StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

The Tagore Family's Sky Tower is the tallest building in the city of Tarsonis, with more than 150 floors. Even the Kusinis Sky Tower is a head shorter than it. Compared with this, the Sky Tower of the Mengsk family is nothing more than a short tree at the feet of the giant.

This majestic sky tower is the first tall building on Tarsonis. The original building materials came from the colonial mothership that brought the ancestors of the Tyranids here. There are rumors that the main engine of the colonial mothership is still buried underground in Tagore's Sky Tower, pumping out fuel and electricity like the heart of the dragon Tarsonis.

"Keep your head up, Jim. Don't think of yourself as an ignorant country boy. Be confident."

Augustus was standing in front of the bronze door of Tagore's Sky Tower, and said to Jim Raynor, who was about to follow him into the red-carpeted Tagore Bird Hall.

There were about twenty private guards, armed Marines and formal registration officers at the door.

"No, I'm very confident." Reno repeatedly adjusted the position of his expensive white silk tie, but he still felt that the size of the rented tuxedo was a bit small. No matter what others say, in Renault's eyes, he looks like a fat penguin.

Because Augustus was suddenly told that he could only bring one officer from the Demon of Heaven to the banquet, Reno, who had the rank of corporal, became the lucky one.

"But the damn clothes are strangling me," Raynor complained.

Augustus and Reno were supposed to be wearing military uniforms with medals hanging on their chests and ribbons today, but the housekeeper of the Tagore family told them that the mistress of the family did not want to see a group of soldiers at her birthday party, so they You actually have to dress up like a noble to sit at the table.

Not only Augustus's Demons of Heaven, but also many noble officers and generals who shined in the Battle of Kailian will also be invited, and pictures of them and members of the Creation Family will appear in major newspapers and periodicals that day. and IAA holographic projection screen.

Perhaps, Augustus guessed that some later modifications would be made to this picture, such as putting them into military uniforms through some simple technical means.

"Why don't you let that 'tailor' make some modifications?" Augustus laughed and walked forward.

"What, you really want to see my belly button exposed?" Renault followed Augustus angrily.

Augustus handed over a richly decorated invitation and entered the magnificent hall after passing a series of security checks including retinal scanning.

In order to highlight their aristocratic status and distinguish themselves from the nouveau riche, the Tagore family still followed the court etiquette of the French court from the 17th to 19th centuries on medieval Earth and the red tape that Reno thought was unreasonable.

The Tagore Sky Tower is as resplendent as a palace, with walls and columns inlaid with gold, stone and jasper, huge oil paintings and crystal chandeliers hanging, and wide corridors leading to more halls. Gold and silver artworks and mirrors were displayed on both sides, shining in the light of countless candles.

The guests here are all dressed in formal dresses, and the women are dressed in luxurious and complicated clothes. The long skirts on the floor are held up by the servants, like a folded peacock's tail screen. These ladies are reserved, elegant and beautiful. Their facial features are perfectly in line with the golden ratio, their skin is as white and smooth as milk, and their figures are charming.

"Fortunately, the villain Tychus didn't come, otherwise he would have taken off his clothes and danced here." Renault said happily.

"Tychus cannot do such an outrageous thing. He will definitely behave like an English gentleman. If he has received such training." Augustus said.

There were many more servants than the dignitaries of the Tagore family. They stood in hundreds or thousands, either standing or walking with graceful steps back and forth in the vast corridors and halls. These servants all have outstanding looks and figures, wear well-tailored uniforms, and are neither frivolous nor impetuous in their words or actions.

"I heard that the homes of the great nobles are all filled with mechanical servants. They really look like humans," Renault said to Augustus in a low voice.

"This is obviously a real person." Augustus walked slowly on the red carpet. The rented black tuxedo fit him exceptionally well, as if it had been tailor-made.

"The most prominent and oldest founding families all employ servants instead of machines. Only the new nobles who make fortunes through fringe trade and opportunism will use cheap machine servants because they can't find competent housekeepers and servants." Gusdu said and smiled at a noble girl who was looking at him, and the girl immediately blushed with embarrassment.

