From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 747 You are seeking your own death.
"Master, I may need to tell you something."

"What is it that you must tell me now?"

Amber now felt as if a whole tribe of powerful elephants were stepping on her.

Even though Woodworth used a newly developed inertia elimination device, a new linear seat in the cockpit and a complete life support system, the high overload caused by simple maneuvers during high-speed flight still made him a little breathless.

"Her Highness Agnes has already boarded the Coronet Fortress, and LLS943823 has also met with them."

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In Lilith's previous report, Amber actually already had a general understanding of the situation of the Crown Fortress and LLS943823.

In general, all the living people in the fortress are currently under house arrest in an area of ​​the residential area. They cannot contact the outside world and can only eat and wait to die.

Since they were originally working on a highly confidential project and normally would not have any chance to communicate with the outside world, it was incredible that the Empire did not notice that people in the fortress had been replaced.

With the intervention of LLS943823, the Crown Fortress also took the lead in the construction towards a highly automated direction, and finally took the lead in completing the construction of unmanned machinery and bionic human production lines, and then began the work of "I build myself"
Through a long period of infiltration, LLS943823 successfully replaced the original fortress control personality and obtained all the authority of the entire fortress from top to bottom. So after that, she had been impersonating the fortress construction team leader, supervising officer, engineering director, etc., and submitted funding applications to the Imperial Treasury for the upgrade of the Crown Fortress.

This is also why Jacques Cole often received applications for the Coronet Fortress, and the procedures were complete and the processes were standardized.

After all, the initiator, intermediate reviewer, and supervisor of the grant application are all the same person, so it would be strange if they were not complete and standardized.
From a certain perspective, this is indeed a good thing for Amber and the Atlas Group, because it is basically equivalent to getting a newest man-made celestial fortress for free, and it has also been significantly upgraded and customized.

But the problem now is that LLS943823 is the only clone that has not yet been taken back by Lilith, and because of the characteristics of the area where the Crown Fortress is located, it is difficult to exchange data with Lilith's original body on a daily basis. Therefore, in this relatively closed situation, the growth of this clone has gone astray.

"If I have to say, I'm in the rebellious period now, right?" Lilith concluded.

Amber: "No, then can't you take this clone back now like before?"

"Then I won't be able to continue assisting in the battle. Master, after all, LLS943823 is the clone that has grown independently for the longest time. If she were to merge with me again, it would take quite a while just to process the amount of information she contains."

Lilith's avatar shrugged, then put on a 'reassured' expression and continued, "But Master, don't worry. After all, it's my real body. Even if it grows a little off, it won't have much of an impact~"

"You sound like you're so reliable. Never mind, let's talk about it later when we get upstairs."

Amber glanced at the rearview window to see Sartario chasing closely. According to Salih, the star dragon was affected by its own size and was actually the slowest when it was moving in the atmosphere. But even so, Amber couldn't completely get rid of it.

"Let's solve the current problem first, Lilith, and check if there are any errors in the route."

"Inspection completed, Master, if nothing unexpected happens, we will go straight to the rear of Duke Soren and Duke Duke's formation."

As Lilith was speaking, the roaring sound outside the machine suddenly disappeared, and then the acceleration of the machine also decreased a lot.

"Master, the chemical booster fuel is exhausted, abandon the booster," Lilith said, "Switching to pure plasma propulsion mode."

As the machine body became lighter, and then the overload caused by the acceleration hit again, Amber gritted her teeth and asked, "Altitude?"

"88000, has left the mesosphere and is about to cross the Karman line."

"And the dragon?"

"Still in pursuit, 40km away and shrinking."

Amber forced herself to stay calm and went over the plan in her mind again: lead the star dragon to orbital height and enter the space where Duke Soran and Duke Duke's battle group are located - the star dragon behind him is not an ally of the other party at the moment, so she can try to let them fight each other first.
As for the calmness of the two dukes and their respect for the 'symbol' of the empire?

Amber didn't believe that when a giant dragon with a wingspan of more than 9 kilometers rushed into the fleet, the two of them could still sit still and not open fire on each other.
"Lilith, have the relevant plans been conveyed to the Duke of Hastings and the princess?"

"I have sent the plan, but there has been no response from the Duke of Hastings yet."

“Never mind for now.”

Amber in the cockpit tried hard to adjust her breathing, feeling the air around the body becoming thinner and thinner. 'Woodworth' was about to cross the Karman line, and above it was the boundless space.

"Master, the Star Dragon's speed has not slowed down," Lilith reminded, "It seems to have fully adapted to the high-altitude environment, and it is showing signs of continuing to accelerate."

Amber was not surprised by this. After all, the star dragon was a cosmic creature, and flying into space was like a fish returning to water for it.

"How long until we leave the atmosphere?"

