In fact, destroying stars is not a difficult task for the Empire of Humanity, and there are many ways they can do similar things, without even using artifacts left over from the Age of Dark Technology.

As an Alpha-level psyker, Alexei, the prophetess herself was confident that she would be able to unleash powerful subspace spells capable of distorting stellar celestial bodies through lengthy spells and complex rituals, and after a long period of preparation with the assistance of multiple disciples.

But that's too slow, and it's too easy to interrupt...... What the Bulleter did was more than just a starburst, he was more like a show, using the destruction of the stars and the demise of the swarm to show the empire his wisdom and strength.

The intention is to force them to make concessions.

After leaving the Doge's palace of Falla, Alexei returned to the Flame of Confession with his legs limp.

In the conference room where the high-ranking members of the expeditionary force were gathered, a mutilated video of the reconnaissance team that had been recovered by the reconnaissance team at the risk of their lives not long ago, which was captured by the Monitor-type unmanned reconnaissance aircraft they launched, before the binary satellite system was detonated.

This short video has been watched more than a dozen times by the top executives, and when Alexei returned, he played it again.

The quality of the footage is not clear, as the energy anomalies of the binary star system of the star system had actually appeared long before the arrival of the swarm, but it had remained hidden.

It was based on the general direction of the biological mothership of the hive fleet that the reconnaissance team calculated and predicted the target galaxy that the swarm would reach, so that it was able to launch a Watcher-type wandering reconnaissance plane to the galaxy in advance for shooting.

In the picture, the two blazing stars, one large and one small, rotate abnormally fast, and the disordered spectrum shows that they are forcibly accelerated by external forces, or the speed of aging, pulling the two stars away from their original orbits and crashing into each other.

The picture is constantly deflected, and finally, the perspective of the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft locks onto an inconspicuous target submerged in the spectrum.

This target is so small compared to a stellar object that even the most advanced Observer-type unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has skipped it several times, only to be noticed due to its own movement.

When the perspective zoomed in, I was finally able to see that it was a slender silver-gray battleship, and because there was no reference available, it was impossible to measure the size for the time being, and the blurred picture could only barely see that the battleship as a whole was a graceful fusiform shape, covered with complex armor structures shaped like reptile scales, and a shield system with extremely high energy density.

The Techno-Sage, who had just returned from "communicating" with Falla's local Mechanic Society, stretched out a curved mechanical arm from under his red robe and uploaded another video to the display in the center of the room.

This is a video of the work, set in the pre-war Falla, with the first and second moons in inner and outer orbits clearly visible, and the technocrats and mechanics maneuvering various construction machines to assemble a large space station called the Knowseeker in orbit with modular ships.

In the footage, a beautiful silver-gray battleship can be seen moored to the far side of the First Moon, almost identical to the gray battleship that appeared in the video transmitted back by the reconnaissance team.

- It's just that the battleship in the working video doesn't have that bizarre scale-like structure.

The blurry footage soon reaches the end, and as the swarm of insects that obscures the sky and the sun break into the frame, the two stars finally merge into one, rapidly changing into dazzling spots that incinerate the entire galaxy.

At this point, the data chip containing the footage was submerged in the light spot, and was eventually recovered by the reconnaissance team that rushed to the scene.

As for the mysterious shuttle-shaped silver battleship, it was also drowned in the burst of stars.

"Judging by the trajectory of the hive mothership, the target that attracted Taryn away from Falla was the mysterious silver battleship."

The Techno-Sage suppressed the tremors in his voice and said in a voice mixed with electronic noise, "It's a coincidence, isn't it? The battleship that detonated the star to annihilate the entire hive fleet was so similar to the 'Golden Age Relic Battleship' in the hands of Governor Falla, except for the outer armor structure, the two ships were almost identical. ”

Even, it's just a different form of the same ship.

Although the voice of the technical sage was calm on the surface, it suppressed the anger that almost ignited the display in front of him, and he couldn't believe that the nameless rat named Russell could be so bold, so presumptuous, so ...... Extravagant.

Detonate a star system with a precious ship from the Dark Tech Age and die with the Hive fleet...... Every time he thought of this heart-wrenching and tragic fact, his mechanical heart couldn't stop dripping blood...... Drop oil.

The Archbishop of the Star Sector of Espernes has a different view.

He insisted that Russell's move was a sign of his loyalty to the Empire, and that the Governor had abandoned the Tyrant Ship that would have brought him untold glory and wealth in his hands, and avoided the destruction of the Fallas system and the expeditionary fleet that had been devastated after the war with the Orcs.

The Anglican presented innumerable evidence of the personal character of Viceroy Falla, and repeatedly boasted of Russell's personal achievements in order to strengthen his status as a saint.

The Order of the Mechanics has repeatedly emphasized the immeasurable value of the legacy of the Age of Dark Tech, denouncing Russell's horrific crime of destroying relics, and demanding that it is up to them to protect all the ancient technology that remains on Fallas from being destroyed by some unreasonable madman.

The two factions fought their own interests and quarreled in the conference room, but neither of them was willing to devote their energy to one of the most critical issues:

How exactly did that gray battleship lure the hive fleet away from the Fallas system?

Mirak, who knew what was going on, was tight-lipped about it, and he couldn't possibly tell the fact that "The Last Bao" had actually been taken away by the Bulletin.

Alexei took a deep breath and interrupted the battle between the Anglican and the Mechanic Order: "Everyone, can you put an end to this useless dispute for the time being? We have more pressing matters to discuss today. ”

The prestige of the prophetess finally brought the already high-ranking Anglican priests and technocrats to stop fighting, and the techno-sages and the archbishops of the sector all looked at her, and even the inquisitors, admirals, and warlords of the interstellar marines who had been sitting on the mountain watching the battle became serious.

The Emperor's prophetess easily avoided interfering in the factional quarrels of the expeditionary fleet, and when she spoke, it meant that the matter was not trivial.

And that's exactly what happened.

Alexei first motioned to the servants on the side to remove the repeated video, and instead took out the metal tetrahedron he had received from Russell from his arms.

The prophet had important events to announce...... Milak consciously pulled some of the low-level personnel back, and the entire conference room remained:

Several Space Marine Warmasters, Navy Commanders, Techno-Sages, Inquisitors, Sector Archbishops, and Great Star Whisperers.

Alexei was silent for a moment, and then politely invited the commander of the navy and the Great Star Whisperer, as well as most of the Star Marines war captains, out of the conference room together.

She judged that what was next was not appropriate for them to know.