StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

"You have some new friends."

Dark Templar Lilac, who walked out from across the Xel'Naga portal, looked at Augustus and Tychus, the distance between his eyes widening: "They are human beings who are crude and ugly, weak but violent. Human beings naturally Killing each other always brings violence and destruction.”

"Wow, you're on to something, ugly thing," Tychus shot back immediately.

"You may be right, but Augustus Mengsk and his human revolutionary army are different from those humans." Zeratul introduced his human friends to his fellow Dark Templar warriors.

Zeratul praised Augustus thus: "Augustus has the soul of a star."

When a protoss says that a human resembles a protoss, it means that they have recognized the noble qualities beneath the human's appearance and are willing to treat him as a similar person.

"I believe you, Zeratul. This human being does have a straightforward, cheerful and fearless heart." Lilac looked at Augustus for a few seconds, then turned to Tychus: "But why, the same Humans, these two are polar opposites.”

"I can't understand it."

"I'm going to be angry," Tychus warned Lilac.

"Tychus Finley is actually an upright and selfless man. He is as reliable as a high wall you lean against." Augustus said some kind words for his old friend.

"I don't mind if you compliment me a little more." Tychus smiled brightly, not feeling ashamed or blushing at all. Augustus was good at identifying and praising good qualities in others, but Tychus was almost never praised.

"." Dark Templar Lilac lost interest in the human, and narrowed his eyes warily as he turned to Tassadar.

"A templar, a high-ranking templar, I'm not happy to see you here." Lilac said his thoughts frankly. True, his hatred of the Aiur Protoss was not as profound as that of some of his fellow Nerazim, but he didn't have a favorable impression either.

"To this day, you are still hunting us!" His smooth skin, which is darker than Tassadar's, is showing spots with anger: "Even if he is executed, the Dark Templar will never agree with Kara. "

"Kala is a cage, a chain around our necks."

"It clamps down on our thoughts, suppresses independent personality, and blurs the differences and boundaries between each other. We choose to liberate freedom and embrace freedom and truth. This is what Nerazim means, people who embrace truth."

"I am not here to hunt down the Dark Templar. On the contrary, we should be compatriots and allies." Tassadar confessed his views on the Dark Templar: "I have always thought that you and the power you control are heretics and mistakes. Yes, but now that I have seen Dark Master Zeratul prove to me the bravery and kindness of the Dark Templar."

"What did he say? Cages and chains?" Tychus, who was listening on the sidelines, retrieved the key words, and whispered to Augustus: "Someone put chains around the necks of those protoss. This Reminds me of a dog leash.”

"What kind of person can do that? Treat the protoss as a dog."

"I care more about whose hand is holding the other end of the chain." Augustus' tone sounded like he was joking.

"Anyway, it must feel pretty good," Tychus said.

"Tassadar was once a Protoss Imperial Executor who was banished for disobeying the Conclave's orders to destroy zerg-infested colonies. Now Tassadar and his Templars have broken with the Conclave. ” Zeratul explained to Lilac at this time.

"You surprise me." When Lilac heard that Tassadar, as an executive, actually broke with the Supreme Council, his attitude towards him suddenly changed 180 degrees: "High Templar, I see something of the Twilight Apostle Adun in you. Salute to you, Tassadar, you are a friend of the Nerazim."

"It's my pleasure, brother." Tassadar leaned forward and bowed.

"Zeratu, there must have been many magnificent stories during the long years you left Saguras." Lilac turned to Zeratul and Augustus again: "You just talked about the zerg."

"The disturbing whispers in the void have intensified again, which heralds the coming disaster. Abominations are destroying the Xel'Naga gardens, and this may be the beginning of the end." He looked at Zeratul and said.

"The matriarch has learned that the Xel'Naga creation bugs are raging in the Koprulu sector. You are the only dark patriarch nearby. The matriarch hopes to know what is happening there."

"I'm glad to do that." Zeratul spread his right hand flat on his shoulder to show respect for the matriarch in Lilac's mouth, and then looked at Augustus and Tassadar.