"30 seconds."

Amber stared at the front of the full-circle screen, where the dark space and the blue Saint-Saunière met, forming a beautiful and dangerous dividing line.

"20 seconds."

He could feel the vibrations of the machine weakening, and the air around him had become so thin that it was almost non-existent.

"10 seconds."

Amber glanced at the multi-function screen on the side. The 'gravity environment' option representing the current mode of the aircraft was flashing, which meant that 'Woodwater' was preparing to switch modes.

"54321"

The 'Woodwater' suddenly crossed the Karman Line and rushed out of the atmosphere of Saint-Saunière. Amber soon felt a wonderful sense of weightlessness. The movement of the aircraft became smoother, and the restriction of air resistance began to be greatly reduced.

"Successful. The next step is to lure this big guy over."

Amber breathed a sigh of relief, and then a large number of red dots and two purple high-risk marks appeared densely on the HUD in front of her - the track calculated by Lilith could be said to be just right. To put it in a less polite way, it was a poke in the buttocks of Duke Soren and Duke Duke.

"Master, please pay attention! Sartharion has also left the atmosphere." Lilith's voice suddenly became nervous, "It's speeding up!"

Amber looked sharply toward the rear view window provided by the fuselage's sensor, and saw the gigantic dragon-shaped figure behind her stretching out in space. Its wings no longer needed to flap, but spread out like a space sail.

According to the information provided by Saleh, the wings of the star dragons can provide them with lift within the atmosphere, and outside the atmosphere they can provide the star dragons with another ability to maneuver at high speed by absorbing free energy from the universe.

And Amber soon witnessed this scene with her own eyes.

After capturing the surrounding free energy at an incredible speed, Sartario's wing membranes turned into a translucent blue glowing state, and there seemed to be a light effect of energy flowing under the scales all over the body. From a distance, it looked like RGB lighting effects were turned on.

Then, Sartario, who was flying at high speed, folded his wings slightly, and finally turned them into a semi-folded state, forming a thruster-like shape on both sides of his torso, and began to brew something in the "channel" formed by the wings, even causing Lilith to issue an alarm of "high-energy reaction detected".

Just when Amber felt that this scene had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, the next second, two blue energies extending for several kilometers gushed out from behind Sartharion's wings, pushing the dragon to accelerate again. "Oh my god, this is a more powerful version of the Sky Comet Dragon!"

Sartario's speed increased suddenly, and in the blink of an eye he shortened the distance with Woodworth.

"Damn it!" Amber cursed, then removed all the limiters of the Woodwater and began to squeeze all the potential of this machine to the limit.

If a special machine is lost, it can be rebuilt, but if a person is gone, he is really gone.

He knew that cosmic creatures like the Star Dragon would be very fast in outer space, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. According to Saleh, the Star Dragon seemed to have more than one way of moving in outer space.
"So the Star Dragon is a cover designed by the planner? Is it necessary to add so many BUG abilities?"

"Master, the target is expected to contact you in 180 seconds."

Sartharion was already within reach, with a light of victory flashing in its cold vertical pupils. It opened its huge mouth, as if mocking the futile struggle of this tiny human.

Amber knew that he had no way to escape. He looked at the fleet and two huge celestial fortresses that were getting closer and closer in front of him. All his hopes were placed on them.

"Please! My Lord Dukes!"
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"What's this?!"

Inside the core command room of the Glorious Fortress, the tactical information coordinator couldn't help but exclaimed at the scene in front of him.

"Your Excellency the Duke! A small target is approaching our fleet from the rear hemisphere at a very high speed, and it is followed by a... No, a... dragon?"

As he spoke, a huge dragon-shaped unit synthesized based on radar images appeared on the tactical star map. Its size far exceeded that of all the battleships in the fleet.

"Enlarge the image!" Duke Soran ordered.

A few seconds later, when the fleet's optical sensors captured a clear image of the huge figure, everyone in the command room gasped - it was a giant dragon, a giant dragon flying at high speed in a strange posture in the vacuum of the universe.

"Starry Sky Dragon."

The holographic image of Duke Soran muttered to himself, "The legendary star dragon turned out to be real. So is this your majesty's new attitude?"

"Duke Soran, I must remind you that His Majesty may have..."

Duke was just about to remind his temporary ally that according to the news just received from the ground, this giant star dragon had entered a state of rampage and loss of control, so it was still unclear whether it was their "Majesty".

But before he could finish, the tactical information coordinators of the two fortresses almost simultaneously issued a warning that the target had entered the air defense alert circle. At the same time, the fortress control personality also quickly calculated the predicted route of the dragon - it was rushing straight through the huge fleets of the two battle groups, and there were a large number of ships on its path.
"What should we do now?" Duke Duke politely asked Duke Soran, whose expression was uncertain, and quietly ordered the ships in the rear hemisphere to adjust their axes to prepare for attack or evasion.

