At that moment, someone who still had no idea what was happening was standing high above his own "Nomad Stronghold," looking down as the Heavenly Khan upon the final "ritual."
The cold depths of outer space stretched endlessly, with a slowly rotating spiral galaxy in the background. Billions upon billions of stars glittered like diamond dust scattered across boundless black velvet.
Two massive interstellar fleets were slowly converging from distant star fields.
The fleet on the left had long, angular hulls with razor-sharp edges, resembling a flock of raptors formed from entire warships. It belonged to the "Eaglewing Khan."
Her flagship, the Claw of the Firmament, resembled a giant eagle about to spread its wings and take flight. Its streamlined bow shimmered with a ghostly blue energy glow, while its enormous ion engines dragged two silent yet majestic wakes through the vacuum.
The fleet on the right displayed an entirely different style.
Its ships were massive and sturdy, like fortresses and asteroids floating through interstellar space. Its armor plates were covered in the scars of time and lined with powerful arrays of gun emplacements.
This was the power of the "Bedrock Great Khan." His flagship, the Immortal Bastion, was more like a moving mountain range of bio-alloy. It stood as immovable as a mountain, radiating a reassuring sense of solidity.
At the center of the two fleets' formations, in a vast stretch of empty space, the figures of the two Khans were magnified until they towered like stars.
The Eaglewing Khan's image was dynamic and razor-sharp. She wore no traditional armor, but rather a set of interstellar combat gear covered in sleek black composite armor. Her shoulder guards still retained the fierce shape of a falcon folding its wings.
Through the holographic image, her gaze seemed capable of seeing through