Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

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Inside the bridge of the Anthem of Courage.

Sui Bian turned around and walked to the porthole, looking at the beautiful scene of the fault space outside the window, he couldn't help saying to himself:

‘Even if Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, can fall, then Zeus and the Greek gods who went to different spaces may have all been wiped out, or died, or became the playthings of demons. '

From the moment Hephaestus explained to him that Zeus rushed into a different space, Sui Bian had already expected this result.

Pallas Athena represents war and wisdom, but now she likes to kill creatures and torture people, and Zeus...

The lustful father of the gods may become an evil god even more depraved than Aphrodite.

Next came the Marr of the Vaelin tribe.

As Sui Bian guessed not long ago, the elves encountered by Leon, Brea and others were quite different from the Eldar he knew.

In terms of attitude, it's not that arrogant and arrogant.

However, among the entire Valin tribe, it seems that only elves like the Marr who left the tribe early will be polite to other races.

Moreover, the depravity of the Vaelin clan gave birth to more evil gods, and what they have in common with the Aeldari is that they also "awakened" an evil god who likes to indulge in lust.

It may be Slaanesh, or it may be a "monger" who is even more perverted than Slaanesh.

What caught his attention the most was the ancestor named "Irene Mir" by Ina, who foresaw that he, the Primarch, and the Astartes would be the key to fighting against different dimensions.

Since Eileen Mir can prophesy, it means that the evil gods and demons in different spaces have also noticed him. .

After all, the permanent disappearance of Gorefiend Griffin, Samael, and many low- and middle-level demons will inevitably attract the attention of different dimensions.

Pallas' attempt to corrupt John is a good example of this.

Pallas knew that using words could not shake John's loyalty, but the underlying purpose of still choosing to do so was to create a rift between him and his second son.

It's a pity that what the Goddess of War and Wisdom can never understand is that there is a "father-son relationship" between him and the Primarchs and Astartes, and at the same time, he treats all Primarchs equally, without any partiality at all .

When the Primarchs were young and young, Sui Bian carefully taught them how to behave and patiently answered their doubts...

Even if there is no "father-son relationship", it is not easy to separate them.

"Father." At this time, Leon walked to Sui Bian's side, showing a rare dignified expression, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the different dimension has already focused on us and human beings."

"Yeah, I kind of miss the peaceful days in the past." Sui Bian sighed.

talking.

Looking behind him from the corner of his eye, he ordered: "Notify Director Kennedy and Brea, and ask them to ensure the safety of the two humanoid aliens before we arrive in Poulton."

"Yes." The Red Queen who was in charge of this aspect agreed.

"Father, are you going to negotiate with those elf-like races?" Leon asked.

"Probably." Sui Bian did not deny it: "Get more information from them first, after all, not every race is as pure as the Sangheili, so interests are the key, as long as they can provide substantial help, I don't mind trying to shelter them."

"Asylum?" Leon was slightly confused.

"Yes, they came to seek asylum." Sui Bian explained slightly sideways:

"The total number of Mar people is only 20 million, and now they are being targeted by Pallas and the different space. Without the help of foreign aid, the end result is either they are all sacrificed or Pallas treats them as pets. That's why they want to curry favor with us."

"Indeed, otherwise the attitude would be so friendly." Leon echoed.

"En." Sui Bian responded lightly, looked out of the porthole again, and said, "The issue of elves is secondary, and the primary thing is to completely lead that Pallas out of the different space."

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Bulton.

Local time in Budapestne: 08/16/17:04.

As the evening approached, the stars still showed no signs of "setting", and hot and fierce battles were the main themes here.

"Tap...! Tap...!"

"Whoa~boom...boom!!"

Overlooking a "forest", the UNSC, Krieger, and the Second Legion Auxiliary Army are working in squads and platoons, plus armored units such as Cyclops to stabilize the encirclement.

And within the encirclement.

It is the Astartes of the Second Legion, that is, the Spartans, who are cooperating with a small number of gray knights to physically eliminate them with extremely fast efficiency, or use "moonlight" bolts, full moon water and other weapons against demons, To deal with the corrupted Brutes that Pallas used as sacrifices.

over the rainforest.

There are aerial fortresses such as the Condor and the Condor to provide fire support and suppression.

