StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 400 Blade of Vengeance
The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army in the barracks were ready to go before the sun rose, carrying a backpack of supplies and taking a transport plane to the border between Antioch and Koshaka provinces.

The soldiers were ready to return to the Koprulu sector when they received the order, but the rapid deterioration of the relationship between the Supreme Council and the Army side exceeded everyone's expectations.

Twelve divisions and armored divisions of the Army and Marine Corps were reorganized into the Elsie Line Corps in response to rising tensions along the border.The short-lived peace is as fragile as ice in the sun, and the long Koshaka-Antioch border is once again in a state of war.

"There's no need to worry about this muddy water anymore, let the protoss and the protoss fight to the death." In the combat conference room of the Marshal's headquarters, General Alain Rondstein was leaning against the wooden Opposite him in the chair, the sad eyes in the sunken eye sockets were fixed on Jim Raynor.

"I am willing to come here to kill the zerg overlord or to dampen the swarm's will to devour the world, but I don't want warriors to shed blood and die to save the protoss."

"After the destruction of Keha, two or three generations of the entire village, town, city, and even the entire administrative district joined the revolutionary army or joined related industries, which means that the bullets in our hands may have been produced by our parents in the factory The war has cost us too many relatives and friends. When a brigade is severely damaged, a wife in Umoyan or Antiga may lose her husband and son in an instant."

"I know, Ronderstein, I learned that your last cousin died in Ayr at the hands of the protoss." Renault sighed and pushed a glass of Abaddon brandy to his old friend: "I don't know What should I say, brother, maybe the only thing we can do is to carry on his legacy."

"If the protoss really decided to start a civil war while the zerg were still stalking outside Midrin Pass, then I bet those cerebrates in Aiur would have been so happy that they would not let go Live this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Colonel Rick Kidd had just walked in from the outside, and his grass-gray uniform was still stained with a lot of pink pollen.It is the season of flowers blooming, and the plants in the Ayr rainforest and grasslands are already in bloom.

"If you want me to say, just wait for the speaker of the Supreme Council to show up, and I will cut off his head, which will save a lot of trouble. It doesn't take too many people to die to achieve the goal—or, for the world Peace, I'd rather be a dirty-job killer."

"Come on, little boy of the Bennett family, I doubt whether you can hold the gun in your hand when facing those cunning and vicious protoss, or do you think that old-fashioned sniper rifle can penetrate the protoss?" The shield? Don’t worry, as long as you stay behind and play the trumpet, you can save us serious fighters.” Edmund Duke’s poisonous snake-like triangular eyes swept over all the seniors present The general finally stopped on Augustus' face that was sinking like water.

General Duke was wearing his dark navy uniform, the golden ears of wheat on his shoulders and the many medals on his chest were particularly conspicuous. A coat of oil.Even though he was forced to join the revolution, Duke's ostentatious and grandiose character never changed.

"I propose to let Tassadar's protoss attract firepower, and the revolutionary army will send another elite soldier to directly attack the Supreme Council, using heavy artillery and warships to advance. The protoss' light weapons are not to be feared at all. It will not be as powerful as a laser pointer." It's even scarier." He glanced at Renault when he met Renault's gaze. This stubborn federal nobleman always likes to exaggerate himself and belittle the enemy: "If someone is greedy for life and afraid of death, then Alpha Squadron will shoulder his responsibility."

"Alpha Squadron was once the fiercest army in the Federation, and it is the same in the Revolutionary Army."

"I don't object to your death, Duke, but don't let those resocialized soldiers attract firepower for you." Renault blinked and said, "You look like a cunning poisonous snake, but your brain is not as good as a donkey's." .”

"This won't be the last time you utter wild words, but I swear you will pay the price for insulting a noble nobleman." Duke was about to get angry, but he still didn't dare to speak in front of Augustus. Big fight.

"Next time I will say the same thing, Duke, you are sitting here purely because of your ancestors' good deeds." Every time we met, Renault would not fail to argue with Duke.Every time Duke would be thrown into a rage, but he couldn't do anything to Renault.

