StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 422 Little Master

"The Archbishop of Durham has a great responsibility. He must be impartial and selfless, balance internal differences, and shoulder the mission of leading the protoss to rejuvenation."

When Augustus noticed that the eyes of all the protoss were focused on the female patriarch Lazagal at this moment, the patriarch of the dark templar who had gone through thousands of years but seemed to have stayed in the prime of life stood up.

Raszagal's words resounded with psychic and spiritual power, and her majesty needed no hand.

"I accepted the appointment of the archbishop only because fate and circumstances require me to stand in this position. I have understood 1000 years ago that if no one commands the people, my family will surely perish."

"But I want to reiterate that I am only serving as the Archbishop of Durham temporarily, and this position should be replaced periodically. I will be loyal to my duties and will never favor any protoss."

"Matriarch, who else can take on this important task except you?" Tassadar said.

"I'm on the verge of death, like a candle in the wind." Rashagal said: "This era belongs to the younger protoss, it belongs to Tassadar, and it belongs to you."

Augustus quietly watched a group of hundreds of years old protoss accept the teachings of Razagal as a junior, feeling weird in his heart.

"I remember Angus Mengsk saying something similar to me, but he can't give me all the mess he made before his hair fell out, never." Augustus told Atta Nice said.

"Your father?" Artanis saw the appearance of Angus Mengsk from Augustus's superficial thoughts: "What kind of great man should be able to teach you."

"No, you guessed it completely wrong." Augustus shrugged, unconsciously remembering the time when he was confronted by Angus when he was a student.

"Maybe. You just lack more communication and understanding." Artanis held back for a long time, and finally popped out such a sentence.As an El Protoss, he couldn't understand the endless conflicts and disputes among his clansmen.

While Augustus was talking to Artanis, all the templars and dark templars present had stood up, listening to Razagal announce the final appointment:

"The bishop members of the Council of Light and Shadow will be selected from many tribes in the near future, and the eldest son of God and Nerazim will decide the candidates. Tassadar will be appointed as the high-level executive officer of Durham, commanding the fleet to recover Aiur, Sacoolas needs to allocate more resources to build a new fleet. The Aiur protoss must respect the traditions of the Nerazim."

There was no protoss to question, and everything that followed was logical, and Augustus was also preparing to bid farewell to Artanis and return to Hegee.

"That's the end of this meeting, patriarchs, executives and consuls, go and finish your unfinished work."

Some of the dark templar who participated in the meeting also left the meeting hall. They showed a lack of interest in the content of the meeting from beginning to end, and only paid attention when Razagal spoke, as if everyone except the matriarch could not Get the attention of these dark templar masters.

The executive officers and consuls also got up one after another, without the slightest nostalgia.The Dalam Protoss still has a lot of urgent work and tasks to do, and the burden is heavy on their shoulders.

"See, Artanis, don't be blinded by the appearance of harmony. The power to unite the dark templar and the templar seems beautiful, but there has never been a dispute within the Protoss Empire, and Now Durham is full of contradictions." Augustus said to Artanis.

"Maintaining internal harmony and unity is not an easy task."

"The Protoss Empire has never seen disputes, Augustus, a rebellion from the ancient Purifiers once brought protracted wars." Artanis said:

"But we've never really had experience dealing with internal disagreements—in Kara, all the protoss are one, so there's no conflict."

"This is exactly what you should try your best to solve. The best way to resolve internal conflicts is to establish a common enemy." Augustus said to Artanis: "In the final analysis, the source of conflicts comes from many sources. "

"Kara is the most fundamental reason. Your family doesn't believe in protoss without Kara, but the dark templar hates it deeply."

"The Dark Templars of Sacoolas have themselves amputated the nerve bundles that every Protoss is born with, unless our scientists find a way to reattach them."

"Why don't you try to think of emulating the Dark Templar? They can live just fine without the Kara." Augustus looked at Artanis.

"Why do you think so? The nerve bundle is our second life. Losing it will cause the eldest son of a god to fall into unimaginable depression. This terrible depression and sorrow will eventually take away the life of the protoss." Ah Tanis was shocked by what Augustus said, and deeply displeased.

"If the arbitrators hear it, they will definitely purify you and your mind with a purifying beam."

Artanis believed that Augustus was by no means an enemy of him and his people, but this proposal was still unreasonable to him, like telling a person that he must give up speaking or even communicating for the rest of his life. Rights survive in society.

"So you are not an arbitrator, Artanis." Augustus said to Artanis bravely.

"If one day, I mean, if you have to give up Kara, then please don't have any hesitation."

"Without Kara, what else do we have?" Artanis couldn't help asking.

"We humans have a saying, give me liberty or give me death," Augustus said.

"...Augustus Mengsk, if you still have time, I hope you can stay here for a while." At this time, Tassadar walked towards Augustus from the side of the matriarch Lazagal.This protoss executive who was very prestigious after the end of the Battle of Aiur had a fluttering blue robe, and behind his golden armor was a fusiform psionic amplifier that looked like a god's halo.

"When Zeratul is not here, maybe only you can answer my questions." Tassadar has always been frank about his confusion and does not think it is shameful:

"I heard that you will soon return to the core world of the Koprulu sector, and we will not have so many opportunities to discuss philosophy by then."

"My lord, several huge swarm Behemoths suddenly appeared on the synchronous orbit of Sacoolas, and at least one complete swarm approached the low-earth orbit." At this moment, a templar hurried towards the tower Sardar.