"I hope to invite you to my hometown of Sagulath, Augustus Mengsk, Tassadar."

"I would be honored," Tassadar said immediately.

Dark Templar Lilac didn't seem to have any objections: "Sagurath welcomes the non-hostile Templars and Karai, but does not allow any arbitrator of the Supreme Council to step in."

"If you invite me, elder, I will go." Augustus said after pondering for a moment: "But I may bring a few people in with me. My people have not seen much of the world."

Augustus would not pass up the opportunity to meet the leader of the Protoss Dark Templar. After all, Zeratul could not represent all the protoss of Sagurath Nerazim. If possible, Augustus hoped to gain the support of the Nerazim matriarch.

"Sagulath welcomes them." Zeratul looked at Tychus and Corporal Faraday, and then he led Lilac and Tassadar through the portal.

"Notify the command that I will be away for a few hours. During this period, Major General Xander Marks will be the supreme commander of Haji." Augustus first conveyed his order to the command, and then prepared to follow Zeratul through the Pass through the Xel'Naga portal in front of you.

"Do you really want to go there? We don't even know what is behind it." Tychus was not very willing to go there: "Do you know what kind of place that Sagulas is? The protoss is completely different from us, who It would be a disservice to us to know where they could live.”

"Follow me, you have nothing to be afraid of." Augustus smiled and provoked Tychus and said: "If Jimmy were here, he would definitely not complain about this and be afraid of that."

"Faraday, let's go."

"Do you want to bring the guards?" Faraday said: "I'm worried that those protoss may be harmful to us. I know what you think, but the revolutionary army can lose me, but it can't lose you."

"No need, we are not going to fight." Augustus shook his head and walked into the blue whirlpool of the Xel'Naga portal regardless of Tychus's muttering.

As soon as Augustus stepped in, he found that he was stepping on soft sand. The blue light from the portal illuminated the sand and the surrounding huge clusters of purple crystals, but further away there was darkness.

Sagulath is shrouded in eternal twilight, as if it is forever between day and night. Its deserts reflecting lavender light and mountains buried in crystal veins stretch across its vast and empty land.

This planet has sparse vegetation, and strong winds can easily roll up sand. The sand swirling and flying in the wind reflects a blur of blue-purple light under the light of the moon, giving it a unique, strange and magnificent beauty. The fresh and cold air here can meet the standards of human breathing, but you must be careful of the broken sand in the wind.

In the distance is the lavender desert, empty and vast, as quiet as silence.

There are two huge purple moons in the sky, occupying almost half of the sky. This made Augustus feel that the sky was so close to him, and the mountains like the dragon's back seemed to be on the moon.

Not far from the portal is the magnificent Protoss building complex, with several giant dark green crystal towers radiating bright light outwards.

A small Protoss shuttle, only a hundred feet long, was parked under the steps of the Xel'Naga portal. Zeratul, Lilac, and Tassadar were talking as they walked down the steps toward the ship. As the small dark shuttle approached, the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious rather than tense at first.

"Why is it so dark? It's all sand and pebbles. How do we get to these barren planets these days? Mar Sara, Antiga, Char, Haji and this damn place." Although Tychus He was reluctant, but he finally followed.

Tychus walked next to Augustus, took out a laser lighter from his pocket and started to light a cigarette.

"Isn't it?" Augustus glanced at Tychus, and walked towards the Protoss shuttle with Corporal Faraday.

Augustus followed Tassadar into the shuttle through an iris emitting green light, and was surprised to find that the interior was filled with dark templars wearing black armor. This is not so much to show that the Dark Templar attaches great importance to the guests, but rather to be wary of them.

Facing twenty or thirty silent Dark Templar warriors, even Tychus did not dare to complain about the bad weather in Sagulath. Augustus sat down calmly and enjoyed the magnificent and fantastic natural scenery of Sagulas through its huge portholes as the shuttle took off.

In the blue glare emitted by the portal, the shuttle was as light as a butterfly spreading its wings. It's virtually non-reflective and silent.