"Let's just wait and see. If you've ever seen an ultralisk being burned to ashes by a giant statue, you know we'd better stand away from those monsters. Someone told me that the protoss is a peaceful race, really Funny enough." Nova Squadron Commander Jackson Hole, who until today had not been involved in the Revolutionary high-level meeting, also showed little interest in the conflict between the protoss.

"In any case, there's no reason to abandon an ally on the battlefield—unless it's necessary." Colonel Prior of Sara's Mixed Division drove a springtail tooth a few inches long into the conference table.

Although seemingly inconspicuous and fragile, Colonel Prior has proved himself to be another general under Augustus with countless victories in wars.The war inevitably left marks on Prior's face, and he also transformed from a federal governor to a true warrior.

"Looking at it now, it is necessary to ensure that the Tassadar side wins the possible civil war. The Supreme Council once ordered the burning of the human planet, and has always regarded us as an inferior race. Come on us," Prior said.

"This battle must be fought, and it must be fought beautifully. The Supreme Council of the Protoss Empire must be eradicated, and Tassadar, who is pro-human, will control the Protoss. At that time, we will lose a terrible enemy in the universe and have more enemies." A reliable and powerful ally."

"You're right, but how should this battle be fought?" Lei Nuo threw an Eyre bird egg at Duke, but the opponent quickly dodged it with his old and strong agility.

"From what I know of the protoss templars, they don't use much intrigue even when facing the zerg. If there is a war between the templars and the templars, the most likely situation is that they will fight head-on. Fighting each other to the death, weeping and killing the same people—what else can we do?” he continued.

"And the variable is Zeratul's dark templar and us. It seems that the upright templar will not do the job of assassin, and the Sagas tribe who is proficient in hunting and stealth in the El Protoss tribe may They're all on Tassadar's side."

"This war will only end with a tragic victory for one of the parties, unless Tassadar or one of the Supreme Council leaves Ayr." Augustus spoke at this time.

"What I know is that Tassadar does not want to fight this war, and after the Protoss Empire nearly fell apart, the Supreme Council has no confidence in launching a bigger war to defeat Tassadar." He indicated The generals under his command don't be impatient:

"The Supreme Council claimed that the previous small-scale frictions and conflicts were all caused by individuals and had nothing to do with them. With both sides exercising extreme restraint, the possibility of war breaking out has become less and less. I sent the army only to deal with what may happen worst-case scenario."

"What? I came here because someone told me that we will soon have a fight with those arrogant protoss." Duke said dissatisfiedly: "We must teach these alien monsters a lesson!"

"I have no objection to fighting the Supreme Council now." Augustus's cold gray eyes swept over the generals present: "But since the last time the guards of the Supreme Council suddenly attacked us, I began to suspect that we are in In a huge conspiracy."

"I'm not afraid of the battlefield, but I don't want to be used as a gun."

"The Supreme Council of the Protoss doesn't seem to be monolithic. What are they doing?" Renault unlocked his brows: "I heard that the Protoss has Kara, and they are as one, and there is no suspicion at all."

"Every arbitrator in the Supreme Council is good at hiding their thoughts and political positions. This kind of behavior is acquiesced and will not be regarded as a weird behavior. Therefore, it is normal for the arbitrators to have differences Some of the arbitrators hate the dark templar to the extreme, and they secretly assign their subordinates to attack the dark templar and we also make sense." Augustus said.

"They are still attacking the dark templar. How did I hear that this conflict was caused by Zeratul's people attacking the templar." Pryor said: "When dealing with the protoss, I can feel Come out, even under Tassadar's hands, these two protoss factions are also seemingly incompatible, they don't like each other, and they reject each other."

"From what I've heard, there's been constant conflict between the Protoss Dark Templar and the Templar. Tassadar has envisioned reintegrating the two races, but it's too early. "Augustus said: "He was too kind and naive to think that old hatreds can be dispelled with time."

