Chapter 250 Defense Fleet "Supreme Council" Ostrich (Two in One)

The City of Charity has a diameter of approximately 350 kilometers and is shaped like a giant mushroom.

The actual City of High Charity was originally a Forerunner dreadnought battleship. After thousands of years of continuous transformation and assembly, it gradually developed into a huge celestial-level space station.

Under the dome inside it is a huge city that can accommodate hundreds of millions of Covenant people.

The environment of the main area is similar to that of the earth's surface, with a gravity of about 0.95G, an atmospheric pressure of 1.03, and a temperature maintained between 10°C and 25°C.

Except for the Grunts who need to breathe "farts", most races that have joined the Covenant, and even humans, can carry out normal activities in the City of High Charity without the need for protective clothing or filtering masks.

Therefore, it became the absolute center of politics, economy, trade, and culture of the Covenant/Covenant Empire.

The San'Shyuum who founded the Covenant were the first race to launch High Charity. They were allies of the Ancient Humans during the Ancient Humans-Forerunner War.

However, after the Forerunners activated the Halo Array, the reborn San'Shyuum had long forgotten their ancient history.

Up to now, the San'Shyuum have been reduced to scum blinded by power in order to firmly control the Covenant Empire.

Relying on the development and utilization of the relics and technology of the Forerunners, he calls himself the "Prophet Priest" and leads the Covenant on the so-called pilgrimage.

now.

Inside the bridge of the CCS-class battlecruiser named "Holy Light Advocate", the flagship of Siondel;

"Ouch."

Standing next to the center console, Riemann observed the outside world through the holographic screen. He couldn't help but raise his left hand, smoothing his messy beard, and said with emotion:

"Although that mushroom is not as big as the Reaper Mothership, the fleet that defends it is really shocking."

"Yeah, indeed."

Hearing this, Angron, who put his hands in front of his breastplate, nodded in agreement and said with a worried look on his face:

"Even if the company controls the Sojourner-class dreadnought battleship, if we really go to war head-on, we still have no absolute advantage."

"CSO-class." Fulgrim, on the other hand, used the real-time screen on the center console to look at the Covenant ship labeled "CSO-class super-heavy aircraft carrier."

And on the screen, the automatic filtering and scanning functions use red circles to outline nearly a hundred CSO-class aircraft carriers.

Among the brief data that appeared on the side, several items that made Fulgrim look solemn were "length: about 30km", "width: about 12km (maximum width)", "positioning: command ship, support ship".

Through Xian'del, they mastered the Covenant's main ship intelligence half a year ago.

Among them, the one that the Star Alliance is most proud of is undoubtedly the CSO-class super-heavy aircraft carrier.

The length alone is thirty kilometers.

It can accommodate the four Carthage and New Era aircraft carriers produced and built by Atlas. Its ground force deployment capabilities are beyond the reach of human aircraft carriers of these two levels.

Moreover, the CSO class that appeared in front of them had a scale of hundreds and served as the flagship of tens of thousands of warships, jointly guarding the City of Fraternity.

When they sailed out of the jumpspace and saw such a large fleet, Fulgrim wondered whether the company could fight it.

But no matter which plan it is, the result is "defeat."

There is no way, even though Atlas has developed multiple universes, but analyzing the logistics, resources, population and other volume, the Covenant, which already occupies half of the galaxy, is simply crushed by all aspects.

Therefore, as my father envisioned, before humans officially come into contact with the Covenant, this huge religious empire needs to be plunged into civil strife.

"Everyone!"

Siander, who was sitting in the captain's seat, explained to the three primarchs in a strong elite accent but in fluent human language:

"The mushroom in front of us is us, the mobile capital of the Covenant Empire, the City of Charity.

Although it looks very cumbersome and bloated, its regular cruising speed is much faster than my flagship Holy Light Advocate, and its jump sailing speed is about three times that of ordinary ships. "

As he spoke, Xiandel conveyed the "approach" command to the helmsman through the holographic panel on his right hand side, and then continued:

"In addition, under the rule of lies of the prophet family, all members of the covenant regard it as a sacred place and a starting point for pilgrimage where they can receive the blessing of the gods.

but! With the leadership of my lord (Sui Yang), we will definitely expose it.”

