The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Nearly six hundred warships, and millions of soldiers will never come back." His voice was not high, but through the carefully designed PA system, all the councilors in the hall could hear "What do you think about this?" Did you say that?"

Till Vadami lowered his head and said:

"I didn't expect someone to defy my instructions and issue an attack order..."

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't think that the responsibility was on him——

The order does not allow the attack on enemy ships to prolong the battle, and it is the guiding prophet who cannot stop the humans from loading bombs on the belt.But leading the Prophet will not be held accountable, on the contrary, he will also be commended to encourage the courage he has shown in the process of investigating and protecting the great sacred ring, as well as the important materials he has harvested.

The exploration team led by him mistakenly entered the cabin where some kind of dangerous creature was imprisoned on the belt to explore and belt, which caused the leading prophet's team and the mechanical guards to fight, but fortunately the misunderstanding was quickly resolved, and the ring belt The envoy on the belt praised the firm faith and courage that guided the Prophet, and shared with him some sacred knowledge of the belt.But then humans and another unidentified force entered there, took away the envoy and launched a brutal attack, leading the prophet to fight alone when all the guards were killed, and successfully survived to the camp led by Watumi. The special forces arrived and brought the warning back to the fleet, indirectly protecting the integrity of the ring.

Of course, his statement makes people feel puzzled, but he has evidence——

On the way back, he led the prophet to bring back two defenders of the temple who could listen to his command. The guardian of the church came to the guiding prophet and obeyed its appearance. Watumi's testimony is very convincing, because Watumi has always had friction with the guiding prophet on weekdays, and there is no reason to perjure the guiding prophet in this matter.

This is a great honor that countless people admire. Even the three prophets blessed him and began to make him a glorious saint and hero.This has greatly improved the social status of the leading prophet, and his family will be proud of him, and he will also become a popular figure among the nobles in the coming next fertility season.

It's just that in the tunnel, the spirit of guiding the prophet was severely injured, and he became taciturn, often talking to himself.The San'Shium was not good at fighting, and when his comrades died one by one, he was forced to deal with them alone in the dark with a plasma pistol until he encountered the envoy.Some say he encountered a demon there, and that the demon took part of his soul... This heresy has been widely disproved, but if you meet the hero in person, his haggard face has to make you Think about it here.At the moment, he is watching Tier Vadami's trial with other San Sim councilors on the high platform next to him.

It's just that he is not as passionate as other San Sims, but as solemn and cold as a piece of ice.He sat crookedly on his anti-gravity chair, silently looking at the super commander in gold armor, his eyes contained many complex things, and even a trace of pity.

After seeing all that, the guiding prophet began to look at the Covenant from another angle, seeing everything he knew before.The endless political compromises and interest games, the endless alliance building and intrigue breaking the alliance and abandoning the covenant are not carried on by faith and glory. What is it that pulls these roaring people and makes them add glory to the world? himself, and then let a dutiful commander suffer such insults?Is it the false information given by yourself?No... The leading prophet is very sure that although the bad battle on the ring belt has his own responsibility, even if he didn't go, or simply died in it without bringing back a word, Tir Vadami would still be Now this situation.

If it was before, I would be among these yelling people.But now, he only felt chills all over his body, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end.

"Why are you not in your own fleet at the critical moment?" The Prophet of Truth continued, "Why did you choose to chase the human ship? If there is no sacred ring over there, what are you going to do? Say it is your own 'Intuition' wrong?"

This kind of interrogation was not intended to be answered, and Tir Vadami could see it clearly. He just lowered his head and stared at the floor without saying a word.

"..."

The Prophet of Mercy looked at him and said sharply:

"Prophet of Truth, we have heard enough! Please pass the judgment on the dereliction of duty commander according to the request of the parliament!"

No matter if they were sitting or kneeling, everyone knew that this was just acting, and what was played for the Congressmen was also played for everyone in the Star Alliance.The purpose is to let people know who should be responsible for this failure. No matter how loudly or angry the congressmen shout, the final decision on this matter is in the hands of the three prophets, especially the prophet of truth.

