Lunch is a soup made with a handful of beef meal and dried vegetables, as well as steamed potatoes and pumpkin. There are so many children in the orphanage, and most of them are in the process of growing up. Sister Doggett had to put a lot of effort into food, and until the children were adopted or able to live independently, they remained in the convent-converted orphanage.

A lot of people need to stay here for five years or more. After the age of ten, they will go to the town to work to supplement some of the expenses of the orphanage. Some of the lucky ones will be selected by the Hermalton Adventurer Academy, where they will train for three to five years before joining the Adventurer's Guild.

Because Yani said that "the best child gets a gift". The little ones try to be very well-behaved, and even offer to help with cleaning up the dishes after eating the food. Normally, these things are taken care of by older girls.

After lunch, the boys who returned from the town were responsible for building a campfire out of chopped wood. It's a complicated job, and it's not easy to build a campfire high without collapsing easily. Experienced boys are in charge of the masonry, and others are in charge of carrying it.

In addition, little Thor, Anna's childhood friend, is the guy who often has a runny nose and does not come back. I heard that he was adopted as a son by a tailor in the town, so he should stay at home with his family.

And Yani and Anna-

"One more time!"

The backyard, where firewood was originally chopped, was temporarily turned into a practice field. With the clanging sound of the two swords colliding, Yani's sword was once again knocked out by her sister.

Next to it, there were a lot of little ones who had nothing to do, most of them were four or five years old. At this age, the nuns do not ask them to do anything other than eat, sleep, and pray regularly. Besides, it's the New Year soon.

From a few minutes before lunch, Yani wanted to ask Anna for advice.

As a result, by now, in half an hour of sparring, her sword had been knocked out three times. The orthodox swordsmanship that I learned from school is completely inadequate compared to my sister's swordsmanship. Moreover, she could feel that Anna hadn't even taken out half of her seriousness.

Although, many times Anna's swordsmanship is not so orthodox and looks more like an evil way. If it were the kind of serious competition in the school, it would definitely not be able to take the stage. However, in actual sparring, it is extremely effective, and it is basically the kind that kills with one hit.

Eventually, Yani began to lose face, knowing that there was a group of visitors next to her.

"Sister, I'm going to be serious!"

Yani took a deep breath with her sword in both hands.

"Just let the horses come!"

Anna stuck her sword on the ground and tightened the linen bandage that was wrapped around the muzzle of her right hand and the front and back of her palm, which had been specially tied to reduce the wear and strain of the hilt on her hands. Girls, they all love stinky beauty, especially their hands and faces, which are tender. Then, a cooperative pose is made.

"Oooo

Very beautiful triple chop.

Although she was easily taken over by herself, Anna still gave a high evaluation, "Then replace me this time." "Anna also used three consecutive slashes, but the speed and skill of the instant burst were different from Yani's.

Luckily, Anna only demonstrated the tricks and didn't add power. Although it looks like a wind on the surface, the moment it makes contact, it has already retracted.

Otherwise, with a triple blow, the sword in Yani's hand could be broken.

"Feel it with your heart!"

"Oh-oh!"

This skill is indescribable and can only be experienced through continuous practice and perception. You must know that those who fight with Anna are basically masters, and most of them are still the kind of life and death

The fragments of the broken halo collided together, and at this time, the beautiful mountains and rivers above were gone. The plasma cloud left behind by the explosion of the battleship's reactor scorched the shattered fragments of ancient metal, and the dazzling geometric patterns on the reddish halo wreckage bear witness to the magnificence of the past.

Because the communication system has been hacked and destroyed, the Supreme Council of the Covenant now knows that one of the Halos of the Sacred Ring has been destroyed. Although the location of Earth, the home planet of mankind, has been determined through unremitting efforts, the first 500 elite ships to attack Earth have been destroyed by humans who have fled from the halo near the Indomitable Sacrifice Space Station.

These two events have shaken the Council of Elders of the Covenant, and the Covenant has panicked, the human race, which was once weak in their eyes, has become a real threat - this is unprecedented, the Covenant's forces have always been invincible and invincible, and humanity has been losing almost all the time for the past 27 years. But now, everything has changed.

The panic immediately turned into anger, the evil human actually blew up the ring of holy miracles - "halo", someone must have derelicted his duty and let the heresy go, unforgivable!

Under the dark starry sky, a little purple light flashed, and the originally peaceful space was already boiling at this time, and as the points of light connected together the Star Covenant Holy City "City of Fraternity", it slowly slid out of the migrating fault space. Not far away, the wreckage of the halo was particularly dazzling against the pale blue base star, and this tranquility was quickly broken, and hundreds of warships flashed purple light to sign out of the fault space, and the formation was exactly the same, just surrounding the city of fraternity in the center.

