There were less than two hundred protoss warriors in red clothes. They moved through the dense primeval rainforest entwined with branches in an elegant and agile manner. They were as fast as swooping birds or speeding through the flower forest. beam of sunshine.
The protoss warriors who guard the Supreme Council of the Protoss Empire are all wearing gorgeous, almost exaggerated red robes, smaller reddish-brown robes sewn with dark brown beast leather, golden pendants and The crystal filled with blue anima swayed as they moved through the forest.
This distinctive feature distinguishes them from other protoss warriors. The flaming Yara tribe symbol really seems to be burning.
Another clothing feature that is different from the Templars is that some Council guards will wear eye patches on their heads to cover their eyes. Their nerve bundles are longer than other protoss and wrapped with some kind of thick red silk brocade. , and the end is tied with a yellowed animal skin scroll.
It is said that the person above copied the map of El drawn by the great Kas, and it was with the map he drew that he found a way to create the psychic network Kara. As the descendants of the protoss who first stood by Kass, the Yara tribe warned themselves in this way to remember their mission. Likewise, it is also a symbol of their identity.
They have almost no armor, but they carry round-shaped psionic amplifiers behind their backs, which allows these protoss warriors who are well versed in the way of Kara to use powerful psionic power to perform terrifying psionic attacks.
The Tal'darim Protoss will also wear scarlet robes, but their clothing has a more vivid visual impact and is a blood-like color. The symbol of the Yala tribe represents the flame that brings warmth and light, which also indicates the status of this tribe as the leader of the Supreme Council and the presiding officer of the meeting.
"Hey, dear, look at the outfits of these protoss. They're so cool." Tychus, who was holding a heavy machine gun in front of Augustus, was chewing a Terrador cigar while watching the protoss suddenly appear. The silk-sealed helmet spewed out clouds of mist.
"Don't you think this is too gorgeous? It's like those male birds that decorate themselves in a dazzling way to court a mate." Kerrigan said with some venom.
"In public places, politicians always wear complicated traditional clothes or other ways to show their elite status. Among the protoss with obvious tribal distinctions, this is normal." Augustus watched. The council guards who shuttled nimbly through the rainforest watched as their crimson figures jumped into the fangs and claws of the Grund swarm and carried out bloody killings.
"The Protoss Empire maintains internal peace with a clear and strict class system to avoid the outbreak of civil war and fratricide. Therefore, they must emphasize and maintain this distinction in all aspects of the operation of the empire and the lives of the people, otherwise the lower classes will Class protoss will transcend their positions and rights."
The rulers of the Protoss Empire hope that their compatriots will remember their lineage and traditions so that they can remember their mission. This is why the tribe still exists today. ——Before the Protoss Empire was established, the Protoss on Aiur had declined to the tribal era, and the distinctions between tribes still existed in this era.
Today's protoss are still proud of their bloodline and tribal totems. Even when they have a highly developed civilization, they also divide their powers by tribe.
"Yara Protoss, they are one of the youngest among the Protoss tribes, but they firmly hold the right to speak in the Protoss Empire." Augustus continued to comment: "Yara Protoss are arrogant. And indifference, they will do anything for the survival of Kara and the Protoss Empire."
Although the Sirak tribe, another Arbitrator tribe, once gave birth to great figures like Kass, they were indifferent to politics and military affairs. The Silak tribe is the guardian of the Xel'Naga Temple and the Grand Archives. They only focus on the past history, rather than the immediate present and the distant and unknown future.
"In other words, all the protoss in the Supreme Council are from this tribe?" Tychus doesn't care about the culture and customs of the protoss. He only cares about who the official is, and that this official is easy to fool. Whether he is an idiot or a ruthless character who is not easy to deal with usually determines his thoughts on committing crimes in a certain area.
"They don't look like those pampered politicians. Looking at those crazy guys, I have no doubt that they can easily twist off bad boy Hank's head."
"Why me." Hanak, who was concentrating on the wind and grass around him, heard his name.
