I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

On Yhaka's side, a large number of Primal Zerg, along with armed puppets, launched an offensive against the enemy. Led by Yhaka's clone, Primal Overlord, the Primal Zerg surged towards the enemy like a tidal wave. Although the fanatical Taldarim were not intimidated by the Primal Zerg's momentum, or rather, they had fallen into a fanatical faith and thus their morale did not collapse.

Regardless, the fanatical Tal'darim cultists were largely unable to stop Yhvaka and her companions' advance. They easily reached the first Xel'Naga temple, where they wiped out the Tal'darim guards stationed near it. Yhvaka then trudged heavily to another temple. Although her avatar, the Primal Overlord, was powerful, Yhvaka couldn't use her bone blades to cut through the obstacles.

Fortunately, at that moment, Yhwach's true form arrived. Here, Yhwach also took out the Holy Sword, a fusion of the Baradion and the Demon-Slaying Sword, and slashed at the shield of the Xel'Naga Temple that accompanied Yhwach's attack. The shield was instantly cleaved open. Then, Yhwach's second sword strike left a terrible mark on the Xel'Naga Temple, but it did not cleave the temple open completely.

"So hard, OwO?" Yhwach was also a little surprised by the hardness of the Xel'Naga Temple, which hadn't been cut in half. However, for Yhwach, if one cut wasn't enough, then a second cut would do.

As Yhwachka swung his weapon once more, another terrible mark was left on the Xel'Naga Temple. Seeing the Xel'Naga Temple standing strong and sturdy, Yhwachka swung his holy sword like a storm, destroying the entire Xel'Naga Temple as if chopping down a giant tree.

After Yhwach'khar destroyed the first Xel'Naga temple, Kerrigan, who was confronting the Narud psionicists from a high vantage point, suddenly seemed to feel much more relaxed. Kerrigan then said to the others, "I feel like he's gotten weaker. Keep attacking!"

After confirming that destroying the Xel'Naga temples was indeed effective, Stukov accelerated his progress. Although he couldn't destroy the Xel'Naga temples with just a few sword strikes like Yhwach, Stukov could use psionic energy to control the Xel'Naga temples and make them close, but it would take some time.

After Yhwaka and Stukov closed and destroyed the Xel'Naga Temple, Narud began to feel anxious. He ordered the Tal'darim to destroy the Zerg hive controlled by Zagara. Unfortunately, the battle line they formed effectively resisted the Tal'darim forces that attempted to attack. Of course, some Tal'darim Blood Hunters did try to sneak up on the hive, but they were discovered by the Likat forces left behind by Yhwaka. The discovered Blood Hunters were naturally attacked by the Zagara swarm.

Although the Blood Hunters are very powerful, they can't hold out against Zagara's large number of Zerglings and Banelings for long, which is why the Tal'darim raiding force was quickly eliminated.

Of course, after discovering that the ordinary Taldarim forces were unable to withstand the Zerg swarm's advance, Narud also dispatched his hybrids to lead the Taldarim forces in an attack on the Zerg forces. Unfortunately, Yhaka's side was very strong, and the hybrid Destroyers and hybrid Marauders he sent were basically just there to be killed.

Stokoff did encounter some trouble, but he resolved many issues after Zagara sent him more Thunder Beasts. While his progress wasn't as fast as Yhwach's, he was at least able to continue the work of destroying the Xel'Naga Temple.

Soon, after Yhaka and Stukov had taken care of all the Xel'Naga temples, Kerrigan unleashed a psionic beam towards Narud. Narud stared in disbelief at the incoming purple psionic beam and let out a roar of defiance.

Then, amidst Narud's unwilling roar, Yuhaka and the others ended the battle.

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1852 [The Genestealer Church - War Knights]

Under the onslaught of Yhwach and her allies, Narud was defeated by Kerrigan and fled in disarray into the Xel'Naga Temple. Naturally, Kerrigan wanted to deal with the one who had been beaten down, but for some reason, she went to challenge Narud alone.

