Chapter 569 Fighting

In front of the defense line of the first zone in the Star Alliance.

"It's about time."

General Kislev put down the cup in his hand and stared at the star map in front of him. According to the news from the Inquisition, the Reaper fleet will arrive in the human star field today.

Putting down the cup and looking at the pale face of the adjutant beside him, Kislev laughed.

"Why, are you nervous?"

"Of course, Captain, that's the Reaper..."

The adjutant swallowed and nodded vigorously. Although they have not encountered the Reaper so far, the images of the Turians and other races being attacked by the Reapers have also been spread to thousands of households in the Star Alliance. They also saw how those terrible warships broke through the defense of the Citadel race and easily destroyed the entire planet.

When they thought that they would fight such an enemy next, almost everyone felt under great pressure.

"Don't worry, haven't we already prepared for this? And there is the Inquisition."

As he spoke, Kislev looked at the fleet not far ahead. From afar, the densely packed churches rose and fell, giving people the feeling that it was like a city of churches in the universe. It must be said that the warships of the Inquisition are indeed powerful. Even if the Star Alliance is prepared for the Reapers, the warships they can build are only two kilometers long, and there is no way to compare with the Inquisition in terms of firepower. There is no way, after all, the larger the warships, the higher the demand for technology, and the Star Alliance currently does not have technology that can be compared with the Inquisition.

To be honest, no matter how many times I see it, I feel it is so exaggerated.

Looking at the magnificent warships in front, Kislev smiled helplessly. Although there is no such thing as air resistance in the universe, it is not strange to make warships in any shape, but generally speaking, the size of the warships will be as small and streamlined as possible. On the one hand, there is also the possibility of forced landing, and on the other hand, if the ship is narrow and long, it is easier to pass through some asteroids.

Of course, if we talk about beauty, this magnificent Gothic church building is indeed beautiful enough.

And in terms of firepower, it is also stronger than the warships of himself and others.

Well, as a companion, it is really reassuring.

"Report!"

Just when Kislev was thinking about it, a hurried shout suddenly sounded.

"An unknown fleet has been detected and is heading towards our location! The number is 3,800!"

"——————!"

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the command room suddenly became tense, and Kislev also frowned. Fortunately, the Star Alliance destroyed the mass relay outside early, so that the Reapers could no longer jump across the galaxy at will through the mass relay, and could only travel long distances. The advantage of this is that their position and direction can be locked, which is why the Star Alliance fleet is waiting here.

"Everyone pay attention, prepare for battle!"

Kislev stared at the screen and spoke. Then, in the depths of the universe shining with starlight, countless black shadows appeared in front of everyone quietly as if they had emerged from the deep sea. The light of the stars shone on their metal shells, reflecting the light of inorganic matter, and their eyes flashing dark red in the darkness, like starlight.

Just looking at these dense shadows is enough to make people shudder. It's like seeing countless deep-sea monsters attacking you in a submarine in the deep sea. Even Kislev, who has experienced many battles, couldn't help but freeze his face at this moment. He is not without experience of fighting aliens, but the monster in front of him is not even a life. It is like a pile of moving metal, dead things, lifeless and bringing everything into death...

At the same time, a flash of fire.

The Inquisition warships in front launched an attack without hesitation. Flames burst out from both sides of their hulls, whistling forward, and instantly wrapped those Reaper warships in the exploding flames. The next moment, the octopus-shaped Reaper warships were seen to explode directly under the fierce attack of the Inquisition, turning into pieces of burning metal fragments, rolling and disappearing in the universe.

However, such an attack did not shake the Reapers at all. They continued to move forward, not afraid of the fire of the Inquisition, like puppets without emotions and feelings—continuing to advance.

However, the Inquisition did not care.

Beams of light shot out, accompanied by the flames of the macro cannon, the Reapers were blown into pieces by the ruthless artillery fire. Although in the previous rounds of confrontation, the range of the Inquisition warships was far enough to easily destroy many Reapers, the Reapers that continued to attack from the rear were like waves, bombarding the enemies in front of them.

But even so, the Inquisition's warships did not have the slightest intention of retreating or giving way. They were like a wall of warships, standing in front of the waves of Reapers.

Then, the two sides collided directly with each other.

Seeing this, Kislev shuddered suddenly, and then came back to his senses.

He didn't come here to watch the show!

"Everyone get ready, target - Reaper, attack!!"

Soon, with Kislev's order, the Star Alliance fleet also joined the battle against the Reaper.

Compared to Kislev who had already joined the battle, Duanmu Huai and the others… well, they were really here to watch the show.

“Come on, come on, blow all these guys away!”

Standing on the bridge, looking at the flames around, An jumped and jumped excitedly. No wonder she was so excited, after all, this was a special seat, and although there was no sound in the universe. But watching the huge metal monster being blown into pieces by a round of bombardment, the debris flying everywhere, and looking around, there were fierce flames everywhere, which really made people's blood boil, so much so that An was so excited that she wanted to rush up to fight herself—of course, this was impossible.

No matter how powerful her magic was, An couldn't take down a Reaper warship alone.