"Report on your achievements on the enemy Reach, Tyr Vadami," said the Prophet of Truth condescendingly. The tone was dignified, giving the respondent no room to think. His whole body was draped in a large bright red robe, and he wore a shiny gold crown on his head, on which the communication equipment amplified its voice dozens of times.

Tyr Vadami, commander of the Covenant's First Fleet, stood straight on the podium, his eyes blazing, the lights shining on his golden elite warrior armor.

He is simply the standard of strength and agility, and his athletic physique is a well-developed muscle—a weapon that tears apart all enemies. To be precise, he is unbeatable except for Tatarus, the Chieftain/leader of the Ghost-Faced Beasts. Even the Prophet praised his decisive and strategic fighting style.

But now, things are different, and the Prophet's tone is less of the mild feeling he used to have when he returns triumphantly, and now it seems more like judgment.

"Most of the known human fleets deployed on Zhiyuan have been annihilated, and Zhiyuan has been controlled by us. But we've lost the Light, a remnant of the Precursor that greatly increases the speed and accuracy of hyperspace jumps," said Tyr Vadami.

"Go on!"

"Only one enemy ship survived the battle. ”

"Are you sure?" the Truth Prophet leaned forward slightly, his tone of surprise but more of anger seeming to it.

"Yes, his name is 'Autumn Wind Pier'"

"Why were they able to escape, to escape under our siege?" said the Prophet in an aggressive tone. Dozens of high-ranking prophets sitting in the auditorium shouted and cursed: Dereliction of duty!

The Prophet raised his paw and signaled silence. The hall was silent, so quiet that Tyr Vadami could clearly hear his own breathing, or the sound of a needle falling on the ground.

The Prophet of Truth tilted his head and spoke to his colleague, the Prophet of Sorrow, who pulled out a crystal and handed it to him, which thrust into a data slot, and the crystal buzzed.

"Do you know what mistakes you made?"

"Yes!"

The Prophet didn't speak, but pressed the crystal.

In an instant, dozens of holographic projectors in the temple were activated,——— one slowly rotated between Til Wadami and the Prophet.

At this moment, a dazzling light emanated from the surface of the halo, the last roar from the fusion reactor of the Autumn Wind Pier. The violent explosion swept through the entire structure of the halo, and the huge annular belt could no longer withstand the impact and began to break and disintegrate. A 200-kilometer-long piece of debris was squeezed into the halo, completely shattering the rest of the struggling parts

"Your dereliction of duty caused the filthy and evil humanity, the ship to land and destroy the Halo of Sacred Signs, the Halo" The voice of the Prophet of Truth rang out, and the image vanished.

"Yes, a human called 'Master Chief' by humans is responsible for all this."

"Master Chief is a demon, a true destroyer of truth and light!" said the Prophet of Truth, word for word, before turning to Tyr Vadami, "Do you have anything else to say?" Commander. ”

"Yes," Tyr Vadami looked up and looked into the eyes of the Prophet of Truth, "but the spread of the Zerg is close to a tipping point! Not even our Covenant's fleet can stop them, the Covenant has reached the most dangerous juncture, and if we don't take action, we won't be spared!"

This sentence had an explosive effect, and all the councillors gasped, and it took a long time to react.

Several councillors sitting in the front row stood up at once, waved their hands and roared loudly: "Alarmist, shameful traitor! Unforgivable! Kill him!" For a moment the crowd was so excited that the angry shouting almost drowned out Tyr Vadami.

"It's true!" said Tyr Vadami's voice, but almost everyone heard it clearly.

"I really don't want to hear him continue, Prophet of Truth, execute him in the name of the Parliament!" said the Prophet of Grief aloud to the Prophet of the Most High Truth, making a decapitation gesture with one hand.

The Prophet of Truth took a deep breath and seemed to be making up his mind to "Be quiet!" His voice was amplified hundreds of times. Immediately all the noisy shouting and scolding were overshadowed.

The entire council hall fell silent.

The Prophet sat in an anti-gravity chair. A burning gaze swept over the eyes of every councillor present, and finally landed on Tyr Vadami.

"You are the best commander of the Covenant, leading the army to great feats. ”

Tyr Vadami looked up at the Prophet, "I will lead the army to fight for the Covenant, and I will not retreat even if I die in battle!"

"Nope. You can't!" said the Prophet flatly, "Your dereliction of duty has allowed the human warship to defile our holy land, and the pilgrimage is about to begin, but your sins will drag you down so that you cannot join us on the pilgrimage!"

The light in the eyes of the elite warrior dimmed, but he still looked up