He didn't care whether this giant star dragon was his majesty or not. Even if Frederico was really inside, if it threatened his safety, he would definitely order to open fire without hesitation.

However, Amber and the Star Dragon did not give them so much time to think, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly closing in seconds.

Duke Duke didn't know that he had quietly ordered the rear guard fleet to adjust its axis and be on guard against the giant star dragon, which had successfully triggered the other party's PTSD.
Sartario, flying at high speed, was feeling slightly delighted that this 'warm-up'-like chasing game would eventually end with it successfully catching this cunning human.

But a sudden feeling of uneasiness in its heart made it turn its gaze to the huge fleet that was fighting in the distance.

As a giant star dragon, it was not interested in these human civil wars. After venting on the ground, the "morning grumpiness" in its heart had actually subsided a lot, so its only goal was to capture Amber and then obtain information from him about the Forerunners' time and space travel technology.

But when Sarthario noticed that some of the ships in this huge fleet began to adjust their direction and point the bow guns at himself, he suddenly became alert.

Because this picture suddenly made it feel familiar.
It was unknown how many tens of thousands of years ago when it was the last batch of star dragons in the universe. It, along with its parents and companions, was besieged on a planet by the Forerunner fleet.

It still remembers the moment when the adult star dragons in the tribe roared and formed a formation to rush out of the atmosphere and rush towards the invincible fleet in order to cover their sub-adults' breakout.

The dark and cold universe was completely illuminated that day by the attack of the Star Dragon and the Forerunner Fleet.

When everything returned to silence, before being captured by the Forerunners, Sartharion and the few remaining sub-adult star dragons saw only the lifeless and broken bodies of their parents and tribesmen, and the even larger wreckage of Forerunner warships floating around them.

Because they were worried that the vitality of these "perfect cosmic creatures" was too strong, the Forerunner fleet completely destroyed the bodies of these star dragons. The last scene that Sartharion saw before he fell into a coma was the complete annihilation of the huge bodies of his parents.
The next moment, Sartharion woke up from painful memories. Its eyes began to glow red and locked onto Duke Duke's fleet. Everyone in the fleet, including Duke Duke himself, felt a deep fear.

"You are courting your own death!!!"

A wide-area mental shock exploded with Sartharion as the origin. Then the dragon, which had lost its mind again, ignored Amber who was already close at hand, passed him at high speed, and rushed towards Duke Duke's fleet.

At this moment, Duke, whose reason had been completely overwhelmed by fear, gave the order for the entire fleet to open fire without hesitation after seeing the rapidly approaching star dragon.

"Attention all ships! Attack that dragon! Stop it at all costs!"

His voice was full of fear. Even the adjutant who had followed him the longest had never seen the Duke lose his composure like this. However, the latter could not care about that now, because everyone in the fleet, including him, was also in fear.

All the warships that had adjusted their directions opened fire the moment the salvo order was given. Countless light beams and heavy metal particle jets covered Sartarius like a rain of light.

But the next moment, the dragon's actions made Amber drop her jaw in shock.

“Spatial fluctuation features detected”

As Lilith's voice rang out, the space around the Star Dragon seemed to ripple, and then its huge body disappeared from the spot.

Almost at the same time, its figure appeared inside Duke Duke's fleet, and its wings, which were reopened with a strange white light, directly cut a Requiem-class battleship in front of it into two parts.

"Fuck, short-distance space jump!" After seeing this scene, Amber immediately realized why Salih said that the Star Dragon can only exert its full combat power in space.

There is almost no reading bar and hand-raising action, which is equivalent to the instantaneous short-distance space jumping ability, which can be said to be a qualitative improvement in combat maneuverability.

So when Sarthario appeared in Duke Duke's fleet, many people had not yet realized what was happening. Only some warships that had already captured the dragon began to frantically adjust their hulls again, trying to point their guns at the target.

But unfortunately, for a star dragon that has already entered the attack range, it is too late to counterattack.

"Feel the rage that has been imprisoned for millions of years!"

Sarthario's figure disappeared from the original place again and appeared from other locations. Every time it appeared, the nearby warships were cut off by its wings with space-cutting properties.

However, the giant dragon was obviously not satisfied with its own attack efficiency, so it quickly spewed out a burst of 'dragon breath', and let the energy of the 'dragon breath' cover its entire body as it passed through. Then it started to sprint in a straight line again at an extremely fast speed, and each time it chose a path that could cover more warships.

Then, like a drop of water in a science fiction film Amber had seen before, it continued to smash the warships along the way one by one.

This area of ​​the universe was completely burned under the attack of this giant dragon.

(End of this chapter)