Spear of Dionysus Pierces a Hundred Men
Within the Simulacrum Sanctum, Gabriel grasped the battle situation of the 33rd Expedition Fleet in an instant, with a mere thought.
He couldn't help but frown. Not only was one of his capital ships attacked by the Flao battlecruisers, but after the Void Shield was broken, the ship was subjected to artillery fire. Even a Void Shield on the port side of the Shadow of the Throne was destroyed by the Aether Cannon.
[Captain Diana Pauline is in command?]
She was an excellent captain, but she struggled too much against the Flao's fleet.
Just as Gabriel had anticipated, Diana received authorization from the Primarch to command the Void Wars, but the Aether Cannon of the four Flao battlecruisers posed too great a threat.
As a "Spectator," Diana's Mental Body received a slight enhancement, and her Brainy Cat further improved her calculation abilities, giving her calculation abilities comparable to a normal Astartes, but still far inferior to the Simulacrum Sanctum of the "Iron Hands."
The shattering of the Void Shield on the port side of the Shadow of the Throne put her under immense pressure.
For the first time, the hull of the Shadow of the Throne was bombarded by the guns of a frigate.
Lord Nimrod should immediately assume command.
For Diana, that one long second felt like an eternity.
A flicker of surprise flashed in her blue-green eyes; there was enough time for the Primarch to react and issue an order.
[Lord Nimrod did not issue any orders, which means he trusts me.]
The female captain calmed herself down and gave orders.
"Three degrees to the left, take it down!"
Her gaze followed the trailing flashes of artillery fire on the video screen, and only after the frigate was torn apart did she open her mouth and utter a soft exhale.
The female captain realized that she could not control the entire battlefield, and that other commanders should be authorized to take charge of local fronts, while she herself should quickly find a breakthrough.
"Lord Merson, enemy ships A-1 and A-2 are under the command of the 11th Chapter."
"Thomas, I request the Librarian's assistance to ensure my orders reach every part of the ship more quickly."
"Arsena, I also need your help to process the data and refine the battle plan."
The Chief Librarian and the Primarch's Attendants, who stood before the Throne, spoke simultaneously.
"Good."
Thomas's thoughts spread, connecting the female captain, Arsena, and the minds of the other Librarian on the flagship.
The female captain handed over the data on the two battlecruisers, A-3 and A-4, to the "Deduction Cadets" for processing.
The Mental Body of the "Deduction Cadets" has been enhanced twice. He also has the computational support of the Brainy Cat, and his calculation ability is close to that of Iron Hands.
Five breaths later, the "Deduction Cadets" revealed the result of his deduction through a mental connection.
"A-4 is the most suitable target. Overconfident after successfully attacking the port side and disabling the Void Shield, it has broken away from the escort ship."
Your reasoning confirms my thoughts.
Diana's eyes gleamed as she decided to issue a risky order: to use the Shadow of the Throne as bait to lure the greedy enemy ship A-4.
"Turn to port at 3-9-8, advance at an angle of two."
"Confirm command, rotate left to 3-9-8, tilt angle 2."
The division commander hesitantly confirmed the female captain's order, which would direct the port side directly toward the Flao's bow.
Unlike the capital ships of the Imperium, the Flao's battlecruisers did not carry weapons on their port and starboard sides; the Aether Cannon and other artillery were located on the bow side.
The female captain's order was tantamount to exposing a weakness to the enemy ship, which the division commander could not understand.
"Execute the command!"
"I speak with authority," the blonde captain said, then turned her gaze to the Flao battlecruiser marked A-3.
"I will handle A-3." Upon hearing this, Diana Primarch had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
Nimrod did not take over command of the female captain immediately when the battle turned unfavorable. As long as the situation was still under control, he decided not to intervene.
The female captain did not disappoint him. She decisively authorized the 12th Chapter to attack on its own while luring the enemy ship A-4 to attack. He approved of this plan.
To alleviate the pressure on the female captain and to obtain the potion ingredients possessed by the Flao, such as the Night Fragment, Nimrod decided to lead the Honor Guard in a boarding maneuver.
"Prepare to board!"
At the same moment Nimrod rose and headed to the torpedo deck, Merson issued his command, "Per, A-2 is under the command of your fleet."
"Yes, my lord." After the Battle of the Wheel of Fire, Per Koschelny was promoted to company commander of the Fifth Company and commanded a squadron.
On the Sword of Vostonia, Per stared at the holographic image, his black eyes searching through the void.
A few seconds later, his eyes lit up as he stared at the dust cloud marked with runes as H-15.
It is a cloud-like celestial body located near the stars of the Cydonia System, composed of interstellar dust particles, gas, and metallic particles.
Per raised his left hand and swiftly traced five trajectories in the center of the holographic image, then ordered the Vox Master to send them to the two frigates and three destroyers under his command.
One of the destroyers immediately sprang into action, charging toward the battlecruiser on the orders of its company commander.
