The hivemind is conquering for me? - Chapter 357

Chapter 357: Ascension
With the destruction of the stations, the battleships of the Coalition retreated into low orbit where they would have an astronomical amount of orbital defence and anti air weapons to aid them.

There were still countless drones in space and more were being fabricated on the fly which would both reinforce the space battle while they would also begin to assault the ground forces when the hunger began its main assault.

Aeletha listened to the report of the aftermath of the Psionic attack and frowned. Something had brought her here for a reason and she believed this powerful being of the hunger was the reason for it.

Standing up from the war council, she decreed. “Cor’voth, you are in charge, I must prepare myself to use my surprise.” She then proceeded to ignore everyone in the room as she left alongside Rekosh.

Aeletha began walking through the streets, she would usually receive bows or greetings of warmth, but in a time of battle, she was proud that her troops were solely focused on defending this world, waiting patiently for their time to be useful.

Every defensive position on the planet was built like a small fortress. They could not use line defence against such a large force as when the hunger descends, they can engulf the entire planet, attacking from every which way, as such each fortress has been built with long sightlines with multiple stories for the most amount of firepower possible in one location.

Aeletha made her way to the centre of four of said fortresses and looked up, hearing a noise. The hunger had begun to assault the planetary defence barrier, their eagerness to break through with bodies alone would take millions of losses on their part, a drop in the ocean for them and she did not include in those numbers the casualties they would take from the orbital defence weapons.

Aeletha then turned to Rekosh and ordered. “Go to the nearby fortress, the start of the process will take a while and is incredibly volatile, I cannot have any interruptions.” Rekosh had strong opinions against that order, but trusted his Seer and ran away without a word.

Now alone with the sound of gunfire and the booming of cannons, Aeletha began to drive out those sounds from her perception as she sat down inside an odd looking circle. Reaching into her satchel, she pulled out a vial with a black, bubbling liquid inside.

She felt the bottle in her hands for a moment, breathing slowly as she began expanding her Psionic vision. Under normal circumstances, she could only see a hundred meters in diameter, maybe a little more, but with this circle underneath her, It began seeping into the material, cascading outwards through the array no one had knowledge that they had built.

Her mind began to struggle with all the information she was witnessing at once as her vision continued to travel outwards, eventually reaching the edge of the array, A good third of the planet.

As she maintained her sight, her eyes and ears started to bleed, this was not something she could just do on a whim, yet she had to hold a moment longer to create her domain. Just as her interior organs were about to fail, she heard it. Her affirmation from the galaxy. It was her moment to ascend.

Letting go of her Psionic vision, she observed as it began recalling towards her at a rapid pace. Aeletha did not allow the dizziness of losing her sight rapidly interfere as she pulled off the cork of her vial and chugged back the black liquid just in time as her vision returned to her body.

*BOOOM!*

My hair was standing on end, my body screaming ‘danger’ at me as I stared towards the Gigantic flash of light that was actually so much Psionic energy in one place that it became so easily visible from Orbit.

“What is happening down there?” I asked Orchid to my left, but she just stood there with her mouth agape. Turning to Keyla, she shrugged her shoulders clearly not knowing a thing and when I asked Jewel via the link, she was unresponsive.

Jewel was actually in a state of shock. Before her very existence without any prior warning, an entity she would deem a ‘god’ in terms of strength had descended onto the planet. She had no idea where it came from as the amount of Psionic energy on the planet was blinding her visions somewhat.

Still, Jewel was not worried by the new entity. She had eaten many of the beings’ strength. It just meant she had to get a little more involved with the invasion than she had planned. If anything, all this ‘god’ had provided the planet was an even fight.

…

After the blinding light, Rekosh blinked a few times, grateful his eyesight was returning to him as he had been staring directly at the source when it happened. He had no time to worry about himself however, and turned towards his Seer. Only for his brain to cease its normal functions as he stared at the being there.

Despite having the same proportions as the Seer, the Seer had ceased to be. No horns, no eyes, no skin. The being that had begun to ascend off the ground was made of pure Psionic energy. She was so pure and powerful that energy began pouring into her before expelling outwards in beautiful white and orange wispy tendrils. The energy barrelled towards Rekosh, but he was too stunned to move.

Despite what he thought was going to be the end of his life, like the many around him, the energy passed through him, causing no damage whatsoever. Before murmuring could begin as to what was happening, the being that was formerly Aeletha rose into the sky and decreed to the world.

“Children of my Galaxy, I provide you my strength and with it, we shall defend this world and all other worlds!”

Many still did not know what was going on, suddenly hearing the random voice, but after a nearby war reporter sent in the live video and the defenders witnessed what happened to the Seer, an overwhelming cheer erupted throughout the planet.

The cheer and celebration of the powerful ally was short-lived however, as shortly afterwards, the planetary shield had been destroyed. And with it, from all corners all sides, nest pods the size of large meteors began descending onto the planet below.

Everyone got to work. AA weapons became the sound of nature in a moment. Blowing all the pieces of junk out of the sky. However, the meteor shower was endless, bits breaking off the hive ships thousands of meters at a time. And even then, the debris can still function as the beings inside began pouring out in mass, beginning the siege of the planet truly…

…

I had been watching the planet below and a rage began to burn inside of me. ‘It is not fair. The cuties are not even getting a chance to fight properly yet! That thing is killing a large portion of the nest pods before they can even reach the ground!’

As my breathing hastened, wanting revenge, Sol materialised herself, her flaming hands caressing my cheeks as she gazed into my eyes. “Apollo, you must keep yourself together or you will lose yourself below. Your Jewel is losing skin cells. Skin cells. You are not mad when you lose yours are you? The anger you are feeling is my affect on you, let it pass my Kindled.”

Looking into Sol’s flaming eyes, I did find myself calming down slightly, though not a lot. “They are still her Sol. It pains me to know she loses so much of herself every day. Ugh, it sounds stupid, but I want to get down there and protect her. This is why I need to get stronger!”

Sol smiled at this and forcibly took control of my body, holding me by the neck, and pushing herself up against my back. “Look out there then my Kindled. Let this be your fuel source. Let your mate’s suffering, her deaths be the drive that ascends you into great feats my Kindled. Let those skin cells empower you, but do not let them overwhelm your senses. Instead think of the day where all of Jewel is safe, by your side.”

I allowed the thought to encompass my entire being. Jewel and I, together at the same level. Protecting one another against everything in the universe. Together forever. The thought brought a heat to my body that I could feel from my Origin as it agreed with my goal. I could feel within myself my drive, and I needed to get down there to show my foes that they cannot hurt my baby without suffering the consequences.

I then overpowered Sol’s hold on me as I grabbed her around the neck, covering my hands with Psionic energy so I didn’t pass through the flame and smiled. “Thank you for helping me, but it Is I who will be the one doing the choking in this relationship. Do you understand?”

Sol’s body flared up, her horns elongating as her eyes went wide, before she managed to squeeze out an excited.

“Harder!”