The Star Knight

The first day Opal returned to the Grip of Light was cloudy, with light rain, and New Phoenix was shrouded in dark clouds.Allen led the government officials to wait on the central apron in person and unloaded the signal device.

The Meteorite Empire is unified, and all government affairs are carried out by the military logistics department. The high-ranking civil servants are directly under the command of the generals of the four major armies. Walking beside Allen, Opal is only 140 centimeters now, and Allen had to lower his head slightly when talking to him.

"The teacher asked me to cooperate with you." Opal said: "To win this upcoming battle."

Allen said: "With you supervising the battle in place of His Majesty, the morale of the whole army will definitely be unprecedentedly high. I will go and bring you the list of troops later."

Opal said: "No need, I will trust anyone you trust. When will the combat deployment meeting start?"

Allen said: "Your Majesty sent a communication from the Nemesis, let us prepare now. The initial estimate is that an all-star defense battle meeting will be held in three days."

Opal nodded and said, "I will stay in New Phoenix during this time."

Allen handed Opal a communicator and said, "If there is any movement, please feel free to contact me."

Opal patted Allen's arm and said with a smile, "Then we will take care of each other in the days to come, comrade."

Allen smiled and said, "Please take care of me."

Opal was in a good mood. He returned to the top floor of the Meteorite Palace, stood by the fountain overlooking the whole city of New Phoenix. Under the rainy sky, everything was orderly and the whole city was thriving.

Assisting the Grip of Light in defending against the invasion of the Republic does not violate the mission assigned to him by Rector, but we don't know when Rector will take the initiative to contact him - now Long Ray is in the space not far from Iszur .

Perhaps even Rector could not have imagined that the empire established by Corolin had reached this scale.Opal couldn't help but wonder what Rector would do with the empire once his mission was accomplished and Cororin was destroyed.

You are his only heir.Rector's voice sounded in his mind: Everything can only be left to you.

Opal suddenly tensed up and looked up at the sky. The thick clouds dissipated, and a few beams of light cast towards New Phoenix behind the clouds, illuminating the whole city with vitality.

In the blue sky behind the clouds there was a flash of light.

Opal: Teacher?where are you?

Rector's voice was clearer than before: I'm just outside the Iszul galaxy, Corolin didn't come back with you, what's his plan?

Opal walked to the fountain and sat down, and replied: He said he planned to go to the Carina to steal Tao back. Where is Tao?

After a short silence, Recter said: Sure enough, he has thrown himself into the net, which is more direct than I imagined. Legison has already laid a net for him by using his power in the Carina.

Opal: Will he die?

Rickett: No, I promise you won't.

Opal heaved a sigh of relief, the haze that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time dissipated, and said: Thank you, teacher.

Rector: Rajson will ask the Pope to lock him in the prison of the Holy See. If you have time, you can visit him in the future.

Opal was silent for a while, and asked: How long will he be imprisoned?

Rector: Perhaps forever, we intend to let him reflect in the Holy See of Stars until he changes himself.Does he have any other plans besides Carina?I think he should have left behind, and now we can't make any mistakes. We must be careful and cautious at every step.

Opal: Yes, he guesses it's in Legerson's hands, otherwise it's in yours.If you can't get gluttons from Legerson, he will prepare to divide his troops in the war, and divide two aircraft carriers to attack the silver-gray galaxy, so that Tifeng will fight, and you will support them. He wants to lure you to the Republic. On the territory, use the environment to restrain you, and then get gluttonous...

Rector: He's too arrogant, I don't believe he can defeat Tifeng.

Opal: Isohn also said that this is a dangerous move.

Opal didn't say anything more, Rector said again: The Republic is about to invade Iszur, what are your plans?

Opal asked: I don't know, he asked me to stay here to assist Allen in deploying the ground defense, what should I do?

Rector: Then you stay on the Grip of Light and hold him steady.

Opal hummed, and Rector said again: After he is imprisoned, you will become the next king of the Meteorite Empire.This is also arranged by Legerson, and this burden will be delivered to you.