The destroyer's trajectory was not a straight line, but a zigzag pattern, using its speed to evade the attacks of the Flau fleet.
It skimmed past one side of the dust cloud region, drawing the fire of the Flao.
As Flau's fleet focused its fire on the destroyers, the Sword of Vostonia and four other warships bypassed the dust cloud from the other side and launched an attack on Flau's fleet from the flank.
The two Aether Cannons of the Sword of Vostonia fired simultaneously, accurately hitting the two enemy ships respectively.
A hail of Lance then slammed into the two enemy ships.
The Flao fleet immediately changed course to pursue them, and the five ships, as if startled, immediately dispersed.
As expected, the battlecruiser Flau targeted the Sword of Vostonia, a capital ship with a relatively slow speed.
Like a bloodthirsty shark, it launched a series of attacks on the Sword of Vostonia.
The Aether beams flashed with blinding colored light, launching wave after wave of attacks on the Sword of Vostonia.
Per remained calm and composed, directing the Sword of Vostonia to erratically turn and evade attacks.
"Turn to starboard 1-5-6, advance at four-way angle."
"..."
The other five warships, according to Per's plan, returned from different directions and attacked the Flau warship.
The Flau battleships, lacking Aether Cannon, were inferior in performance to the Astartes ships. By the time the commander of the battlecruisers realized what was happening, he had already lost all his escort ships.
He frantically tried to retreat, only to find that all other directions were blocked, leaving only the dust cloud area.
After being bombarded, he had no choice but to order a retreat from the direction of the dust cloud.
Per saw in the holographic image that the battlecruiser Flau was slowing down due to increased drag and electromagnetic interference, and gave the order.
"Prepare to board!"
His goal was to capture the battlecruiser.
Merson's flagship is the Relic-class battleship Punishment of Vostonia, which has just been fitted with Aether Cannon at the Vostonia Shipyard.
After exchanging Aether Cannon with the battlecruiser Flau, the Punishment of Vostonia used the range advantage of its other guns to launch a barrage against the enemy ship.
Diana's decoy tactic also worked; the overzealous cruiser Flau was met with fierce attacks from the Gloriana-class Battleship.
When the 33rd Expedition Fleet gained the upper hand in the Void War, Nimrod led his Honor Guard into the upper deck aboard the Flau Flao, marked A-3.
Governor of Flau, leading a thousand Aether Master clad in purple and gold robes, blocked the assault team.
As Governor of Flau raised his staff, Nimrod infused the Spear of Dionysus with Psionic Energy, activating the artifact's latent power.
The Spear of Dionysus, once "thrown," flew to Governor of Flau was leading the troops, in an instant.
Governor of Flau stared at the Spear, seeing its blinding, colorful light and sensing the immense power within it, which filled him with both disgust and fear.
His face was stern as he shouted loudly.
A thousand Aether Master raised their staffs, Aether the etheric tide surged.
The entire bridge was covered in frost, and the members of the Honor Guard felt as if cold tentacles were caressing their souls.
Aether energy gathered at the tip of Governor of Flau's staff, which he then swung out with a mighty swing.
Boom!
The Spear of Dionysus struck the Psionic Energy shield with a deafening roar, causing the ears of the Shadow of Order to ring.
Flau's Warrior and servants bled from their eyes and noses, and their bodies fell limply to the ground.
Governor of Flau had just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had blocked the terrifying Spear, when he suddenly heard a sound like shattering glass.
To his astonishment, he discovered that the Psionic Energy shield he, along with a thousand Aether Master, had erected, which controlled the supreme Aether mysteries of Flau, actually...
It's broken.
The Spear flew towards him in an instant, shattering the Force Shield that Governor of Flau had hastily raised.
Even after Spear of Dionysus pierced Governor of Flau, its momentum remained undiminished.
The immense power of the "throw" attached to the Spear propelled it through more than a dozen Aether Master and dozens of Flau Warrior.
With a single strike, the Spear of Dionysus pierced through a hundred Flao before finally embedding itself in the deck.
The Flao looked at the Spear in horror, as if it were a terrifying and evil weapon from mythology.
Nimrod flapped his golden wings and charged into the Flao.
He was not yet able to control the Burning One's C'tan Essence freely, and to avoid damaging the spoils, he did not unleash the flames.
With golden wings spread, the activated metal wings were as sharp as knives, shattering Aether Master's Psionic Energy shield upon contact, and then being cut in half.
Golden light flashed, leaving afterimages in the air.
As the Flao fell in droves, Shadow of Order swept across the battlefield, there were no enemies left standing.
"Ignore it." Nimrod pointed to Spear of Dionysus.
He then drew his Sword of Vaul to pursue his enemies and moved the spoils, including the Night Fragment, to the "Nation of Disorder."
In the Simulacrum Sanctum of the flagship of the 52nd Expedition Fleet, Gabriel's worries subsided only after witnessing the complete victory of the 33rd Expedition Fleet.