Watching Kerrigan's departing figure, Yhwach, with an "OwO?" expression, looked at the others and asked, "Why don't we all go up and gang up on that big bad guy?"

Upon hearing Yhaka's words, everyone fell silent. They clearly hadn't considered such an obvious problem. Even if they were worried that they weren't a match for Narud, they should at least have brought Yhaka along. Even if they didn't bring Yhaka, they should at least have brought the Zerg army.

For this reason, Kerrigan, who was later severely injured by Narud, was also detected by the Zerg swarm. Fortunately, Kerrigan dealt with Narud, but due to her severe injuries, she had to rest.

Meanwhile, a similar undercurrent was also surging within Khar.

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In the radiation-laden wilderness of Khar, at a site once intended for the construction of a new city, a large number of workers are now entering the field. However, unlike their previous lifeless expressions, the workers' faces are now filled with happiness and fervent devotion to their faith.

In this environment, the workers' expressions were likely due to the help of Yulis's church. From a high tower-like location, Yuhaka's clone and Yulis observed the construction site. Seeing the workers working hard below, Yulis nodded in satisfaction.

Although they appeared to be working, these workers were actually building a large amount of equipment and weaponry for a hidden factory below.

"Lord Youyou, we are making great progress. It won't be long before we can assemble a brand new army."

Upon hearing Yuris's words, Yuhaka simply looked like he "didn't know much about it, but thought it was amazing." However, under Yuris's guidance, Yuhaka and the others soon arrived at the underground factory. Here, Yuhaka saw that it was bustling like a market, but compared to a market, it seemed to have extra order, like ants in an anthill.

Besides humans, Yuhaka's Palicoes also work here, teaching the followers how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, and cook.

Moreover, not long ago, after the information about the armed dolls was handed over to the church, the denomination in the church that was in charge of the mechanical department began to mass-produce these armed dolls. However, unlike the armed dolls under Mebius's command, these armed dolls looked more expressive, as if they had feelings.

The reason for this is that the mechanical department did not have any devices to restrict the emotions of the armed dolls. Similarly, the mechanical department used the Mind Cube to give those armed dolls a "soul".

Yuhaka followed Yulis to observe the situation, and the people around them would bow to Yuhaka and Yulis when they saw them, and Yulis would respond in kind.

Soon, after Yuhaka and her group arrived at the cult's mechanical department, they saw many special mechs deployed there. Unlike the canned mechs they had seen before, these mechs had undergone significant changes in appearance.

Firstly, in terms of design, those mechs are somewhat insect-like in shape, with six limbs resembling a shadow spider, and a large machine gun on their backs. Of course, in addition to the large firearms, there is also a chainsaw-like mech weapon, which shows that these mechs are not as simple as they seem.

Upon noticing Yuhaka and Yulis's arrival, a cultist with multiple mechanical arms turned and bowed to them, saying, "Welcome to the manufacturing workshop, Lady Yuhaka, Your Holiness~"

In response to the believer's bow, Yulis raised her hand and said, "No need for bowing, Bishop Kate. I've brought Lady Yuyu here to see the results of our latest research on small combat mechs."

Upon hearing Yulis's words, the bishop named Kate explained to Yuhaka and the others their newly developed mech—War Knight Shadow Spider. This mech possesses unparalleled agility compared to ordinary mechs, allowing it to exert greater power in urban warfare. In addition, its special transformation structure allows this mech to fight in both humanoid and beast-like forms.

These war knights are equipped with special mobility devices on their legs, allowing them to move quickly and easily on flat ground. In mountainous terrain, the war knights can move quickly using their mechanical feet.

When encountering terrain like cliffs, the mechs' special grappling hooks and jetpacks with special cables make it relatively easy to navigate.

Of course, although this mech has four arms and is not difficult to operate, in addition to the pilot, they are also specially equipped with another pilot, namely the armed puppet.

