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Chapter 288 - The depths of Char.

"This is Kate Lockwell reporting live for UNN. Stunning news tonight as massive numbers of zerg began pulling back to their main hive on the planet Char. While they aren't giving up the worlds they've conquered, most of the aliens appear to be massing near the fiery planet. And the Imperium slowly digesting the Kel-Morian Territory have Garner some uncertainty..."

"What can it mean Kate?" Donny vermilion, a sycophant for Acturus regime spoke. Still disillusioned of the truth on Tarsonis.

"We really don't know, Donny. We'll keep you posted with any further developments.

Wait... This just came in, other news channels from the imperium just confirmed that Crown Prince Valerian Mengsk have been confirmed fighting in char. Alongside with the High Lord of the Imperium, Alexander Solair... This is Kate Lockwell this is UNN."

"This is Imperial Vox, For the Voice of the People of the imperium, For his truth be the beacon of salvation, current situation, our fight against the Xenos is progressing, The Kel-Morian space is now under imperial light.

And our brave War Reporters that accompanied the crusade have shown picts and holo video of our brave soldiers of the Imperial Guard and the Navy.

News of the battlefront have confirmed that we are winning. And we shall not fear against the horors of the night, we are the children of the Imperium of Man, and he is with us."

The moment of entry of Char have passed.

The Galaxy waited in bated breath as news spread that the Zerg is pulling back on all fronts.

Many wondered what had happened, but the news broadcast came from the homeworld of char, answered their fears.

"The Imperium High Lord and the Dominion Prince is fighting for the galaxy fate."

Such was the sensational title on every broadcast in the human space.

Videos of Both of these icons fought on the very soil of hell itself.

People regardless of affiliation rejoiced.

To the Dominion, it boosted the Image of Valerian as a fighter of the galaxy. And they hoped that the Imperium would made peace with their own Dominion.

For the imperium, it was certain that the war would be over.

The sheer numbers of soldiers numbered in the Hundreds of millions landed upon the infested planet. Hundreds of thousands of ship being churned out and sent to the battlefront. Pushing the Zerg back in their path of crusade.

Many minor planets that was on the fence, joined the Imperium, some out of safety of number, the might of the imperial navy, and the economic might, or the matters of faith...

Some of these planets saw the angels of the Imperium, Sisters of war walked in the battlefield with flamers and winged saints became a foundation of their allegiance to join the empire. Wealth and prosperity flowed in their coffers while their people is converted under the eyes of the Word bearers and the ecclesiachy.

And the Imperium garrisons that digested the Kel-Morian Territories is now converging towards the Zerg controlled territories.

Massive fleets and vast amount of soldiers is slowly taking back human controlled territories that paved their way to the Zerg capital planet.

The battle on char is far from over.

Kerrigan knew that everyone that landed on Char have a bone to pick with her, other than Jim Raynor that want to save her and Valerian Mengsk wanting to revert her from the Zerg Infestation..

Everyone in this Armada want her dead.

And more numerous than the last time when Alexander fought with her years ago...

Due to the presence of the Imperium, there are more variant of Zerg being tossed against the battlelines of the coalition...

Zerglings set themselves on fire and acted like living minefields if they were slained., Ultralisk used extreme acid claws. Hydralisk used a phosphorus compounds imbedded in their darts.

The Adeptus Biologos took samples from the remains and found that these creation is focused more on extreme strength in exchange for limited lifespan. As their metabolism was through the roof. It made those that want to keep trophy of their kills, keep their hands off.

Alexander, Raynor and Valerian stood in the field command post that oversee the battlefield via the Tactical table of the imperium.

The battlefield is slowly progressing.

Every inch taken is paved with blood, both human and Zerg alike. Mountains of corpses of Zerg piled into hills. Soldiers gave their funeral rites to their battle buddies as they incinerated their remains.

Every tag of the combined coalition was shown on the holotable is slowly moving closer to where Kerrigan kept herself.

"Now then, Valerian, what's keeping the Damm artifact ready?" Raynor spoke as he clench the table side.