"The fuse was that a high-ranking templar who supported the Supreme Council was attacked by an unknown dark templar in Antioch, and then the subordinates of the high-ranking templar attacked what they saw All the Dark Templar," he said.

"Zeratul didn't believe his warriors would attack the templar, but even he himself couldn't be sure if any of the 10,000+ dark templars who came to Aiur were hiding their hatred for the templar. "

"Isn't it enough to find the murderer?" Renault said.

"Actually, the templars under Tassadar were also attacked by unknown dark templars." Augustus said, "This means that those attackers do not belong to the other side of us.

"The Xel'Naga portal to Sacoolas is likely to give the dark templar who hates the templar an opportunity. Remember what we saw with Razagal, the matriarch of Sacoolas The Dark Templar?"

The figure of "Orega" dark patriarch Zeratul once again appeared in front of everyone. When he spoke, the hunched dark templar elder was standing on the conference table and looking around at the humans present.

Augustus and others have long been familiar with Zeratul's way of appearance. After all, a dark templar knocking on the door is really against the style of a master.Except for Duke who yelled loudly, none of the generals present lost their composure too much.

"What wind blows you here, Zeratul, what is Aurega? I don't have any memory." Renault pulled a chair and gestured for Zeratul to sit down, but he might just move his broad feet in the meeting. He moved twice on the smooth surface of the table.

"A few sun cycles ago, I saw the Dark Templar Orega with my own eyes on the battlefield of Aiur, as he prepared to attack the wounded Templar."

With his psychic power and the Iham crystal embedded in his wrist armor, Zeratul showed an illusory image in front of Augustus and others: a dark templar wearing a dark blue robe Emerging from the black mist, his followers flitted across the verdant land of Aiur like shadows in the sun.

"This is the Dark Templar we met in Sacoolas, when he seemed to hate Tassadar very much - but let me say, what the Supreme Council did more than 1000 years ago As for throwing it on Tassadar's head." Renault's memory is not bad.

"As early as the last time I saw Orega in Sacoolas, I was surprised to find that the darkness in his heart had grown so deep that he abandoned the rationality honed by the dark templar and went deep into the void and let hatred rule his own. Thoughts," Zeratul went on.

"Orega was once the best apprentice in the Sanctuary of Wisdom of the Alisa Tribe, and now the good qualities taught by learning are far from him."

"He entered Aiur while we were opening the Xel'Naga portal to Sargolas, and began to carry out his evil plan to hunt the templar in the shadows." Zeratul stretched out a hand and lifted him. The fur on the left shoulder armor revealed a hideous wound with deep bone visible.

"Are you injured? Zeratul." Augustus said in surprise.Since meeting Zeratul, he had only been wounded against Gabriel Tosh, Prince of Blades, but that wound was far less than what he had seen today.

"I caught up with Orega and asked him why he killed the templar who was seriously injured and unable to fight back, but the once wise and pious Alisa apprentice asked me why I betrayed Nerazim." Zeratul said sadly.

"At that time, I tried to hold Orega's hand and begged him to come back to us, but I was ruthlessly rejected. Only then did I realize that a pure and kind Nerazim Protoss had been corrupted by hatred. Unrecognizable, former brothers and kinsmen become enemies."

"Orega was convinced he was right, his lies and his inability to justify his crimes - I tried to convince him, but it turned into a brawl and a duel," he said.

"He can actually hurt you." Augustus shook his head: "If Orega cannot be caught, the gap between the templar and the dark templar will continue to widen."

"Orega is immensely powerful," said Zeratul. "He is the most gifted of us."

"The Supreme Council and Tassadar are preparing for peace talks, hope that goes well."

　Orega is the protoss character in the official map of Dark Revenge released after the release of the StarCraft Brood War expansion piece. He also appeared in Christie Gordon's novel Dark Templar Legend, and was finally protected by the protoss protector. Seal of Zamara.

　　
　
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