**Chapter 450: Fate's Fall**
Two streams of golden light flew out from within the Asgardian Golden Palace and landed on his shoulders.
"Leader! Someone broke in! Two Hell creatures have intruded!"
The golden-feathered raven landing on Odin's shoulder screamed:
"They were brought by those outsiders, their aura is very powerful."
Allfather Odin frowned and looked towards the location of the Golden Palace. He also felt several abnormally powerful auras within the Golden Palace. Among them, two auras clearly carried the unique foul smell of the Hell Abyss.
Just as Odin held the golden Gungnir and strode towards the Golden Palace, his steps suddenly halted. He stood blankly on the Bifrost, his face seeming to age greatly in an instant.
"Leader, what's wrong!" The two ravens keenly sensed Odin's abnormality.
"My seal has been broken, I feel Hela's aura is fading!"
"Someone is harming Hela! Leader, let's quickly go save her!" After hearing Odin's words, the two ravens instantly flapped their wings and flew up, transforming into two streams of golden light and continuously circling around Odin.
Unlike Thor and Loki, when these two were born, Hela had long been sealed by Odin in Helheim. So they had never met this nominally older sister, and didn't even know of this older sister's existence from beginning to end.
But as ravens who had followed Odin since childhood, the two ravens had truly watched Hela grow up.
Although the father and daughter had fallen out, with so many years of affection, when the two ravens heard that Hela's aura was fading, they anxiously urged Odin to go to Helheim.
"This is not Hela's destiny. It shouldn't be like this, someone has interfered with it. But this might not be a bad thing for Asgard!"
"What do you mean? Leader?" The raven Muninn landed on Odin's shoulder and asked with doubt:
A trace of sadness flashed in Odin's single eye. He said softly:
"Muninn, you and Huginn have followed me for so many years, you should know the prophecy I saw in the Well of Wisdom! Asgard will eventually enter Ragnarök because of Hela! This is also the reason I exiled Hela into Helheim!"
"This prophecy is coming true step by step, I am old, so old I am about to enter Eternal Slumber. Once my seal fails, Hela will, just as in the prophecy, drag Asgard into the abyss of destruction!
I cannot personally kill my own daughter, but I also cannot just watch Asgard descend into destruction!"
The two ravens, who were usually chirping and chattering non-stop, uncharacteristically fell silent.
"After Hela was born, Frigga and I have always worried about that prophecy. It made me feel fearful, I didn't want to lose Hela,
So, I exiled her to Helheim forever."
"But even I, couldn't escape that tragic destiny."
"Now someone has interfered with it."
Odin clenched his fist. He said to Muninn: "Hela's aura is perishing, and I have lost my daughter!"
"Uh, Leader, forgive my frankness."
The raven Huginn hesitated for a moment. It said to Odin:
"Leader, should we go to Helheim and take a look, maybe we can still save Hela—"
Odin looked at the magnificent Golden Palace in the distance, glanced around the fairy-tale-like Asgard, and finally let out a long sigh:
"Never mind, I'm afraid if I go, I won't be able to resist saving her! Muninn, Huginn, in front of the survival of the entire Aesir and my daughter, I have no choice, this is my responsibility!"
"Let's go, let's see, which Hell creature actually dared to intrude into Asgard!"
As if to divert his inner grief, Allfather Odin raised the golden war spear in his hand. Streaks of dazzling lightning transformed into his weapons, tearing through the sky of Asgard.
Those dancing thunder and lightning, with a wave of Odin's golden war spear, carrying Odin's full rage, directly struck towards the direction from which the aura of Hell demons came from within the Golden Palace.
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Titan
An engineering corps directly subordinate to a certain country opened up a concealed Entrance on a cliff. A long Tunnel, following a thirty-degree incline, went straight into the Mountain Interior.
Within the Mountain Interior, a three-story Space, roughly five hundred meters long and wide, was carved out. Numerous military vehicles were parked on the first level. A large amount of living supplies and a large batch of weapons, ammunition, and other items were piled up like small mountains on the side.
The second level consisted of rows of barracks, where over five thousand Soldiers were Garrisoned.
Several underground Tunnels led outwards from the surroundings. Each Tunnel was heavily guarded.
The third level was the Headquarters of the Earth Alliance. A large number of electronic devices were densely packed within, and dozens of bright white incandescent lights hung from the Ceiling, illuminating the area so clearly that every detail was visible.
In the center was a huge square table, fifty meters long and wide. A layer of soft light screen flickered on the table. A 3D map continuously displayed the terrain and landform within an Area of several thousand kilometers, with the Mountain Peak where the Command Post was located as the core.
At this time, a meeting concerning the future trend of the Titan Battlefield was being held within this Command Post.
The General of the Second War Zone stood by the square table, pointing here and there on the 3D map with a laser pointer. He said very seriously: "I suggest that all Heavy Firepower must be well concealed. With the resources we currently have, once exposed, it won't be enough for those Aliens to swallow in one gulp! Unless necessary, our Heavy Firepower units must not be exposed, especially, we must conceal the supplies bases everywhere!"
