Chapter 12: Light and Darkness (Two in One) Reform
After the catastrophe, in order to avoid the tragedy of racial scuffle, Kaha invented Kara, that is, the way of sublimation, through the magic of the Kedarin crystal, to strengthen the spiritual connection between the star spirits, so that the star spirits have each other and be honest with each other, and the price is to lose some kind of freedom, and the individual will have no privacy.
Unwilling to lose her freedom of mind, Naira's mother rejected Kara's way, and the High Council sent Arden, the leader of the Templars at the time, and his troops to exterminate the infidels, but Arden had experienced war and did not want to direct the war against his own people. He naively protected them and taught them to use the power of the mind, thinking that they would eventually lead to Kara because of the power of the mind. However, the result is the opposite, and the free-spirited mind rejects the Kara Way more and more because of the increasing power of the mind. But it is precisely because of the lack of training in the path of sublimation that the energy is uncontrollable, which eventually leads to chaos, madness, and explosions.
The Supreme Council found out what Arden had done, but for the sake of political stability, it did not punish them, after all, once punishing them, it meant acknowledging the existence of the infidels, which was unacceptable to the stable situation at the time. As a result, the Supreme Council ultimately decided to put the Naira Mothers in Sarnagar's ships and banished them to fend for themselves, while Arden and his Templars vowed never to say so. The exiled Templars resented the actions of the High Council, severed their nerve bundles, and claimed to be the Dark Templars.
Once the misunderstanding is settled, it will only get darker and darker in the absence of external causes, and under the propaganda of the Supreme Council, Naira and her mother became a heretic against Kara's way, a traitor who betrayed the Star Spirit Empire, and Tassadar grew up in this nascent era.
Tassadar looked at Zeratul and his Dark Templars with complicated eyes, it was because of their desperate resistance to the Blade Queen's army of insects that his troops were able to temporarily escape the pursuit, while the other side suffered a lot of losses. If it was another race, then he would be grateful, but for Naira's mother, he couldn't say words of thanks.
Zeratul walked slowly into his people, even though they were wary and slightly hostile to him. He knew that Kara's haughty and self-proclaimed righteous disposition might disdain him, but the prophecy that had already been fulfilled was weighed on his heart, and if it was as the prophecy said, then the Templar Executor standing in front of him at this moment would be an important part of it.
"Hello, young Templar" Tassadar is too young compared to Zeratul, who is several thousand years old, "I am a Dark Templar, Zeratul"
"I know why you, Mother Naira, are here, you here, you here?" Tassadar's long-standing faith led him to make a choice, "How dare you appear in front of the Templars and take them down!" ”
Zeratul parried the opponent's attack, and even though the opponent was the best Templar, his attack was still full of flaws in Zeratul's eyes, "The attack was disorganized, unable to effectively cohesive and concentrated"
"Don't want to interfere with me" Tassadar looked a little agitated because he was easily parried by the other party
"You have to settle down, my fellow executive, irritable and irritable are not the virtues of a Templar", after Zeratul successfully parried again, he grabbed the opponent's armor and kicked him, Tasadar finally flew out, "This is not the attitude that should be taken towards a life-saver", Zeratul said calmly, as if he had just done a warm-up exercise, "I didn't come here to fight you, I think, you're in trouble now, aren't you?" ”
Tassadar stood up and organized his men's next move, he was a little ashamed of the other party's words, and the martial arts he had been training for a long time were casually teased like children in the other party, and he was a little frustrated to think about it. However, he understood that now was not the time to think about this, "So, what do you want to say, Mother Naira?" ”
"Won't you introduce yourself first?"
"I'm the Templar CEO, Star Spirit Expeditionary Force Executive Tassadar," he paused, "at least until the new Executive arrives, I'm still there"
"I'm not here to fight you and your people, I think you also recognize the horror of insects, and now, in this world, we are natural allies, and our goals are the same, you know?"
"I don't see the possibility of an alliance at the moment, especially with your mother, who rejected Kara and betrayed your people...
"Think about the old legends. They are just lies made up by your ancestors to explain our departure. However, the truth is often hidden in a series of lies," Zeratul interrupted the other party, "Seeing the battle we just had, we acted the same, fought the same, and even thought the same, so we can also go in the same direction." He walked slowly into Tassadar, now only two steps between them.
Tassadar looked at him close at hand, he could even attack him directly, the other party's gaze revealed sincerity, and the other party's words had a certain demagogic charm, constantly shaking his mental defense that was about to collapse.
"Don't try to confuse me again, you can't shake my will" Tassadar impulsively attacked the other side, and this action was like a signal, seeing that the troops of both sides were about to exchange fire again.
After returning to camp, Renault inspected some of the available energy sources and ship repairs that had been detected so far, and asked Cam about the location of the Hyperion, but received a disappointed answer. He realized that he had to find an ally for himself. And thinking of the two groups of star spirits he met earlier, it must have been a good choice, so he took a short rest and set out on the road alone.
So, when he finally found here, what he saw was the quarrel between the two sides and the tension, he couldn't help but hold his forehead, things seemed to be worse than he imagined, the two sides seemed to be a hostile relationship, and the negotiation just now seemed to be broken.
However, the situation can sometimes be unexpected, and the appearance of new circumstances interrupts Renault's worries, he finds traces of insects at the foot of the mountain, "Damn, they have found it" Renault jumped to his feet, he really hated these pervasive creatures, he had to warn the stars.
The Star Spirits were taken aback by Renault's appearance, and the atmosphere of confrontation was broken, "I'm not an enemy, Tassadar, I'm Renault, the insects are coming, we must evacuate"
Tassadar looked at the human friend, then looked in the direction he was pointing, and an overwhelming army of insects was sweeping in.