So Till Vadami waited motionless for his sentence.The Prophet of Truth showed a hesitant expression, and raised his hand for a while, and the bustling Supreme Council Hall immediately fell silent.He looked around, cleared his throat and said:

"You are one of the most respected military experts, and the fleet you have led over the years has also made great achievements. But such a major mistake is an unforgivable mistake..."

Hearing this, his heart sank suddenly, and he said as if struggling:

"I can still lead troops to fight against humans!"

And what I got was just a cold answer:

"No, you can't." The Prophet of Truth waved his hand, and he gestured to the ghost-faced beast, "The pilgrimage is about to start, and by then, the mistakes you made will hinder you from walking with us..."

everything is over.

The decades of fighting and all the sacrifices for the Covenant have come to naught.Whether it is faith, glory or family, he has lost them all. In the future, when people mention Tier Vadami, they will only remember this failed battle and the punishment he received... This reminds him of himself. I met an emperor named Napoleon when I was reading human materials. When people on earth mentioned this person, what they thought of most was the defeat he suffered on the battlefield named Waterloo.

A wave of anger began to brew in his chest, and when the ghost-faced beast next to him came to pull him, he waved away the hand extended by the ghost-faced beast, and strode outwards—towards his own execution ground.When I came here for the first time more than ten years ago, the archbishop handed over the special justice fleet with only five ships to him in order to thank him for his service in the ruined star field. At that time, he was very energetic.Everything at that time is vivid, the difference is that praise has become a curse, the beginning has become the end.

Maintaining the majestic pace of a warrior is the last of his stubbornness.

He led the prophet to leave the venue calmly, and everyone will watch the execution next, but he has no interest in it, which will make him even more uncomfortable.This prophet, who knew all the truth, just wanted to leave first, go home and get a good night's sleep—he had to take the tranquilizing potion first.Faith can no longer help to dispel anxiety and terrible nightmares, but chemistry can still play a powerful role.

The simulated stars of the City of Fraternity have dimmed, bringing a warm sunset glow to the dome's floating towers.He saw barges hung with streamers and fragrant flowers moored at the docks on the edge of the city in preparation for the coming festivities of the fertility season.The San'Shim are not very fertile, and their birthrate is ugly, so when the season of birth comes, the City of Fraternity is often in a state of joy.There is plenty of pomp and celebration and blessing to be had one after the other, and even the normally sombre Sangheili relax and take part in it—their aerobatics in light fighter jets are a spectacle not to be missed.

The only people who will feel sad are the staff of the Law Commission on Public Etiquette... at this time of year, the people of the City of Fraternity use fireworks to paint celebratory words in the air, such as 'I have a cub' and 'Bless the twins! ’, which is nothing, but someone will always use this insinuation to boast about the fertility of someone (probably a San Sim).Therefore, the staff of the Public Etiquette Law Committee have to work overtime at this time every year to strictly guard against death. For thousands of years, people have been jailed for a few days because of this every year-but this is harmless. On these nights, everything can be forgiven.

In the past, the guiding prophet would have fun during this period every year to relieve the fatigue brought about by military life, but so far, he is still single - the marriage of children of noble families is not a purely emotional issue, everyone has a lot of considerations, San Sim's society is extremely strict on the inheritance of genes from generation to generation, and it is not easy to find someone who is well-matched and genetically suitable.This year may be a good time to get out of the order. Now I am a big hero and a celebrity in the parliament, but I have no such mood at all.

So without looking at it, he let the chair float up and started to go home.

In such a living environment, the class of one's living area is determined by three criteria—size, elevation, and proximity to the Forerunner Dreadnought.His home is average in all respects, but in Uptown, the city of fraternity, this is already a good place that many people dream of. You can't fly up directly, you have to go around a little bit from the compact corridor area below.

"Are you going back now? Master Prophet?"

The bodyguard asked. The two Sangheili who were sent to protect them looked young but not inexperienced. The scars on their blue armor proved that they were also battle-tested braves.This represented the improvement of one's status, and serving as the prophet's guard was also a good job for these two Sangheilis who were not of high status.

"That's right." He said bluntly, "Follow me, but don't follow too closely, keep your distance."