"King is right, our purpose is not to fight head-on with these Aliens,
Our target is: to tie down these Aliens and delay time as much as possible! If they want to push forward, let them, we can completely trade space for time, bypass them using underground passages, and wage a protracted war with them!"
Standing opposite the General was a middle-aged white man wearing a Federation Lieutenant General's uniform. He had a hand grenade hanging on his chest, also holding a laser pointer. After hearing the General's words, he nodded in approval.
The General glanced at this blonde, blue-eyed foreigner opposite him and felt something was off!
Before coming to Titan, he had learned about the information of the various war zone commanders and knew that this foreigner named Hank graduated from West Point.
He had participated in two Middle East Wars and had distinguished military achievements.
The General lightly coughed, picked up the tea cup brought by the orderly, and said in agreement: "General Walker is right, our purpose is not to win this Battlefield, nor do we have the strength for it!
Even if we defeat a wave of Alien devils, they can quickly reorganize and send another wave of troops. We are now focusing on one wave of enemies, engaging them tenaciously, tying them down, and trying our best to gain fifteen days of time!"
The Earth Alliance High-level Staff gathered around the square table all nodded in agreement. As senior Military Officers of the Allied Forces, they understood the purpose of this war before setting off.
They just didn't expect these Aliens to be so difficult to deal with. In just three days, the Frontline Positions of the various war zones were almost completely broken.
Over two hundred thousand Soldiers were swallowed up by this flesh and blood grinder in just three days.
Looking at the current situation, trying to resist these Aliens head-on on the main Battlefield is definitely impossible. We can only fight a war of maneuver and guerrilla warfare with them.
Having decided on the strategy for fighting the Aliens, the Crowd began discussing the supply reserve situation.
With the loss of initiative on the Battlefield and air superiority, Earth's supply support to Titan was also greatly limited. After all, the Bifrost used to transport supplies was too conspicuous.
Often, before the Earth Alliance could send these supplies into the Secret Passages and Bunkers, the Enemy's air raid would arrive first.
Large amounts of supplies were destroyed by these Shuttles as soon as they were transported over, making one's heart ache as if bleeding. Fortunately, with three months of preparation time, the Earth Alliance had already stored a large amount of military supplies in Bunkers throughout Titan.
"What is the current supply reserve situation in the various War Zones, especially the reserve levels of High Explosives and Heavy Firepower!"
"Although we are not fighting these Alien devils head-on, we cannot let them have an easy time either!"
"Our War Zone still has approximately 1.3 million tons of High Explosives, and 531 Nuclear Warheads!" A Russian General said:
"Besides that, we have also stockpiled five thousand tons of fuel-air explosive bombs, and over two million tons of gasoline."
"We are about the same!"
"Don't use the Nuclear Bombs for now, that is the last resort we are saving for ourselves!"
"Our Defense Line in the Second War Zone, from here to here, with a depth of one hundred and fifty kilometers, has all been laid with minefields!"
The General used the laser pointer in his hand to point at over a dozen places on the 3D map: "Especially these valley areas, not only are they our defense zones, I suggest that on average, a thousand tons of explosives should be buried in this terrain! This can not only effectively kill the Enemy, but also effectively delay the Enemy's speed of attack!"
"But once these places are destroyed, our battle vehicles and tanks in the rear won't be able to support the front defense lines anymore!?" A German General who came from the Fourth War Zone for the meeting raised an objection!
"General Donald! Your approach is outdated. This isn't the era of WWII steel floods! To Aliens with air superiority, these tanks are just iron coffins!" General Hank from the First Defense Line mocked.
General Donald, thus mocked, looked very displeased but did not retort. After all, the Fourth War Zone was, to be frank, being supported by the Federation's reinforcements.
Even Germany currently relies on the Federation's support, not much better off than South Korea or Japan. The Federation's Garrison in Germany even far exceeds those in South Korea and Japan.
After all, as the initiator of two World Wars, even the Federation had to treat Germany with utmost caution. Even this time facing the Alien Coalition Forces' invasion, the Federation did not give up its military control over Germany.
On one hand, Germany was forbidden from expanding its military; on the other, a large number of German young adults were recruited and integrated into the Federal Army's combat system.
"Alright, General Donald also meant well! But losing some equipment is nothing to feel bad about, this is not Earth, on the contrary, this is the Intruder's Hometown!" The General, seeing the stiff atmosphere, smoothed things over: "Don't worry about the firepower on the front Defense Line, the current wave of Enemies has strong aerial superiority, Tanks and battle vehicles are indeed useless here! We can only fight a guerrilla war!"
"Later, if we eliminate the Enemy's aerial superiority, the heavy firepower at the front can be directly transported from Earth using the Bifrost!"
"Officer! The Defense Line in the Fourth Battlefield has been breached, six Airports have all been bombed and destroyed, and three Missile Battalions have been completely annihilated!"
Just as the Earth Alliance Headquarters, the Crowd was discussing how to carry out harassment tactics against these Alien forces, a Federation Major suddenly rushed in. After saluting the Crowd, he reported bad news.
