'The Flood'

"Hum..."

While William wore a grim expression, pondering whether the Flood existed in this universe, Halsey watched the video files, mulled it over for a moment, then smiled and said:

"I never expected these children to actually overcome superior numbers despite facing such horrendous battle conditions. They really surprised me."

"Er..." William came back to himself and looked at Halsey standing to his left, puzzled. "Children?"

"Of course." Halsey nodded at William. "Gabriel and the Blood Ravens."

"Alright..." Hearing Halsey's answer, William merely shrugged.

Indeed...

Halsey was already forty, while Gabriel, the oldest of the Blood Ravens, was only twenty-three. She could indeed call the Blood Ravens children.

It was just that Halsey looked less than thirty, so it was hard to imagine that she was already the mother of three children.

Speaking of children...

Just one day ago, William and the others had still been at Hafa Manor, preparing to celebrate Arthur Russell's birthday. But the celebration had been canceled because of the Covenant invasion.

William had planned to leave Halsey and Yelena at Hafa to look after the newborn Arthur.

But Halsey had insisted on coming along, claiming that against an enemy alliance of alien races like the Covenant, she was the best possible advisor.

William naturally knew how capable Halsey was, as well as how much she understood about the Covenant in the game, but he was still somewhat hesitant.

That was until Rebecca told him that Halsey's body had long since fully recovered, and that Arthur's physical abilities were far superior to Ivan and Yelena's at the time.

Only then did William decide to bring Halsey, along with Arthur, who still needed to be breastfed by her, aboard the Star Killer-class Flagship.

At that moment, Arthur was in Yelena's quarters, being cared for by his older