The characteristics of the armed dolls allow them to control weapons very well, which allows the pilot to concentrate more on controlling the war knight in battle, while the armed dolls control the weapons on the war knight to provide fire support for the war knight.

The War Knight is equipped with small anti-infantry machine guns and anti-vehicle missiles, all controlled by armed puppets to ensure that the War Knight has few blind spots. After all, for something like the bipedal mech—the Golia Armed Robot—the area below is a clear blind spot. Even if it is equipped with monitoring cameras below, the pilot may not have time to observe below. Since they are mostly responsible for dealing with aerial threats for the troops, they will pay attention to radar and the sky most of the time.

Under Bishop Kate's command, the war knight, which resembled a shadow spider, transformed with remarkable agility into a humanoid mech over 5 meters tall. Under the pilot's control, this humanoid mech easily performed actions that humans could do, and even actions that humans could not.

Seeing such an excellent combat mech, Yulis nodded in satisfaction. Then, Yulis looked at Yuhaka beside her and asked, "Lady Yulis, what do you think?" Hearing Yulis's words, Yuhaka looked at Yulis with an expression that said, "I don't know what it is, but it feels so cool OwO."

After seeing that Yuhaka was satisfied, Yulis instructed Bishop Kate to show them what new gadgets were in the workshop. Soon, led by Bishop Kate, they arrived at a very long and narrow workshop where a huge hover train was parked. Here, a large number of Manjuu engineers and SCV armed dolls, along with the cultists from the mechanical department, were installing weapons on this steel behemoth.

Upon seeing Yuhaka and her group arrive, the staff around them greeted them before returning to their work. Bishop Kate, standing beside them, spoke to the war behemoth before them: "These decommissioned maglev transport trains were originally destined for a scrapyard, but we bought them from someone else for a small fee. It didn't take much effort. We're currently transforming this behemoth into an armored train to breach the impregnable walls of Khar's capital."

Hearing Bishop Kate's words, Yuhaka and the others also observed the behemoth before them. Although it was supposed to be a hovercraft train nearing the end of its service life, Yuhaka and the others could see that it had undergone numerous upgrades. Rather than a transport train, it was more like a terrifying war machine.

The original position of the train's front end was replaced with an armored train front end featuring a huge assault drill, equipped not only with rocket-propelled engines but also with several turrets built on top of the train front end.

The cargo compartments that were originally used to store goods were replaced with a combination of various cannons, machine guns, and even missile turrets, making it look like a fully armed dragon.

In his introduction to the armored train, Bishop Kate shared information about it with Yuhaka and the others. They removed the original transport train's power system and external armor, replacing them with more robust armor. They also used a more powerful reactor and propulsion system, making the armored train not only significantly stronger than before but also much faster, even the Vulture tank might not be able to catch up.

After all, this could potentially break down the outer walls and gates of the capital city of Khar.

Of course, Kate and her team have several armored trains like these, which are weapons specifically designed to provide fire support for the troops. Some of them are also equipped with powerful earth-shattering cannons. The destructive power of these large-caliber earth-shattering cannons is enough to inflict devastating damage on large combat mechs like Thor. Moreover, if they are fitted with special warheads, they can also cause various kinds of trouble for the enemy.

After introducing the train, Kate led Yuhaka and the others to another workshop, which was much larger than the previous one. Some huge, large creatures were parked there.

"Lady Yuuyu, Lady Yulis, welcome to the War Knight Manufacturing Workshop of our Myriad Gears Cult." Bishop Kate introduced the place to Yuhaka and the others with a fanatical expression. This was the place where Bishop Kate and her Myriad Gears Cult were specially used to manufacture large war machines. These large war machines were enormous, with a height of 30 or even 50 meters, similar to the large combat mechs like Thor—the behemoths among the War Knights. These large combat mechs were not only large in size, but also capable of being equipped with a large number of mobile firepower platforms.

