Chapter 419
The first volley from Thanos's fleet arrived seconds later.
It was not probing fire, nor was it calibration fire. It was a true, all-out volley with no room left for restraint.
The main guns of more than three hundred warships fired at once.
Energy beams interwove through space into a blue net of death, blanketing the Dark Elves' mothership.
The heat from the energy beams could not spread through the vacuum.
But their electromagnetic radiation instantly overwhelmed every sensor, turning the holographic screens into a blinding blue-white haze.
The Dark Elves' mothership shield withstood the first volley.
It flickered violently, spiderweb-like cracks spreading across its surface, but it did not shatter.
The Dark Elves' shield technology had been forced into development by thousands of years of survival pressure.
It was not designed to defeat enemies, but to survive their attacks.
Its strength was not the highest in the universe, but its resilience and endurance were absolutely among the very best.
"Shield integrity down by sixty percent. The second volley will arrive in thirty seconds. The shield cannot withstand it."
Malekith's black eyes fixed on the main screen as he watched the black warships closing in.
"Return fire," he said.
The Dark Elves' mothership turrets opened fire, sending crimson energy beams from the ship's surface toward the nearest Thanos warship.
The beam struck that warship's shield. The shield flickered, then held.
Thanos's warship shields were stronger than the Dark Elves' firepower.
This was a crushing gap in technology and power, one no tactics or strategy could make up for.
Malekith clenched his fists.
His nails dug into his palms.
Then he saw that person.
Not those warships, not those energy beams, not the death closing in.
It was a massive purple figure in golden armor, stepping out from the