Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

Chapter 260 The Queen

"Human weapons have become quite formidable during our years of slumber," Queen Jaguar Venerable chuckled, covering her mouth. (Venerables can speak, but they disdain speaking human language.)

On a tree beside Queen Jaguar Venerable, Queen Raven Venerable, dressed in a black latex suit adorned with rings that reached her chest, with waist-length black hair and black wings on her arms, and resembling a raven, sat gracefully on the tree trunk with her long legs crossed.

Looking at the continuous explosions in the distance, she spoke disdainfully in the same language as Queen Jaguar, "Humans, such a weak race, can only focus on weapons. I really don't know why the gods made us protect these arrogant humans."

In ancient times, humans became arrogant because they resembled gods, and they wanted to dominate all things, so they went to war with the revered ones.

Although this war ended inconclusively due to the presence of the god of fire.

However, the venerable beings who have been sleeping since ancient times have absolutely no goodwill towards humankind.

"Indonesus, be careful what you say! How the gods act is not for us to judge," Queen Jaguar Venerable said hastily upon hearing this. (This is a transliteration of Queen Raven Venerable's name. Like the Gurongi, Venerables have their own naming conventions, which I've included in the author's notes.)

"clang!"

A metallic clanging sound suddenly rang out from behind the two queens.

Hearing the commotion, Queen Jaguar and Queen Raven also turned around to look.

Then, Queen Ant-Queen, wielding a scepter-like weapon, wearing a nun-like black headscarf, a heavy metal skirt armor decorated with O-shaped iron rings resembling a nun's habit, three O symbols on her forehead, and a collar around her neck signifying her noble status, walked out from behind the two women.

"Lady Legia!" Queen Jaguar and Queen Raven immediately bowed to Queen Ant.

Although they are both Queens, Queen Ant is a high-ranking Queen who is two levels higher than them.

Moreover, Queen Ant Venerable is the only Venerable who can disregard the taboos of Venerables and directly kill ordinary humans.

This support operation was also under the full command of this high-ranking Venerable. (In the TV series, only these three Queen Venerables have subordinates. I still prefer the female Bee Venerable, it's just a pity that there wasn't a higher-ranking Queen Venerable among them.)

"Magistra, Indonesus, the High God sent us to support Shocker's officers, not for you two to chat here," Queen Ant Venerable said in the same language, looking at Queen Jaguar Venerable and Queen Raven Venerable.

"Yes..." Queen Jaguar and Queen Raven both bowed their heads in agreement.

Queen Ant only reprimanded them once and then said nothing more, instead asking, "Is everyone here?"

"Everyone is here," Queen Jaguar and Queen Raven said in unison.

In the forest, jaguars of various colors revealed their forms.

Flocks of humanoid crows flew in from the sky and landed on the trees. The arriving crow lords were both male and female. Except for the female crow lord with white hair, almost all the crow lords were dressed in black.

Looking at the arriving Jaguar Venerables and Raven Venerables, Queen Ant Venerable nodded slightly and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's go and meet this bigwig from Shocka."

After saying this, Queen Ant Venerable turned and walked down the mountain, with two Ant Venerable Knights following closely beside her, protecting her.

Queen Jaguar Venerable and Queen Raven Venerable also quickly followed Queen Ant Venerable.

The countless lower-level Venerables also left with the three Queen Venerables.

……

The main battlefield.

Shen Yun was observing the battlefield through binoculars; he had already arranged the defensive deployment.

Now they only need to hold out for two hours until all the residents of the city have been evacuated, then they can retreat.

Without a large number of life forms to feed on, the growth of these fog monsters will also be affected.

Compared to these fully grown fog monsters, the juvenile fog monsters are so small that even ordinary people can take them down with a gun.

As for the plants and animals in this area...

The only solution is to burn it all down; this is the most time-saving and labor-saving option.

Otherwise, leaving these plants and animals will only increase the number of strange people in the thick fog.

It would be better to just burn it down.

At the very least, the charred remains of the plants and animals could not have allowed the young monsters in the dense fog to grow rapidly.

Furthermore, since the Fog Monsters are carbon-based life forms, this fire might have a surprising effect on them.

Without the replenishment of new forces, every remaining Fog Monster that dies is one less to go.

When they retreat, they only need to lure these fog monsters, who have no intelligence other than a appetite, into the prepared encirclement. By launching a pincer attack from all sides, they can wipe out all of these fog monsters in one fell swoop.

Dealing with these brainless guys is quite simple if you plan ahead.

At the same time.

