From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 818: Elf Ancestral Tomb Attack Plan
The sky seemed to be torn apart, and hundreds of fiery meteors poured down. The spectacular sight caused the actions of all the warring parties on the Royal Court Avenue to freeze for a moment.

The elven rebels stared up at the sky blankly, with disbelief written all over their faces.

Why couldn't the fleet in orbit stop all this, and why did another "River in the Sky" appear just now?
Could it be that I have lost my power over the sky?
Once such an idea is born in the minds of a small group of people, it will spread like a virus within the elven rebel combat forces, completely shattering their last bit of morale.

The front line, which had been able to barely contend with Natalia's imperial guards by relying on its numerical advantage and terrain, collapsed instantly at this moment.

Panic replaced fanaticism, and despair overwhelmed the will to fight.

The situation on the coalition side was completely the opposite. The arrival of reinforcements and Natalia's "war cry" greatly boosted the morale of the combat troops.
And deep in the royal court, in a temporary command post covered by an energy shield, Queen Liana calmly watched the fleet of aerospace transport planes that kept breaking into the atmosphere in the holographic projection.

On her beautiful face that had once captivated the Phoenix King, there was no trace of panic or anger, only a bottomless coldness.

"It seems that our compatriots have lost the battle in orbit."

She said it softly, as if she was stating a fact that had nothing to do with her.

The atmosphere in the command post was extremely solemn. Several high-ranking rebels, those elven nobles who also came from noble families, looked as pale as paper.

"Your Highness, what should we do? The human army has landed, our plan..." The voice of a noble trembled, and his words were full of fear.

Liana turned around slowly and glanced at everyone present with an indifferent look.

"The original plan has indeed failed."

Her words made everyone's heart sink to the bottom.

"But," Liana's tone changed, a frightening fanatic light ignited in her eyes, "Doesn't this just prove to what extent the Phoenix King, my love, has been corrupted by these inferior races? He would rather bring in foreign races and defile the Holy City than accept the true new life we ​​bring to the empire!"

Her voice was full of incitement, making the eyes of those already shaken fanatics present become firm again.

"Since he tore the glory of the empire apart with his own hands, there is no need for us to preserve this corrupt old world for him."

Liana opened her arms, as if embracing an invisible future.

“Start the ‘Final Voyage’! Let the glory of the true God come early and cleanse this filthy land! In the flames and glory, we will gain eternity!”

"Turn on 'Final Voyage'!"

"For the return of the true God!"

Most of the elven nobles responded enthusiastically, preparing to greet the great moment in their minds.

"Please wait!"

An untimely voice sounded, and a relatively young noble stood up, with a hint of hesitation and struggle on his face. But more of it was a feeling of reluctance.

"Your Highness, activating the homing beacon means that all of El Dalam and hundreds of millions of our compatriots will become sacrifices. Is there really no other way?"

Liana's gaze fell on him, and her fanatical eyes instantly turned into bone-chilling cold.

"Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal."

Before she finished her words, the psychic swords of the two guards beside her had been unsheathed, and in front of the young noble's horrified eyes, they pierced his chest without hesitation.

Blood splattered on the gorgeous carpet, and the noble fell to the ground without even having time to scream.

Liana didn't even look at the corpse, but just looked coldly at the silent crowd.

"At the final moment of welcoming the true God, any wavering and doubting is blasphemy against God. What I need is absolute loyalty, not a wavering coward."

She paused and calmly issued the order.

"Pass on my order. All troops must abandon their current positions and retreat to defend the Royal Court Mausoleum! Buy time for the activation of the homing beacon at all costs."

As large numbers of reinforcements equipped with specialized psychic combat equipment were airdropped into various key areas, the situation on the ground battlefield underwent a dramatic reversal.

These new equipment that have just rolled off the production line have demonstrated combat effectiveness beyond imagination.

The power of psychic attacks that were originally enough to pose a fatal threat to conventional power armor was weakened by more than 70% in the face of the new resistance coating and small shield.

The coalition forces composed of humans, Roma, and the Elf Royal Guard quickly switched from defense to counterattack, breaking through the rebels' already shaky defenses like a steel torrent.

The battle situation changed from struggling to hold on at the beginning to a one-sided struggle in an instant.

However, just as Natalia and others were excited about a series of resounding victories on the front line, Amber's brows were getting more and more furrowed.

"This is not right. There is no reason for the opponent to be so bad."

He stood on a temporary command height, watching the red light spots on the tactical map representing the enemy forces retreating towards an unknown area at a very fast speed.