"I understand."

The two bodyguards saluted and complied.They were told at the beginning that the prophet had become a little nervous because of the harsh battle in the dark, so he could understand strange instructions.

The three of them reached the corridor in this way, and they could not use large vehicles in the next part, so they had to go in by themselves.There are no pedestrians on the not-so-broad road, and everyone may be at home watching a certain four-petal mouth be executed... Realizing this, the leading prophet's mood became even more gloomy.The afterglow cast by the simulated stars casts the shadow of the tower on the floor.

At this moment, he heard the buzzing sound of the Sangheili energy sword unfolding. Although the sound was not loud, it was so ear-piercing, which directly reminded the prophet of the cruel battlefield.

"Who?" He turned his head, thinking that some bodyguard did it, but found that the two bodyguards looked at each other with empty hands.Their energy swords hung tightly on their waists, and they didn't move at all.

Not them.

Suddenly, he realized something was wrong, and slammed down a button on the armrest of the anti-gravity chair.The golden translucent energy shield immediately covered him.One bodyguard showed a surprised expression, while the other, having sensed the current situation, reached out to touch his weapon.

But he didn't have time, a red Sanheili energy sword suddenly appeared from the air, pierced the back of the bodyguard who had just touched the hilt diagonally from behind, and then swung upwards, his entire upper body was crushed It was split in half, and there was no time to make a sound.The first bodyguard let out a short scream, and he rolled to avoid another energy sword, but before he could stand up, something hit the wall, followed by another knife, and blue blood flowed from his neck Erupted from the fracture, and fell to the ground like a severed head.

It was an ambush, an extremely deadly and ruthless ambush, and the target was obviously himself.

Is it a rebel?A disgruntled heretic because he became a celebrity?

The guiding prophet was stunned by the scene in front of him, and for a moment even forgot that he should move immediately.In the final analysis, Guiding the Prophet is not a battle hero at all. His motor nerves are as weak as most Sangheili, his reaction ability and shooting skills are also very poor, and his skin is even afraid of burning. A physical disgust.When he panicked to drive the chair to escape, a lightsaber was already approaching at an extremely fast speed.

With a terrible shaking and cracking sound, he watched helplessly as the two-bladed energy sword sliced ​​into the shield, like a hot iron rod piercing a block of ice.The sword kept approaching towards him, approaching...

Could it be that he would die inexplicably like this?Maybe... maybe I should have died a long time ago, in the inner chamber of that terrible weapon built to destroy everything, sitting with those living specimens of the Flood and slowly rotting...

But in the next moment, with a sharp 'click' sound, the air in front of him twisted, and the energy sword was drawn back.A huge shadow jumped horizontally in front of him, as if avoiding something.But it couldn't dodge it, two unidentified attacks hit the blurry figure, it trembled, and took a few steps back to reveal its true face.

It was a tall, hair-covered ghost-faced beast wearing only an equipment belt, but holding a Sangheili energy sword in its hand.

This configuration boot prophet has never seen before.

The Star Alliance pays attention to an orderly hierarchy. Only the Sangheilis are allowed to use the energy sword, the energy shield is the patent of the gnolls, the methane tank is the privilege of the grunts, and only the gravitational hammer can be used.How could a Brute hold a Sangheili energy sword?And the invisibility device he used just now is also...

"Kirahani...? Why?"

Right now, blood and bits of internal organs are bubbling from the hole in his stomach.Some kind of attack penetrated there and destroyed the internal organs, which was obviously quite painful, but this did not prevent him from trying to kill the guiding prophet with all his strength, even if he could no longer live, he still wanted to take the guiding prophet away.The shaggy, muscular giant didn't growl at all—which was also odd for a Jiralhanee attacking.He held the energy sword that was too small for his palm with one hand awkwardly, covered the wound with the other hand and ran silently, blood spurted from his mouth, there was no desire to kill in those eyes, only calmness and determination.

Afterwards, he raised the energy sword high, aimed at the head of the leading prophet and swung it down heavily.In the blink of an eye, a ray of light blocked between the energy sword and the leading prophet's head, and the energy scattering and sparks generated by the collision of the two made people's eyes hurt.

