Chapter 645: The Snake Swallows the Elephant
On the observation deck at the top of the Nova Empire's palace, Queen Adora looked at the wisps of gunpowder smoke rising from the once prosperous capital in the distance, and her face was haggard.
The smoke that rose was not caused by Ronan's army having reached Shandar, but by the chaos that the city had descended on.
Although there was a deliberate delay, the matter of Ronan's attack could not be concealed for long.
Although the universe is large, the scale of Ronan's fleet is also huge, and interstellar communication is so developed, and such a big movement will more or less reach Shandar through various channels.
This kind of thing was only discovered when a large fleet actually landed on the planet, and basically only appeared in a similar rudimentary civilization on Earth that had not been in contact with extraterrestrial civilizations.
Of course, if it is like in the plot of the movie, Ronan only takes a dark star to carry out a solo raid without being detected, it is still possible.
However, at the beginning, only the upper echelons of the Nova Empire knew the fact that their own internal emptiness was powerless to resist. The people at the bottom did not realize the arrival of the catastrophe, they still believed that this time, like the countless wars recorded in the past, the heroes of the empire, the Nova Legion, would still protect the empire, and Ronan's army would not be able to fight Sandar at all, as in the past.
But five days earlier, after the news of the defeat of the Nova Legion and the death of all the top leaders of the Legion led by Richard Ryder, the riots began.
Yes, the Nova Legion has been completely defeated, and Richard Ryder did not fulfill his promise to hold off Ronan's fleet for a month without sacrificing his life, in fact, from the beginning to the end of the war, which lasted only two days, and the Nova Legion was completely defeated.
And the reason is because of Ronan's brought, in addition to three times the strength of the new star, there are also those four ninth-level powerhouses and two tenth-level powerhouses.
Especially those two level 10 powerhouses...... It can be seen from the fact that Captain Marvel, who is also a level 10 powerhouse, can dismantle the Temple 2 in minutes, and the elderly and dying Odin can destroy the dark elf mothership with one blow, it can be seen that the appearance of a level 10 powerhouse on the battlefield, if there is no corresponding strong person to contain it, what kind of impact will it have on the battle situation.
In fact, the whole war took two days, and it was because the two tenth-level powerhouses were tired of killing most of the Nova powerhouses, including Richard, and returning to the flagship to rest after destroying most of the main battleships......
And after completely defeating the main force of the Nova Legion, Ronan did not speed up his march, but turned on the scorched earth mode...... That is, where they pass, chickens and dogs do not stay.
Five days, fifteen planets, and more than 30 billion people can be counted.
It can be seen that the cruelty of the cosmic war.
For the past five days, it has been torment for the entire Nova Empire, and fear has spread - this is what Ronan wants, he wants to bring Shan Dar to death in endless fear.
Originally, the residents of Sandal were just planning to escape, after all, it was a developed interstellar civilization, and as long as they ran away, there was a high probability that the Kree fleet would not chase the spaceships of ordinary people like them.
However, when these residents who wanted to run found that they didn't know when, the original large number of various military and civilian ships in the entire Sandar Star had disappeared without knowing when, and there were also a large number of high-ranking nobles of the empire, as well as various elites such as scientists and engineers, and the riot could no longer be suppressed.
Fools know that these elites have been informed in advance and have been arranged to requisition most of the spaceships and escape from Shandar, leaving only ordinary people like them, who are still waiting to die.
And in the face of this situation, Adora is also helpless.
It's not that she's going to abandon her people, it's that time is too tight.
If it was according to the original plan, as long as Richard led the Nova Legion to block Ronan's fleet for a month, she would have enough time to mobilize enough ships, if not all, to at least be able to withdraw most of the people from Xandal.
But now the Nova Legion has only won 2 days, and she can't do anything at all, so she can only selectively transfer some high-level personnel, scientists, engineers and other important personnel first, that is, the two batches of personnel who were sent to the Xia Empire before.
Although the total number is also tens of millions, it is only a drop in the bucket compared to Shandar, which has a total population of more than 10 billion.
"Supreme, the situation in the city is completely out of control. A large number of rebels have gathered and are heading towards the palace, with our remaining forces, we may not be able to stop it for long, and please ask the Supreme to evacuate with us first. Just when Adora was infinitely melancholy, the chief of the palace guard hurried to report with two guards.
"Withdraw? Where can I evacuate? Adora laughed miserably.
"Supreme, as long as people are still there, we still have a chance!" The chief of the guard persuaded.
"I am the lord of the empire, others can escape, but I can't. I have let our people down...... I can't turn my back on them anymore, so I choose to stay here. Adora shook her head and said.
"Supreme ......" The chief guard wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by Adora waving his hand.
"Let's go...... While there's still time. Adora said in a deep voice again.
"I think it's better for Her Excellency to evacuate with them!" Just as Adora and the chief guard were tormented, a clear voice sounded behind them.
"What people!" When the two palace guards heard the sound, they immediately raised their weapons in a well-trained manner and aimed them in the direction from which the sound came.
"General Osborne? Why are you here? Adora looked back and immediately recognized the other.
It was none other than Chris, who was served by an Covenant general, but he had already left Sondar more than a week ago, before Ronan's fleet had even set off, so why did he appear in her palace?
"Of course, I'm here to save the desperate and helpless people of Shandal!" Chris squinted his eyes and said with a smile on his face, the whole person looked very sunny.
"General Osborne, what do you mean by that? Could it be that the Star Alliance is still willing to continue to form an alliance with Xander? Help fight the evil Ronan Legion? As soon as these words came out, Adora herself wanted to laugh, it was simply a fantasy.