"The main banquet hall is on the top floor, and we take the magnetic elevator."

"The girl smiled at me." Reno also smiled.

"Maybe you should talk to her more." Augustus tugged on Renault so that he wouldn't jump up in place. They spoke in low voices and seemed to be admiring rather than pointing at the crowd.

"My mother told me that men who show mercy are full of shit." Reynold shook his head imperceptibly.

"Just like you." Augustus turned around a corridor and walked to the elevator door. A very small number of people are waiting here, because only the founding family and nobles who have business dealings and marriage relationships with the Tagore family can go to the top.

"My intuition tells me that you are this kind of person. People in our town always say that the private lives of nobles are very chaotic, and the various big families are forcibly combined by political marriages, so the husband and wife do not love each other. As long as the offspring are ensured Genes and bloodline, nobles will even have fun with servants and tramps." Renault said quietly.

"Do you think the Mengsk family is like this?" Augustus was a little unhappy.

"Of course not. But what the old people said is always right." Renault shook his head.

While waiting for the elevator, Augustus noticed that the nobles of Tarsonis paid more attention to the emblems and grooming that symbolized the family than those of Korhal IV. Every dress was made of exquisite materials, and there was not even an evening dress or long gown. The styles of the skirts are exactly the same. Some people brought children, and those children were dressed like princesses or princes.

In this era of rapid technological development, the aesthetics of the nobles still seem to be stuck in those centuries ago.

"After you get to the top, try to say as little as possible, otherwise those people will think you are uneducated." Augustus reminded Renault.

"I try to eat as much as I can," Reno replied.

As Augustus climbed onto the elevator, a noble family stepped aboard with them. Augustus chatted with the heads of this family in a polite manner for a while and learned that they came from the eastern continent of Tarsonis, and that the family business mainly operates high-energy gas and oil refining plants.

After learning that Augustus was from Korhal IV, the middle-aged man opposite him with an elegant moustache just smiled. But when Augustus said his last name Mengsk, the other party took two small steps back, distanced himself, and showed an awkward smile.

Seeing him like this, Augustus was not surprised and just smiled and wished him good health.

The elevator rose steadily with a vibrating sound as light as mosquito flies. When the elevators slowly opened, Augustus saw the dark blue sky of Tarsonis and the evening clouds, with shining meteors streaking across the sky from time to time. It was a spacecraft that entered the atmosphere from synchronous orbit.

The dome on the top floor of Tagore's Sky Tower is the sky, the arc-shaped walls are carved with flowers, and the dining table is made of the joyful Terrador wood that has been declared extinct. Inside the shining silverware are a variety of exotic alien fruits and French meals cooked with expensive ingredients. The rich aroma comes from Josala's precious spices.

There are about a few hundred nobles here, and the men are much more plainly dressed, while the ladies and ladies are trying their best to make themselves the focus of the audience.

There was still nearly half an hour before the banquet started. Representatives of small and medium-sized nobles were chatting, while the Creation Family was sitting on their seats like emperors, talking calmly with their partners or competitors.

As soon as he got off the elevator, the nobleman who had had a pleasant conversation with Augustus immediately ran away, as if he was afraid that he would break his neck at any time.

Augustus didn't care much, he and Renault walked straight to their seats.

The protagonist of the banquet, today's birthday boy, Andrea Tagore, who is already 140 years old, has not yet arrived. From time to time, servants regularly change the cups and plates on the table and replace them with new ones. The disk has not moved.

Reno felt a pang of anger, but he controlled himself well. If it were Harnack, he would probably have grabbed a nobleman by his tie and asked why the people of Shiloh are still starving while you are enjoying yourself here.

While Augustus was waiting for the protagonist of the banquet to arrive, several young girls gathered together in the seat of the Creation Family suddenly began to whisper, while the boys cast hostile and jealous glances.

Augustus Mengsk was already famous in half of the Terran Federation before he was nineteen years old. He was promoted as a hero, the most outstanding of his generation in the Creation family. The documentary about Augustus and the Demon in Heaven has been out for two weeks and he is considered an idol by many young people.