Queen Ant Venerable, accompanied by Queen Jaguar Venerable and Queen Raven Venerable, arrived at the camp.

"Halt! This is a military camp. No trespassing is allowed." The Shocker monster guarding the outside of the military camp stopped the three Queens.

When the strange man from Shocker blocked Queen Ant, Queen Jaguar and Queen Raven, who were following behind her, were about to step forward, but Queen Ant blocked them with her staff.

"We have been ordered to come to assist Shocker in fighting the dense fog," Queen Ant Venerable explained in slightly broken Japanese.

They were ordered to assist the senior officers in dealing with the dense fog, so it was naturally inappropriate for them to clash with friendly forces.

"Assistance? You wait here, I'll go inform the Doctor." Upon hearing this, the strange man from Shocker, though somewhat skeptical, still turned and ran into the camp to report.

Upon hearing the Shocker's report, Shen Yun lowered his binoculars and looked at the Shocker with suspicion, asking, "Three female monsters? And they said they came to help us fight the dense fog?"

"Yes."

"I understand. Let them in," Shen Yun said after a moment's thought.

"Yes!" The Shocker man turned and ran outside again.

Shen Yun tossed the binoculars in his hand to A2 and instructed, "A2, notify me immediately if anything happens."

"Understood." A2 nodded, then picked up the binoculars and took over from Shen Yun to continue observing the battlefield.

Shen Yun took Mebius with him and turned to walk towards the command tent in the camp.

Before long, the Shocker man brought the three Queens to the command tent.

Queen Ant Venerable lifted the tent flap with her cane and led Queen Jaguar Venerable and Queen Raven Venerable into the command tent.

Upon seeing Shen Yun standing inside the command tent, the three Queens also showed a hint of astonishment.

They never expected that the Shocker executive they were to assist would actually be a human.

Shen Yun, who was pondering subsequent strategic deployments on the simulation sand table, also looked up after hearing the noise.

Seeing the three strange women dressed in rather suggestive clothes, they also showed a look of astonishment.

He never expected that the reinforcements this time would actually be the Venerable One.

However, upon closer examination, the Venerable One and Shocker's positions are basically the same—humanity cannot be wiped out.

Therefore, it's understandable that the Venerable One would cooperate with Shocker.

"I'm quite surprised that a high-ranking official of Shocker is actually a human," Queen Ant Venerable said after looking Shen Yun up and down.

"Is there a problem?" Shen Yun raised an eyebrow and asked.

"No, not at all." Queen Ant Venerable walked to a chair beside the sand table and sat down, then asked, "Human, what do you intend to do?"

Queen Ant Venerable sat opposite Shen Yun, her red vertical pupils fixed on him.

Although their Venerable One was here to assist Shocka in dealing with the dense fog, if the human in front of her was too incompetent, she wouldn't mind taking away his command.

Shen Yun did not answer the Queen Ant's question, but instead asked, "How many of you are there?"

"Nearly ten thousand," Queen Ant Venerable replied.

There are hundreds of millions of lower-level Venerables, but most of them are still asleep. Only a small number of Queen Venerables, who can lead a large number of their own kind, are awakened by the God of Water.

"Nearly ten thousand..." Shen Yun rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

Although these nearly ten thousand Venerables are numerous, they are still somewhat insignificant compared to the number of the Fog Monster.

However, with these nearly ten thousand Venerables as reinforcements, the remaining fog monsters will be easier to deal with.

The Venerable One's individual abilities are quite powerful, at least much stronger than the strange man in the dense fog.

"Our current strategic objective is to hold out for two hours against the onslaught of the numerous fog monsters until all the city's residents have evacuated. We have less than an hour and a half left until the two-hour deadline. I plan to distribute the people you brought into the more than ten defensive lines I have deployed." Shen Yun proactively informed Queen Ant Venerable of his plans and deployments.

"You don't need to hold out to the death. If you can't hold, retreat to the next line of defense. Just try to buy as much time as possible."

"Once the time is up, we can leave here. Then I'll set a fire and burn this place to the ground. That will prevent the strange creatures in the fog from feeding on living beings to increase their numbers."

"Once the strange fog monsters flood into this empty city, we can use the city's buildings to divert a large number of them. This way, they won't have an absolute numerical advantage, making them much easier to deal with."

The battle strategy he devised was essentially a variation of Mao Zedong's guerrilla and mobile warfare tactics.

Especially since their opponents are these mindless fog monsters, this kind of combat method is the perfect way to deal with them.