Opal: "..."

Rector: I suggest that you disband this galaxy and include it in the power of the Republic or Empire.If you don't want to maintain the current situation, I will also take you away, let Iszul fend for itself, and everything will come to an end.

Opal: Let me think again.

Rector: Our mission is coming to an end, and Cororin may be captured in Carina.Otherwise, he will end his imperial career in the silver-gray galaxy, and the Temple of the Stars will remember everything you have done.

Opal didn't answer. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. After a long time, he asked: Why did he attack the silver-gray galaxy?

Rector: Because it is the hometown of Cullens, Levi, Simmons and Tifeng, Tifeng will definitely play.

Opal looked up at the sky, and Rector said again: Stay here, Opal, and tell me your choice after the war.I've got to go to Carina to be prepared.

Opal nodded, and then realized that Rector couldn't see his movements, and when he wanted to speak again, the connection between the two had been broken.

He lay down by the fountain for a while, thinking of many things, thinking of Raymond, thinking of Azeroth, thinking of the dead gray wolf, his comrades-in-arms and brothers in the former mercenary country were far away from him, and only a vague outline, but he still remembered.

He got up and ran into the palace and into the library. Cologne might not come back again, so he had to hurry up and do his own business.

He opened the information retriever, and entered in the vast ocean of graphs: replicant technology.

A line of large characters flashed on the light screen: The search content was not found.

Opal entered again: Ivory Tower No. [-] Proving Ground.

The result is still: the search content was not found.

Opal frowned slightly, but Ke Luolin didn't keep any information about it?Is it afraid that Rector will find out?But he is now the King of Meteorites, even if he develops a replicant secretly, no one will be able to track him down, right?

Maybe he was afraid that the development of clone technology would cause unanimous resistance from all the member states of the Star Alliance, and the Empire and the Republic would join forces to attack him?It's possible.

Opal gave up the idea of ​​finding out about the technology of making Raymond, and planned to ask him after everything was over.

If Rector succeeds, he will arrest Corolin and lock him up in the Holy See. What should he do next?

After experiencing so much, Opal can no longer bring up much passion for adventure and the future. Perhaps Corolin will be very angry because of his betrayal...but he is already mentally prepared.He was still very grateful to Rector, after all, he didn't put him in a dilemma, which might be the best way compared to killing Corolin.

To accompany him outside the prison of the Holy See?Redeem with him?At that time, many questions that cannot be asked now can be asked, including the sacrificed Raymond... If possible, can Legerson lose the memory of Raymond to Corolin?So that means Raymond is resurrected?But Raymond used to be Corolin, but with Raymond's memory, who is it?

His thoughts were in a mess, he sat in the palace for a while, and then realized that it was not the time to think about these things, so he went out for a walk first.

He entered Corolin's room, intending to find a set of clothes to wear. When he opened the closet, he found that it was full of new clothes made for him. Each piece had a sign on it, indicating that it was ten years old. 11 years old, 12 years old... until.

Opal was silent for a moment, then took out a set and put it on, which was similar in appearance to Cororin's royal robe - black knee-length coat, buttoned from the neckline to the hem, and black trousers.

Simple robe style, Opal looked at the mirror, just like a miniature version of Cologne, his hair was a bit long, he called the home service robot, cut his hair very short and was very energetic, and returned to Meteor after lunch Mansion, enter New Phoenix.

All the soldiers he saw along the way were saluting him, Opal nodded to them, went to the hall on the first floor, found someone and asked: "When I arrived at the Grip of Light on the first day, a soldier sent me to the new Phoenix..."

The civilian called up the records of the day and said, "Lieutenant Robin, who belongs to the Capital Guard of the Meteor Corps, the 71th Division of the 208st Army, let him come here immediately."

Opal said: "No need, where is he?"

Civilian officials reviewed the records and said: "His unit is in charge of the West Sixth District area and is on duty in the Andachios Mountains."

Opal asked for the address, and said, "Give me a suspension car, and I plan to go out for a walk."