Looking at the entire Bulton, the second encirclement and suppression operation is in full swing, ready to take the initiative to break the deadlock and lead Pallas out of the different space.

And the low-Earth orbit above Budapestini.

A Zeus-class aircraft carrier belonging to the Second Legion is moored, as well as the Gray Knight's hidden-class flagship, the Full Moon.

At this moment, more than four hours have passed since John and Sui Bian finished their conversation.

The gray knights led by Artemis have arrived in the star area, and dispatched their hidden warships to the colony with the ghost-faced beast cholera to carry out physical elimination and "purification".

She led a hundred Gray Knights to the center of the vortex, Bulton, after all, Pallas had once appeared here.

As for the Second Army, it was also dispersed and deployed to the colonies suffering from cholera, and it was quickly crushed with absolute size and strength.

The Zeus-class aircraft carrier moored above Budapestini was requisitioned by John to serve as a temporary flagship, because the current No. Hope is undergoing repairs.

ground.

"Huh! Huh!" The bolter fired quickly.

"Pfft!!"

"Hey... Hey..."

The sound of the ghost-faced beast's body exploding one after another and being corroded echoed in the lush rainforest.

I saw the unclosed helmet, Artemis wearing the ancient Greek-style exclusive Terminator, leading five gray knights, using moonlight bolt bombs to clear the area.

At her waist, there is also a "Moonlight Scimitar" that is put into a scabbard, and a hunting bow that is similar to the "Hunting Bow", but the main body is silver, and the glyphs are more exquisite and delicate.

The moonlight scimitar is actually the poisonous scimitar of the demon Samael. After being possessed by Sui Bian, the psionic energy contained in the blade becomes pure psionic energy.

Sui Bian gave this scimitar to Artemis, and she renamed it Moonlight Scimitar.

Hanging on the right side of the waist, the "full moon bow" also named after "moon" is actually a weapon rebuilt for her by Hephaestus, the craftsman god. The source of spiritual energy contained in it is the strongest human being. The psychic, Sui Bian.

In this way, Artemis can be regarded as "returning" to the peak.

At this time, the goddess of hunting relies on the real-time information provided by the power armor and the talent of "talking" with animals to lock the location where the ghost beasts gather, and then share them with the gray knights and Sparta to annihilate them.

However, her face looked extremely dignified.

Pallas Athena.

The goddess of war and wisdom is also her other sister.

The family reunion is about to be reunited. Under normal circumstances, it should be a joyful and exciting thing, but reunion among the gods of Olympus today is not applicable at all.

Reunited with Aphrodite, Artemis found that the other party chose to be depraved, and the mastermind behind the chaos in the border star area was also the same degenerate Pallas.

In her impression, Pallas is patient with humans, and often walks in the world to teach humans knowledge, and even established the first court in Athens, carefully leading humans to be positive.

At the same time, Pallas's war ability is comparable to that of Ares, the god of war, and even stronger than that of his elder brother, who has long since fallen, and his divine power is the top existence among the gods.

But the goddess who was full of patience and wanted to lead mankind back then has now become a chaotic evil god who kills like grass, slaughters, and likes to play sadism.

Think of these.

Artemis only hoped to give Pallas a happy life, and get rid of the fate of becoming a plaything in a different space.

Thinking room.

She and five gray knights walked quickly and came to a relatively open area in the rainforest.

And here.

Hundreds of ghost-faced beasts stood in several circles according to a sacrificial ceremony pattern, and the whispers and corruption from different spaces caused their already rough and ugly bodies and faces to be further distorted.

Without any weapons in his hands, even the armor was unloaded at his feet, making an appearance of waiting to die.

see.

Artemis, who understands Pallas' temperament, knows that this fallen goddess no longer wants to play the conspiracy before the war. Since the human side ignores the sacrifice of killing the ghost beast, Pallas is also ready to accept the challenge of a head-on confrontation .

So Artemis and the gray knight immediately threw several full moon grenades and "splashed" a large number of moonlight bolts to instantly destroy the group of ghost-faced beasts.

After finishing this group, move on.

During the walk, Artemis also watched the holographic screen imaged in her right eye, paying attention to the situation in Poulton.