"What?"
"How is that possible? Didn't we already order the Heavy Firepower units in the various War Zones to enter silent mode? How could the Enemy find the Fourth War Zone's Airport so easily!"
All eyes turned to the representative from the Fourth War Zone. General Donald was also completely confused: "Command of the Fourth War Zone is General Andre's responsibility, but before I came, he had clearly notified all units to enter silent mode!"
"It's only been two and a half hours since we ambushed those black-armored people! So fast? It seems these alien civilization's detection technology exceeds our understanding!" The General raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and sighed.
"Officer! According to our detection, an hour ago, it was the Fourth War Zone's Air Force and Missile Force that first launched an attack on the Enemy!" The Federation Major who rushed in to report stated.
"What? A proactive attack!" The General looked at the 3D holographic projection on the square table and exchanged glances with the many war zone generals.
"This is bad! Something is wrong with the Fourth War Zone's Command Post!"
"Issue the order: immediately cut and blow up the Secret Passages leading to the Fourth War Zone's Command Post!"
"Quick! Notify all command posts in the Fourth War Zone; war zone command authority will be taken over by Earth Alliance Headquarters."
These generals present were all true veterans of military command and quickly realized where the problem was. Their complexions all changed drastically.
An hour ago, the black-armored warriors who were ambushed quickly regrouped and continued their attack towards the Earth Alliance positions.
Only this time, their attack was much more cautious.
Heavy armored vehicles, carrying the unique low whistle of magnetic levitation engines, rolled over several Defense Lines.
The gun ports of the battle vehicles' heavy artillery continuously shot out streams of high-energy particle flow, continuously destroying all Firing Points and Bunkers ahead.
The black-armored warriors in the rear slowed their pace, coordinating their combat with these heavy armored vehicles. Dense lasers poured down like heavy rain on the Defense Line of the Forward Base, leaving the ground pitted and smoking everywhere.
"General Andre, the Enemy has already breached our forward command post, and is less than thirty kilometers from our Defense Line!"
The Fourth Battlefield Command Post was also located in a Mountain Interior. Underground from the Command Post, there were several Secret Passages wide enough for cars to pass through.
This place was also heavily guarded, but at this moment, corpses lay everywhere within the Fourth Battlefield Command Post.
Remains were everywhere. Some fully armed Aliens within the Battlefield Command Post were massacring the remaining resistance forces.
The long-missing Corvus Glaive stood in front of the 3D holographic projection in the Command Post, looking thoughtfully at the dense network of underground passages in the projection.
Behind him, a huge, octopus-like translucent monster occupied a little less than half of the Command Post.
Its tentacle suckers were inserted into the back of the heads of the humans in the Command Post, remotely controlling them to answer phones and issue combat orders.
"Deploy all fighter jets to intercept them! Pour all heavy firepower onto the Enemy's heads, annihilate them!"
A general past fifty, somewhat out of shape, with graying hair, under the control of the octopus tentacles, issued attack orders towards the various concealed artillery positions, Missile Force, and Air Force units.
Hundreds and thousands of fighter jets roared as they took off from the various concealed bases in the Fourth War Zone.
They rapidly climbed to high altitude, just as they were about to launch air-to-ground missiles and rockets at those black-armored forces.
Above their heads, dense space shuttles quietly appeared.
launching a surprise attack on these fighter jets! In just over ten minutes, the hundreds of fighter jets in the Fourth War Zone with extremely strong lethality against ground targets ultimately turned into scattered weak firelight in the sky.
The Missile Force that received the attack order immediately launched an attack on the attacking black-armored warriors.
Although there was no high altitude satellite guidance, however, early on when preparing for this, some military experts, Think Tank members, and Allied Forces staff officers had considered this issue.
So when constructing the entire Titan fortifications, they planned to use the Defense Lines as dividing points and buried a large amount of guidance equipment underground.
Enough to ensure that the Missile Force's attack error was less than ten meters, coupled with bunkers everywhere constantly observing the Enemy's position coordinates.
Perhaps because the Fourth War Zone's Air Force attracted most of the space shuttles' attention, several Missile Force units achieved significant battle results as soon as they struck!
Black-armored warriors fell to the ground in droves under the artillery fire of the missiles. Heavy armored vehicles continuously exploded. In just a few minutes, over two hundred alien battle vehicles were bombed and shattered by the Missile Force, and hundreds of black-armored warriors were casualties!
But the price for achieving this not-so-large battle result was that the concealed Heavy Firepower in the Fourth War Zone were all exposed before those space shuttles.
Large batches of space shuttles roared out towards the exposed Firing Points in the Fourth War Zone. Dense energy beams and powerful crystal cluster bombs crashed down.
Although around these Missile Force and artillery units there were sufficiently sturdy bunkers and anti-aircraft firepower, under the focused fire attack of those space shuttles, the fortifications built with reinforced concrete only lasted less than half an hour.
Also subjected to attack were the exposed Airports in the Fourth War Zone and the hundreds of fighter jets and attack helicopters parked at the Airports—
(end of chapter)