they were fundamentally lacking in power.
Their neutral particle weapons were not capable of easily penetrating the dermal armor that had been implemented upon the Chimeraz entities.
Kwaaah. . .
With a single Crepitus ramming into a Teterek vessel, tens of thousands of interceptor drones were neutralized. That was how helpless the Teterek fleet was before the Chimeraz fleets.
【Deal Core. Are those things really living beings?】
【How many times do I have to tell you? The Chimeraz are a collective of lifeforms.】
【A species that achieved biological transcendence?】
【Think of it that way. For now, we need to focus all available computing resources on the fleet engagement.】
Deal Core analyzed the tactics of the approaching Chimeraz fleet.
【. . .They are pursuing a close-quarters fleet engagement this time too.】
The Deal Core fleet and the Nazar swarm were now overlapping each other in close proximity.
From the conventional fleet engagement where they maintained a formation at long range and exchanged fire with their cannons, it had turned into a chaotic fleet engagement where they fought in close proximity.
And the Chimeraz had evolved further.
At the Large Magellanic Cloud, the capital star system of the Crolr, the clash between the Nanozator fleet and the Chimeraz fleet had shown a favorable exchange ratio of forces on the Nanozator fleet side.
However, the Chimeraz fleet now compensated for their lacking fleet defense power by deploying a living membrane as a shield.
Moreover, unlike a shield that did not distinguish between friendly and enemy attacks, the living membrane only let through the Chimeraz attacks while blocking allied attacks.
【So they figured out how to apply that ability to the fleet.】
Of course, while the Chimeraz evolved, the Vehlpciaarct had also advanced.
The Deal Core fleet, in response to the Chimeraz fleet’s bio-barrier, launched dozens of sublight missiles constructed from their own members.
‘Something is coming.’
They were tactical weapons specifically for the Chimeraz, with antimatter concentrated warheads.
The sublight missiles launched by the Deal Core fleet flew straight at only major entities such as Lemegeton and Euryale.
‘Deploy the membrane!’
Lemegeton and Euryale each exploded their bio-barriers around their bodies. However, the sublight missiles were a beat faster.
Once they allowed the missile to approach, they were done for.
‘I should have noticed earlier and given the order in advance. . .’
Nazar lamented,
And the sublight missiles caused a small-scale annihilation.
Tzzzzeeeeng. . .
They literally erased several Lemegeton and Euryale with brilliant flashes.
In addition, Lemegeton and Euryale were entities containing numerous Chimeraz flyers and ground forces. Therefore, what just happened was by no means a small amount of damage.
【Deal Core. That just took out 7 battle group-level forces of the Chimeraz. Very effective tactic.】
【Have the Teterek continue to draw Nazar’s attention. We’ll take care of eliminating the key targets.】
Deal Core could not be relieved.
Although significant damage was dealt to the Chimeraz fleet with the sublight missiles, the Deal Core fleet was also taking damage at the same time.
The Chimeraz had also prepared new fleet engagement tactics to counter the Vehlpciaarct fleet.
Booooooom. . .
Even in space, the countless lifeforms were making enough noise to hear.
‘Don’t let those machines recombine.’
Nazar had Asotus, the Chimeraz’s high-speed transport ship, carry Mindrockers capable of controlling the bio-barrier. Thus prepared, the Asotus swarm charged toward the Deal Core fleet.
They were using the bio-barrier not as a defense but as a means of attack. The plump Asotus shuttled through the fleet engagement while shedding their bio-barrier, and the Mindrockers moved the bio-barrier to surround the Deal Core vessels.
It was a spatial attack.
Inside the bio-barrier, the Vehlpciaarct vessels could not secure their field of vision, and the Chimeraz flyers persistently targeted enemy ships once they were enveloped by the bio-barrier.
Kugugung!
Soon, the Vehlpciaarct vessels inside the bio-barrier were shot down.
And the Vehlpciaarct members who became debris of the downed vessels became isolated in the midst of the communication interference of the bio-barrier.
Despite having the ability and energy to recombine, they could not find targets for recombination.
In the end, the exchange ratio of forces turned in favor of the Nazar swarm. Furthermore, the Deal Core fleet was at a disadvantage in terms of scale from the beginning.
【Deal Core. Our defeat in the fleet engagement is imminent.】
【Hold on.】
Even while engaging in the fleet engagement, Deal Core unceasingly analyzed the Chimeraz fleet.
【The entity that transmitted the radio communication is that large Variant Euryale at the rear.】
【There is a possibility that Nazar is aboard that Variant Euryale.】
【However, the safest-looking entity is the dwarf-planet-sized mass at the very rear.】
【Nazar is most likely either in the large Variant Euryale or in that dwarf-planet-sized mass.】
The Vehlpciaarct members analyzed and calculated centered around Deal Core.