The suspension car was waiting outside the Meteor Building. Opal got on the car alone, threw the big sword in front of the car, and drove around the city. The kingdom built by Cororin.

New Phoenix was so different from what he had imagined, it felt like a duplicate of a place... Firestar.

"Would you like some coffee?" The owner of the beverage shop asked, "Little boy, this car doesn't look like your own. Where did you get it?"

Opal smiled, got out of the car and entered the garden drink shop, and saw a soldier chatting and drinking tea with a handsome young man. When the two saw him, the officer sat in his seat and bowed slightly.

The boy smiled and asked the officer, presumably asking who he was or something, but the officer laughed and teased him. Opal ordered a cup of coffee and looked at the road outside. It had just rained and the road was wet, and the air was full of freshness.

"Is it spring now?" Opal said, "Why is there no robot waiter here?"

"Most of New Phoenix is ​​manual service." The boss said, "Are you a foreigner?"

Opal laughed and said, "I just stayed in school for too long and just came out to get some air."

"This is local coffee." Another woman next door said, "It tastes good. If you like it, you can take some home for your parents to taste."

Opal said politely: "Thank you, but I don't have parents, only teachers."

The people in the garden restaurant looked at him and laughed.

After drinking the coffee, Opal took out his card to pay the bill and bought a pack of coffee powder. The boss said, "Today is a beautiful day, I wish you happiness!"

"Thank you." Opal left with a smile. He was walking on the road. The clothing store was offering discounts. He went in and looked around again. He felt that the people here lived a leisurely life. Almost all the men had a military temperament. They walked and talked. Decisive, succinct, and not sloppy.

There are no towering buildings on the Chiyan galaxy, nor are they like the high-tech high-rise buildings that are the source of floodlight. The technology penetration of New Phoenix is ​​just right. The central military and political area has laid light tracks, but when it reaches the outer cities, the light tracks will be lowered. Urban railway, docking with the ground.Min is also a warm and clean retro style. The cleaning robot is decorated in the shape of a big clumsy capsule, and there are still fallen leaves under the roadside fence.

The tallest building in the entire commercial street has only four floors, and a canvas shed is erected, and there are neatly arranged flower pots outside, and the inside is fragrant soil and full of flowers.

Opal almost thought the flowers were fake until he looked closer and found out they were hyacinths.

"Want seeds?" the young boss in an apron asked kindly.

Opal quickly waved his hands, and the boss said again: "Bring some bread, the emperor often buys cakes from us to give to his lover, where do you want to go?"

Opal went into the store to buy a cake, and the boss asked while wrapping a paper bag for him, "Are you here to visit relatives?"

Opal said, "Uh, sort of."

The boss asked, "Your brother is serving?"

Opal smiled and said, "My...uncle."

The boss said: "You can go to the military welfare office to play atomic billiards with the soldiers. There are many activities during the holiday."

Opal nodded his thanks, and when he came out, he passed a music school. He stood outside and looked inside. The security robot beeped, and a girl said, "Do you want to come in and listen?"

Opal was too busy to talk, he felt that he was like a strange alien on this planet, not compatible with its atmosphere, occasionally a young man with shoulders and backs would walk past with a smile on the side of the road, and when he saw something funny, he would Laughed together and whistled at the young girl.

A handsome non-commissioned officer in a military cap was waiting for the bus at the corner of the street, hugging his beloved girl, and the two of them rubbed against the bridge of their noses.

"I'm off to work," said the sergeant.

"Come back soon." The girl smiled.

Opal drove and asked, "Where are you going? Shall I give you a ride?"

"Thank you!" The non-commissioned officer said with a smile: "Seventh Southwest District. Are you on the way?"

Opal said: "I have a lot of time, I go out for a stroll."

The girl waved at them, and the sergeant got into the car, yelled, and said, "This is the car of the Capital Guard. We are our own people. Is your father or brother serving in the Central Army?"

Opal set the route, and the sergeant clicked on his office. Opal smiled and said, "Well, he works in the Meteor Building. He doesn't have time to accompany me recently, so let me drive his car."