This is more like a contraction than a collapse, in that there is absolutely no chaos in the process.

"The intensity of their resistance is weakening. This is not a rout, but more like an organized strategic contraction."

A bad thought suddenly flashed through Amber's mind, and then intelligence from various fronts confirmed his judgment.

The rebels abandoned all their outer positions and quickly and orderly blocked the pursuit of the coalition vanguard troops. They frantically gathered in one direction and built a solid defense circle there.

As the combat situation changed, Amber, Agnes and others began to move forward with the troops. Under the escort of the captain of the guard, they finally met up with the Phoenix King in a relatively intact side hall.

"The rebels are retreating across the board. Can you tell which area of ​​the royal court is the core of their defense?" Amber didn't waste any words when she saw the Phoenix King. She went straight to the point.

When the Phoenix King saw the location Amber pointed out on the map, his expression suddenly became a little complicated. He was silent for a moment before answering in a difficult tone.
"It is the royal mausoleum, the resting place of our ancestors."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present became strange.

Amber took a deep breath and completely connected the information sent back by Saleh with the memory fragments in Valerius's mind.

A giant beacon that uses planets as sacrifice and souls as fuel.

A device that requires enormous energy and complex rituals to activate.

What other place could be more suitable as the altar for this doomsday sacrifice than the royal tomb, where successive elven kings are buried and which has gathered tens of thousands of years of spiritual energy and power of faith?

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that's where they activated the 'Final Return' beacon."

Amber's voice was extremely heavy, and everyone could hear the hidden meaning behind his words.

Attack the tomb of the elven royal family???
The thought made both Agnes and Franklin feel a tingling sensation on their scalps.

"No, is that right?"

Natalia and other human and Roma combat commanders were speechless. They never imagined that one day they would lead combat troops to attack the Phoenix King's "ancestral tomb", and in front of his descendants.

A trace of pain flashed across the Phoenix King's face, but more than that, there was a tremendous rage at being betrayed and blasphemed by his loved ones.

The Phoenix King's body trembled slightly, and his eyes, which always sparkled with wisdom, were now as dim as dusty gems. His sight was fixed on the red area on the tactical map, and no one knew what he was thinking. No one spoke, but waited for the final decision of the elven leader.

"My ancestors..." His voice was dry and hoarse, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of his throat. "They actually dared to desecrate the holy land."

Grief, disbelief, and the tremendous pain of being betrayed by his loved ones almost completely crushed the elven monarch.

He had thought about the madness of the rebels, but he had never thought they would be so crazy.

They sacrificed the foundation of entire civilization as a sacrifice for their fanatical beliefs.

"Your Majesty, I understand how you feel."

Amber's voice sounded at the right time. He knew what he should say at this time. Otherwise, it would be too hellish to let the Phoenix King think clearly before attacking his own "ancestral tomb".

"But this is not the time to be sad. If the beacon is activated, not to mention the royal tomb and the elven ancestors resting in it, the entire civilization of Eldaram and even the entire universe will cease to exist! We need your help, Your Majesty. We need to know everything about the royal tomb, its structure, its defense system, etc."

This sentence is undoubtedly cruel.

It requires a monarch to personally uncover all the secrets of his ancestors' resting place and reveal them to a foreign army so that they can attack it more efficiently.

A trace of pain flashed across the Phoenix King's face, and then he closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, all that was left was the cold determination of a king.

"If they dare to commit such a destructive act in the resting place of their ancestors"

"Then I will bury them with my own hands, along with the defiled land."

Hearing this, everyone on the human side, including Amber, breathed a sigh of relief.

"The outer perimeter of the royal mausoleum is constructed with moon-white rock, which can effectively deflect and absorb psychic attacks."

The Phoenix King closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to look at the map anymore, but his lips were moving slightly, revealing those dusty secrets one by one.

"The main tomb is located 400 meters underground. There is only one entrance, which is blocked by three 10,000-ton-class spirit gold gates. However, in the side hall of the mausoleum of the first generation Phoenix King, there is an abandoned servant passage that may be able to bypass the front defense."

With every word he spoke, his face turned paler.

Amber listened quietly, verifying and supplementing these key information with the "strategy" from "Starry Sky OL" in her mind.

Yes, there was an exploration mission in Starry Sky OL. When the player's "evil degree" was high enough, he would receive a mission from a mysterious person to sneak into the tomb of the Elf King's Court.
Now the information from the two worlds continues to overlap, and the situation of that huge underground building complex is constantly outlined in my mind.

