The Beginning of the Warp

"Grr..."

At this moment, Saum's face twisted slightly, his four-fingered hands tightly clenched together as he said through his barely restrained anger:

"I understand. However... I will slaughter the Prophets and the Jiralhanae for my people. I hope, Russell, that you won't stop me."

"Of course." William answered without hesitation. "We humans aren't on good terms with those two races either."

"Mm." Saum nodded heavily, then walked toward the elevator and said:

"Then I need to hurry and select the elites. See you tomorrow morning."

After saying that, Saum took the elevator to the first level of the bridge and left the bridge.

Seeing this,

Mike skillfully pulled a cigar case from the inner pocket of his military uniform, took out a pre-cut cigar, and lit it with a windproof lighter.

He took a deep drag, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and walked toward the elevator, smiling at William as he said:

"William, I'm preparing to return to my flagship as well. I need to study the current battle situation and make targeted deployments."

"Sorry for the trouble, Uncle."

William no longer addressed him by his rank and surname. Instead, he rarely called him "Uncle."

"Haha!" Hearing this, Mike, who was already standing inside the elevator, laughed heartily and said:

"Don't worry. Andre and I will protect humanity for you. Forget one month—even a year, the two of us can hold out.

"Maybe by the time you leave Warp Space, the two of us will already have led our forces to counterattack and defeat the Covenant!"

After saying that, Mike activated the elevator and headed for the first level of the bridge. He left the bridge and went to the Star Killer's hangar.

"Hehe." Halsey, who was standing beside William, couldn't help laughing. She said to William:

"Although the two