From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 727 The Eve of the Ascension
On the last day of the embarkation period, dark clouds hung low in the sky above Pella IV, as if a giant beast was crawling in the air, making it hard to breathe.

The last unit of the First Army to be boarded, the First Heavy Combined Brigade, has completed its final assembly. It is the pride of the Roma combat forces and the fist of the entire ground combat forces.

The training ground was filled with neatly-formed white squares, the iconic livery of the Atlas ground combat forces. They stood like silent sculptures, each square consisting of hundreds of battle-hardened warriors, silent and solemn.

Between the square formations, main battle tanks, heavy multi-legged vehicles, HCPs, and self-propelled electromagnetic guns were neatly arranged, with their muzzles pointing obliquely at the sky and their outer armor reflecting cold light. Looking around, it was an entire steel jungle composed of war machines.

Amber, Hogg and others showed up to review the troops. In an instant, the Roma's war roar was like rolling thunder, resounding throughout the entire training ground. This roar was filled with their eager desire for victory and the raging anger in their hearts that needed to be vented.

Amber took a step forward and glanced at the soldiers in front of him. He did not make an impassioned speech or use fancy words. He just spoke calmly: "I know that many of you have been holding back anger during this period of training."

He turned around and glanced at Hogg and Van Fleet beside him: "Even your army commander, chief of staff, and even the entire army staff are no exception."

Hearing Amber's words, a complicated look flashed in Hogg and Van Vliet's eyes, because Amber was not wrong. In fact, they both felt that the difficulty of the training during this period was a bit too high, and they also doubted whether there were really enemies in this universe that were as outrageous as the "Blue Army" on the training ground.

Amber ignored their looks, glanced at the troops on the training ground, and continued:
“But what I want to tell you is that the rigorous training conditions are only for you to achieve the ultimate victory and to do your best to ensure that each of you can return from the battlefield!
The enemy this time is different from all the enemies you have faced before. You will face the most elite ground forces and the most fanatical religious army of the Star Dragon Empire!

I hope that each of you will be fully prepared and have the highest awareness, and in the coming battle, use facts to prove to me that I am wrong, and very wrong!
I hope you can release the anger in your heart completely, so that I and the enemies on the battlefield know what the anger of you Roma people and our Atlas soldiers feels like!"

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

At this moment, the Roma soldiers of the 1st Heavy Combined Brigade burst into an earth-shaking roar, which was filled with long-suppressed anger and even more so, a desire for victory.

Looking at this team full of fighting spirit, Amber nodded slightly.

"Let's go!" He didn't say anything else, but gave the order concisely.

In an instant, a torrent of steel began to surge, and the engine sounds of various heavy equipment intertwined with the roar of aerospace transport planes parked at the field airport. These sounds merged with the orderly and powerful footsteps of the soldiers, and finally converged into a truly majestic war song.

In the orbit of Pyra IV, the super flagship 'Dawn' was like a dormant giant beast, quietly parked in space.

Around this giant ship, a large number of engineering ships were like busy worker bees making final preparations for her before sailing. A little further away, several heavy cruisers and more light cruisers, destroyers and frigates that had completed maintenance were quietly waiting for the "Queen of the Fleet" to join the battle.

This small squadron will also serve as the Atlas Group's open visiting fleet, escorting Amber and others to Saint-Saunière to attend Princess Agnes's coronation ceremony.

This is also the largest fleet that can be dispatched and arrive over Saint-Saunière after negotiations between the Atlas Group and relevant parties of the Star Dragon Empire.

Therefore, the 'Golden Dragon Battle Group', including the airdrop fortress and three unmanned fleets, will look for opportunities to lurk in deep space after entering the empire, and eventually find a way to find a location one to two hours' jump distance from Saint-Saunière.

By the way, under the command of Guterres and others, the fleet that continued to fight in the Federation was called the "Flower Battle Group", which was also named after the Federation's Congress - a flower surrounded by stars.
As the Dawn, which had completed all preparations, arrived at the front of the formation, the visiting fleet was finally started. The battleship's fusion furnace began to gradually increase its operating power, and the plasma propulsion arrays of each ship began to eject dazzling blue plasma flames.

Amber, standing in front of the panoramic porthole of the Dawn's bridge, stared at the dark universe ahead with a serious expression, as if she could see through this endless darkness.

The battle for the throne of the Star Dragon Empire, Amber's own life crisis, the star dragon buried underground, and the crisis mentioned by Saleh... All of these eventually led all forces to Saint Saunière, a place destined to be engulfed in war.
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March 592, 3 in the new calendar, the eve of the coronation ceremony.