Valerian Mengsk, who survived the crash site now bandaged and had a icebag to his head spoke.

"My scientist have to finely tune the artifact to the correct wavelength for the Zerg queen of blade psionic power.. however.."

"What?" Raynor asked.

"While our situation have been drastically improve thanks to the Imperium forces. We are nowhere close to the radius needed to ensure the artifact can achieve maximum effectiveness."

"Just how close to we need to be at?" Alexander spoke.

He had fragment of memories on where the location was made. But it was like a distant memory.

"Approximately, 3 kilometers away from the main hive Kerrigan is located. And the location is paved with nydus worms and there is a satellite platform in orbit that supply their air force to prevent us from entering at the correct location." Valerian managed the holotable and the image of the location that the micro satellite shown.

It was basically in the jaws of death itself.

Several hive cluster that surrounded the main hive pumped more Zerglings that any of them could count and Zerg air force was like a blot in the skies. That even if you miss the one you target, you can hit something in that swarm of fliers.

Tectonic earthquake of giant worms burst from the ground and spat reinforcements from region away from the battlefield.

And in that center of the nightmare that Valerian placed the location.

It was a mountain of granite that the nydus worm somewhat unable to dig through...

"Salvation through damnation..." Alexander muttered...

"You think it's a trap? After the nydus worm spat out like crazy... Someone have to take care these two situation." General Warfield arrived and he spoke his concern.

"If we don't take out that platform, the Zerg would gain air superiority and our fly boys can't aid us."

Tychus that was silent gave his piece as well.

"And if we don't take care of the bugs popping up from the ground, we are have a bug infestation in our midst. It's unsanitary if we have these critters keep popping around us."

"Raynor... Your call. Once you done, we can set up the location with ease of mind." Valerian spoke.

"Remember, whatever choice you make, my Imperium would handle the rest." Alexander spoke.

Raynor spent some time thinking.

"I think that the fly boys would have to wait. We can't have the Zerg popping out like crazy. Sorry General Warfield." Raynor spoke.

"I hope you know what you are doing. I will send some of my boys to help you out." Warfield nodded in agreement.

"Hell, I joining you, I have people that can handle the situation at the orbital platform. Seemed my captains want something to get their merits of glory." Alexander chuckle.

"Gee, thanks High Lord. Glad to have you aboard." Raynor smirked.

"While you two boys retired from my military, I promise your parents I keep you safe Raynor." Alexander spoke.

"And I will see to it that my men would coordinate with yours as we head towards the proposed site, our march would distract the Queen of blades from our real action." Warfield spoke

"May our plans be fruitful."

The plan was set.

The remaining fleets that station above char now converge to the orbital mining platform that is infested by the Zerg.

And another offensive is being prepared.

Domion Siege Tanks and Imperial Basilisk thundered across the molten planets raining their fury upon the unending hordes.

Even Imperial Guardsmen and Dominion Marines fought in the trenches as lasguns and Gauss Rifles put several swarm offensive to a grinding halt..

The whistle was sounded.

Imperial Knights roared as they stride across the battlefield like a graceful dancers in a stage of destruction.

Tanks humm to the beat of the boots as they rushed from the battle lines and fired their battle cannons, side stubbers rained at the unending hordes.

Planes from orbit rained upon the skies as it a hail of steel arrows that pierced the ashen skies. They clung onto the Zerg fliers as they gun them down, leaving a trail of carcases from the skies as a sign of their kill.

To a outsider perspective, they were outnumbered and blocked from orbit.

As if they are leading a doomed offensive as the Zerg is soon slaughter them through sheer attrition of bodies they slammed upon the coalition lines.

Alexander and Raynor took their best soldiers to follow into the depth of the planet to destroy the nydus network.

They can't sent massive armies into the cramped cave network of char.

But a small team of elites is enough to flood the cavern network with Lava.