From the start of the second siege operation to now, the rainforest area where the ghost-faced beasts gather has almost been emptied, but more and more abnormal reports have also begun to emerge following the death of the ghost-faced beasts.

For example, the spontaneous combustion of the rainforest, or the sudden death of animals and so on.

These anomalies all indicate that the door to reality in a different space is being opened, after all, the ghost-faced beasts that were sacrificed are about to die.

Not long after.

Artemis and the others have come to another area.

This is not an open and open area, and there are no ghost-faced beasts standing in a sacrificial array. What are there are just camouflaged fortifications covered with branches and dead wood.

The entrance gate is open.

The plasma machine guns and artillery installed inside the fortress also showed no signs of attacking Artemis and the others, and there seemed to be no ghost-faced beasts in charge.

Come to the edge of the entrance.

Artemis used the power armor's pulse scan to try to analyze the situation inside the fortress.

Soon, the screen in front of the right eye gave the scan result, showing that the interior of the fort is unobstructed, and there is a huge underground space under the fort.

It seems that the ghost-faced beasts used the short half month of landing in the rainforest to unleash their race's construction potential, unexpectedly digging out such a large-scale space.

At the same time, the pulse scanning detected a large number of biological reactions in the space.

Artemis shared the discovery here, and waved her left hand forward, signaling the five gray knights beside her to enter the fortification together.

Walking in the dark and gloomy inner passage, the group of people could sometimes hear the cry of "Woo...Woo" and the miserable cry of "Ah!".

Not whispers in the ear.

It's a sound that actually exists.

The air was filled with an unbearable rancid stench, which made Artemis look disgusted.

According to the best route given by the scanning results, they arrived at the southernmost entrance and exit of the underground space in about two minutes.

Get out of the passage.

The first thing that catches the eye is a large Greek-style temple located in the center of the huge space, located on a low hill.

It's just that the building materials of the temple are mostly purple and pink metals, and they are the metal armor of the old-fashioned armored units of the Covenant Empire.

In half a month, the ghost-faced beasts were unable to find enough marble or other stone materials to build temples for Pallas, which they believed in.

But being able to dig out an underground space about the size of ten football fields within this period of time, it can be judged that the ghost-faced beast can do almost any "great cause" in order to please the "god".

From the inside to the outside of the temple, there is a faint blue light, and under the low hill where the temple is located, there are many ghost-faced beasts with completely deformed bodies, distorted faces, and in a state of madness.

They knelt down towards the temple, repeating something in their mouths;

"My God will lead us back to our pilgrimage."

"The empire will stand again under the protection of my god."

Wait for the words about "My God".

Hearing this, it was not difficult for Artemis to guess that Pallas used this group of ghost-faced beasts to rebuild the strong emotions and thoughts of the Covenant Empire to carry out corruption.

No deliberate ordering is required.

Wielding Nemesis power halberds, the five Gray Knights rushed into the delirious herd of ghost-faced beasts in order to save the ammunition they carried.

Instantly.

The Gray Knight began to carry out the physical purification procedure in an orderly manner.

And this group of ghost-faced beasts who thought they were chosen by Pallas immediately reacted, shouting "For the covenant!", "For my god!" and other battle cries, trying to compete with the five gray knights.

But it turns out...

Even though they received Pallas' whispered blessing, in front of the gray knights, this group of ghost-faced beasts only had body and soul, cut and burned by the power halberd of Nemesis.

What's more, there is also the chief instructor of the Gray Knights present.

In order to save ammunition, Artemis also attached the bolt gun to the outer armor of his right leg, and drew out the moonlight scimitar with a blade wrapped in a clear green light with his right hand.

"Roar!"

"Die! Weak human!"

But before she could charge, two ghost-faced beasts surrounded her, and one of them raised a gravity hammer and hit her head-on.

in an instant.

Artemis reacted extremely quickly, first dodged to the left to avoid the smashing blow, and then twisted the dancing moonlight scimitar on his wrist, taking advantage of the opportunity to cut the ghost-faced beast holding the gravity hammer in half.

Immediately afterwards, he made a fist with his left hand towards the upper body of another ghost-faced beast, making a seemingly random swing...

"Bang!!" sounded like a watermelon cracking.