……

Dante and the warlords returned to the council chamber to rest and discuss things.

Even the Iron Men and their data craftsmen were brought in.

Every minute there is good news, and the children of the angels are recovering the perimeter of the fortress.

Even though there is still a lot to be done to completely reclaim Baal from the Zerg, the progress made so far gives everyone hope.

The Warlord congratulated each other, and when Foros was accosted by the Warlord next to him, he would only smile and nod his head, which seemed a little perfunctory.

Dante looked at Foross and then at Mephiston.

The latter's voice sounded in Dante's head.

"What Foros really cares about is Hades Three...... It's not that he doesn't value Barr, it's just that he remembers his true home planet more than ever. ”

Hearing Mephiston's words, Dante nodded silently.

After a short celebration, the crowd began to get down to business.

"We saw an even larger tyrant inside a wrecked ship."

"It looks special."

"I don't know what role it plays in the Zerg collective, but I think if I can kill it, it might help the battle situation."

Mephistopheles said what Bellona's apprentice had seen earlier.

His words were listened to not only by the humans present, but also by Heat Death.

Then the heat died and fell into memory.

During the war in Hades, the Iron Man also discovered a large tyrant who was similar in appearance to Mephiston's description...... Of course, it is unlikely that there will be a difference, after all, it is just a circle of body size.

In short, this tyrant is not a synaptic creature named Tyrant in the database, but has another name.

Lord of the Swarm.

The war in the Hades galaxy has been going on so far, and it is not that they have been exhausted in the battle to completely lose control of the two planets, but that Heat Death has personally carried out two decapitation operations against the Lord of the Swarm.

Thinking of this, Heat Death's gaze looked at his data craftsman.

This data craftsman is just a physical projection projected by a stealth drone, and it's another camouflage.

"Lord of the Swarm."

An icy electronic sound rang out in the hall.

Everyone looked in the direction the voice came from, and saw that it was the data craftsman who had been silent all along.

The Data Craftsman and his mechanical warriors had played a big role in the previous battles, so even though his status was much lower than everyone present, no one interrupted him.

"What is the Lord of the Swarm, Sage?" Dante asked.

A data craftsman can't be a sage at all, but of course it's a pleasure to hear a sage like that.

However, the data craftsman did not have any mood swings, the mechanical structure of his mouth flashed, and he continued: "The master of the swarm is equivalent to a large synaptic creature, and I don't know how many swarms it can control, but as long as it is killed, many, many bugs will fall into chaos. ”

Hearing this, Mephiston frowned, feeling that there was something wrong with this data craftsman.

He was under the impression that the Mechanic Order's data craftsmen rarely used the word "many", assuming they had to name an indefinite number, then they would definitely name a range of values.

There is something suspicious about this data craftsman.

The presence of mechanics here is in itself suspicious.

Although Mephistopheles had never fought alongside the Mechanics, he knew that if a combat unit like the Castellan Robot was put on the battlefield on a large scale, it would be a crisis in the Foundry World itself.

Why did the Order of the Mechanics give Baal so many mechanical combat units that were more powerful than Castellan robots?

But considering that the other party is here to help after all, Mephistopheles is not easy to question, so he can only pretend to be confused.

"Lord of the Swarm......" Dante leaned his neck back, suddenly feeling tired again.

Tyrant, Lord of the Swarm...... Will there be a hive master, or a larger synaptic creature?

When is it all going to end?

"We're going to have to kill it by decapitation." Mephiston said.

Dante nodded in agreement.

The other battle group commanders also expressed their positions.

The plan to carry out the decapitation operation was unanimously approved.

Dante and Mephiston set about arranging a more detailed and specific battle plan.

……

Night.

In front of the magnificent statue of St. Giles, Dante and Mephistopheles discuss the battle plan.

Mephistopheles used psionic embodying to create images of the terrain of the crashed ship and what Bellona's apprentice had seen that day.

Then Mephiston gives his insights.

He said a lot, and Dante just sat under the statue and listened in silence.

It wasn't until Mephiston realized that his Warlord wasn't in a good state that he stopped talking and sat down next to Dante to look up with him at the face of the Father of Genes.

"Thank you." Dante said suddenly.

Ever since the Battle of Baal was underway, Mephistopheles had been suppressing his character and showing his milder side as much as possible.

This is to cooperate with Dante to maintain the relationship between the mother group and the child group at this time, no matter what rumors are there about the previous chief think tank curator of the Holy Blood Angel War Regiment, the Lord of Death, Mephiston, the brothers of the sub-group who came to Baal in person will only see a gentle think tank director.

Dante suddenly says thank you, but the tacit understanding between the two is enough for Mephiston to understand what he meant.

"Live up to the blood of St. Giles." Mephiston said indifferently, "I can give everything for Barr." ”

Dante nodded, and talked about the battle: "I intend to throw those who have fallen into the dark rage into the battle to decapitate the Lord of the Swarm. ”

Mephistopheles nodded in agreement.

But Dante hesitated: "Are they really hopeless?" Is it really hopeless to fall into the dark rage? ”

In the period of all the angel heirs, whether they are the mother group, whether they are legions or warbands, there is no doubt that they are really hopeless when they fall into the dark rage.

But Dante asks because Mephistopheles had defeated Black Fury, more than once.

"It's hopeless." Mephiston shook his head, "My experience can't be replicated, otherwise I would have worked with Kobro to try to solve the Black Fury." ”

Dante nodded again.

Kobro, High Blood Priest of the Holy Blood Angel Warband, a position known as Apothecary in other Warbands.

Cobro has literally devoted his life to solving the black rage and blood thirst, but nothing has come of it.

Mephistopheles has answered Dante's question about Black Rage more than once, but lately he has answered a bit more often.

Clearly, Dante has become a little sentimental.

Maybe it's old age, maybe it's tiredness, or something else...... He didn't do that before.

"Let's work out a battle plan as soon as possible." Dante got up, "I'll go to war myself." ”

"Your hurt ......" Mephiston tried to dissuade, but Dante's eyes were firm, so he said nothing.

But Mephiston wondered why Dante had been doing it himself lately......

(End of chapter)