Rory Swann that was Raynor Quartermaster decided to join their little party with a improvised explosives to make char lava Network stressed to the point that it would make the caverns that supply the Zerg reinforcements gave way to the molten lava underneath. He wore a exo suit that have a mech beside him called lil' Betty, mostly made scrapped mechs by the Imperial forge worlds

Ego stenman, who was Hyperion scientist also tagged along, working as a Frontline medic while he is curious of the innards of Zerg biology.

Alexander wore the same CMC power suit like Raynor did. To prevent him from getting sniped by Kerrigan assassins Zerg, he joined the Raynor Raiders marines that followed Raynor in this ops.

"Alright, ready to go?" Tychus spoke. As he revved his mini gun.

"Alrighty then, mission is a go."

They all rushed into the depth of the planet itself.

The battlefield began, rumbled above ground as to mask their intrusion of the cavern network.

Their headlights that is imbedded in their power suit and their gun lights were the only source of illumination. Some flares were sent to provide more illumination.

It was cold, humid as if the cavern itself was pulsating with life.

"Damm, I can't imagine the freaky things Kerrigan have done..." Alexander spoke.

"I know... The faster we get to our objectives... The better we get off this Damm caves" Rory Swann spoke as he grumbled.

"Contact! Zerg *static*"

A faint radio message was received.

Raynor group rushed into the darkness.

They found several marines painted in red. Firing at the darkness where they came from, several Zerg corpses littered behind them. They noticed the group and waved at them.

"Hey, it's you guys! Been lost in this godforsaken caves.. let us join you!"

"Welcome aboard sonny." Raynor smiled.

His team arrived at one of the Dominion squads that Warfield sent as reinforcements.

They were sent into different parts of the planet to distract Kerrigan.

It was a brief comfort that they were somewhat not alone.

The roars in the cave network echoed like crazy as faint gunfire was heard as the sounds guns and explosion echoed in the darkness.

The Zerg roars howled in the caverns as they began to hunt down the intruders.

As they found themselves at a cavern.

"Holy hell, what the frik is that!?" One of the rescued Dominion pointing out a giant four legged humanoid creature...

It was filled with boils and pus... And it had a human face.

"That... Is a abomination! Kill it with fire!" Raynor yelled as Flamers scorched the giant.

The flames consumed the pus of liquid that that covered the creature devouring it alive.

Its dying howl echoes in the darkness as the lit monster as if to attract the location of the Imtruder teams.

"We must hurry!" They rejoined up on the surviving dominion soldiers in their path.

Their numbers swelled to the point that it was a small platoon of riffraff.

Enough for any threats that Kerrigan would imposed upon them.

They arrived at the first of three major nodes that was needed to make the lava overflow.

The screams of the denizens that loitered in the darkness howled as they began to converge into the cavern that held the infiltration forces that fought for their lives.

They were from different factions, yet they fought as one.

As the timer reach critical point, everyone evacuated deeper into the caverns.

"Come on Swann!" Raynor yelled.

"Come on, alright sheesh, lil' Betty need some tune up after this!" The stout quartermaster grumbles as he waddles and clambered on the flamethrower mech he was on.

The explosion rumbled behind them as their work was apparent. There was a brief shockwave that rushed forth behind them.

They heard groaning before them.

"Ohhh, boy... This must be where they kept their prisoners..." Stenman looked at the situation before them.

Humans that was captured across the Koprulu sectors was in the middle of Zerg infestation...

Some were in cocoons like state, ready to hatch.

Alexander approached one of them.

One of them held a symbol of a Aquila and muttering. He could hear his whisper.

"God Emperor....save me." The infested human mumble as he clenched the Aquila.

Alexander stood for a brief moment until he spoke.

"Kill them all, they can't be saved." Alexander gave the order.

As they looked at the man beside Raynor.

He stated a very fockin obvious fact. Some nodded as they began burning the captured prisoners in the perimeter before them.

"There's no time to even cure them and they are already the late stages of infestation... I know Raynor, that you want them to be save... But I can tell that their mind have been submerged into the Zerg Consciousness... Sorry Raynor... The faster we get rid of the queen of blades... The less people would end up like them.." Alexander spoke.

Their attacks on the first node have alerted Kerrigan of their infiltration.

