Chapter 1631: Low-Temperature Humans
"You're saying the Archangel of Death is here?" Major General Cassio Tagge stared at the battlefield display, his expression grim. "Our situation is this disastrous because of the Archangel of Death's power?"
The First Battlegroup Commander nodded. "If what this Master... uh, what this lord said is correct, and the Archangel of Death really is here, then everything can indeed be explained. The Archangel of Death... wiped out the Second Battlegroup in less than an hour."
"That was ten Knight-class Star Destroyers! Even if they gave up resisting and let someone bombard them, they couldn't be blown apart in an hour!" Cassio Tagge said through gritted teeth.
It had to be known that the Galactic Republic had not yet deployed many Knight-class Star Destroyers. Even with Kuat Drive Yards supporting this operation with everything they had, they had only brought forty Knight-class ships in total.
After all, other war zones were equally desperate for Knight-class Star Destroyers. Hunter Class Battlecruisers alone had long ceased to be a match for the Separatists' ever-growing numbers of Behemoth-class, Calamity-class, and several other types of warships.
Kuat Drive Yards had already fallen a step behind in warship modernization, which was why the Galactic Republic had ordered Sienar Fleet Systems to complete the final design of the Vindicator-class heavy cruiser as quickly as possible. Note 1.
Yet here, the Archangel of Death had silently destroyed ten Knight-class Star Destroyers in one stroke, a full quarter of their force! How could Cassio Tagge not be heartbroken?
"We don't know what exactly happened either... but what happened then... was simply too bizarre, too terrifying..." The Third Commander broke out in a cold sweat even as he spoke of it. "By the time I reached the battlefield, the Second Battlegroup was already in chaos.