Although these humanoid war mechs look huge and bulky, these powerful war knights can actually run at high speeds with ease, and they can use the melee weapons mounted on their arms to teach a lesson to anyone who dares to approach them. Moreover, the cannon turrets on various parts of their bodies are not just for show.

Because the War Knight is topped by a large combat platform, it can not only house personnel but also equip large weapons.

Of course, don't be fooled by the fact that these huge creatures look like moving targets. In fact, these behemoths have a plasma shield similar to that of the Protoss. However, the ability of these shields is more like Yhwach's Asymmetric Permeability Field, which is essentially an immunity to physical attacks. In a sense, it's quite overpowered.

However, unlike Ehaka's, whose Asymmetric Penetration Field is almost permanent, War Knight's Asymmetric Penetration Field has an energy limit. After taking enough damage, War Knight's Asymmetric Penetration Field will have to enter a cooldown state.

If that's the case, it's not that bad. The armor used on these war knights is made of soul steel by nanomachines. Combined with the ability of regenerating bio-steel, this armor can regenerate into new armor plates at an extremely fast speed, and the regeneration speed is much faster than that of regenerating bio-steel.

In addition, the Soul Steel armor composed of these nanomachines also has special adaptability. After withstanding a certain type of attack multiple times, the armor will develop resistance to that type of attack. When the opponent tries to attack these War Knights in the same way, it will be much less effective.

There are multiple knights and armed puppets from the cult of the Myriad Gears to operate these behemoths. After all, there are many weapons on them, and it would be chaotic to operate them by one person alone. Of course, if there are enough mechanical arms and tentacles, there probably won't be any problems.

After Bishop Kate finished introducing these behemoths, she led Yuhaka and the others to an even larger workshop, where Yuhaka saw a colossal machine that was over 100 meters tall.

P.S.: I got writer's block on this chapter. I was typing until almost 5 a.m., damn it, I feel like I'm going back to that crazy situation I was in before, which is totally not worth it.

Volume 2 [StarCraft II: Back to Home]: Chapter 1853 [The Genestealer Church - The Nun Knight and Her Beast]

In Yhaka's view, a mech resembling a giant war knight was parked in the workshop. Unlike other war knights, this war knight's head was not designed like a helmet, but rather resembled the head shape of Yhaka's original Zerg form in his third form.

“OowoO”

Looking at the hundred-meter-tall Yhaka, he had an "OwO" expression on his face. Yhaka felt that this thing looked familiar. From its appearance, this huge war knight had a structure that other war knights did not have. First of all, it had a structure that looked like a big tail behind it. However, unlike Yhaka's with a huge tail blade, this huge war knight used a structure that looked like a laser generator.

“This colossal war knight is the largest war knight we’ve ever made. Not only is it two or three times larger than the previous war knights, but its firepower is also several times greater. Moreover, this war knight is equipped with a Drakens laser drill, which is much more powerful than the original Drakens laser drill.” Bishop Kate introduced the war behemoth to Yuhaka and the others while leading them inside to inspect the war behemoth.

The interior is very spacious, especially the control room, while other areas provide rest and entertainment spaces for the drivers.

After explaining the situation, Yulis led Yuhaka towards the other sects. Apart from the Mechanicus sect's large-scale production of war machines, the other sects were also beginning their research projects.

Yulis and Yuhaka arrived at the Spiral Essence Cult. Based on the data on the super soldiers that Yuhaka sent back, the Spiral Essence Cult modified their plans and created even more powerful warriors.

The conditions for modification are still available. Only Ascended Ones can be modified; other candidates are not suitable. After being modified by the technicians of the Spiral Essence Cult, the modified followers have strong combat capabilities.

Unlike the Super Soldier program developed by Mebius, the Spiral Cult does not eliminate the emotions of its modified followers. After all, they do not need to eliminate fear. In the face of absolute faith, nothing can stop them.

Upon seeing Yuhaka and her group arrive at the Spiral Essence Cult, the cult's bishop came to greet them and introduced them to the super soldiers created by their cult's latest modification plan.