"Zerg, how could they know the coordinates of Sacoolas?" Artaniston felt uneasy.

If this was just a swarm that strayed away after the death of the Overlord, it would certainly not have caused much fear to Sacoolas, but no one knew whether it was the omen of something more terrible.

Augustus followed Tassadar, who was aware of the seriousness of the situation, to the position of Razagar, and the new Archbishop of Durham even got the news of the invasion of the unknown Zerg fleet before Tassadar.

"Sacoolas is strong enough to withstand this level of invasion." Vorazun said to Augustus and others who came.

"The Templars will eradicate these enemies." Artanis said firmly.

"It's not that simple." Augustus had already thought of many possibilities at this moment: "Which insect nest is this?"

"Patriarch, the newly emerged Behemoth does not seem to be carrying a large number of zerg. The folds and cavities on the surface of its skin are empty." A dark templar brought a piece made of void crystal and dark metal. Protoss projection device.

According to Augustus's understanding of this kind of protoss equipment, it is probably equivalent to the tactical console on the battlecruiser. The console can learn the military strength deployed by the local fleet through space radar scanning and sensor arrays, but the protoss's Technology is obviously far more advanced.

In the blink of an eye, a titan consisting of countless reddish-brown folds, vesicles, chitin armor, insect eyes, and tentacles appeared on the raised psionic projection.Tens of thousands of king worms and different dragons flew around the Behemoths like black clouds.

The carapaces of these Zerg creatures are thicker and have more spikes than those Augustus has seen, and some very few special individuals still have dark red light lingering on their bodies.

"This is a worm nest that has never appeared before." Tassadar came to a conclusion after just looking at it.

"The largest of these is a swarm leviathan whose main brain wall is trying to contact us with more than three different psionic signal frequencies," said the dark templar.

"What are they here for, to show weakness to the enemy? But the First Son of God will not take it lightly." Artanis couldn't figure out the intention of these zerg.

"I'm more curious about who the cerebrates of this Hive Fleet are." Augustus watched intently.

Although Dagos, the most powerful kind of cerebrate, controlled most of the cerebrates after the death of the master, there were still some who refused to obey the orders of anyone other than the master.At least one swarm has left Aiur to find a way to revive the swarm alone.

"Establish a psychic communication link with this Leviathan," Razagal said.

"The famous Marshal Augustus Mengsk, I am not surprised to see you in the Protoss."

What all the protoss didn't expect was that the person in Leviathan turned out to be a humanoid alien monster.Although Augustus was only standing on the edge, the monster still recognized him at a glance.

He has a burly and strong body, his well-defined chest and abdominal muscles are also covered with solid organic armor and a spiked exoskeleton.A pair of golden eyes and a horrible, creepy green face, with spots like seal skin.

Snake-shaped clusters of spikes stretched from the top of his head, like living worms, and the sickle-shaped appendages protruding from the back were shaped like the jointed feet of a spider.

Augustus also recognized it, and it was Gabriel Tosh, who had escaped from him many times and returned from the dead—a haggie trapped in a twisted and hideous body, a child whose body had been forcibly raised there.

"Hello, Tosh." Augustus looked at him and said slowly, "I tried to save you, but I failed in the end."

"Hedge's boy is dead, turned into a hideous, bloodthirsty monster, and all I have to do is bury him with my own hands."

"I don't need you to save me." Tosh's eyes glowed like gold: "You are a human hero, and I'm just an abominable monster."

"Don't stand in my way, Augustus Mengsk, my enemy is the Tyrannian Federation, not you. My grandmother's death must be paid for by the blood of millions of Tyrannians."

Although Tosh has become a complete monster, he still retains human emotions, and more than Augustus originally believed.

"Protoss, I am the great Prince of Blades." Tosh proudly swore his existence to the protoss.

"It's a pretty generic name," Vorazun said.

"I'm here to form an alliance with you." Augustus could see Tosh's exoskeleton-covered browbones twitch.

"I bring a piece of news that is of great significance to you. Cerebral worm Dagos ordered several cerebrates to re-integrate into a new master in Char. Once they succeed, the swarm will once again sweep the universe , to destroy your homeland."

"The new master?" The protoss templars headed by Tassadar almost couldn't catch their breath - if they had a trachea.

They had paid a great price to kill the master, and now he was told that a new master was about to be reborn in Char.

Augustus had heard this news from his own domestic cerebrate α-although humans still can't figure out how the cerebrates communicate across such a long distance.And humans have not told the protoss this news, because this information must be further confirmed.

As we all know, Cerebral Worm α is a despicable liar, and all of this is likely to be fabricated by it.

"I came here to seek the power of the protoss dark templar to help me kill the newborn master." Tosh continued.

"If what you say is true, Prince of Blades," Tassadar said, "then why are you telling us this news?"

"Once the new master is revived, I will become its slave again." Tosh let out a crunching laugh: "God and the goddess of death will give me guidance, not just an immature little master."

"Don't you obey the master's order?" Augustus said in his heart that Tosh still believed in God, and God and Heji's local gods didn't seem to belong to the same god system.

"I only obey the orders of the masters of the past." Tosh said with a smile.

"Alliance." Razagal looked at the eerie face that I heard.

"Even if the protoss doesn't form an alliance with you, it can still kill the new master."

(End of this chapter)