"Of course not, Sandar reneged on the covenant first, and it is naturally impossible for the Star Covenant to continue to maintain an alliance with an untrustworthy conquest, but the people of the Nova Empire are innocent, so in the case that the queen and the top of the Nova Empire have abandoned their people, the righteous and great Star Covenant will take over the burden of protecting these innocent people and fight against the evil Kree army." Chris said with a "righteous" face.
"Hahahahahahaha...... I'm sorry, General Osborne, but the joke is so funny! Hearing Chris's words, Adora burst into tears and laughed, "Are you earthlings so arrogant? Or are the Covenant executives like you so ignorant? ”
Of course, she heard the meaning of Chris's words, which was nothing more than knowing the defeat of the Nova Army, wanting a piece of the pie, and even wanting to swallow the big cake of Xandar.
But why? If it was the same first-class civilization, such as the Bradat people of the past, she might not be too skeptical.
But the Covenant? How many years have the earth really been included in the interstellar civilization? With the help of Nova and Shea, he won Bradat by luck and didn't know what his last name was? Even those affiliated civilizations of Bradat couldn't eat a few of them, and now they are trying to swallow elephants with snakes and take food under Kerry's account?
Adora couldn't figure out how the brains of these earthlings grew at all.
"I'm not kidding, you see, they've all arrived." Chris said, looking up at the sky.
In the face of Adora's ridicule, Chris didn't care at all, how could the dragon care about the sparrow's ridicule?
Hearing Chris's words, Adora also turned her head to look at the sky, the weather today was very good, cloudless and sunny. But at this time, in the sky that should have been blue, countless dense black spots appeared, like schools of fish in the ocean.
But it was obviously not a school of fish, but countless huge warships in space, but they were located in the outer space of the planet, far away, so standing on the ground looked like a black spot.
"You guys are playing for real? Don't you know what the Kree Empire's fleet of death thinks? Seeing this, Adora was stunned.
"Of course I know, in fact, as an ally of the restoration of the Kree Empire's supreme intelligence, I think our Star Covenant will not know much less about the Kree Empire than the new star who is an old opponent of the Kree Empire!" Chris shrugged.
"What? You're actually allied with Kerry? Adora's eyes widened.
"Hmm...... Don't have such big eyes, that's not cute at all, and I'm not interested in women your age! Chris pouted, "And pay attention to the keyword, once...... It used to be an ally, but not anymore! ”
Well, of course, Chris doesn't care about age, in terms of age, Hela is long lived, and he still eats this old grass very happily, because even if people live another 10,000 years, they are basically like young girls, but Adora in front of him is a bad old woman, and she wears bells and whistles, he can't get off the mouth.
That's right, Chris, he's just that superficial.
"Since you're just a former ally, where do you Star Covenant have the confidence to deal with Ronan's Death Fleet? Could it be that you have two stellar powerhouses? "The stellar-level powerhouse in Adora's mouth is a tenth-level powerhouse, and the earth has two ten-level powerhouses, that is, two Marvel Captain Carol Danvers, Nova knows, after all, in the war with Bradat, both appeared, such a big scene, it is impossible for the Nova Legion who is also on the battlefield not to pay attention to it, and even Nova has tried to find a way to win over the two" You must know that according to the news from the front, Kerry also sent two stellar-level veteran powerhouses and four planetary-level (ninth-level) powerhouses, And in terms of troops, it is not beyond the reach of your Star Alliance. ”
"You don't have to worry about it, you just need to know that next, Xandal doesn't need a queen who lives and dies with them, but needs a new protection, so please move the shelf!" Chris said nonchalantly with a faint smile on his face, and as his words fell, an airborne gate suddenly appeared behind him, and a team of Vagri Death Knights stepped out of it, surrounding Adora.
Seeing this, the chief guard and the two royal guards tried to resist, and a figure emerged from the void in vain, with three punches and two kicks, and the two guards whose strength was only level four were killed instantly without even having a chance to pull the trigger, and the captain of the guard was not weak, at least level six, but it was useless, and he was still killed in seconds.
After all, it wasn't ordinary people who shot, but Laura, who was wearing a ghost suit.
"Please, Nova Supreme!" Chris waved his hand and pointed to the portal behind him.
"You'll regret it!" Adora glanced at Chris and said deeply, but knowing that the matter was irreparable, she walked towards the space door under the escort of two death knights.
"By the way, and with the good news, just six hours ago, the Skrull Empire launched a large-scale attack on the Kree Empire...... In other words, if you can actually hold out for two more days, it is very likely that Ronan will retreat by himself! Just as Adora was about to walk through the space door, Chris said.
And this news was like a thunderbolt, which made Adora stand on the spot for a moment, but was immediately pushed directly into the portal by the death knight.
"Tsk, that's great news, isn't it?" Chris stood on the observation deck, looked at Sandar below, and said to Laura beside him with a smile on his face.
That's right, it was precisely because of the news that the Skrull Empire was at war against the Kree Empire that Chris suddenly changed his previous attitude and dared to brush Ronan's beard...... Before, it was because Ronan had too many troops, although Chris's side had an absolute top-level combat power advantage, but it was still easy to fall into a protracted positional battle, which was a disaster for the thin Star Alliance, especially since the Kree Empire still had countless troops and strong people who could carry out follow-up support.
But now it's different, the two empires are at war, and the scale is very large, and Ronan can no longer maintain a huge army and strong people here, which makes Chris rise to the ambition of swallowing an elephant with a snake and eating the Nova Empire.
However, this is not without problems, and the most suspicious thing for Chris is that according to the news that comes from the Skrull Empire, there is a trace of Thanos in the army.