Shen Yun was only glad that he had read more of the books written by the founding emperor, otherwise he would have been completely at a loss.

After listening to Shen Yun's plan and battle plan, Queen Ant Venerable couldn't help but look at Shen Yun with higher regard.

This human in front of me does have some ability, no wonder he can sit in this position.

Even though she didn't have much affection for humans, she had to admit that Shen Yun's plan and strategy were indeed highly feasible.

"This is my plan. Do you have any objections?" Shen Yun asked, looking at the three Queens in front of him, whose clothes were rather shabby.

"No." Queen Jaguar, dressed in a garment with only a few more layers than a bikini, casually twirled her short black hair.

"..." The Queen Raven, dressed in a tight black latex suit and high-heeled leather boots, with her arms crossed over her chest, did not speak, but instead cast her gaze at the Queen Ant, who was sitting opposite Shen Yun.

"Let's proceed as you have planned," Queen Ant Venerable, dressed in a nun-like uniform-like armor, said calmly.

The human in front of me has a very reasonable plan. Even if she were to make the battle deployment, she might not be able to do a better job than this human.

"In that case, I expect the people you brought will follow my orders," Shen Yun said.

"Alright." Queen Ant Venerable nodded and agreed.

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation." Shen Yun stood up and extended his hand to Queen Ant Venerable.

"?" Queen Ant Venerable looked at Shen Yun in confusion.

"This is modern etiquette; shaking hands is a way to show friendliness," Shen Yun explained.

"I see. It seems that modern humans are much more humble than humans in ancient times." Upon hearing this, Queen Ant Venerable's impression of Shen Yun also changed.

They went from being an eyesore to becoming somewhat capable, albeit not bad, humans.

Queen Ant Venerable also stood up, extended her hand with sharp claws, and gently shook Shen Yun's hand.

"It's a pleasure working with you."

Shen Yun merely shook Queen Ant Venerable's hand before immediately withdrawing it.

The Queen Ant's hands have a bony texture, like an insect exoskeleton, and feel quite strange.

Shen Yun glanced discreetly at the hands of Queen Jaguar and Queen Raven.

These two queens, one with feline-like claws and the other with bird-like claws and wrinkles.

Come to think of it, aren't these venerable beings also living beings?

What are their body structures, internal structures, and organs like?

I'm a little curious...

After discussing the battle plan, the three Queens rose and left, summoning all the lower-ranking Venerables.

Among these nearly ten thousand lower-level Venerables, the Jaguar Venerable, Raven Venerable, and Ant Venerable are the most numerous, while other types of Venerables are relatively few.

Shen Yun also arranged the Venerables into different defensive lines based on their different abilities.

Although these Venerable Ones were somewhat disliked being ordered around by humans, under the supervision of the three Queen Venerable Ones, especially the Queen Ant Venerable One who was a high-ranking Venerable One, they had no choice but to obey Shen Yun's arrangements.

After Shen Yun arranged the destinations for the nearly ten thousand Venerables, the strange beings in the thick fog, with their massive numbers, finally broke through Shocker's bombing zone and rushed towards the outermost defensive line.

By this time, almost an hour had passed.

The remaining hour will be a tough battle.

However, with the addition of nearly ten thousand Venerables, plus those powerful Mirror Monsters, the pressure on Shen Yun was greatly reduced.

At least, he no longer had to worry about losing the city and letting these strange fog-shrouded creatures rush in and devour the humans who hadn't yet evacuated.

Although his moral standards have declined considerably since he joined Shocker, his conscience and bottom line are still at least intact.

For example, Queen Jaguar Lord-Pantheras Magistra's full title is Queen Jaguar Lord-Pantheras Magistra.

The names of the venerable ones are basically in the form of "XX Lord," where "XX" is the English spelling of the prototype of that type of monster, which is basically equivalent to the Showa era's "Spider Monster" or "Bat Monster."

However, the Queen who leads the other Venerables needs to be preceded by "Queen".

And then comes the name of the venerable one.

The preceding word is equivalent to a surname, shared by people of the same kind. Most of them are the prototypes of that type of monster, and only a few are Latin or Greek spellings of certain characteristics of that type of monster.

Finally, the last part is the unique name for each eccentric, which is the Latin spelling of their individual characteristics.

Names are generally transliterated based on the last word, since translating them wouldn't sound like names anymore.

The name of Queen Jaguar Venerable translates to Consul...

The name of Queen Ant Venerable translates to aqua regia...

It's not as good as transliteration at all...

(End of this chapter)