The starships of the First Fleet are not actually as advanced as the Demon Starships.

Although the Assault Starship was designed based on the Mallet of Evil Powers, thanks to the generous help of the Ethereals, the engineers of the Void Space Agency selected the one that best matched the engineering principles of Azeroth and the one with the least technical content from the 13 starship engines that Dick brought back.

These starships, hastily built in Ulduar's spark of wisdom, do not even possess the ability to travel faster than light and move into the void, so they can only use the Sagrete Keystone to open the portal to the planet Shakan.

But this is also something that can't be helped, the development of a civilization is far from being solved by just getting some drawings from high-level civilizations, and the climbing of the technology tree does not allow for the slightest cleverness, in fact, even Mimiron, who made these engines with his own hands, the smartest guy in Azeroth, can't understand the principle of engine operation.

He just could build them according to the drawings and make sure they worked.

So it seems very lofty, but in fact, except for the flagship Storm Fortress, the other starships of the First Fleet are not strictly speaking above the civilization level of Azeroth.

But it was also because of the large number of drawings and the knowledge that he had spent on painful resources that he had bought from the Astral Consortium, Dick believed that within 10 years, the master engineers of Azeroth would be able to understand the mysteries of the engine, and then move on to more advanced designs.

Moreover, in terms of firepower and solidity, these 9 assault starships are far beyond the demon starships of the Evil Hammer class, which can be regarded as one of their few advantages, in fact, even Dick's close friend, Prince Haramet of the Astral Consortium, occasionally sighs.

Probably because there has never been a long period of peace, the power system of the world of Azeroth has far exceeded the level that its original civilization should have, not to mention anything else, it can confront the existence of high-level demon lords head-on, and it is simply a big grasp in Azeroth, is this TM the combat power that a rudimentary-level starry sky civilization should have?

The Karesh civilization has entered the era of intergalactic commerce, but unfortunately, the most capable group of them combined can't defeat Mondisius, the Devourer of Realms, and the civilization level is far lower than that of the ethereal Azeroth civilization, but it can cut melons and vegetables, forcing Mondisius into a desperate situation, which has proved the strength of Azeroth from the side.

As for faster-than-light flight and void jumping... This level of technology is really in a hurry, and Dick optimistically estimates that being able to build the first prototype in 100 years is already considered to be a super-level performance of Azeroth.

But fortunately, Illidan snatched back the Sagrete Keystone, the existence of this space artifact, almost perfectly made up for this shortcoming, only need to set off a few months ago, after the astral observer Algalon, who carries Dick's mission, returns to Azeroth, they can even directly open the portal to the demon base, the Argus star field.

"But that's for later..."

Dick stood up from the command chair and moved his shoulders, after the 9 assault starships opened fire freely, the 7 demon starships that were caught off guard had already suffered heavy losses, they were far inferior to the First Fleet in tonnage and firepower, so after losing 4 starships, the remaining 3 starships were under cover and were ready to escape.

Dick and the starship commanders knew that once the demons turned and fled, the First Fleet would never be able to catch up, and those small ships could move into space, and it would definitely be a hassle to let them run.

"Command is handed over!Colonel Raltes, until I return, you're in command!"

Dick's figure vanished into the command room in a silver light, and an ethereal commander wearing a special ribbon took over, and this guy was said to be the captain of Prince Haramad's best privateer fleet, En, the legendary interstellar pirate.

He was ordered to come to help the First Fleet complete the first expedition, Prince Haramad was a real businessman, and the friendly cooperation between the two sides in the first few times made Dick decide to believe him, of course, the Astral Consortium is also the only high-ranking civilization that the Azeroth civilization can access, so Dick must also believe him.

Fortunately, the Astral Consortium has not disappointed Dick and Azeroth for the time being.

Raltes took over the command, as an interstellar senior, in an orderly manner, indifferent and precise in issuing orders, in his opinion, this kind of rudimentary star warfare is hardly fun, the Burning Legion has enough starship formations to drown the poor First Fleet, but it is a pity that they clearly despise the madness of war maniacs like Azeroth, so they have to pay the price for their contempt.

