Star Citizen Online: Isekai Edition

Chapter 50: Behavioral Patters of Mind Flayers

This was the result of their racial supremacy and arrogance over the other species. Most of their race rarely trained or did anything to get more powerful and stronger or more experienced than anything.

Only a handful number of the Mind Flayers were commonly trained or anything, though, from what Arcturus heard, the trained Illithids that mastered their powers were far more fearsome than anything, and their mastery over the Psionics was...

It was something that he couldn't really match.

Arcturus quickly outstretched his right hand as he created bluish energy on his hand and sent Psionic Blast toward the Mind Flayer that was closest to him, causing the overgrown octopus to crash into the wall.

Even in a situation like this, the Mind Flayers were rather comfortable in their situation, and they put their guard down for a bit when Arcturus pretended to be under the effect of the Psionic Screetch.

Meanwhile, one of the two remaining Mind Flayers was incapacitated for the time being; Arcturus rushed toward the one that seemed to be okey. This time, though, he was using the Sardau Star Sword Style, and in a split of a moment, his sword was stabbed in the Illithid's heart.

Before the Mind Flayer that crashed into the wall recovered, Arcturus was already looming in front of him with his sword, slashing through his throat like a hot knife through butter. With the last Mind Flayer here dead, there was practically no resistance left.

Battle Droids cleaned up the slaves, finishing them off as they started searching through the area and securing the perimeter. When the entire place was secured, it was time to systemically clear out the ship, from the Mind Flayers and their slaves alike.

'All ABD-Spectre MK Battle Droids are already on the Nautiloid. We can start advancing through the ship and clearing out the premises.'

When he heard Red Queen reporting to him, he nodded and prepared to go to the bridge of the ship.

"Are are the rest of the Illithids?"

He asked about the location of the remaining Mind Flayers on the Nautiloid.

'Barricaded themselves at the bridge. It seems that they have attempted to send out the signal for help to the Mind Fleet, but I have blocked them. The moment they realized that nothing was working, they barricaded themselves in the room and prepared to make their last stand in the room.'

Arcturus just nodded at this because he knew that nothing remained for the eldritch octopuses to do. From his point of view, it was the most logical thing to do; perhaps they would attempt to take out the enemy through deception and traps.

Surrendering was not an option for them; such a thing was completely unacceptable because, for the Mind Flayers, the race that saw themselves as superior to everyone, was the greatest humiliation.

"Clear out the ship; we will have the bridge as the last one."

According to the scans, there were a few hostilities on the ship, though not many of them, but Arcturus wanted to clear out the entire spaceship before they took the bridge.

"As you command."

With the acknowledgment from the Red Queen, she started controlling the ABD-Spectre MK Battle Droids, who marched through the Nautiloid, checking one room to another, one hall to another, and cleaning it out.

Most of the branches of the humanity were weak.

Many were without any talent in the Psionics or physical strength, special talents, or anything. This caused many species to look down on humans; even the fabled Asuryani species reached their status not through natural evolution but mostly through genetic engineering and enhancements.

That was also the reason why many in the universe were calling humanity and their offshoot branches "monkeys" as a form of degradation denomination for the entire race.

'Prepare for the fight! We will fight, and we will win! The glory of the Illithid race cannot be tarnshed by some lowly monk-gheis that barely touched the stars.'

With that being said, it was clear that there was no room for surrender or anything.

There was only one option being left.

War.

***

In front of the bridge

The doors to the bridge were tightly sealed; Arcturus could see that they were rather massive; it would take some time to get through them, but with the Spider Bastion Battle Droids that Red Queen commanded, it would take much shorter.

"Can't you open it?"

It would be easier if she could open the door normally or at least unlock them. If they were shot apart, it would create an unnecessary mess in this place. Unfortunately, the bridge was placed rather unfortunately in the spaceship because if this place was damaged too much, they could breach the hull of the ship.

And then... everyone would be sucked into the cold and dark void of the space.

Which was a big no-no.

Or...

'I can, though it would take some time. It probably takes a few minutes, but this method is the m, most advisable one. I have done scans of the ship, and it seems that the hall where we are standing right now is one of the weakest points of the starship. One or two good explosions, there is a very high chance that the hull would be breached.'

Just as he feared, this was the weak point of the ship, so they could do it through the old way... or...

"What if I used the Aetherius together with the Empyrean Power to cut through the metal? Should it be sufficient?"

This would be much faster; with just a few cuts, he could open the door, and the less time they spent here would mean less time for the squids to prepare. For sure, they were already aware that they were standing in front of the bridge and were scheming for something.