Most of the people who followed Duanmu Huai were not experiencing the space war for the first time, and they were just observing the battlefield in front of them with excitement and curiosity. Only Mary had cold hands and feet, standing there, not daring to move—although she had seen similar situations in movies or TV before, the experience in person now gave Mary a completely different feeling.

There was no bombing sound or beam sound like in movies and TV. Standing behind the window and looking at the battlefield, it felt like watching a silent black-and-white movie. However, every time the fire appeared, watching the metal-like horror monster being blown up not far away, the oppression brought to Mary was far greater than the feeling of watching a movie in the cinema.

The Reapers' offensive was almost endless, and the Inquisition and the Star Alliance did not retreat. After all, they all knew that if the Reapers broke through the defense line, once they landed on any planet, it would be a disaster. Therefore, no matter what, they had to be here to completely intercept the Reapers!

Of course, strictly speaking, the number of Reapers was more than the Inquisition and the Star Alliance fleets combined, but Duanmu Huai had already prepared for this. In addition to placing the main fleet in the center of the battlefield, he also deliberately left three fleets to prevent the Reapers from making false moves while fighting.

In fact, the Reapers did use this tactic. They launched a fierce attack on the combined forces of the Star Alliance and the Inquisition, and then took advantage of the fact that the other side was busy with their own affairs and separated another fleet to try to bypass them and go straight to the rear. Fortunately, they were discovered by the patrol fleet of the Inquisition and then blocked.

This shows that this group of Reapers is really a thief.

In fact, only the main fleet of the Inquisition and the first and third fleets of the Star Alliance appeared here. The fifth and seventh fleets did not join the battle, but were responsible for wandering around in various human star systems for defense. After all, no one knows whether this group of Reapers will do anything conspiratorial.

If you are obsessed with demolishing towers in front, and then someone directly cuts down your home crystal, you will have no place to cry.

Of course, the reason why the Star Alliance can do this is also because the fleet of the Inquisition is strong enough to block the fleet of the Reapers. If other races do this, it is equivalent to giving the Reapers the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

However, the battle did not end quickly.

The reason is also very simple. There are too many Reapers.

"Mr. Duanmu, there won't be any problem, will there?"

Looking at the battlefield in front of her, An, who was originally very excited, became worried now--of course, it was more because she was tired.

"Well... it's indeed a bit troublesome. I didn't expect there would be so many."

Because there are more players than locusts in the game, Duanmu Huai didn't consider the number of harvesters at all. But now it seems that this is obviously a big problem--from the beginning of the battle to now, they have eliminated tens of thousands of harvesters, but the harvesters behind are still coming in an endless stream, as if they are going to rely on the swarm of insects to kill them, which is a bit like fighting a swarm of insects.

The First Fleet of the Star Alliance has almost been defeated, and some warships have even withdrawn from the battlefield because they have no ammunition... There is no way, after all, even the Star Alliance probably didn't expect that the fight would be so troublesome.

"Ah... I'm really angry, I want to go out and fight too!!"

An was so angry that she almost jumped up, and Gu Leiya held her helplessly.

"An, calm down. You can't help much if you go out."

"Wow... I know, but it's just not fun. This is different from our own battle. We can only watch and worry from the sidelines..."

Speaking of this, An couldn't help but pout and complain. In fact, what An said was not wrong. If it was a ground battle, facing this situation, An and Gu Leiya could kill many enemies by throwing a big fireball directly. But in the universe, there is basically no room for them to play. In addition, the opponent is a reaper, not an ordinary enemy, so Duanmu Huai didn't plan to engage in a boarding battle, which means that they can't do anything except watching the show here.

This is a bit unpleasant.

Although it's fun to watch the fleet battle, it would be boring if I don't join in.

"Mr. Duanmu, please give me a battleship, I want to join the battle too! Assault! In short, it's an assault! Go straight to the back of the opponent!"

Good guy, you are also planning to do a boarding charge?

Listening to An's shouting, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.

"Okay, go to sleep if you're tired of watching. This battle won't end for a while."

"Hey? You want me to sleep here? Aren't you afraid of being blown up while sleeping?"

Not only An said this, but even Mary thought so. It was a mess outside. Although there was no sound, who could sleep in this situation?

"There is no way. The Tribunal's fleet is currently not as large as the Reapers, so they can only fight for firepower and defense."

"Ugh...but you want me to sleep here..."

“————————!!”

However, before An finished speaking, suddenly a reaper not far from the opposite side suddenly opened its claws, and then a dazzling red beam of light shot directly towards the battleship where everyone was, hitting the void shield and disappearing. . Then there was a salvo of macro cannons, which instantly blew the metal octopus into pieces.

“…………I’d better take a look.”

"If you are tired, why not go to Venus Island and take a rest?"

"Huh? But Mr. Duanmu, you won't go, right?"

"Of course I can't leave."

After all, the battleships of the Tribunal are controlled by puppets, and the puppets are under the control of Duanmu Huai. It can be said that Duanmu Huai is now playing real-time strategy with brain control. If he leaves, the entire fleet will collapse.

After all, this isn't a game, so you can't just press ESC to pause it.

"Why……………"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, An sighed helplessly.

"Forget it, I'll just stay here."