Now she sent a sizable portion of her Zerg army to chased the infiltration group.

Nydus worms popped up and spat countless Zerg that even if they were cramped in the confined space, they didn't care of the trampled or crushed Zerglings.

And add to the problems, the infested Humans that still had their weapons with them, began to fire upon the group.

Alexander eyes gleamed as if there was a opportunity that would present to them...

Almost surrounded by all side, the Infiltration team felt as if they were about to be killed until waves of flames gushed out of one of the caverns and several Terran Firebats walked out with their flamers still on ignition and several Power armored soldiers began to assist them.

"Who the hell are you trooper!" One of the Dominion barked.

"I am Corporal Buttcrack and this is Sargent Crackhead from the Raynor Raiders, we managed to get some of the survivors in the cavern." The leader saluted as he nodded.

"The more the better, how many are there?" Raynor asked.

"We manage to have 2 and a half platoons at combat ready sir. We managed to regroup of what's left of the eastern sector." Buttcrack spoke.

"Good things don't come by often..." Alexander was surprised of these troopers.

The last time he saw them was basically the siege of Mars Sara.

With the added soldiers joined their motley crew. They managed to blocked the second node with better defenses and managed to erupt the second node, this time the lava is flooding the lower levels of the planet, causing the Zerg chasing after them to be drowned in lava.

But it wasn't enough, the last node was needed. And this time, they truly got Kerrigan full unwanted attention, she sent scores of Zerg after them.

This time a Ultralisk was sent after them. It's massive frame crash into the network without care as if to hunt the small mortals before it.

Raynor and Swann manage to divert it to a massive pothole that is filled with lava as Raynor noticed that it had more vested interest in him than Alexander.

"Oh, Darlin... you really wanted to kill me?" After he sat a few chamber away to catch his breath. He wondered if Kerrigan really loved him.

He gather his thoughts as the last push is being prepared.

Alexander gave him some encouragement...

"Raynor... I don't think it that way.."

"How so? That thing eyes was upon me!"

"Look... Don't you realize something? The queen of blade is literally trying to kill you because you are the anchor of Kerrigan humanity... If you die, she have no qualms of burning the galaxy anew."

"How did you know?"

"I did burn a galaxy... Because my father died believing in it, died to a system that he fought and bled to maintain... It took... My family, my brothers to bring me back from my path of damnation, I know her feeling as well...you are needed to bring her back." Alexander walked away leaving Raynor to recollect himself and marched with the rest.

The last chamber... Was weird..

It was filled with giant eggs sac.

Alexander paled as they hold some semblance of the warp in them.

"What interesting specimen is it? Ohh I would love to take a sample!" Stenman about to approached to one before he was dragged back by Alexander.

"Kill them before they complete their gestation, they are way more dangerous than the Zerg!" Alexander yelled, spooking them.

Many didn't question the man doubts as they burn and killed whatever was in the infancy.

"Boss, whatever spook you out, care to tell us?" Tychus spoke.

"They contained a bit of my blood, Tychus.. unless you want to fight a Zerg version of me and keep your sanity intact, do as you're told, seemed like someone gave Kerrigan new bag of trick to piss me off...." Alexander spoke to his confidant.

"Sir, All of the eggs have been destroyed."

"The mother that made this abomination is not around. Whatever make the monstrosities, is still in this cavern, waiting for us." Alexander spoke.

As they delve deeper and scorching the caverns with open flames, they found a perfect spot to burn the Zerg in the caverns.

As the platoon arrive at the biggest node of all, it was filled with eggs that is big as three Leman Russ stacked high.

The people understood the mission band promptly burn the eggs as fast as they could.

They heard a screeching as a Giant Zerg Queen roared in anger as they killed her eggs.

The soldiers fought long enough to sent the Xenos running.

After taking certain damage the Zerg queen retreated as Swann activate the last node.

The roars grow ever closer as their last foe burst from the ground and attempt to drag anyone into the ground.

Alexander aimed his modified gauss rifle, straight and true as it pierced between the queen eyes and exploded the Brain matter within.