"Captain Rosizer." Fulgrim interrupted Xiandel, who was looking pious, and reminded:

"Next to you, please be sure to control your emotions and don't deliberately show your resistance to the prophet family."

"Hahaha! Don't worry." Xiandel laughed a few times and assured Fulgrim:

"If it ruins my lord's plan, I won't be able to spare myself, let alone if it involves the glory of our clan, I will be even more careful."

"Well, I'm just reminding you." Fulgrim nodded lightly.

Fulgrim then saw through the holographic screen that they were about to enter the fire strike range of the guard fleet, so he walked out of the bridge with Angron and Riemann.

And said: "Captain Luo Si Ze, I will ask you to handle the interrogation session of the Star Alliance from now on.

If the situation changes, please inform us as soon as possible. The three of us brothers will do everything possible to rush into the City of Charity and rescue you.

You know, from the moment you swore allegiance to our father, you and your tribe have become our compatriots. "

Hearing this, Siander raised his left hand again, patted his golden breastplate, and said proudly:

"Thank you for your kindness. Although the fleet I lead is not very large, I still have some connections! So there must be no problem with this routine inspection!"

Seeing that the other party was confident, Fulgrim left the bridge without saying anything.

When Angron passed by the captain's position, he nodded to Xiandel with a smile.

But Riemann.

"Brother, don't forget to find me some wine from your hometown when you have the chance!"

The matters Riemann gave did not seem to have the slightest connection with the action.

"Of course, my friend!"

But Xiandel responded cooperatively.

During the time he was learning the language with Melissa at the core base, whenever he had time, Riemann would go to the elite's garrison to "fight a few times" and "have a drink."

Over time, among all the primarchs on standby in Shield World 0459, Riemann, who seemed to have the least diplomatic attributes, had the best relationship with the elites.

Moreover, Xiandel, who was instantly defeated by Riemann, still regarded Riemann as a close friend.

After all, the stronger "伱" is and the more he pays attention to "martial ethics" and honor, the easier it will be to gain the favor and trust of the elite.

at this time.

After the three original bodies left the bridge, the radar observer sitting on the right side of Siandel reported to him in a deep voice:

"Captain, the defense fleet is verifying our ships.

Verification completed.

According to the rendezvous procedure, the fire control system of the defensive fleet is still on, and our ships have been completely locked. "

"Captain." The communications officer, who was also on the right side, turned around and said:

"The commander-in-chief of the 3rd formation of the defense fleet sent us a real-time communication."

After hearing the report from the crew, Xiandel also put away his previous smile, narrowed his eyes slightly, moved his four-petal mouth, and said:

"Formation 3, ah, that guy from Dilawa, connect the communication and display the screen on the center console."

"Yes, Captain."

After receiving the signal, the communication officer immediately imaged the communication screen to the center console and enlarged it.

The screen turned from black to bright, showing the interior of the bridge of a CSO aircraft carrier, as well as another elite captain wearing golden armor.

"Ouch"

When the other party saw Xiandel, they let out a low roar unique to their elite clan, and then asked in their native language:

"Luo Size, please explain the reason why you and your fleet left your post without permission and broke into the sanctuary. Otherwise, you will all become the ghosts of our naval guns."

"You still like to be aloof, Dilawa." Xiandel teased as usual, and then said helplessly:

"It was my lack of discipline that caused the Jiralhanae to riot, which then triggered the Miracle (0459) defense mechanism, causing heavy losses to my fleet.

If we continue to stay in Miracle's low-Earth orbit, we will have become dead souls long ago, Dilawa, so I have to withdraw from Miracle Universe.

And when I entered the jump space, I reported this situation to the parliament. "

"Ha, as expected, you are still so incompetent." The golden-armored captain named Dilawa sounded disdainful, and then said:

“The losses have been heavy, and you should go to the rear to make preparations.

What's more, Luo Size, you and your fleet's mission is to protect the miracle, but now you have abandoned your duties and trespassed into the sanctuary. It is really an insult to Sangheili's face!