The Elf King's Tomb, this holy place that has been silent for tens of thousands of years, is now disturbed by the noise of war.

The ancient and majestic white buildings lie prostrate on the ground like a sleeping beast.

Every piece of stone and every statue bears the traces of time and the glory of the elves.

But now, this honor is being desecrated.

The rebels were like crazy worker ants, building fortifications in every corner of the royal tomb.

They toppled the monuments that recorded the glorious history and piled up the shattered pieces into bunkers. Dark purple psychic barriers rose up in the corridors and entrances, turning the holy land into a death trap.

Queen Liana stood on the highest observatory platform of the royal mausoleum, overlooking everything with indifference.

"How's the energy supply?" she asked without turning her head.

"Reporting to Her Majesty the Queen, we have connected to the backup energy core under the royal mausoleum and all the large psychic cores we carry, which are enough to support the defense matrix and ensure the final activation of the 'Homing Beacon'." A rebel commander bowed and replied, his eyes full of fanaticism.

"Very good." Liana's gaze seemed to pass through the busy rebels, penetrate the thick ground, and head towards the main tomb chamber in the deepest part of the royal tomb.

There, a vast, otherworldly complex was being assembled.

It is completely black, and its surface is covered with a large number of runes that do not belong to the elven civilization. At the top of the device, a huge dark blue crystal is being placed into the base.

As energy was injected, the crystal began to emit a low hum, and every pulsation caused a slight distortion in the surrounding space.

This is the 'homing beacon' left by the forerunner civilization. Since it was found, it has been buried deep in the royal tombs, and only a very small number of fanatics know about it.

This is the key for them to welcome the coming of the "True God", and it is also the switch to destroy the entire Thousand Star Empire and all civilizations in this universe.

"Tell them to hurry up." Liana's voice was icy cold. "Our guests will be here soon."

Outside the royal mausoleum, the coalition forces of humans and elves have completed the final preparations before the attack.

A large number of Imperial Guards, Federal Marines and sturdy Roma soldiers were working in company units, checking their weapons and power armor in makeshift positions.

The Elf Royal Guards that were gathered from various places were also reorganized into an independent unit, but the expressions of these Royal Guards were still a little complicated after seeing the Roma people nearby.

Many of them didn’t understand why they would one day fight alongside the Roma. Could these fur balls really fight?
"Attention all units! The attack echelons and attack targets have been updated! Commanders at all levels, please make final confirmation!"

"The air fire support formation is in place and can attack at any time!"

The fire director of each assault unit was nervously operating the terminal, converting the key information provided by the elves into more accurate preset coordinates, which were then transmitted to the heavy artillery sent down by the aerospace transport aircraft in the rear, as well as the gunboats hovering in the air.

Natalia stood at the front of the line, her plasma halberd pointed diagonally at the ground, the blue and white blade ready to strike.

Behind her was the First Assault Team, which had already won the respect of everyone. It was composed of the most elite veterans of the First Company of the Imperial Guards present and the 'Royal Holy Shield' who had been added to the two squadrons.

Their mission was to rush in and disrupt the rebel positions as soon as the artillery fire tore a gap.

Joining them in launching the attack were the surviving captain of the Elf Guard and a part of the Royal Court Guard.

In the captain's opinion, the elves cannot be absent from these most dangerous combat missions.

"Commander, the entrance to the servant passage provided by the Phoenix King has been marked." The voice of the commander of the Imperial support force came from the communication channel, "But the entrance is narrow and the HCP cannot pass through."

"I will personally lead the team to break in from there." Natalia answered without hesitation, "Your main attack direction remains unchanged, and cooperate with other teams to attract their main force from the front."

She glanced at Agnes, who was not far away.

She was standing with Isabel and Amber. Amber looked obviously a little embarrassed at the moment, and no one knew what the three of them were talking about.

"Your Majesty, you are really..." Natalia smiled and shook her head, then turned her attention back to the royal tomb in front of her.

The battlefield gradually became quiet, and everyone was waiting for the final instructions.

Amber also walked to the Phoenix King. They will lead a group of high-level psychics to break into the core area of ​​the Royal Mausoleum under the cover of other units to prevent the activation of the "homing beacon".

The Phoenix King's eyes, which were originally filled with blue light, slowly went out, and he looked at Amber with a hopeful look.

"Mr. Amber, I saw the time."

(End of this chapter)