Legacy of the Void Fleet

Even if the Stellar Emperor did block the news, there is no guarantee that this can be blamed on him alone. Others shouldn’t have forgotten about such a matter either!

After all, it wasn’t as if the Grand Eruption had never happened in the past! It had happened many times before!

And yet, this time, everyone seemed to have no idea about it!

The Star Empire didn’t know. Neither did the other superstates!

It was almost as if this memory was something that everyone had simply forgotten!

Just as this idea, or rather a random thought, began taking root in the Star Supreme Elder’s mind, it suddenly vanished, appearing as an absurd thought from the very beginning.

What am I even thinking? How could anyone have forgotten? It’s just that while the timeline often remains the same, it is never confirmed when exactly it will happen, down to the very hour of the day. There is always a gap that simply cannot be predicted!

”Even back in the Empire, while the others didn’t know exactly when the Eruption would happen, they knew it was going to happen within a hundred to two hundred thousand years, given the time period involved!” the Star Supreme Elder muttered.

”Ugh!”

The Supreme Elder rubbed his temples for a moment as they throbbed with pain.

What am I even thinking? And so randomly, at that! The main concern should be how things are progressing with the preparations back home, and then dealing with those human pests who have already crippled a quarter of my Southern Theatre!

A faint but perceptible mark of frustration became visible on the Supreme Elder’s face as he went through the detailed reports of the losses their Southern Theatre had suffered so far.

[The point is that the enemy’s ships are beyond the capabilities of the Theatre Command. A few of their vessels, especially the one that is almost 150 km long, possess an overwhelming advantage in firepower that no number of our ships or defensive systems can compensate for.

Furthermore, their additional forces, ranging from mechs to starfighters, individually overpower our elites, let alone our ordinary soldiers. There is currently nothing we can do about it. We can only retreat and pull our people back to conserve our remaining forces, unless we mobilise the True Martial Warriors.]

The moment his eyes passed over those words, the Supreme Elder gritted his teeth in anger, but his eyes portrayed an entirely different expression. They contained overwhelming surprise, and he even found the whole situation absurd!

Just how are they so powerful? To the extent that we have no technological advantage against them at all? An up-and-coming human power that had no history just a year ago!

Looks like I need to make a move.

But just as that thought entered his head, another concern arose.

If their technology is truly that powerful and they are able to maintain such an overwhelming offensive with their ranks filled with elites, couldn’t they also have powerful individuals among them?

Not to forget, they are already utilising T-4 and even higher technologies, which are at the fusion-based level! That makes it almost certain that they have individuals following that path as well.

And humans shouldn’t be that foolish. They should know how powerful some Tier 3 states can be, after all. Strength doesn’t solely depend on spaceships and technological superiority.

Individual strength also plays a role, and they should know better than anyone just how powerful the individuals of my Star Empire can be.

The more he thought about it, the more his frown deepened. But suddenly, he pushed those thoughts aside.

Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to verify it myself and hope they don’t possess such strength, which would make things easier for me anyway. There’s no use guessing from here!

”Officer, input the recent location of the human forces in the Southern Theatre and move towards it immediately!”

”...”

”Yes, Supreme Elder!”

One of the officers below the command deck promptly replied.

[Inputting coordinates: X#X---]

[Initiating hyperspace jump in 10, 9... 1.]

[Entering hyperspace.]

The proud and pinnacle starship of the Star Empire, a quasi-Tier 6 vessel (equivalent to a Star Destroyer in conventional terms), began to accelerate before immediately vanishing as it entered hyperspace, moving towards the location where the Obliterator and Kallus were.

Blood Holy Galactic Domain, Holy Flame Star Defense Line.

One of the central defensive lines of the White Holy Angel Empire!

It had now also become the last line of defence for the corrupted White Holy Angel Empire against the overwhelming assault of the Celestial Void Empire.

The three Grand Admirals and their fleets, collaborating strongly with the Dark Angel Legions and the Dark Sun Empire’s forces, had long since overwhelmed both their outer and inner regions.

As this month-long war continued, those regions had already fallen into enemy hands, with much of the territory now belonging to the Dark Angel Legion, which had been formally established as a kingdom under Lucifer’s leadership. A smaller portion had fallen into the hands of the Dark Sun Empire.

The space surrounding the defence line lit up as 19.99 km-long vessels, clearly Super Battleships, emerged from hyperspace.

Leading them was the Holy Light, followed by the Holy Blessing, Holy Star, Holy Blade, and Holy Dragon, along with various other battleships.

These ships were all painted in a golden-white colour scheme, giving them an actual holy appearance, covered in the signature markings of the White Angel Theocracy.

At that moment, the Super Battleship Holy Light, taking the lead, followed a predetermined navigation channel and docked at Dock No. 1 of the Holy Flame Star.

From it, wearing a Theocracy battle uniform, walked out one of the Grand Commanders of the Theocracy, the Archangel (Fake) Daemen, with a solemn expression.

Accompanying him were Bishop Zard, the Legion Commander of the Holy Blade Phalanx, the Legion Commander of the Holy Shield Legion, the Legion Commander of the Dragon Spear, Gaia Rosa, and many others.

The Defence Commander of the Holy Flame Star Defence Line, Lord Alked, who was already waiting there, immediately stepped forward nervously along with his multiple subordinates and quickly greeted Daemen.

”Lord Daemen!”

Daemen gave the Defence Commander a single glance but didn’t say a word. Instead, he led his people straight past Alked.

Alked’s face flushed as a result, but pushing his feelings aside, he quickly led his subordinates to follow behind Daemen’s entourage.

Soon enough, they all arrived at the central control room of the Holy Flame Star.

The entire room had a solemn layout, with multiple portraits depicting the worship of a common god, as well as the history of the White Angels. A few details about the Dark Angels were also present.

At the centre of the room were circular seating arrangements, arranged in row after row, with a massive command platform floating in the central well area. Upon it floated the command seat of the Planetary Lord.

Numerous angels dressed in official uniforms were already present. Upon seeing Daemen, they all quickly stood up and saluted as he and his entourage walked in.

”Lord Daemen!”

Daemen still didn’t speak a word. He simply waved his hand and walked straight towards the central command seat.

Under the eyes of everyone present, he took the seat without the slightest hesitation before speaking.

”By order of the Supreme Pope, I will be taking over all matters regarding the Holy Flame Star Defence Line and will also command the upcoming battle.”

He calmly announced this while looking around the room.

Lord Alked frowned upon hearing this, but the frown disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. He promptly nodded his head and replied in a hurry.

”Lord Daemen, I have no objections. I accept the order of the Supreme Pope.”

Saying this, he bowed.

Daemen didn’t fail to notice the frown that had appeared on Alked’s face, but he chose not to press the matter. Seeing that the other person had accepted the Supreme Command, he simply said, ”Then tell me about the current preparations and the number of forces we have available.”

Alked didn’t delay and immediately pulled up piles of records in front of him before reporting.

”Lord Daemen, currently, the Holy Flame Star has a total of 300 million personnel stationed around it, along with one main fortress, the Holy Flame Star itself, which we are currently inside. We also have two secondary large fortresses and three medium-sized fortresses distributed across the star system.

”In addition to your forces, we have a total of five Tier 3 Super Battleships, 10,000 Tier 3 battleships ranging from heavy to medium classes, and various other vessels, bringing our total fleet strength to just over 200,000 ships. Almost half of them are Tier 3 vessels.

”Following that, we have 10 million mixed Tier 2 to Tier 3 mech forces, of which half are currently deployed within our Holy Flame Star fortress.”

”Not enough!”

The moment Alked fell silent at....