"It has already started. This is great."
When the hyperion arrived along with Star-Lord's junk ship, the Kree had already begun fighting the Nova Corps. Watching the various artillery fires blooming like brilliant fireworks, Artoria smiled and said, "This is great." This caused Gamora to give her a surprised look; was this girl also a battle maniac?
"Gamora, can the operation begin?"
While Artoria was feeling emotional, a video suddenly opened on the screen. A "pig-head" with a bruised and swollen face appeared before everyone. This gave Artoria, who had been in a good mood, quite a shock. Not just Artoria, but Gamora and Rocket also barely recognized who this guy was. However, from his outfit and voice, it was definitely Star-Lord. But why did he suddenly look like this? What on earth happened?
"Cough~ cough! We can start the operation. You and Drax pilot the ship and infiltrate their interior. We'll cover you. Note that time is running out, so hurry up."
Thanks to the hellish training Thanos gave her, Gamora was only slightly surprised and didn't think much else of it. If it were anyone else, they probably would have laughed their heads off, but she didn't. The current situation was not optimistic. She quickly gave Star-Lord his orders and mentioned the timing issue.
"Alright! Let's start too! Saturday, open all gun ports. Target: Kree battleship. Energy output at 10%. Pay attention to covering our allies, and don't hit them by mistake."
"Yes, master."
Star-Lord's ship quickly flew toward the Kree. Artoria stood up from the command seat and gave orders to Saturday. At this moment, Rocket and Gamora's confusion was resolved. How could such a large battleship have only one person? Who was operating and running the ship? Artoria's orders and Saturday's reply gave them the answer. It wasn't just one person; there was also a highly advanced intelligent system managing the entire ship's operation. Such a high-intelligence system made Rocket very interested. His dark little paws stroked his soft, furry chin as he looked curiously at the Hatsune Miku avatar on the screen, clearly showing a desire to learn more.
"Captain, we seem to have reinforcements."
Although it was meant to be cover, how could she pass up such a good opportunity to give the enemy a wave of righteous back attack? In an instant, the ships of Ronan's fleet suffered miserable losses, either being blown up or crippled. This gave the Nova Corps hope. Their offensive weapons weren't particularly powerful, but they focused on defense. Being attacked by so many ships simultaneously had put them under immense pressure. They hadn't expected such a turn of events, which was undoubtedly a timely help to them.
"That ship belongs to that pretty girl. I didn't expect her to actually come and help us. That's great."
Seeing that snow-white hull and the blue crystal-like components, there weren't many ships with such distinct markings in this Universe. Moreover, it had stayed in their harbor before. Coupled with the fact that the ship's owner was a breathtakingly beautiful young lady, who could fail to have a deep impression? Especially the Captain, who had some thoughts about the young lady, recognized who she was at a glance. The originally oppressive atmosphere saw a new turning point the moment Artoria arrived.
"Hold on, brothers, we're going to counterattack."
Since morale had significantly improved, he didn't dare let such a good opportunity slip away and quickly reminded everyone that the time for a counterattack had come. With his shout, the soldiers' spirits grew even stronger, and they began to rapidly eliminate the Kree's dense swarms of small unmanned drones.
"Dammit, who is it? To actually launch a sneak attack from behind."
Seeing the situation and realizing he was being ambushed—and was now in a pincer movement—Ronan was furious. He had thought taking down Xandar and the Nova Corps this time would be easy, but he hadn't expected to be stabbed hard in the back. Most importantly, he didn't even recognize the opponent's ship, which made him feel quite embarrassed.
"Don't you want to see me crash? Notify the whole ship to prepare for impact. Crank the ship's power to the maximum. I'm going to smash those Nova Corps guys to pieces."
At this moment, Ronan seemed to be driven to desperation. He directly ordered the ship to ram into the protective energy shield created by the Nova Corps using Nova energy. Hearing Ronan's command, not a single subordinate Kree flinched, loyally executing Ronan's orders. This was the Kree's hierarchical system: as long as a position was below Ronan's, they had to follow his command, even if Ronan ordered them to die.
"Something's not right, Centurion. They want to ram us. Those madmen."
Ronan's intention was quickly discovered. The massive ship was like a meteorite, showing no intention of stopping, with the clear goal of crashing down. Such behavior could definitely be called insane. The sensitive Captain reported to the Centurion. Now, not only did the Centurion look grim, but even Queen Adora of Xandar, who was watching the battle, turned pale with anger and could only curse the other party as a madman.
"Is he driven to desperation, like a cornered dog jumping over a wall? Ronan the Accuser, I really overestimated you."
Seeing the bizarre movement of Ronan's ship, Artoria muttered disdainfully. Such a foolish act was indeed worthy of a 'nerfed intelligence' villain. In a real war, such an action could definitely be called incredibly stupid. Acting as if you could really pull off a 'mutual destruction' with the enemy. If the Nova Corps' crafts were a bit tougher and could perfectly utilize Nova energy, this would undoubtedly be like throwing an egg against a rock. It's only after getting the Infinity Stones that you've become so conceited that you'd dare to ram head-on.
"Have Star-Lord and the others infiltrated?"
"They're already in. We don't know their situation yet."
Hearing Rocket's words, Artoria silently rolled her eyes. Fine! She had originally wanted to use the modified hyperion's ultimate weapon, but she hadn't expected Star-Lord and the others to be so fast. If Star-Lord hadn't gone in, she would have told him to go play elsewhere while she used this ultimate weapon to show off. But since they were already inside, she had to give up that wonderful idea and could only watch Star-Lord's performance. Honestly, it was impossible to feel 'joyful' now.
"Quill, can you hear me? Leave the Kree ship as soon as possible."
At this point, Rocket saw that neither of the two women intended to notify Star-Lord. Looking at the battleship that had already made contact with the Nova Corps' protective shield—even though there were occasional explosions on it, they didn't hinder the ship's descent at all; instead, it accelerated—if things continued like this, Star-Lord would likely be finished. Ultimately, the sharp-tongued but soft-hearted Rocket stepped forward and quickly contacted Star-Lord.
"Why? We're fighting inside the ship right now. If you don't give me a reason, I can't give up this chance to defeat them once and for all."
Star-Lord replied quickly. From his tone, he seemed very excited and appeared somewhat dissatisfied at being interrupted by Rocket.
"You idiot! If you don't come out now, you're going to say goodbye to this world. The Kree ship is crashing toward Xandar. They want to perish together with the Nova Corps, you moron!"
Hearing Star-Lord's childishly willful words, Rocket was so angry he wanted to jump up and punch his knees. But what could it do? It was soft-hearted after all. It quickly explained the current situation to Star-Lord, whose face turned green with fear on the other end. After a moment of silence, he could only shout out indignantly.
"F*ck."
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