【They are showing slightly different movements from the data on the Chimeraz fleet engagement that the humans sent us from Drake.】
【The Chimeraz fleet that fought the fleet engagement on Drake was more efficient in their engagement. On the other hand, that Chimeraz fleet led by Nazar is showing somewhat inefficient movements.】
【Certainly, the collective reaction speed of their flying entities seems slower compared to the Chimeraz fleet that invaded Drake.】
【It seems that there is a difference in strength between the Chimeraz fleet led by Kreion&Ludwig and the Chimeraz fleet led by a single leader.】
【Even so, the opponent is Nazar, ranked 3rd in the hierarchy. He cannot be called a mere leader.】
【That’s right. And even if their strength is inferior to Kreion&Ludwig’s Chimeraz fleet, the truth is that our Deal Core fleet cannot win this fleet engagement with our current strength.】
【One thing is for sure. The only way to break through this fleet engagement is to kill Nazar.】
【Make a quick judgment, Deal Core.】
【The large Variant Euryale at the rear, the dwarf-planet-sized mass at the very rear. Which one is Nazar more likely to be in?】
【Wait, isn’t there a way to target the Variant Euryale that is relatively close first and then target the mass behind it if that fails? We can just do it sequentially.】
In the meantime, the Deal Core fleet continued to accumulate damage. Moreover, the Teterek fleet was already on the verge of annihilation.
【Let me emphasize again. The opponent is Nazar.】
【If we target either the Variant Euryale or the mass and fail to kill Nazar, Nazar will notice our intent and come up with countermeasures.】
【Then there is the safest way.】
【?】
【?】
【?】
【We destroy both at the same time.】
【But if we use that much energy, we won’t be able to properly engage in the fleet engagement.】
【If we continue like this, we will lose the fleet engagement and the Teterek will be doomed. And this galaxy will fall into the hands of the Chimeraz.】
【. . . .】
【We have to kill Nazar for sure, and leave the demoralized Chimeraz fleet to the Teterek in the long run. And I will escape into the Teterek’s network and figure out what to do next.】
The Vehlpciaarct had no hesitation in sacrificing themselves.
Deal Core gave the final order to the members constituting its fleet. Then it escaped into the network within the Teterek’s capital planet.
At that moment, Nazar detected that Deal Core’s major ships were gathering enormous energy at the front of their ships.
‘It looks like they are trying to make a final explosion!’
‘Protect the bio-planet!’
But it was too late.
The Deal Core fleet unleashed their maximum firepower, not caring about their own destruction.
As the Deal Core fleet exploded, crimson beams of light streaked across space. They easily pierced through the dense bio-barrier and penetrated the head of the large Variant Euryale at the rear.
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew!!!
The large Variant Euryale exploded, spewing out massive amounts of blood. However, the crimson beams of light did not lose their momentum and reached the bio-planet at the very rear.
It was a bio-planet the size of a dwarf planet or a satellite of an ordinary planet. The bio-planet suffered excruciating pain as the energy from the particle weapon dug into its core.
And the massive fusion tissue in the core of the bio-planet collapsed, becoming a deadly bomb that blew up the bio-planet itself.
‘The bio-planet that I raised with so much care. . .!’
The bio-planet exploded, spraying blood.
Moreover, Nazar did not simply watch the bio-planet explode. He experienced the horrific sensation of the bio-planet’s nerves and countless children in the colony site built on the bio-planet dying in an instant.
【Deal Core. Your fleet has been rendered incapable of combat.】
【It’s alright. We were prepared for this.】
Deal Core observed the Chimeraz fleet.
At that moment, it was able to analyze the changes in the entire fleet engagement.
【The Chimeraz fleet’s movements have become sloppy.】
【Is Nazar dead?】
【That seems to be the case. Right now, those Chimeraz are like animals that do not understand strategy or tactics. . . .】
The large Variant Euryale and the bio-planet exploded.
Immediately after that, the Chimeraz fleet fought in a very sloppy manner.
【Deal Core?】
However, it was only for a short while.
It was a brief, temporary change that lasted only a moment.
【Is there a problem?】
The demoralized Chimeraz fleet came under the control of some entity again and displayed the same movements as before.
At that moment,
In a different space.
A trinary star system where three stars blazed and 17 planets orbited in complex orbits.
On the largest planet here, there was a fully-developed colony site.
“Damn Vehlpciaarct bastards. . .!”
And at the top of this colony site, Nazar was looking up at the Mind Repeater in the sky.
“They killed the bio-planet that my brain was connected to. . .! They devoured all my children!”
Even the experienced Nazar could not help but be furious.
The fact that he lost the bio-planet he had carefully raised, the resources the bio-planet possessed, the colony site, and the children all at once.
Moreover, he lost his precious Variant Euryale that he had always moved with until now.
And The Believer’s black hole communication technology, a tremendous opportunity, was right in front of him, yet the Vehlpciaarct were interfering with it again.
Lastly, the delay speed of the subspace that kept interfering with the fleet engagement.
“It was all because of the delay in subspace! It was because of the distance!”
Tick! Tick! Tick-tick-tick!
Nazar nervously lashed out at the colony floor with his tentacles. But even so, his soft tentacles could not even scratch the colony floor.
Kiiiiing. . . . .
Still, the Elite swarm around Nazar was genuinely terrified by their leader’s furious lashing of tentacles.
“Once I get my hands on The Believer’s black hole communication technology, I’ll never suffer such losses again!”
Some Elite nodded knowingly.
Then Nazar shouted through subspace.
‘Forget about efficient fleet engagement! Those machines gave it their all in one blow just now and broke down anyway!’
‘Wipe them all out! Turn them all into scrap metal and shove them in storage!’
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