The non-commissioned officer put on his military cap, put it on his shoulders, rolled up the window, felt the warm spring breeze, and said, "Which organization? Is it a civilian?"

Opal said: "I don't know either, he... works on the top of the building, a very high place, ha ha."

The sergeant said happily: "It must be a high-ranking official. When I go back, I can boast that I know the relatives of the high-ranking official. What's their name?"

Opal said: "Colorin."

Sergeant: "..."

Opal: "..."

Sergeant: "Hahahaha——"

Opal: "Hey hey hey, just kidding."

The sergeant smiled to himself, "Interesting."

When the car arrived, the sergeant opened the door and got out of the car, and said, "Go further north and you will find the Sailian River. You are here to visit relatives, right? Will you stay in New Phoenix for a few days?"

Opal said: "It should be a long time."

The sergeant came over, entered the code into his communicator, and said, "I take turns off on Thursday and Friday. If you have nothing to do, you can come and play with me. When you go to Unit 17, you can just find Gran, and I will take you to go boating."

Opal said: "Definitely."

Opal bid farewell to Nagrand, repositioned, and drove to the six southwest districts. The Grip of Light is divided by latitude and longitude. The two sides of the equator are divided into north and south. Divided by area, everything is in order.

There is a rolling mountain range. Opal drove the car into the mountain and found that there are many villages along the way. There are many antennas and iron towers on the green mountains. There is an outpost in front of the mountain. Opal notified his identity. The other party was startled and bowed to him.

"You are welcome to come and inspect, Your Highness." The sentinel said politely, "Now call the person in charge for you."

"No, there is no need to find the person in charge." Opal read his inner thoughts and said, "Where is Robin? I'll go and see him."

The sentinel gave the location, and Opal drove the car into the valley. A ribbon-like river flows in the valley and flows out of the valley, irrigating the vegetation on the entire plain. Come, I don't know what is being produced, his maglev vehicle landed outside a huge base platform, and an officer stood there, lecturing to his team members.

Many soldiers looked up at the maglev vehicle landing in the sky, and Robin said, "Everyone take your place!"

The soldiers went back to the cave one after another, Opal removed the car window and said with a smile, "Robin!"

Robin looked a little surprised, it took a while to recognize Opal, and said with a smile: "Why are you getting smaller?"

Opal scratched his head and said, "It's a long story, I'm on vacation today, I'll come over to see you, what are you doing?"

45 black mechs flew out of the military base, spewing out flames, rushing to the bottom of the canyon, and landing one after another.

Robin raised his hand and said to the communication director, "You only have 10 minutes."

The mecha scattered into the canyon and started to run. Robin explained to Opal: "Ground combat training, what good things did you bring me?"

Opal gave him the bread and coffee powder, and Robin went to fetch the camping stove, and the two boiled water on a high place to make coffee. Robin said, "Have you entered New Phoenix to work? Last time I had too much time to ask, That Phantom Starman..."

Opal smiled and said, "Yes, I am now studying with His Majesty Corin."

Robin's eyes were full of admiration and envy, and he shook his head and sighed.

Opal said: "He's not on the planet right now, so he sneaked out to play."

Robin said seriously: "Skipping class is not a good habit."

Both of them laughed, and Opal told Robin some general things about these days. Robin was a little dazed when he heard that, and said, "Unexpectedly, being able to study with His Majesty is really something that many people dream of all their lives."

"Yes." Opal said with a smile: "I'm lucky, I think the teacher treats me very well."

"He's a very conscientious man, and he's powerful," Robin said.

Opal wanted to know what Corolin looked like in the eyes of other people. He asked curiously: "Is he not strict with you? In fact, before I came to the Grip of Light, I always thought he was a very dark person. "

Robin laughed and said, "He only does this to his enemies, so how can he do this to his subordinates and allies? We all entrust our lives to him and are ready to sacrifice for him at any time. The welfare of the empire is very good."