The shuttles drove one after another in the twilight sky of Sagulas at a speed far exceeding that of conventional human low-Earth aircraft, passing through vast deserts, mountains and shallow lavender rivers. Augustus even saw a group of A creature that looked like a pterosaur flew past the shuttle.

About two hours later, a glorious and majestic city finally took shape.

It was a majestic city standing in the lavender twilight and thick fog. Thousands of dark golden towers and majestic pyramid-shaped buildings rose from the rocky ground spread like thorns. Countless green crystal towers and light bridges connecting tall buildings form a shining city.

It seemed to be made of bright metal and crystal, and seemed to be flowing gold and silver in the dim twilight. A large number of detectors and long spindle-shaped dark green spaceships were flying over the city, like fish swimming in the water. A magnificent Nerazim warship is sailing out of the stargate in the sky, followed by hundreds of Dark Templar pirate ships.

"Taimatros, the first city founded by the Nerazim protoss after arriving in Sagurath." Zeratul, sitting opposite Augustus, introduced the city to Augustus.

"It's shocking," Augustus said in admiration.

The city center of Taimatros is the towering Xel'Naga Temple. It is more majestic than any human building or temple Augustus has ever seen. Its shining organic metal surface is dotted with golden ratios. Geometric shapes and spiral patterns like tender tendrils of ferns.

It is like a mountain with a shining spire, the top reaches into the sky, surrounds the hurricane, and stands tall against the sky.

The shuttle flew around the Xel'Naga Temple and headed to another conical spire suspended in an anti-gravity flying saucer next to it. At the top of the spire is a spectacular take-off and landing platform, where a large number of elegant dark-black Protoss shuttles rise and fall.

The internal structure of this giant spire is unique, consisting of multiple sets of spiral staircases, which seem to be hollow structures suspended in the air. Gorgeous but not too fancy, shining like metal and gemstones but as light as velvet.

When Augustus walked down, he noticed that he was on a huge circular platform, with dark golden spiral-carved ground beneath his feet. Standing on the edge of the platform were Dark Templar warriors wearing dark purple cloaks, each of them standing still.

If the matriarch of the protoss of Sagulath is here, then those warriors think this is the Shadow Guard.

A gorgeous dome with exquisite carvings stretched in front of Augustus, surrounded by green crystals embedded in dark gold alloy walls, emitting a gentle and bright light. The several hundred feet high statue in the center of the platform is particularly eye-catching. It is a composite statue.

A Protoss Templar with the same decoration as Protoss Executor Tassadar was standing in the middle. He looked softly at the slender Protoss girl who was half-kneeling in front of her and holding the end of her robe close to her forehead. Standing around were several templars and a large number of ragged protoss.

"That's Arden!" Tassadar said in surprise.

At this time, two elder Dark Templars who were much more stooped than Zeratul and a young and fit female Dark Templar appeared in the shadows and approached Zeratul and Tower beside Augustus. Sardar comes there.

"Zeratul, my old friend, welcome back! You're home. Hahaha." The elder Dark Templar hugged Zeratul, and both of them laughed like the old man's hearty laughter.

"Mohandar, the wise man." Zeratul was also very happy.

Dark Priest Mohandar.

"Priest, mother is waiting for you." When the young female templar said, her shining green eyes stayed on Augustus and Tassadar for a while. Her gaze was extremely aggressive, alert and sharp, like a wild ocelot in the jungle.

This tall and slender female Dark Templar wears dark armor and purple tabards, with the same long veil as Zeratul fluttering in the wind. Her twilight tabard was like a spread skirt, adorned with star-like green jewels.

Proud figure, slenderness, and sharp silhouette are the symbols of elegance and beauty in the mind of the Nerazim protoss.

At first, those who meet this dark templar will take it lightly due to her slender wrists, but she is definitely a powerful and majestic shadow master with many disciples.

Augustus knew her as the future matriarch Vorazun, daughter of the current Nerazim matriarch Rashagal.