How would those uncivilized Jiralhanae beasts view this incident? ! You should die in a miracle and protect the glory, otherwise"

"We have excavated important items related to the guidance of the sacred ring." Xiandel interrupted Dilawa's words and yelled back with confidence:

"If we die in Miracle, then the item will also be taken away and occupied by the Zerg (Flood) that wreaks havoc on Miracle. This is not a situation that the Prophet and the Council want to see."

"Important items?"

After hearing these words, Dilawa finally calmed down and asked:

"Is this the reason why you trespassed into the sanctuary?"

"Of course, I also discovered the true relationship between the gods and the Zerg, so I had to go to the council and tell everything I knew face to face."

Xiander is serious

Nonsense.

In fact, the so-called "important items" are the star map dispensers specially prepared by Tranquility Riverbank to help them confuse the Covenant.

As for the Flood that is raging in Shield World 0459, it is obviously an extremely dangerous biological weapon. However, the Prophet family calls the Flood "a creation of the gods" and claims that it is an important part of the pilgrimage.

But Xiandel, who had witnessed the terror of the Flood with his own eyes, and the elites who knew the characteristics of the Flood, directly regarded it as a bug, or a zerg.

In fact, the elites who serve as parliamentarians have already had several disputes over the Flood and the Prophet family.

Due to the Prophet's family and priestly position, the truth, compassion, and sorrow of the highest authority in the Star Alliance, the Prophet sticks to his own opinions, so every argument always ends unhappily.

At the same time, this also made the prophet increasingly wary of the "uncontrollable" and powerful elites.

However, Dilawa, who was too lazy to pay attention to politics, was obviously frightened by Siander's nonsense.

Because once the gods (precursors) are involved, the defensive fleet is not allowed to block Xiandel at will, and even needs to cooperate.

After a moment of silence, Dilawa's attitude improved a little and he said:

"I will upload this information to the Supreme Council, wait a moment."

After that, the holographic screen fell into darkness, and the bridge fell into silence, and everyone waited patiently.

Moreover, the helmsman and gunner wearing silver power armor were still nervously watching the control panel, ready to evacuate and open fire at any time.

After all, if there was any mistake, they would face a full-scale attack from the defense fleet.

After a while, the screen lit up again.

However, it was not Dilawa who appeared on the screen, but a guy who looked like an ostrich, with white eyelashes and body hair, and gorgeous clothes-

Mercy Prophet.

The moment he saw the other party, Ziondel instinctively wanted to insult him.

After Sui Yang used psychic power to instill part of the truth, including the facts of the ancient human, forerunner, and flood war into his mind, Ziondel discovered that the prophet's "pilgrimage", that is, activating the halo, would destroy the intelligent life of the entire galaxy.

This is simply extremely ignorant.

In addition to years of tolerance and anger at lies and betrayal, Ziondel really wanted to "tear apart" the prophet.

But reason overcame emotion, making him leave the captain's seat immediately, bow and salute, and said respectfully against his will:

"Ziondel Banke Rosse, I meet the Mercy Priest here."

"Captain Rosse, no need to be polite." The Mercy Prophet moved his fingers, signaling Ziondel to stand up, and said:

"The Supreme Council will accept your request and listen to the information about my god and the whole story of the Jiralhanae riot in person."

"Yes."

"Okay, Captain Dilawa will continue to be responsible for the follow-up matters."

After the Mercy Prophet finished speaking, the holographic screen switched back to Dilawa's side.

"Luo Si Ze, your fleet needs to be anchored in the control area of ​​our 3rd formation, and you can only lead your personal guards and take a transport boat to Port No. 6 of the City of Brotherhood.

After that, the Honor Guards will be responsible for your "safety" until the Supreme Council is ready to listen."

Speaking of this, Dilawa changed the subject and said:

"This is the rule, don't mind it."

"Understood." Ziondel nodded lightly.

"I hope you can wash away the filth on your body, return to glory, and continue to fight for the Covenant."

Dilawa raised his right hand and opened his palm, making a "courtesy" gesture between elites of the same race, giving Ziondel enough respect.

Seeing this, Ziondel also returned the gesture and said:

"For glory."

End the communication.

Ziondel turned and walked outside the bridge, and said to himself:

"Rules. Oh, what kind of threat can my tiny fleet cause? Why are you so scared?

It seems that my Lord is right. The prophets are just a group of creatures on Earth - ostriches."