"The position of Archbishop Durham has a great responsibility. He must be impartial and selfless, balance internal differences, and shoulder the mission of leading the protoss towards revival."
When Augustus noticed that the eyes of all the protoss were focused on the matriarch Rashagal at this moment, this dark templar patriarch who had gone through thousands of years but seemed to have stayed in the prime of his life. stood up.
Rashagar's words resounded everywhere with psychic and spiritual power, and her majesty required no manipulation.
"I accepted the appointment of the Archbishop only because fate and circumstances required me to stand in this position. I already understood a thousand years ago that if there is no one to lead everyone, my clan will surely perish."
"But I want to reiterate that I am only serving as Archbishop of Durham temporarily, and this position should be replaced periodically. I will be loyal to my duties and will never favor any protoss."
"Matriarch, who else but you can do this?" Tassadar said.
"I am already dying, like a candle in the wind." Rashagal said: "This era belongs to the younger protoss, to Tassadar, and to you."
Augustus quietly watched a group of hundreds of years old protoss accept Rashagal's teachings as juniors, feeling strange in his heart.
"I remember Angus Mengsk said something similar to me, but don't even think about leaving all the mess he made to me before his hair falls out, never even think about it." Augustus said to Atta Nice said.
"Your father?" Artanis saw the appearance of Angus Mengsk from Augustus's superficial thoughts: "What kind of great person should be able to teach you?"
"No, you guessed it completely wrong." Augustus shrugged, unconsciously remembering the time when he was confronted by Angus when he was a student.
"Maybe... you just lack more communication and understanding." Artanis held it in for a long time and finally said this. As an El Protoss, he could not understand the endless conflicts and disputes among his clansmen.
While Augustus was talking to Artanis, all the Templars and Dark Templars present had stood up to listen to Rashagar's announcement of the final appointment:
"The bishop members of the Council of Light and Shadow will be selected from many tribes in the near future, and the eldest son of God and Nerazim will decide on the candidates. Tassadar will be appointed as the high-ranking executive of Durham, commanding the fleet... ....To reclaim Aiur, Sagurath needs to allocate more resources to build a new fleet...The Aiur protoss must respect the traditions of the Nerazim..."
There were no more protoss to question, and everything that followed was a matter of course, and Augustus was ready to say goodbye to Artanis and return to Hagi.
"This meeting ends here. Fathers, executors, and consuls, go and complete your unfinished work."
Some of the Dark Templar warriors who participated in the meeting also left the meeting hall. They showed little interest in the content of the meeting from beginning to end. They only paid attention when Rashagar spoke, as if everyone except the matriarch could not Attract the attention of these Dark Templar Masters.
The executors and consuls also stood up one after another without any hesitation. The protoss of Durham still have a lot of urgent work and tasks to do, and they have a heavy burden on their shoulders.
"See, Artanis, don't be blinded by this appearance of harmony. Uniting the power of the Dark Templar and the Templar may look good, but there has never been any internal strife within the Protoss Empire, and Now Durham is full of contradictions," Augustus said to Artanis.
"Maintaining internal harmony and unity is not an easy task."
"It is not that the Protoss Empire has never had disputes. Augustus, a rebellion from the ancient Purifiers once brought about a protracted war." Artanis said:
"But we have indeed never had the experience of dealing with internal disagreements - in Kara, all the protoss are of one heart, so there are no conflicts."
"This is what you should try your best to solve. The best way to resolve internal conflicts is to establish a common enemy." Augustus said to Artanis: "In the final analysis, the sources of contradictions come from many aspects. "
"Kara is the most fundamental reason. Your family does not believe in the protoss without Kara, and the Dark Templar hates it deeply."
"Sagulath's Dark Templars have taken it upon themselves to amputate the nerve bundles that each protos is born with unless our scientists find a way to re-attach them."
"Why don't you try to emulate the Dark Templar? They can live just fine without Kara." Augustus looked at Artanis.
"Why do you think so? The nerve bundle is our second life. Losing it will cause the eldest son of a god to fall into unimaginable melancholy. This terrible melancholy and sorrow will eventually take away the life of the protoss." Tanis was shocked and deeply displeased by what Augustus said.
"If the Arbitrators hear it, they will definitely purify you and your thoughts with purifying beams."
Artanis believed that Augustus had no intention of dissociating with him and his people. This proposal was unreasonable to him, like telling a person that he must give up the right to speak or even communicate for the rest of his life in society. stay alive.
"So you are not an arbiter, Artanis." Augustus said to Artanis bravely.
"If one day, I mean, if... you have to give up Kara, then please don't hesitate at all."
"What do we have after losing Kara?" Artanis couldn't help but ask.
“We humans have a saying, give me freedom or give me death,” Augustus said.
"...Augustus Mengsk, if you still have time, I hope you can stay here for a while." At this time, Tassadar asked Augustus from the side of the matriarch Rasha Gal. Stuart comes. This protoss executive, who gained great reputation after the Battle of Aiur, has fluttering blue robes, and behind his golden armor is a spindle-shaped psychic amplifier that resembles a god's halo.
"When Zeratul is not here, maybe you are the only one who can answer my questions." Tassadar has always been honest about his confusion and does not think it is shameful:
"I heard that you are about to return to the core world of the Koprulu Star Sector. By then we won't have so many opportunities to meet..."
"Executor, multiple huge insect swarm Behemoths suddenly appeared in the synchronized orbit of Sagulas, and at least one complete insect nest is approaching low-Earth orbit." At this moment, a Templar warrior hurriedly walked towards the tower. Sardar.