While Tychus was speaking, the Supreme Council guards in red shirts were already confronting the Grund swarm. They were not far from Augustus, who could see the lightning-fast Protoss warriors killing the zerg through the HUD system on his power armor.
A warrior of the Yara tribe, covered in a burqa, used the powerful psychic blade in his hand to cut open the head of a Grunder springtail, then turned around and crushed it with a sharp elbow strike. The front snout of a Hydra Hydralisk made the monster that was about to sneak attack from behind let out a pig-like howl.
The blue flames in the eyes of this protoss warrior became even more shining, causing the spiritual energy surging around him to freeze into shape. A blue phantom with the same body shape as him came out of his shadow, waving his spiritual energy to form The blade penetrated the soft armor between the Hydralisk's back and head in just one blow.
More Grund Hydralisks attacked him like giant snakes from between the canopy and vines of the primitive jungle. The bones behind their stretched spines began to fire sharp poisonous bone needles at the protoss warrior. In a few seconds, hundreds of spikes and bone needles that were enough to penetrate the tank armor hit the energy shield of the protoss warriors, and then these bone needles and hydralisks were blasted by a surging spiritual force. Can be wiped out in a storm.
It is not difficult for Augustus to discover that these protoss warriors who have guarded the Supreme Council, the supreme authority of the protoss empire since ancient times, are definitely not inferior to a high-level templar. Their powerful psychic power comes from their membership in the arbitrator class. Strong ties to Kara and devotion to the teachings of Dawu.
Not only that, they also showed themselves to be extremely powerful. Grund is the rarest among the zerg hives dominated by the guards, but their individuals are also the most powerful and ferocious, developing the bloodthirsty nature of the zerg genes to the extreme, while the council guards Can fight them easily.
The guards of the High Council were renowned in the Protoss Empire for their efforts to prevent the Dark Templar from going on a killing spree in Aiur during the time of Adun. They were the guardians of the Council and order, and had sworn to fight against All opponents of Parliament are enemies.
At this time, two revolutionary army camps rushed over at a rapid pace, and a large number of off-road vehicles, Goliath armed robots and self-propelled artillery rushed to the battlefield, waiting for Augustus' order.
As soon as Marshal Augustus called upon these two troops to repel the Zerg, the soldiers felt very honored. In a few days it would be rumored that the Marshal had personally commanded them.
"Help these star spirits, warriors, aim and hit." Augustus ordered: "It's rare that these proud star spirits come back to help us."
"Hank, you're here to command them, you can't help but return the favor!"
"Okay, this shouldn't be difficult." Upon hearing this, Hanak immediately joined the command of the two troops and ran: "I am Colonel Hank, and you have all heard the order from Marshal Augustus Mengsk. "
Harnack, who a few years before had been a gangster who had offended Augustus, was now his most loyal supporter. Although Harnack was dissatisfied with those Pantalon revolutionaries who always talked about Augustus and the party program, that did not prevent him from doing the same himself.
"Good brothers of the Revolutionary Army, you must follow me closely, otherwise I will kick your butts and move forward - look for my armor, for the sake of Augustus, for the future of Terran humanity, and then move forward."
Harnak immediately shouted "Chong Chong Chong" and led the soldiers to support the Protoss warriors who were fighting the Grund insect army. These two revolutionary military camps were both motorized infantry battalions prepared with tanks. Harnak, led by a light tank with an anti-aircraft machine gun and missile launcher mounted on the back seat, quickly approached the Zerg and fired at them.
At this moment, the two protoss colossi that were advancing on the battlefield were also calibrating their targets and warming themselves up. The high-temperature plasma particle streams projected by the solar ray guns crisscrossed under their feet. The extreme high temperature burned deep holes one after another on the ground. Deep black pit. All the zerg swept away were turned into scorched earth, and even their blood was evaporated.
Even though the Grund Swarm is exceptionally ferocious and tenacious, it is only a matter of time before they are defeated by the combined attacks of humans and protoss.
