am-books Chapter 73: Showdown of Beyonders
Chapter 73: Showdown of Beyonders
Arcturus was observing the Red Queen, who controlled the entire Obscurus as much as possible to act stealthily and approach the Mind Fleet Leviathan and their Flagship, where the Elder Brain was most probably located.
The Psion-Disruption Device was already prepared as Arcturus ordered the Red Queen to control everything several times, because they needed to be absolutely sure that everything was working as it should be.
If the Psion-Disruption Device couldn't work as it was supposed to, the results could be catastrophic for the Imperial Defense Forces, especially. Without the usage of the Psion-Disruption Device, they couldn't take out the Psionic Abilities of the Mind Flayers and greatly weaken their fleet.
Even right now, as they were heading towards the Flagship of the Mind Fleet Leviathan, Arcurus could see tens of starships of the Eternal Imperium of Asurya being destroyed in the exchanges between them and the Mind Fleet Leviathan.
Still, even the Mind Flayers were getting losses, most probably even higher than that of the Imperial Defense Forces, because the Imperials were not giving themselves out without taking several of the Mind Flayer starships with them down.
Yet, Arcturus knew that if this continued, then the Imperial Defense Force would most probably win, but they would sustain tremendous losses, because the Mind Fleet Leviathan was rather very powerful.
And for the Eternal Imperium, which already had very limited numbers, it was problematic because they couldn't afford such huge losses. If they did, then it would complicate the situation in the different regions of the Imperium, as it would cause trouble across all Imperial Territories.
The Imperial Defense Force in the Alaric Star Domain consisted of the Imperial Fleets collected across the entire Eternal Imperium of Asurya; if they were destroyed, then in those regions, it would cause instability.
Many of the Imperial Territories were in danger of being attacked by the Orks, some other Mind Flayers, or the Arachnids that were fiercely attacking the Imperial Territories every few years when they were facing overpopulation on their worlds.
Arcturus was woken up from his train of thoughts when he heard the voice of the Red Queen when they were already near the Flagship of the Mind Fleet Leviathan, and the Psion-Distruption Device could be activated from a relatively safe distance.
"Permission granted."
He said quietly as everything around him started moving, as he just sat down on the captain's chair to enjoy a good show. Once the Psion-Distruption Device was activated, then the true showdown between his master, Arsit Byrmellir and Elder Brain started.
The Elder Brain immediately started searching for the source of this chaos, ordering all the ships to scan for the enemy under Stealth, and even the Elder Brain itself was using its own power of Psionics to search for the source.
Unfortunately for the Elder Brain, out of nowhere, the entire Flagship of the Mind Fleet Leviathan trembled as it was hit by Crimson-Black Energy, which destroyed a good chunk of it in one hit.
Of course, the attack didn't stop, as almost immediately, another ball made of the same kind of energy appeared above the Flagship of the Mind Fleet Leviathan and slammed itself onto the location where the command center of the entire spaceship was located.
Immediately, another part of the humongous Starship was caught in a fiery explosion, and because the explosions were so strong, they were also destroying several unlucky smaller vessels that were acting as escort vessels to the Flagship.
Afterward, above the Flagship of the Mind Fleet Leviathan, something that could be described as a huge Brain appeared. It looked grotesque for most of the part, the Brain was massive, like some small hill or whatever, rahtrer hard to describe.
From the front, it had several tens of long tentacles, and some tentacles were also growing from other sides of the Brain, as the rest of its body was pulsating with power. It was evident to even the stupidest person that this was the Elder Brain of the Mind Fleet Leviathan.
In front of the Elder Brain, there was another figure, floating in the coldness of the space, clad in pristine golden armor that was made from extinguished craftsmanship with intricate deals and runes inscribed on the armor itself.
Arcturus, who was watching the exchange, knew that it was his master who went to fight against the Elder Brain of Mind Fleet Leviathan. This was also the first time, when Arcturus seen the personal weapon of choice of his master, it was weird, golden runic sword, that was reminiscenting the longsword.
With the Grandmaster Arsit Byrmellir personally attacking the Flagship in two attacks that effectively destroyed the Flagship, the Elder Brain was forced to fight against the Highborne Asuryani for its very own survival.
The Elder Brain was also aware that if it managed to kill the Imperial Beyonder in front of him, then the rest of the Imperial Defense Forces could be slaughtered by it with ease. Nothing could stop it, as they would require another Beyonder to confront the Elder Brain.
So, this battle would also decide the ultimate fate of the entire Mind Fleet Leviathan and Alaric Star Domain as a whole.
"It has been very long since the last Elder Brain was killed... It seems that today, history would once again repeat itself."
Grandmaster Arsit Byrmellir stated quietly as he observed the Elder Brain, because indeed... it was very long since another Elder Brain was killed by someone. Such things rarely happened because the Elder Brains were very, very cunning and cautious and treasured their lives above everything else.