That too was a Sangheili, leading the Prophet to feel as though he had seen him there.This warrior is wearing a cloth robe, holding a cylindrical stick in his hand, and a part of the stick protrudes like a sword—yes, it is a sword, made of light, scorching and dazzling sword.Compared with the gorgeous Sangheili energy sword, it looks very simple, but it contains powerful power that is known at first glance.

The ghost-faced beast was forced to take a step back by the sudden impact, and stabbed the Sangheili with its sword without any hesitation, but the Sangheili cleverly adjusted the angle of its lightsaber so that it could move from the Sangheili The groove between the two pointed blades of the energy sword was cut into it.There is nothing between the two blades of a standard Sangheili energy sword, the hilt and the hand holding the sword go down. An excellent swordsman can rely on the angle of the energy sword to get the opponent's weapon stuck between the slots, but this Brute But it can't do such fine things.

The lightsaber slashed all the way like this, splitting the hilt, his right hand, the entire arm and half shoulder, and swung the second sword as fast as lightning before the other party screamed, smashing the entire neck together with the left shoulder. and heads were chopped off.This is not the usual fighting method of the Sangheili, but another swordsmanship that relies more on 'the power of the weapon itself' rather than 'the power of its own'.

The broken body of the Kirahani fell to the ground, making a damp crashing sound. His dying fear was released in the form of pheromones, and a pungent stench filled the air.All male Girahani tend to use pungent pheromones to reflect their emotions, and adult Girahani should be skilled enough to regulate their own pheromones, but in the face of death, he still makes everyone They all smelled his fear.

On the other side, the second Kirahani also fell silently, and it was also a Sangheili who knocked him down.He held a pistol with a familiar style in his left hand, with a short barrel, a heavy magazine, and no decorations, while his right hand held a sword hilt that could unfold the light blade. The stamina of the Kirahani next to him was split , the spine is white and exposed.

The Sangheili pulled up the prophet who was still slumped on the ground, and said in a low voice but hastily:

"Guide the Prophet! Come this way! You are in danger now!"

"Who are you?!"

"Didn't we make an appointment before?" The Sangheili's eyes suddenly revealed a light that didn't look like a Sangheili would. "At the gate of the Flood Demon Pavilion, the Glory Guard should have told you, 'the future will be Given the chance, we'll meet again, right?"

"!!"

In a daze, he followed the two unidentified Sangheili men who had saved his life, boarded a small traffic boat, and drove to the outskirts of the city.

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The UNSC celebrated the battle with a huge event.

With the help of the Consolidation Department, the Star Alliance's Grand Fleet was defeated on the Reach Star defense line, and began to rout after losing more than [-]% of the fleet.This is what humanity has been waiting for - a beautiful victory.

The morale of the UNSC troops has been low for several years.No unit can be defeated and still be at its best on the battlefield, no matter how well trained they are.This is like what Commander Stanford said before, [We have been chopped into pieces by those alien bastards, and this hell has been going on for too long.So we have to have a win.No matter what the price.]But looking at it now, the price is still within the acceptable range, even... miniscule.The combat power of the Consolidation Department is far beyond imagination, and the only ones who are chopped up are the Star Alliance.

This is a great opportunity for publicity, the mourning ceremony, commendations and honors, and the display of trophies, all of which feasted the eyes of the reporters.Soon, news of victory will spread throughout the colonies, and everyone will know the good news.During this display, the best loot was the Truth and Harmony caught in the ring belt. There were many troops in the battle at that time, but because the first to attack the bridge and capture the Star Alliance captain alive was the Spartan of the noble team. Soldier Quinn, so this trophy belongs to the UNSC. This is the first large Covenant warship captured by humans since the war began. Soon technicians will thoroughly analyze this ship to find the Covenant's weaknesses and reverse its technology.

