Elena looked at the rude nobleman with the eyes of a dead person and said in a deep voice:
"Brother An, you are an idiot as always. This empire was created by His Majesty himself. Without him, you are just an inconspicuous little country huddled in the valley. The so-called bloodline can't help you."
"Shut up! Women should not interfere in politics!"
Javed raised his hand to stop the noble's roar, and said to Elena with a smile:
"Everyone says that you are not a qualified queen because you have not been able to give birth to children yet. But I heard that I am my nominal brother who is infertile. Maybe...I can help you clarify this later.
point."
Elena didn't even bother to raise the atmosphere now. She just waved her hand and seemed to say to a certain existence in the air:
"Kill them."
Next, a piercing howl sounded, and then several black shadows fell from the top of the hall, and the whole ground shook and rattled.
Before they could see what they were, those things pounced on the rebellious nobles.
"This is-ah!!"
Brother An, who had screamed the loudest just now, before he could react, a pair of silver claws with a length of more than half a meter penetrated his chest, slamming his whole body into the ground with a bang, and the metal claws even penetrated into the ground.
.
"this--"
Javid took a step back in shock, and he finally saw clearly what these were.
They were monsters that were almost humanoid, with bulging muscles all over their bodies and a sickly bright red color. There was a metal line protruding from their backs, filled with metal cans, and their arms were horribly developed, almost as thick as their thighs.
, there are no fingers on the palm, only half-meter-long sharp claws.
When one of them turned around, the pair of light blue mechanical eyes on his face covered with sutures emitted a bloodthirsty light.
"No! Monster! Monster!!!"
Javed screamed and turned around to run away, but as soon as he took the second step, sharp claws dug into his chest from behind, then slammed his head back, tearing his throat into a bloody mess.
The blood-stained cloak fell with a terrible suffocation sound. Javed tried to cover his broken throat, but his claws stabbed directly into the chest again, shattering the ribs and digging out the warm heart.
Not far away, Elena watched coldly as the piece of meat beat feebly for a while, and finally stopped its sad beat.
The killing was fleeting, and more than a dozen nobles were killed in just a few breaths. The entire hall was as ferocious as a slaughterhouse.
The monster that killed Javed turned to look at Elena, still holding the heart in one hand, as if waiting for her new instructions.
"Kill everyone related to his bloodline."
Elena gave the order coldly, and the thing howled and ran out of the hall quickly, frightening many rebels along the way.
Then she walked through a bloody field and came to Javed's broken body. She bent down and picked up the head with fear still on its face, while the monsters around them docilely prostrated themselves.
Arriving outside the hall, Elena asked a eunuch to hold up the head with a spear and said loudly:
"The chief culprit shall be executed! Whoever surrenders will be spared death!"
Soon, news that a rebellion broke out in the palace and was immediately suppressed spread throughout the capital. At the same time, some strange rumors also appeared, including that the mansions of several leading nobles were attacked by mysterious monsters, and everyone from servants to children were slaughtered.
Even if someone escapes, people will find some horrific wreckage in the wilderness outside the city.
But after resolving the civil strife, before Elena could completely clean up the situation, bad news came from the Rangers——
Greenskin reinforcements have arrived.
"Here they come! Queen!"
Amidst the thundering drums and horns, Elena saw that the other side of the horizon had turned into a boiling green ocean.
There are tens of thousands of them, like ants escaping from an anthill, and some relatively larger shapes are moving in the tide, flowing through fierce turbulence - they are steel structures tens of meters high, with barrel-shaped bodies.
It is a roaring red smiling face, and every time it takes a step, the ground will tremble.
"Leila, Nadia."
Turning to look at the two princesses beside her, Layla was neatly arranging a strand of hair scattered under her helmet, while Nadia's hand was nervously holding the hilt of the sword at her waist. They were both wearing red and black light clothes.
First.
"Are you sure you want to stand here?"
Layla smiled, showing her fangs.
"Am looking forward to."
She pulled out the sword slightly, then thrust it back in again.
"Me too, Queen."
Nadia's cold face was filled with determination.
"We also have an obligation to protect our homeland."
Elena smiled dotingly.
"Remember to keep your head clear, don't be afraid, and don't run around."
The two princesses nodded seriously.
"Bang the war drum."
Later, Elena's voice spread throughout the Acropolis on the radio.
The war drums sounded, and the bones hit the stretched cowhide, playing a low melody.
At the same time, all the defense facilities of the acropolis were activated, and the original city wall was strengthened again. Thousands of heavy metal plates as tall as a person were dragged by chains and heavily inserted into the hard slope. At the same time, they stretched through the gaps in the metal plates.
Thigh-thick metal spikes emerged to prevent those greenskins with amazing endurance from climbing over the protective wall.
The Wanderer had told Xerxes the best way to deal with the greenskins: stay away from them, pin them, and kill them.
The drums continued to beat dully, so the soldiers were already in position, ready to hold their ground and not retreat an inch for the rest of the battle.
But it was not enough to deal with the enemy's armor that was beyond the times. Throughout the Acropolis, huge plasma shield generators were activated, and at the same time, the tarpaulins of the tall towers were torn off, revealing light bulb-shaped devices——
These are weapons that the Rangers disassembled directly from their own battleships, and the people who operate these weapons are a kind of eyeless four-legged alien life. They look like giant sea turtles, and they are the closest to humans in the Ranger fleet.
Their allies are also masters of controlling energy weapons, but they have an instinctive aversion to war and will not use force unless absolutely necessary.
"The greenskins are like floods. We must let them crash into our iron walls, instead of trying to fight barbarism with barbarism."
This was the only tactical guidance given by Kailo Alexei, the commander of the Undead Army before the war, and Elena reminded herself that she must strictly follow it.
Suddenly, a burst of bright light made Elena turn her head subconsciously.
Then there was a deafening loud noise, and at the same time, she felt as if her internal organs had been hit with a heavy hammer, and she groaned subconsciously, while the princesses around her turned pale with fear.
It turned out that it was the strong light produced when the huge laser beam emitted by the green-skinned machine collided with the plasma shield.
They had never seen such a scene before, it was as if they were approaching the end of the world.
The illiterate soldiers were also frightened. Only the undead army remained motionless.
The shouts of officers, the sound of whips and the sound of gunshots began to be heard from all over the Acropolis, and the chaos was quickly suppressed.
At this time, Kailo, who was standing at the top of the city, stared at the enemy in the distance and suddenly waved his arm.