The last group of imperial nobles who were allowed to come to Saint-Saunière to watch the ceremony arrived over Saint-Saunière on their respective family ships.

And these nobles, who were usually high and mighty, all turned their eyes to a giant ship in orbit after approaching Saint-Saunière.

It was a behemoth beyond their understanding, quietly parked in the best exclusive 'VIP berth' in the entire orbit, like a sleeping giant beast in the sea of ​​​​stars.

The onboard control personalities of each noble ship also quickly identified the identity of this giant ship after connecting to the network - the 'Dawn', the super flagship of the Atlas Group.

On the bridges of each ship, the nobles who came to watch the ceremony spoke in low voices, their tones filled with awe, envy, and a little jealousy.

"So that's it."

"No wonder it can be parked in that position." "Atlas Group is very popular now."

They certainly understood that the reason why this giant ship enjoyed such an honor was not because of itself, but because of the power behind it - the Atlas Group.

It is no longer a secret in the imperial aristocratic circles that this global giant has reached an in-depth cooperation with Her Royal Highness Princess Agnes who is about to ascend the throne.

The actual controller of the Atlas Group, Mr. Amber, who is considered extremely mysterious by the public, has become a celebrity around Her Royal Highness the Princess.

His influence has even surpassed that of many old nobles.

"The stars guide the way forward, and the crown prince prospers the country"

"Holy light descends upon the throne, and the new Lord blesses all directions"

“That kind of rhymes.”

When seeing the huge "tribute" composed of optical camouflage units on the side of the "Dawn", these nobles could not help but sigh that it is a giant corporation in the world after all, and there are so many routines and tricks in this regard.

In these days, many imperial nobles who arrived at Saint-Saunière and saw the Dawn, after their own ships were moored, also followed suit and had the optical camouflage units of their ships display various blessings on the side.

However, compared with the Endless Class super flagship that was over five kilometers long, these noble ships looked a little stingy after projecting the blessing.
In the Grand Palace on the surface of Saint-Saunière, Agnes, who had already arrived at the Crown Prince's bedroom, naturally also saw the images coming from outer space.

When she saw the video image of the Dawn, which looked like a huge billboard placed over Saint-Saunière, she couldn't help but smile and shook her head.

"Mr. Amber always brings me some new ideas."

"It's so high-profile and ostentatious. It seems that Mr. Amber really wants to tie you to death." Natalia said with a smile as she looked at the words projected on the side of the 'Dawn'.

"No, quite the opposite."

Hearing Agnes' words, Natalia cast a puzzled look at her, and Agnes continued to speak:
"This kind of open and aboveboard blessing can be reasonably interpreted as Atlas Group congratulating the Empire, not me personally. Mr. Amber still has something to hide. Otherwise, he would have been like other nobles and directly typed out something as straightforward as 'a gift to Her Highness Agnes.'"

"Are you saying that the Atlas Group cannot be fully trusted?"

"The premise is that we cannot satisfy Mr. Amber's appetite. But if we can offer him a condition that he cannot refuse, then the Atlas Group will undoubtedly become our most steadfast ally. The other party is now willing to come to the ceremony in person, which is actually a statement of attitude. At least it means that the conditions we offer now are satisfactory to him~"

Agnes turned her head and looked out the window at the extremely luxuriously decorated Grand Palace, and then continued to ask, "So has the Atlas delegation been settled?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Natalia nodded, then raised her hand and used her personal terminal to project a map of the Grand Palace area.

"As distinguished guests, they were arranged in the Princess Villa. Before the coronation ceremony begins tomorrow morning, they will be escorted to the Grand Palace by the Imperial Guards. However, the armed personnel that Mr. Amber brought with him will have to stay in the Princess Villa. Your Highness, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Is it too much for you to agree to Mr. Amber bringing armed personnel into the imperial capital?"

"That's fine~" Agnes waved her hand, "It's just a hundred or so people. Besides, your Royal Guards can't spare any extra troops to guard the Princess's Villa right now, right?"

Natalia wanted to say something else when a warning suddenly flashed on her personal terminal. At the same time, she heard urgent military intelligence from the emergency communication channel.

At this moment, the commander of the Princess's Royal Guard's expression quickly turned from sunny to gloomy.

After a moment, Natalia ended the call and whispered in Agnes' ear, "Your Highness, the reconnaissance fleet reported the movement of the fleet belonging to the Regent."

(End of this chapter)