Chapter 1698: From Reinforcement to All-Out Assault |
The kind of thing like the Queen of Glory, there isn’t a single one in the entire Imperial Navy.
But that doesn’t stop every naval officer and general from having heard of its name and dreaming of commanding such a giant warship born with unrivaled glory, to gallop across the Star Sea.
At the very least, hoping to fight alongside such massive ships is also a blessing.
These warships with a heritage of ten thousand years, each represent a glorious Interstellar Warrior’s founding military group, and indeed the most radiant one was personally commanded by The Emperor when he was still among men. These Queens of Glory truly represent the Empire’s most glorified era.
And these three warships now, all reflect their identity.
First, one ship, with azure and silver-white paint, somewhat similar to the Alliance’s ships, but actually is the flagship of the Infinite Corps, the ’Superlimit’, it was the vehicle of Robert, Son of God, ten thousand years ago and still is ten thousand years later.
The other two are also quite renowned.
One is the ’True Word’ Queen of Glory battleship, the flagship of the Saints Battle Group.
The other is the ’Holy Blood’ Queen of Glory battleship, the flagship of the Blood Angel Corps.
But mainly considering the issue of fame.
Though the combat strength is similar, the Alliance’s Queens of Glory are all newly built, unlike using those two that have mixed with the Alliance’s founding groups as a bluff.
So far, the whole Empire only has nine initial military groups.
Now, the presence of three Queens of Glory is not only the potency of these three ships but also the illustrious prestige established by these three groups over thousands of years.
In the name of Robert, Regent King of the Empire, in the name of Gu Hang, High Lord of the Empire, and in the name of the leaders of the Empire’s three founding battle groups, Nero of Infinite Corps, Raymond Vis of Saints Battle Group, and the legendary hero of the Empire Dante, leader of the Blood Angels.
This joint order signed by the five, especially the latter four supporting the former Regent King, is considerably significant.
Combined with the overwhelming visual impact of three Queens of Glory leading the entire Expeditionary Fleet out in full force.
Those ships that originally tried to besiege the fleet led by Admiral Song Min to escape were hesitating.
Not every ship that did not follow him was corrupted. Most were actually bewitched, or in the chaos, unsure of what to do.
Even the two hundred plus ships detected by Gu Jing with high-ranking officers and generals being corrupted, not everyone on board had problems. Jian Qi’s corruption prefers to act secretly and conservatively unless in the final stage. Some ships experienced significant relief after the corrupted leadership was eliminated.
Even those ships genuinely having a high percentage of crew corrupted had a low overall ratio, and cutting off their heads slowed their actions.
In the end, only over sixty ships, and half of Holy Terra’s orbital defense fortresses and space stations actually opened fire.
This resulted in some of Admiral Song Min’s ships suffering losses, with even more than ten directly destroyed.
But their decisive distancing still bought themselves a survival space.
The most effective, however, still came from the intervention of the Expeditionary Force warships led by the three Queens of Glory, aggressively launching fierce attacks on ships identified as traitors. The ’Superlimit’ personally commanded by Robert even directly suppressed Terra’s orbital defense systems.
His voice echoed repeatedly across the entire audio channel through the Star Speaker.
Under his incitement, one ship after another departed from the Solar Fleet sequence, beginning to follow their admiral into the distance; more and more Terra defense fortresses, in confusion, maintained neutrality, and even some places that were previously firing stopped.
A few determined rebel ships suffered catastrophic blows.
Robert even took this as a great opportunity—the Solar Fleet was completely chaotic, the solid orbital defenses of Holy Terra also in chaos, and their defenses now incredibly thin.
This is an excellent opportunity!
Even risking it, he decided that at this moment, he can turn the original pickup plan into a full-force assault!
And at this moment, a shrill cry emanated from one of Terra’s largest orbital fortresses, ’Base Holy Grail’, ignoring physical laws and vacuum, spreading forth.
...
Galaraldo has become enraged beyond measure!
He already knew the enemy’s trick, aware that someone masqueraded as the Magic Lord of Thousand Changes, causing big problems for the dark seeds he placed inside the Solar Fleet, failing to cause enough chaos as anticipated, with even more than half of the Solar Fleet breaking away to join Robert’s side. The remaining half hesitated, except a few still in questionable positions suffering blows from the ’True Word’ and ’Holy Blood’.
Everyday hunting geese, suddenly pecked by one!
Betrayed by the very plots he excelled in!
The defense system he originally controlled better also wavered!
If under ideal conditions all of the orbital defense fire could instantly activate, forget Song Min’s ships getting out, Robert’s Expeditionary Fleet arbitrarily rushing in would instantly suffer great loss!
This is Holy Terra, the most heavily guarded place in the Human Empire!
But alas, Regent King, High Lord Gu Hang, and the leaders of the three founding battle groups is too influential a combination strike.
Even in many places, orders from higher-ups and direct superiors came, but the specific persons executing them, even space station directors, refused to comply, demanding a review of the orders’ legitimacy.
Moreover, some places even saw armed ’rebellions’.
They believed the ones before them are not enemies, but the ones ordering them to fire are the traitors!
Galaraldo underestimated the value of the word ’loyalty’.
He now regrets that in the past year or two, for stability and smoothness, fearing exposure, he didn’t speed up the corruption of key positions as he should have. He should have been more aggressive, even replacing some gun operators with ’his people’ was the right move!
But now it’s too late to say anything.
That shrill cry just now was emitted from his mouth.
His eyes glowed ominously blue. The blessing from the Master, fully exerting its force.
All the dark seeds laid down will explode.
If he can seize back control of the Space Fortress, he will.
This is the most critical juncture, after losing hope in the Solar Fleet, he can only rely on the planetary defense systems to resist this violent assault.
A massive amount of calculations going on in his mind, issuing directives one after another through special channels.
There’s still a chance, everything can still turn around!
Hm... No, what’s this?
He senses a force within his fortress, seemingly close yet upon closer inspection, different.
Not good!
It’s that fake Magic Lord of Thousand Changes!
Since when did they infiltrate ’Base Holy Grail’??