"It seems that our queen is very angry, this seems to be a sneak peek," Zeratul teased, still in a relaxed mood
"I don't want to admit it, but we're not sure about the true number of insects," Renault continued, "There are too many insects, and it's not a wise choice to fight them"
"I think my human friend is right," Zeratul agreed
"Do you want to flee the battlefield?" Tassadar's eyes widened
"It's not an escape, I just don't want my people to die meaninglessly here"
Tassadar seemed to have been hit, stunned for a moment, and the next moment, Zeratul rushed in front of him and pushed him out, when he reacted, the flying dragon that attacked him just now had been killed by the Dark Sect, but this was not without a price, Zeratul's appearance at the moment was more miserable, the breastplate and skin had been corroded, and blood flowed.
Trembling, Tassadar tore his robe and bandaged it, as if something was stirring in his heart and about to erupt.
"You're right," he said, looking at the venerable elder, "we are here to the enemy's advantage, and a temporary retreat will not cost us our glory."
"Star Spirit, you have nowhere to run" Kerrigan's voice sounded in the hearts of everyone, "My target is you, and if you dare to escape, I swear that I will prolong your suffering forever."
"We'll see you again soon, Queen of Blades, I'll kill you to defend my people," Tassadar replied quietly, not showing a hint of anger. Then, in the midst of Kerrigan's rage, they fled just as the insects were about to surround them.
One hour they had come to a short distance from Camp Reno, and he did not bring them back for fear that their arrival would cause panic among his own men, intending to settle them down first. At this time, the tension between the Templars and the Dark Templars was not as tense as before, and after the battle and the common escape experience, even if there was still a bit of a gap, it was much better than the coldness at the beginning, and Zeratul was happy to see this.
"We've got to find a way to cut off the Worm's offensive chain of command," Zeratu said, "and they seem to be doing it by passing orders from one level to the next."
"I seem to know that," Renault interjected, "theirs are divided into clans, and the head is called the brain worm, and there seems to be a guy called the master on the brain worm, the brain worm can't move, they rely on the spirit link to direct their swarm"
"You mean we just need to kill the brainworms?" Tassadar asked, "But they must be heavily guarded."
"I think if it were me and my Dark Templar, we would be able to solve this problem well," Zeratul replied, "but I need you to get the attention of the Queen of Blades and her insects on the front."
Tassadar stared at the Dark Sect Chief, and when he saw the other party's serious eyes, "Okay, although we have different positions, but at this moment, we are fighting side by side, then, I will cooperate with you to contain the insects" He turned his head to Renault and said, "Human friends, thank you very much for your help, but this battle is extremely cruel, you and your troops should not participate, it is important to preserve our living forces."
Renault knew that what the other party said made sense, after all, it was just as a containment, and the actions of the star spirits were extremely flexible and seemed to be tireless, even if they were defeated, they could quickly flee the battlefield. In contrast, they humans can't.
"Well, I'll arrange it all and be ready to pick you up at any time, good luck, my friend".
"Me too, my friend"
Koplou Sector, Sara System, Outer Space Orbit
"Executive, you've entered the fringe of humanity, and you're still two days away from the target system Char."
Adjutant Thrandis' voice interrupted Artanis' thoughts, "Well, do our sheriffs have any new instructions?" ”
"No, mentor, but, judging by his words and deeds, it seems that he is very dissatisfied with your procrastination" The adjutant looked at him with the same slight doubt, in her heart, her mentor had always been resolute.
Atanis withdrew his gaze from the star map and turned his head to look at his newly recruited disciple. In the later stages of the war with the Tagallons, she was brave and intelligent and careful to attract his attention, and after learning the name of the other party, she had to sigh at the mystery of fate, but he didn't expect that the female student who had entangled the entire expansion in the legacy of StarCraft Void in his previous life finally came to him, and in this case, he accepted the disciple from the same tribe.
It seems that the archbishop was still a single dog before the end of the Void Legacy, and in his previous life, there were many interstellar fans in various groups of CPs, among which the archbishop and Thrandis had quite a high voice, and of course, there were also those with Lohana.
Atanis didn't sigh anymore, "It's just that the thought of facing Mentor Tasadar is about to be funny"
"Interesting? Lord Tassadar is great and noble, but this is not a reason for his repeated disobedience to orders, and the defeat of the Star Spirit Expeditionary Force ... ”
"Thrandis!" Atanis stared at his student with a serious gaze, "What do you see?" What do you know is true? Did you go to the scene to fight the insects? Or are you more capable of being an executive than Tassadar? ”
The female adjutant was shocked by the severity that her mentor had never had, "I... I"
"My student, you have to remember that the glory of the Templars is not won by others, but by their own strength, and my mentor Tassadar has the power and ability to adjust accordingly according to the changes in the battlefield through hundreds of years of war experience" He softened his tone, "Even if you lose, don't judge until you see our enemies, and don't forget what happened to us in the Danus system"
The lieutenant remembered the battle with Tagallen, and if it weren't for the timely reinforcements of Atanis in the late stage and dominating the battlefield in the later stage, the Star Spirit might have been defeated long ago. However, when she was young, she still couldn't believe that any enemy of Yang could make the people respected by her mentor suffer so much.
Atanis ignored his student, he looked at the planet Char on the star map in a daze, fate finally converged at this moment, and he, whether he was ready or not, must fight. He remembered the oath in Warcraft, "Win or die", he must do his best to reverse that damn fate, but, will things be that simple?