Opal nodded, and the recruits came back. Robin said again: "It is impossible to be kind to the enemy, because kindness to the enemy is tantamount to cruelty to one's own people."

Opal said: "But his method against Lie Xing is too... hey."

Robin said: "The group of mercenaries were meddling in their own business and killed Black Eagle first."

Opal could not help but shudder.

The soldiers came back, Robin got up to give lectures, analyzed the mistakes of his mecha team one by one, and assigned them a new training program, this time for two hours, came and sat down to continue drinking coffee.

"Do you know how to drive a mecha?" Opal asked another question.

Robin said: "Of course, my mecha training is the highest score among the [-] operators in the entire team. Do you want to try my mecha?"

Opal said, "Am I too young?"

Robin remembered it now, and comforted him with a smile: "Your Majesty must have prepared a suitable mecha for you. I heard that last time he snatched one from Lie Xing..."

Opal thought of Nolan's Phoenix and said, "Have you seen it?"

Robin said, "No."

Opal frowned and said, "Do you know where it is?"

Robin thought for a while and said, "It's said that at the military base in Changhai, it lacks energy and cannot be started. Have you visited it?"

Opal said: "No." He vaguely deduced something - the space under the Coronian throne is not a phoenix, which means that the possibility of the existence of Raymond's laboratory is one point more .

Opal said, "What does it look like? Can you show me?"

Robin said: "I don't have enough authority to go in and out. Do you like mechs?"

Opal said: "It's okay, the teacher didn't teach me this..."

Robin took the initiative: "I'll take you to play."

Robin turned on the remote control, and the warehouse door opened slowly. Inside was his mech, which was beautifully designed, and there was the captain's logo on the steel arm.

Opal said: "Very beautiful."

Robin said: "This kind of mecha is developed by ourselves. It is not as strong as God's domestically produced Photon 3700 and the Republic's Galaxy U7, but its short-term explosive power is higher than them. Therefore, when facing the enemy head-on, we need to make a quick decision."

Opal said: "The endurance is not good, right?"

Robin hummed and said, "The Ministry of Science and Technology is developing a new supplementary fuel tank. They are on another planet. My father is from the research institute."

Robin took off his military jacket, only wearing his shirt, and turned to enter the cockpit with Opal in his arms. The induction lock handcuffed them together.

Robin mounted the information sight and started the mecha. Opal shouted excitedly. When he raised his hand, Robin followed suit. The two manned the mecha to run in the canyon, and then turned on the propellers to fly to the plain.

Every time Opal touched the mecha, he was as happy as an unrestrained child. Robin played with him for a while, then called his team members, and started fighting.

More than forty Meteorite mechas took turns to battle, Opal said: "Give me the control."

His body is close to Robin, leading Robin to move like a gust of wind passing through the mech team. The speed of the Meteor Mech is very fast. Opal has operated the Photon 3700 before, so he is not used to it.

"You did a good job!" Robin said in surprise, "You really haven't learned it?"

Opal smiled and said, "I just stole it from you."

Robin laughed, his chest heaving with his breath, and said, "How do you do that? Can you tell what your opponent is doing?"

"It's purely instinct." Opal said, "I can probably guess a little bit."

The mecha team opened the hatch one after another, Robin came out covered in sweat, the sun was setting, and the canyon was filled with red light.

"Relax, now go to the base to rest for 10 minutes, ready to have dinner." Robin said: "Start from here after dinner, walk through the canyon, and arrive at the barracks before ten o'clock. Stand at attention and disband on the spot!"

The soldiers stood at attention, saluted, and dismissed.

Robin carried his jacket and took Opal to have dinner. The soldiers rested for a while and lined up on the edge of the canyon after dinner. The deputy captain led them to run at night and out of the plain along the Seren River.

Opal's mind was full of the scene of the soldier leaving the mecha, and he vaguely remembered the vigorous battle in the Star Wars—at that time, every mecha had such a mecha soldier.

They may be like the non-commissioned officer named Gran, or they may be like Robin, leading his team members to fight bloody battles in order to realize Corin's ideal.