The voice of Raltes' indifferent soul resounded in the spirits of everyone in the Storm Fortress, and finally, he looked at the situation on the battlefield and gave his final order.

"At the end of the air combat phase, the ships will be transferred to ground warfare, and the ODST special attack force will check the equipment for the last time, and the airborne strike and ground clearance operation will be carried out 5 minutes later!"

Dick didn't know that Colonel Raltes had already decided that the air battle phase of the Shakan world was over, and the first wave of raids was almost perfect, except for the most reckless Hills, which was hit through the rear deck by the Demon Starship's counterattack, resulting in an early landing, and the hapless Blackwater Blade was pierced by the evil cannonball, the First Fleet destroyed the fleet of the demons left in the Shakan civilization within 10 minutes.

Of course, it's only the lowest-tier combat starship, and the Burning Legion is said to have an even more terrifying fleet of destruction yet to come, but at least for now, Azeroth has won the first stage.

"Smack"

Dick's figure landed on the deck of the fastest demon starship, it was accelerating, but it was obviously not yet at the speed of light, the paladin looked at the small 900-meter-long starship at his feet, this thing and the mallet of evil power were literally carved out of the same mold, it seemed that the demons had already mastered the assembly line production of this starship.

He took off the Order Sword from his back, and roughly calculated the speed of the starship through his eyes, and then held the hilt of the sword with both hands, and the next moment, the brilliant blade of holy light appeared in the sky, like a golden pillar of fire falling from the clouds, Dick sneered and stabbed the hilt of the sword, the starship's sturdy shell could not stop the attack of a world administrator at all.

"Bang"

The entire upper deck was completely unfolded by the paladin's blade, and he had observed it more than once in the captured Malehammer ship, so he knew the location of the engine of the mass-produced ship, and the sword, piercing the engine with a diameter of 50 meters through the center.

Massive, uncontrollable evil energy began to shine across the starship's hull, wrapping around the steel like dark green lightning, and before it could explode out of control, Dick had vanished in place.

"Boom"

A large dark green fireball exploded in the air, and the starship was almost torn in half from the center by the explosion of the engine, and like a beast with a broken backbone, it split into two pieces and fell towards the ground, which had been completely destroyed in the air battle.

But Dick's attack didn't stop, his figure swirled in the air, and after this shocking attack, the remaining two fugitive starships turned on the switch of the Void Jump almost instantly, and ventured into the firepower network compiled by the First Fleet in an attempt to make a complete escape by luck.

The paladin did not catch up, on the contrary, silver flames wrapped around his body, and the moment the Angel of Order appeared, he raised his hands, and a thick and amazing sun spear appeared in the center of his palm, and at the moment when the two starships rushed into the void, the sun spear was thrown out of the palm of his hand.

Like a silvery-white pillar of light across the earth and sky, the Sun Spear slammed into the center of the thrusters of the Demon Starship that had disappeared into the void.

Dick knew that such an attack would not be able to penetrate the starship's defensive ramparts and then penetrate its engine, so he chose another weakness, the thruster!

The thruster that was blazing and spraying dark green tail flames towards the sky completely destroyed the tail end of two-thirds of the fence-type thrusters at the first moment when the silver pillar of light pierced through it, and one-third of the starship had already entered the void, but the sudden stop of the thrusters made it enter the most dangerous and crazy state.

The Void Engine stopped! The Void Passage that had just been opened suddenly closed, and like the sharpest guillotine, it sliced through a third of the starship, completely engulfing that third, allowing the broken starship that had lost everything to fall from the sky into the land of Shakan.

Dick breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew from his Angel of Order state.

You know, a starship isn't necessarily tougher to deal with than a demigod... In the absence of sufficient escort forces, the latter, which is smaller in size, can almost hang the former.

Legend has it that the strongest warrior civilization Odaqi that rampaged a certain star field back then, every supreme warrior who stood out in their cruel social system had the strength to destroy a starship alone, but unfortunately, this unruly race has been turned into the wreckage of time in the anger of Sargeras.

At the same time that Dick had dealt with the two ships that had escaped, the last starship to escape was also hit by the main cannon of the Storm Fortress controlled by Colonel Raltes himself at the moment when the Void Passage closed.