"Zerg, how could they know the coordinates of Sagulath?" Artaniston felt uneasy.
If this was just a swarm of insects that strayed away after the death of the Overlord, then it would certainly not be a fear to Saguras, but no one knew whether it was the prelude to a more terrible disaster.
Augustus followed Tassadar, who realized the seriousness of the situation, towards Rashagar's location, and the newly appointed Archbishop Durham had even received news of the invasion of the unknown fleet of zerg before Tassadar.
"Sagurath is strong enough to withstand this level of invasion." Vorazun said to Augustus and others who arrived.
"The Templars will destroy these enemies," Artanis said firmly.
"It's not that simple." Augustus had already thought about many possibilities at this moment: "Which insect nest is this?"
"Patriarch, the newly emerged Behemoth does not seem to be carrying a large number of zerg. The folds and cavities on the surface of its skin are empty." A Dark Templar brought a piece of void crystal and dark metal. The star projection device.
According to Augustus's understanding of this kind of Protoss equipment, it is probably equivalent to the tactical console on a battlecruiser. It can learn the strength deployed by the local fleet through space radar scanning and sensor arrays, but the technology of the Protoss is obviously Much more advanced.
In just the blink of an eye, a Titan beast composed of countless reddish-brown folds, vesicles, chitin armor, insect eyes and tentacles appeared on the rising psychic projection. Thousands of king insects and mutalisks were flying around the Behemoths, like dark clouds.
The carapace of these zerg creatures was thicker and had more spikes than those Augustus had seen, and some rare special individuals also had a dark red light lingering on their bodies.
"This is an insect hive that has never appeared before." Tassadar came to the conclusion after just taking a look.
"The largest of them is a Swarm Leviathan, and its main brain wall is trying to contact us with more than three different psychic signal frequencies." The Dark Templar said.
"What are they here to do, to show weakness to the enemy? But the eldest son of God will not take it lightly." Artanis could not understand the intentions of these zerg.
"I'm more curious about who the brainworm of this Hive Fleet is." Augustus looked at it steadily.
Although after the death of the Overlord, the most powerful cerebrate, Dagoth, ruled most of the cerebrates, there were still some who refused to obey the orders of anyone other than the Overlord. At least one swarm left Aiur to find a way to revive the swarm on their own.
"Establish a psychic communication link with this Leviathan." Rashagar said.
"The famous Marshal Augustus Mengsk, I am not surprised to see you among the stars."
What all the protoss did not expect was that the person inside Leviathan turned out to be a humanoid alien monster. Although Augustus was just standing on the edge, this monster still recognized him at a glance.
The monster has a burly and strong body, and its well-defined chest and abdominal muscles are also covered with solid organic armor and an exoskeleton with spikes. He has a pair of golden eyes and a terrifying, terrifying green face with spots like seal skin appearing on it.
Snake-shaped strands of spikes extended on the top of his head, like living insects, and the sickle-shaped appendages extending from his back were shaped like the multi-jointed appendages of a spider.
Augustus also recognized it, that was Gabriel Tosh, who had escaped from him many times and resurrected from the dead - a Haji trapped in a twisted and abominable body, a child whose body was forcibly lifted up to this place.
"Hello, Tosh." Augustus looked at him and said slowly: "I tried to save you, but I failed in the end."
"The boy from Haiji is dead. He has turned into a hideous, bloodthirsty monster. All I have to do is bury him with my own hands."
"I don't need you to save me." Tosh's eyes were filled with light like gold: "You are a hero of mankind, and I am just a hateful monster."
"Don't stand in my way, Augustus Mengsk, my enemy is the Terran Federation, not you."
"My grandmother's death must be paid for with the blood of millions of Tyranids."
Although Tosh has completely transformed into a monster, he still retains human emotions, and more than Augustus could have imagined.
"Protoss, I am the great Prince of Blades." Tosh proudly declared his existence to the protoss.
"It's a pretty nameless name," said Vorazun.
"I'm here to form an alliance with you." Augustus could see Tosh's brow bone covered by the exoskeleton twitching.
"I bring you a piece of news that is of great significance to you. The cerebrate worm Dagoth ordered some cerebrate worms in Char to refuse and become a new master. Once they succeed, the worm swarm will once again sweep the universe. Destroy your homes."
"New Overlord?" The Protoss Templars led by Tassadar almost gasped - if they had tracheas.
They had just paid a huge price to kill the master, and now someone told him that a new master was about to be reborn in Char.
Augustus had learned this news from his domestic cerebrate α, although humans have not yet been able to figure out how cerebrates communicate across such great distances.
The humans have not told the protoss this news yet, as this information must be further confirmed.
As we all know, Brain Worm α is a despicable worm, and it is possible that it made all this up.
"I came here to seek the power of the Protoss Dark Templar to help me kill the new Overlord." Tosh continued.
"If what you say is true, Prince of Blades," Tassadar said, "then why are you telling us this news?"
"Once the new master revives, I will become its slave again." Tosh let out a crunching laugh.
"God and the goddess of death will give me guidance, not just a naive little master."
"Don't you obey the orders of the Lord?" Augustus said to himself. Tosh actually still believed in God. Moreover, God and Haiji's local gods were not from the same pantheon.
"I only follow the orders of my past masters," Tosh said with a smile.
"Form an alliance." Rashagar looked at the gloomy and terrifying face.
"Even if the star spirits don't ally with you, they can still kill the new master."
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