"Work harder, guys. We have to keep moving until we deal with these bugs." Kerrigan said to the Revolutionary soldiers who were coming from other places.
"Wait, something seems wrong...the protoss seem to have turned their spearhead against us?" Tychus, with sharp eyes, suddenly shouted.
As Tychus said, this does not seem to be as simple as a joint operation between allies.
The revolutionary soldiers who went to support the protoss quickly approached the Supreme Council guards who were fighting against the Grund insect army. However, these red-robed protoss warriors just stopped and stared at them indifferently.
At a certain moment, some of the council guards who were stepping on the Zerg corpses turned to look at the approaching human soldiers as if they were connected with each other. Their blue eyes were like ice.
When Harnak's troops were getting closer and closer to the protoss, a council guard captain wearing a red shirt, a top hat, and pendants hanging on the brim of his hat raised a hand in the direction of the humans. The sharp long knife made of crystal and gold alloy points. Even though humans usually cannot understand the body movements of the protoss, they can still understand that this is an action full of threats and warnings.
These protoss warriors who strictly follow the tradition will still use ancient cold weapons, even these sacred weapons named Sigmar's sword even come from the era of gods and peoples eons ago. Their toughness and sharpness are also superior to many weapons in the current Protoss Empire. With the assistance of psychic energy, they can easily cut off the carapace of the zerg and the hard bones under the neck.
The arrogant protoss warrior could have used psychic language to make humans retreat, but he only used an ancient protoss Kalani language to utter a motto said to come from Kass: "The Supreme Council will never make a mistake, the Supreme Council will never make a mistake." correct."
"I don't know, Augustus, but it seems that these protoss were not originally here to help us - we just happened to be within the warp field range of the protoss arbiter." Kerrigan's voice suddenly Became urgent.
"Augustus, I can feel the will of their minds and hearts like waves. I order the soldiers to stop immediately and not get close to them."
"Hank, stop, everyone stop immediately and build fortifications where you stay." Augustus took a fraction of the time to make a judgment, and even without Kerrigan's words, he found out The strangeness of these protoss warriors.
"We are here to help the protoss, how can they regard us as enemies - no, they regard human life as nothing, and we are just inferior creatures in the eyes of the protoss." Kerrigan's powerful telepathy ability can Sensing the thoughts flowing on the surface of those protoss warriors.
"They have no regard for mankind," said Augustus.
"They refuse to share any glory with the weaker humans." Kerrigan's voice gradually became angry.
"The Council views it as an insult to fight alongside humans to save Aiur, as it only serves to highlight their incompetence. The Protoss Empire does not have to accept help from humans..."
"Because the protoss has always defeated the enemy from the front with full honor, they do not need foreign allies."
The Revolutionary Army already has experience fighting side by side with the Protoss. The templars of Tassadar have a kind of arrogance from the warrior class, so they will not have close interactions with the Kalai or other races who are regarded as civilians, but they are also willing to protect them when fighting humans. flank or provide other support.
When the Dark Templar, in Tychus' words, were just a smelly and rotten piece, they almost never spoke, and they always looked at humans with sympathy, ignorance and small pity, but the Dark Templar would not treat them either. Humans show obvious hostility.
But these protoss in crimson robes are different. They only look at humans with hostility and contempt.
Under Augustus's order, the advancing soldiers immediately stopped. Even if they could not understand the meaning of the order, they were confused but carried it out resolutely. If it was not Augustus who changed the order at will but other officers, he would probably be scolded by the young and energetic soldiers.
However, even so, some of the parliamentary guards launched an attack just when the Revolutionary Army soldiers were about to stop. Their speed was as fast as ghosts, and their blue psychic energy beat with their vigorous steps. The curved arc is like a beating snake.
"Damn, these madmen, they don't care if we are their allies." Tychus shouted.
"Shoot!" Augustus shouted loudly on the command channel.
"Shoot! Fucking shoot! Fucking blast them!" Harnak had already noticed something was wrong. Every two words in his series of commands contained a curse word.