A giant corpse crash that sent dirt clouds.

The beeping reminded them that this is the final cracking.

Everyone retreated as they felt the last tremor, now it began pulsating as the lava began to flood the lower levels of the network. And filling up fast.

The ascent to the surface is fraught with danger.

Kerrigan, now truly sense their arrival began to flood the tunnels once more.

This time, Kerrigan is not letting them leave unscathed.

The darkness sprang forth with beams of light and flashes from the barrel of their gun

The lava began to flow. Surging faster than what they accomplished, Zerg are flooding their path to prevent them from leaving.

The platoon exfil the premises ignoring the Zerg , Hydralisk managed to Gun down some of the Dominion, causing the survivors to lose 20..

As the last of the survivors existed the acrylic hellscape before the lava erupted a final time and burst from the ground and this time the sun shine above char, and they found themselves near the designated grid.

The imperial titans that stood in the distance as they fired upon the hordes, were akin to a benchmark of their geographic location.

The final war on char is fast approaching and everyone is getting ready for the final push to end this conflict.

(A/n): Hospitalized for a bone fracture and a punctured lung due to a work accident, I never saw my bones sticking out.. at least it was a few inches away from my heart.

Thanks to someone failed to do proper maintenance in the farming equipment, it kinda exploded and taken out 5 of us. I was just a hundred meters away from the exploding machine, the shrapnel hit my body. My phone screen that was in my chest pocket shielded my heart.

Some of us died there, I was among the few that was shipped to the nearest hospital and didn't go into shock.

20 pieces of metal and I am a literal metal hazard. It taken me some... Time to recuperate.

While I was recuperating, I seen the pure irony of the west. If you parse the Chinese propaganda.

A Muslim communist in New York? The very same state that said, "Never Forget?" Wow it took 24 years to literally forget? You won the world record of not keeping your Virgil?

Even I known how stupid for wanting State own stores, you killed incentives to even work. Even China that socialist people claim that it is full communist, we have a hybrid economic system that used capitalism to obey the state.

We work without too much nitpicking by the government. Though they own a majority stakes in the business...

Talk to the former communist members in the USSR and tell me how did their state own government work? I do have contacts in Georgia, Belarus, Siberia and they told me how bad the USSR had done to them.

Communist of the east and west don't get along.

I don't want to glorify castration and abortion.

I talk with American Gen Z Conservatives.

Why do I even listen to them?

Because Maga is a joke. They failed to even care about the Nation.

Just admit that it is not "Make america great again", more like "Make Israel great again" upon using Americans taxpayers.

And their politician to touch the wall upon their elections?

How many billions go to Israel?

How many kids and guys like me sent resumes to corporations that can outsource their jobs to India?

A.I, Always Indians.

And HR which is a ticking time bomb?

Sending kids to socialist infested academia.

And forcing them to get college degrees while ridden with Debt. And you call that "liberty" the Western boomers took away the world future for their wealth and hedge funds.

All while coping, the "liberals don't breed. We can make more babies than them."

The Leftist ideology doesn't need parents, they want bodies.

Bodies that you literally handed over easily because it is a hassle to homeschool them.

And the republicans literally sent their children to damnation, in a education infested by people that failed their own degrees that they want, and ended up as a English teacher, making them this.. Antifa wannabe, Champagne socialist.

Wow, even in China, we have a choice.

Giving them degrees that no longer worth, in a world where Artificial intelligence taking over jobs.

It's funny really. That a Chinese Maoist, would listen to a American Patriot and a drunken Brit, not wanting to confused them of nationalism, or indoctrinate them because of how great china is, but pity that they are a minority in a nation that hates the bones of a patriot.

And if the mainstream America Republican don't even care about the youth...

And they keep slobbering for a bunch of Murderers that killed Son Of God because they choose a murderer than to set a innocent man free, showering them with money for a genocide that happened century prior that didn't have to do with us.

Call the skeptics antisemitic for questioning the aid of money that could have fixed the nation?