Led by the bishop of the Spiral Essence Cult, they arrived at a place that resembled a cultivation room. Here, Yuhaka and the others saw many followers of the Spiral Essence Cult adjusting something on an object that looked like a cocoon. Upon seeing Yuhaka and the others arrive, they all bowed to Yuhaka and Yulis before quickly getting to work, clearly appearing to be very busy.

The bishop of the Spiral Essence Sect explained to Yuhaka and the others, "I apologize, as gene tuning is a very busy process, and we need the technicians to concentrate on the tuning. I hope Lady Yuhaka and Lady Yulis can understand."

Yuhaka and the others didn't care about what the Spiral Essence Church bishop said. After all, they weren't people who valued etiquette, so they weren't angry about it. Soon, with the introduction from the Spiral Essence Church bishop, Yuhaka also learned that this was a large-scale breeding factory. Although it was called a breeding factory, judging from the flesh-and-blood breeding chambers, walls, and floors, it was more like a large biological cavity.

According to the bishop of the Spiral Essence Cult, this is where they cultivate super soldiers. There are two ways to cultivate super soldiers: one is to cultivate and modify them from the embryonic stage, and the other is to modify them using Ascended Ones.

Although the two methods of cultivation are different, the final combat power of the results is the same. However, the super soldiers cultivated by the former grow faster, but this does not mean that the growth of the latter is worse than that of the former. The super soldiers cultivated by the former need to rely on artificial means to cultivate their combat skills and consciousness, while the strength of the latter is determined by the original body of the modified person. In this respect, there is not much difference.

Soon, led by the bishop of the Spiral Essence, they arrived at a place that resembled a combat training ground. Here, Yuhaka and Yulis saw the super soldiers who had been modified. These super soldiers were all wearing black nun-like protective suits, and they also had some power armor on their bodies. However, the power armor did not provide much protection for them, as their reaction speed was enough for them to dodge attacks. They were also wearing small folding shields.

This small, folding shield has three modes of defense: one is protection by a psionic shield, the second is protection by a plasma shield, and the third is protection by the hard armor made of soul steel.

At the same time, due to the modifications, the hair of the modified super soldiers will turn into a metallic silver color, and their eyes will turn red. Of course, this is just an external change and there are no side effects.

Yuhaka and Yulis watched from the edge of the training field as the super soldiers prepared for combat training below. Soon, following instructions from the training room, a huge Golem armor appeared there; clearly, it was the test subject.

After explaining the precautions, the combat training began. Upon receiving the start command, the pilot of the Golem armor wielded the Gravity Hammer and charged forward, while the five-man squad of super soldiers also charged toward the Golem armor with their respective weapons.

Meanwhile, Yuhaka noticed that the super soldiers dressed in nun's habit had something resembling a magic circle appearing under their feet. By observing the writing on the magic circle-like object, Yuhaka knew what kind of magic it was. It was clearly elven magic, and if he wasn't mistaken, it was probably wind-type elven magic.

Just as Yuhaka had thought, the super soldiers were using wind-type spirit magic under their feet. As the spirit magic under their feet was activated, they suddenly burst out with incredible speed and rushed towards the Golem Armor. If an ordinary person saw this scene, it would probably be a moment.

But it was different for the Golem Armor. The eyes on the Golem Armor clearly saw the super soldiers surrounding her. In response, the operator of the Golem Armor swung the gravity hammer in her hand and swung it around. The powerful impact, along with the terrifying sound of air being torn apart and the shock wave, rushed towards the super soldiers.

Faced with this situation, the super soldiers swung their weapons to cut through the enemy's attacks, and then dodged the heavy attacks swung by the Golem armor with extremely agile movements. At the same time, the super soldiers launched an attack on the Golem armor with their weapons. They did not attack the Golem armor's hard shell, but rather the vulnerable parts at the joints. After all, no matter how strong the Golem armor was, there was not enough hard shell to protect the joints.