There is news that people from UNN Film and Television even want to make a movie, but the actor may not be the person himself, and no one knows how the screenwriter will make it.

"Jim, look who that is." At this time, Augustus only had eyes for a tall man in a white dress: "Edmund Duke, the person next to him may be his brother."

That dress looked out of place on Duke, and despite the designer's best efforts, he still looked like a strong silverback rather than a courteous aristocrat.

"I should have known that bastard would come." Renault looked at Duke who was chatting with another noble and said, "Just watch, I bet he will make a fool of himself today."

After a small commotion, several noble girls from the Creation Family stood up from their seats and walked towards Augustus.

"Are you Augustus Mengsk, the man who killed a thousand Camorians?" The first one to speak was a girl with long dark brown hair. Like many girls here, Her hair is tied up high rather than left loose.

"I am Augustus Mengsk, but I have not killed so many people." Augustus stood up and said.

"Really?" The aristocratic girl looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. She was wearing a dark blue low-cut evening dress with strapless and backless clothes. Against the background of the dress, her perky buttocks and breasts were quite attractive. Attention.

"What about the story of how you captured a company of Caymorian Labor Auxiliary Army by yourself, shot the enemy commander from two thousand yards away, and brought the Demon of Heaven down from the sky to save thousands of people?"

“We usually call this artistic embellishment and polish,” Augustus said with a smile.

"You should be the eldest daughter of the Terra family, Miss Clara Annabelle Terra. You have already heard of your beauty."

"You" Clara had a shy look on her face, she was indeed very beautiful. But Augustus knew that unless a noble lady of this age was really naturally beautiful, she would have already had more or less facial laser correction surgery.

"I am Linno d'Abanwells." A noble girl squeezed Clara away, her long light golden wavy hair shining like liquid gold under the gradually brightening light: "Sir, I Can I invite you to my home?"

"I think." Augustus was about to agree when another girl came up to him and said: "The parties at D'Abanwells are always held non-stop. Mr. Augustus, we can take the Take a private yacht to Olson."

"Oh! Damn it! Why do I have to come to this place?" Renault took a pile of sliced ​​flat strawberries from the dinner plate and chewed them hard.

Renault discovered that Augustus's handsome appearance and cold military temperament were fatally attractive to girls of this age. But Augustus was always able to please others naturally, while Reno seemed much stranger in this regard.

Many of the officers who came to the banquet came from small aristocratic families, or were not handsome and older. Only Augustus was young and charming.

More aristocratic ladies gathered around Augustus. The young girls with bright eyes and white teeth and the smell of musky perfume overwhelmed him. Unknowingly, he had already agreed to many invitations.

When an impatient aristocratic young man stood up and wanted to walk towards Augustus, he realized that being too popular was not a good thing.

When looking at Renault, the malicious demon from heaven gave him a thumbs up, but it didn't look like an encouragement.

Just like what Lisa Cassidy said to Augustus, the devil in heaven seems to want Augustus to marry a rich noble lady so that he can inherit her family property, so that the revolutionary army will have funds to operate. .

very nice.

"Girls, come to your seats. Clara, you have to lead the way." At this time, a lady in a blue evening dress helped Augustus. Although they seemed to want to say a few more words to Augustus, the girls sighed and returned to their seats.

When Augustus looked at the noble lady, he found that there was a child hidden behind her long skirt. A little girl with a golden ponytail poked her head out from behind her mother's skirt and used a light green Her eyes looked at him and then retracted.

"The heir of the Hamonsk family, Augustus." Annabella Terra had wheat-colored skin and a perfect hourglass figure. She looked at Augustus for a while and seemed to be very interested in him. interested.

"After Andrea's birthday party is over, maybe we can find a coffee shop to have a cup of coffee. It's alone."

What kind of slang is this?

Of course Augustus didn't know that Annabella Terra, the mistress of the Terra family in her thirties, liked to keep young lovers, because such men could often play many more exciting tricks.

At this time, little Nova poked her head out again, her cute little nose wrinkled, showing a contemptuous expression, and her smooth forehead seemed to be covered with a layer of black lines.

They looked at each other like this when Augustus noticed her.

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