As a representative of the Consolidation Department, Oregana and the various commanders who participated in the battle naturally also attended the awards and publicity activities together - including the exchange of friendship medals between the two sides.Two days have passed since these things were done. Due to various considerations, the UNSC did not propose that these ceremonies should be held on Earth, and Oregana did not mention it.After all, for the UNSC, the home planet Earth is a very sensitive place, and it is understandable not to actively invite 'aliens' to go there in the current state. After all, the understanding between the two parties is not deep enough. She expressed her understanding. Don't take it as a slight or a faux pas.

Forcibly putting on airs will only leave a bad impression on both parties, which will only have a bad impact on future cooperation and understanding.

After finishing these tasks, she returned to the Very Leopard on standby at Tianyuan [-], intending to take a good rest.Her work schedule is quite tight. On the second day, she will be in contact with Dr. Halsey for the technical exchange of power armor. At that time, she will go there with the Big Tech Tin Woodman.

What kind of person is Dr. Halsey, and what kind of warriors are the Spartans she bred, and the legendary John-117... Finally, I can meet these curious characters.

As she thought about it, when she walked into her room on the Very Leopard, she saw that Liu Lizi had already prepared a table of food inside—of course, it was all self-heating military rations:

"Boss, do you want to eat first? Or take a bath first? Or wow, da...mi?"

Wow Dashi and Vadami.. poof..

The homophonic stalk is really well played, and I really like this leopard more and more.Thinking of this, Oregana stepped up and rubbed the leopard's head vigorously, and asked:

"Is there any information about Vadami?" She pinched the round leopard ears in a clever way. "Is there any news from the agent?"

"That's right, meow." Liu Lizi squinted her eyes and said, while she was enjoying Oregana's excellent cat stroking skills, she deftly added sesame paste to Oregana's bowl.

Because she has been busy during this time, she has no time to go to CE World or the Temple of Joy to eat hot dry noodles, so Oregana can only use sesame paste to ease the withdrawal reaction.Now it's serious enough to add sesame paste to the rice.Liu Lizi said that she would definitely not be able to eat this kind of hell food, but since the boss likes it, then let her eat it... Take a step back, anyway, it’s okay to die after eating it, so just leave it alone.

She pushed the prepared simple cooking hot dry rice in front of Oregana, and said:

"The infiltrated agent said that Till Vadami has been tried in the city of fraternity, and according to the procedure, it should be the death penalty - but it may also be..."

"Make him an arbiter?"

"Well, Ansador's agents think so, but they haven't been able to finish watching it, and they haven't even confirmed the execution process."

"Oh?" Oregana took a big mouthful of rice, and suddenly stopped when she heard this, she swallowed the food in her mouth with difficulty, and it took several seconds before she recovered her breath, "Is something wrong?"

"The Guide Prophet was assassinated by two ghost-faced beasts with elite lightsabers. At this point in time, they are escorting the Guide Prophet to a safe zone."

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Chapter 1039 Chapter 78: The Dark Side of the City of Fraternity

The pain caused by the electric shock and burning made Tire Vadami almost unable to walk. Two Kirahani dragged him through the dark passage, and the Kirahani leading the way carried a heavy hammer in the hand. , with a calm look—that was Tartarus, the chief of the Kirahani patriarch, powerful, ferocious, but extremely pious.His faith is as solid as a rock. The general faith of the Jiralhani people is solid, and the level of Tartarus is even higher than them. He lives in accordance with the teachings of the prophets word for word.

The reason for this is simple, these stinking beasts had a very low level of technology before they came into contact with the Covenant, and it took the Covenant only three years to complete the ascension of the Kirahani. In the eyes of people, it is an out-and-out 'God'.Judging from their daily performance, it is difficult to tell whether their belief is the belief in the Forerunner or the San Sim.But also because of this, the prophets like them very much.

Perhaps it was because of this preference that the Prophet of Truth handed over the execution of Tir Vadami to Chief Kirahani.

This is a ritual that follows a strict process.Tier Vadami first received a strong electric shock. This electric shock seems to be a lot of attention, but what Vadami could feel was the sharp pain as if his whole body was on fire. A scar of shame was branded on Mi's left chest.Right now, the wound is continuously emitting a burnt smell, which is mixed with the stench from the ghost beast, which makes Vadami, whose eyes are full of gold stars, almost faint.