"Actually, I don't like war." Opal and Robin jumped off the rocks of the canyon with a big sword on their backs, and left by another road.

Robin laughed and said, "Your Majesty also said that the most ideal situation is that everyone does not fight and lives their own lives. Unfortunately, that is impossible."

Opal said: "Why? I think everyone does not interfere with each other, and the universe is peaceful, isn't it great?"

Robin said: "He said that war is always inevitable. After everything is over, everyone will get their due destination, including himself with bloody hands..."

Opal was taken aback.

"I don't know what kind of society you are envisioning, but I think what he said... This is a bit ominous, forget it, maybe you can change some of His Majesty's views, I would rather he was just joking, come, go Here."

"What about him? What kind of society does he want to build?" Opal asked.

Robin hugged Opal off the stone and said with a smile: "You don't know the name of our army? Meteor Corps, Meteor Empire. He wants to extinguish all the stars, create a few more Iszul, and let all humans in the universe Live around artificial stars."

Opal frowned: "Why? Extinguish all the stars?!"

Robin said: "Scientists say he is the real madman, but my dad likes his ideals. Many people don't understand, and he doesn't bother to explain to people."

Opal said: "If he wants to annex the empire and the republic... I believe that, but extinguish all the stars..."

Robin said: "My dad is from the Institute of Science, and he said that there is no need to do this, just extinguish the nearby giant stars that may affect Iszul."

Opal said: "Why, isn't it good now?"

Robin said: "My father said that the stars are the only threat to mankind. They are the source of all mutations and destructive natural disasters, and it is impossible to predict its mood..."

Opal said: "It won't be happy or angry, after all, stars are not alive, and it won't be because of feelings and preferences..."

Robin said: "This is just a metaphor, just like we say that bad weather is God's anger. As long as a star suddenly accelerates the thermonuclear reaction by 1%, it can roast all life on the planet to death. Didn't there be such a thing before?" Has this happened? Archaeologists speculate that there were other human civilizations before us, all of which died due to a stellar radiation. At least the place where we live is the safest, because Iszur was created by humans stars, it will not change too drastically."

Opal suddenly remembered one thing, stars also have souls.

"The stars are indeed alive." Opal said.

"That's what the Holy See of the Stars said." Robin said: "They think that the stars are the creators in the true sense, because they provide the conditions for the initial generation of life—light and heat."

He turned on the maglev vehicle, let Opal in, and galloped downstream in the current.

The lights of the distant city are flickering, Opal and Robin are heading for New Phoenix, and the villages on the land are full of lights.The hover vehicle stopped outside the barracks in Maisui Village, and Opal's communicator rang.

"This is the headquarters of the New Phoenix Capital Defense Force. Major General Allen has requested to speak to you." The secret voice said.

Opal: "What's the matter? Allen."

Allen: "Lieutenant General Andore is back, I wonder if you would like to meet him."

Opal: "Oh, of course, anytime."

Allen told the secret way around him: "Go and arrange for them now."

Opal: "Anything else?"

Aaron: "There are several mineral planet agents from the Milky Way, as well as a high-ranking officer from the Water Blue Planet who want to meet with His Majesty and are waiting."

Opal thought about it. Corolin said that when he was away, the Meteorite Empire would be fully represented by him, but Opal hadn't touched these things yet, so what did he need to do?He pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized one thing, in the entire empire, only he and Cologne can read minds, which means that he doesn't need to do anything, all he needs to do is summon the visitors who came to pay their respects, and read their minds , understand their purpose, and just ask for cooperation.

"Let Wang wait in the Hanging Garden." Opal said, "I will meet them in person."

Robin opened the car door and said, "Is there any government affairs?"

"I have to go back first." Opal nodded and said, "Handle diplomatic matters for the teacher."

Robin smiled and clapped hands with him, saying, "Come and play when you have time."

Opal said helplessly: "Maybe I won't be able to take a vacation until after the war is over."

"We will win." Robin said, "Goodbye."

Opal and Robin parted, and drove to New Phoenix.