And yet encouraging more censorship to fit their utopian theocracy where our life is chained to a holy book and their vision of America, than using it as a moral compass and respect free will.

They weren't voted because of policies of their own, because they were voted because the left gotten more insane and yet the right want to compete to become more dystopian than what the left encourage.

The Congress and Senate election would be fully democrats that you should give thanks to your Evangelicals fanatics that thinks they should follow the holy book and their version of America that died decades ago.

and yet you refuse to reign them in because you fear their fury than doing what is right.

My history, China killed millions during it's rise and where is our "pity" money?

Keep pandering to murderers on the other side.

Keep pandering to boomer that is about to be buried six feet under and their policies dragged the west to hell.

Keep pandering to a delusional cult that everything would solve by simply just praying to a sky god, while society is collapsing and not lifting a finger to stop it. God is not the answer to our mortal woes.

"God smiled on those that rely on themselves to pass adversity. Not rely on him on every single moment of your life to beg god for help."

Keep ignoring the youth concerns that they are being sold as slavery by contract.

Keep ignoring the fact divorce is a money making enterprise and refused to fix the law.

And it is no longer a spiritual crack but means to get rich. "Till death do you part" is a joke now.

Keep thinking that things would go back when it was all simple to you. Ignoring the fact they are more radicals than what was in the 70s

New York is not just the end... But a beginning. And more would come if the mainstream republican continue to be assholes and they do not lift a finger but let the nation fall into decay.

Socialism and Liberalism made the west weak.

Feminized Liberalism have gotten us to this world... Keep thinking voting your way out. It's too late. Way too late. The change would had been done in the millennials, now the west pay the price of the moron of the baby boomers.

Even from where I stand, I already predicted the consequences of the west would reach here as well. The party is ignorant that all we needed to do is just let the west fall by themselves.

No amount of money that is sent to Israel would wash your sins of leading the nation into damnation. Or did you forget what Jesus said when he picked a Roman coin?

"Give what is Caesar to Caesar, and god onto god?" God doesn't care about your tribute of wealth to a corrupt church, nor he cares about your pleading while you sin knowing that you are commiting it.

It is faith, The choice and determination, the initiatives to move forward. Not be clung to the past glory, but to embrace a better future with the blessings above. Even a sinner in hell can be redeem due to choice.

I am going to see lots of feed of honor killings and Rape cases in new York. About... 2 months after January or 4 years.

Look at the bright side.

Even if a snowball chance in hell a right winger won new York.

They would never have a change, because the local government, public institution are all Liberal socialist. And they would do everything to hinder the right ideas because of rascism.

Let Maldani burn New York to the ground, and don't let the people flee, they made their bed, they will vote the same garbage in red states and wonder why do they go wrong.

The voter reaction in new York have made me understood that Democracy is for the masses of tyranny. I no longer abide by it.

Only the god emperor of mankind would save us now.

So forgive me, readers, if I tend to be more Empire leaning in later chapters, than Democratic when I first started out.

The world I used to love... Now sicken me.

In a world that hates men for existing, a society that hates men for their gender,

A religion that disowned single men that is lost, and lack a purpose beyond marriage that is a glorified position to accomplish.

Doesn't deserve to be saved.

My god is dead. I lost my faith.

Humanity killed him and draped his skin around their hypocrite faces.

His religion is a carcass of the Dammed that refused salvation.

Where money to them is to absolve of their sins.

Where debauchery is honored and the virgin are scorned.

Where marriage with used temples is honored and those are single and lost in life are scorned and banished from the flock

A religion that worship demons in guise of saints.

Where they allowed monsters walked among their youths.

And allowed hell to opened to embrace diversity and equality of their deluded utopia.

And preach a false Prophecy of his coming.

To keep the flock and bear the sinner mark willingly.

Perhaps I wonder if there is a true Imperial Religion than Christianity?

I thinking of seeing if there is a religion worshipping the god emperor at this point.

I know he is not real.

But when I see the hypocrisy of the church?

Might as well worship another god that actually cared.

Paganism is on the rise and Christianity did nothing but to be delude themselves that they are the best.

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