Soon, one person attacked one of the leg joints, while the other four attacked the joints of Graeme's arm. In an instant, the joints of Graeme's arm and leg were destroyed. After the command to stop was given over the loudspeaker, the super soldiers also stopped their actions.

Seeing this, Yuhaka realized that the battle was over. Although the super soldiers had not broken through Golem's hard armor, the Golem armor, which was unable to move, could not last long against a few super soldiers. After all, they did not have weapons specifically designed to deal with heavy armor. However, with the weapons they had, dealing with a Golem armor that could not move was still not a problem.

"Lady Yuuyu, Lady Yulis, what do you think of these [Nun Knights]' performance?"

Upon hearing the question from the bishop of the Spiral Essence Cult, Yuhaka paused for a moment before nodding in agreement. Yulis also commented that the nun knights' combat abilities were decent; although they were only using melee weapons, being able to incapacitate a Golem armored creature in an instant was quite impressive.

Led by the Spiral Essence Bishop, they arrived at another location where the Spiral Essence followers were raising a group of beasts they had never seen before. Upon seeing this, Yuhaka immediately showed an "OwO~" expression, clearly indicating that Yuhaka was very interested in the new beasts.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Spiral Essence Cult introduced this newly developed beast to Yuhaka and the others. This beast was cultivated using the biological essence obtained from the monster food brought by the Palicoes. These horse-shaped monsters have shield-like structures on their heads, similar to those of a crowned dragon. Their hardness is sufficient to withstand attacks from small-scale ranged firepower, and their powerful physique is also capable of carrying knights wearing heavy armor and weapons on the battlefield.

Seeing this, Yulis couldn't help but look at the Spiral Essence Sect bishop beside her and said, "Is it necessary to make these creatures? If we're talking about fast units, aren't those modified Vulture Chariots and Hellfire Chariots better than these horse-like creatures?"

In response to Yulis's question, the bishop of the Spiral Essence Sect replied, "On this point, these riding beasts are indeed not as fast as those high-speed vehicles, but their own strength and durability are much greater than those vulture chariots and fiery chariots."

"Oh? Is it that powerful?" Hearing the words of the Spiral Essence Sect bishop, Yulis couldn't help but become interested in this powerful war beast, hoping to see just how strong it really was in the upcoming tests.

At this moment, Yuhaka pulled on the nun's habit of the Spiral Essence Sect bishop and pointed to the riding beast below, saying, "Yuyu wants to eat that OwO~" Hearing Yuhaka's words, the Spiral Essence Sect bishop couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and said, "Um... Lady Yuyu, if you want to eat the riding beast, these riding beasts aren't very tasty... After all, due to the enhancement surgery, the meat of these riding beasts is very tough, and it's quite difficult to cook them. If possible, we will immediately prepare edible riding beasts and hand them over to the Holy Communion Sect."

“=w=Mmm~” Hearing the words of the Spiral Essence Sect bishop, Yuhaka nodded with great satisfaction. Yulis, who was standing to the side, also wiped away a cold sweat at the encounter of the riding beasts. Then Yulis said to the Spiral Essence Sect bishop, “Now take us to the testing area. I want to see what kind of strength these riding beasts can unleash.”

After hearing Yulis's words, the bishop of the Spiral Essence Sect nodded to show that he understood and then made a "please" gesture, saying, "Please follow me, Lady Yulis, Lady Yulis."

As they spoke, led by the Spiral Essence Cult, Yuhaka and the others arrived at a place that resembled a racetrack. Of course, this was not a place for racing horses, but rather a place for experiments on riding beasts and nun knights.

In the experimental field, Yuhaka and the others saw the nun knight riding a beast galloping across the arena. Unlike the beasts they had seen before, these beasts were equipped with advanced armor. Although some parts of the beasts had protective shells, it did not prevent them from being equipped with armor that could provide protection.