This old interstellar pirate really had two brushes, and the moment of selection was amazingly perfect, and that shell accurately pierced the back deck of the starship, almost completely cutting off the rear thrusters, Dick could only see the dissipation of the astonishing purple pillar of light, and the closed void also swallowed a raging dark green flame into it, and the fate of those demons can be imagined.

While Dick was alone against the starship, in the assault chamber at the bottom of the flagship Storm Fortress, the soldiers of the ODST assault force were ready for the final preparations.

Garrosh, dressed in a red tight-fitting leather combat suit, carefully placed the Blood Roar next to his cockpit, if the red-painted Thor assault armor was destroyed, it would be his last weapon to protect himself.

The orc climbed up the ladder into the cockpit of the 5-meter-tall volumetric armor, just above the head of the giant engineering artifact, where there was a not-so-complicated control interface, and when he climbed in, a translucent glass-like shield popped out from behind the armor and closed tightly in front of his eyes.

Garrosh didn't really believe in the so-called "engineering miracles", but the Overlord of Sarufar himself told him that ODST would be one of the most glorious and violent legions in Azeroth, so he joined them, and here he met an "old acquaintance" who he didn't like very much.

The Warsong Chief turned his head to the left, where the same assault armor stood and Anduin Ureon was looking at him with a sneer, his new "mount" from the Prince of Stormwind painted a luxurious dark gold, with a roaring lion on the front of the armor.

They had made a bet before to see who killed more demons in the first battle of ODST.

Garrosh reached out and made a rude gesture towards Anduin, and as his left hand, which was entwined with a special device, was raised, the left arm of the 5-meter-tall engineering giant also raised at the same time, making a clicking sound, and the metal middle finger was raised high, representing Garrosh's disdain.

Yes, and not using the manual controls that are currently popular in Azeroth, these special engineering creations use the unique control mode of Ulduar, which is the brainchild of Mimiron, according to the wise guardians, this set of armor can increase the combat effectiveness of an ordinary soldier by 20 times, and when proficient, it will be as smooth as his own attack movements when he uses his limbs to manipulate it.

However, such an expensive thing is not destined to be equipped by ordinary soldiers.

"ODST attack troops are ready to enter the battlefield! 3 minutes countdown!"

Colonel Raltes' indifferent soul voice lifted the spirits of the 500 ODST soldiers in the Stormkeep's assault bay for 12 points, and a black, capsule-shaped metal pod opened at the same time around the massive engineering robots lined up in two rows.

Anduin took a deep breath and stepped forward in the control pod as he had done before, and after a delay of less than 0.5 seconds, the giant armor also opened its legs at the same time, and it took 10 seconds to put its 5-meter-tall body into the black metal pod.

Among them are the uncomplicated but reliable black iron levers that hold the assault armor in the metal compartment, and these levers also act as shock absorbers.

According to what they learned, this specially designed thing was their "landing capsule", and it was also the real weapon of the ODST forces to launch the first wave of attacks.

At the moment when the fully enclosed shell of the black metal cabin slowly closed in front of him, Anduin and Garrosh looked at each other, and he saw the orc's mouth open and close, and he knew what he was saying, because he was saying the same thing.

"We're going to be the first to jump into hell!"

At the moment of Lartes' last countdown, 500 projectile holes opened on the lower deck of the Storm Fortress at the same moment, and the metal capsule-shaped attack pod fell straight to the ground from a height of several kilometers like a bomb dropped by the ship.

At the same moment, the same black metal pods were thrown from other starships, as many as 3,500!

This spectacular scene is like a black bee flying out of the hive, but Dick, who is also in the air, and has watched this scene in its entirety, knows that these attack cabins are far more dangerous than bees, and this battle of the Xiakan civilization will be destined to become a stage for these craziest knives to show themselves.

They are brave, unyielding, powerful, and glorious.

They will be the strongest bulwark of the will of Azeroth's civilization, and will be the first slash of the Age of Counterattack.

They are ODST, they come down from heaven with the wrath of the civilized world, and they will clear everything that stands in their way.

They are heroes, they are about to become heroes, and they will become the most distinctive symbol of this era.

They are of Azeroth... Hell Paratroopers!