Chapter 110 - The Silver Angels (The Angelic Zergs)

Eno Mudiwa finished scanning the room and caught Gyasi's attention as she went to the dressing table and pushed away with surprising strength for a beta woman.

"General, here is a strange communication item and different from those produced in the empire," she said, putting on gloves that had magnetic sensors. Wearing these gloves she was able to pull out a small item that was similar to a rose-shaped token, almost like a superfluous ornament that would be common to find in a bedroom.

She took a small wand from her space item and activated the wand that formed a pouch using magnetic waves isolating the token preventing it from receiving more messages or from using some self-destruct program.

"It's open," Azmera Ebiere said, tucking the invasion device into her space item. The door opened with a soft sound and the stairs were revealed to them.

"Lieutenant Colonel Dinari and Captain Azmera go with the soldiers. Try to capture Concubine Jang alive, beware that she may have set traps" Gyasi said giving the chase order.

At the fourth crime scene were Captain Eno Mudiwa, Lieutenant Colonel Saidi Tahir, and Military General Gyasi, not far away they heard an explosion on the walls of the Palace of the Rose.

"And now?" Gyasi muttered irritably. So many things were happening at the same time that he thought all the enemies had decided to attack together just to keep him busy every day.

"ALL RESIDENTS MUST LEAVE THE PALACE! THE SELF-DESTRUCTION SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACTIVATED!"

Suddenly the self-destruct alarm of the rose palace system, which should have been deactivated, sounded in the room.

"You can only be kidding!" Gyasi said even more irritated.

"Don't worry General, it's a false alarm," Azmera said confidently, the Major who is the expert in deactivating the system was a great friend of hers, she knew there was no way the rose palace system could be turned on.

However, as more explosions occurred around the palace wall, Gyasi ordered everyone out of Rose's Palace as a precaution.

"General, we found the tracks of Concubine Jang, but the enemies have sent reinforcements," Dinari Igwe said showing the figure of the enemies.

"The Sacred Empire!" Gyasi said with an icy tone. These were the enemies of the Zerg Diablos centuries ago, the Angelic Zerg or as they like to be known in the universe, the Silver Angels, unfortunately for them, the Diablo Zerg knew well their origins that they came from the same core as any other Zerg for the past; something like thousands of years, a fancy name will not change their origin.

The explosions continued, clearly to distract the soldiers outside and prevent reinforcement aid for Dinari's team.

Dinari showed that the Silver Angels were wearing mecha armor and that the ten soldiers were struggling to face the twenty soldiers sent by the Sacred Empire.

"Lieutenant Colonel Tahir, I want you to lead ten more soldiers to join Lieutenant Colonel Dinari now!" Gyasi said coldly. He was furious, he was more furious than finding out that Concubine Jang could be an ally of the Rebels, at least she would be fighting for the Zerg Diablo people, but joining the Silver Angels is the same thing as seeking to destroy the Zerg Diablo.

Dinari turned off the communication and faced the leader of the squad of defenders, the man was tall, an alpha-extreme, the eyes had irises of two colors a mixture of pink and silver, which made the leader look extremely attractive.

The common characteristics of Zerg Diablos are black skin, the darker the skin the closer to the nobility they are, the light hair being the noblest the white color, the irises of a single color being the noblest ones with colors of iris closer to blood red, which represents the blood of the Imperial Family that in the legends belonged to the warriors of the Goddess Ashia who fought for the liberation of the Zerg Diablos from the oppression of foreign peoples.

As for the Silver Angels (Zergs Angelics), they had very light skin, the lighter the skin, the closer they were to the nobility, the irises were of two colors, the more silver and gold the color of the irises, the closer they were they will be of the imperial lineage and the shine in their hair vaguely reminiscent of the enlightenment of a holy being, the stronger the shine in their hair can be the closest to sanctity they will be.

If it wasn't for the existence of a race called the Race of Gods that live on Planet Magnanimous, the Silver Angels would definitely lie saying that they themselves were the chosen and a divine race.

The race of gods was unrivaled in power and wisdom, they did not seek war or superfluous conquests, they lived to help other less favored races and natives who had been robbed of their lands or who are still marginalized.

The powers of the race of gods were amazing and feared even the High Elves, but as it was a peaceful race that always seeks justice and truth, the other races could only bow their heads in shame and remain peaceful with such a species.

Unlike Zerg Diablos who are proactive in helping other zerg (Zergs Animalia, Zergs of the Plantae Kingdom, among others) by strengthening ancient bonds, the Silver Angels deny that they have similar origins to other Zergs, they consider themselves a superior and more evolved race of all Zergs.

They only get involved with strong races like the High Elves and despise "foreign" races like the human race, even though humans have been part of the intergalactic community for over 1000 years.

The Zerg Diablos had the Diablo Empire and the Silver Angels had the Sacred Empire, they would have named it the Silver Empire if it didn't already exist and it didn't belong to the Silver Dragons, who were a powerful race and had a sense of unique existence.

Zerg diablos have the horns that are characteristic of their beliefs and were also part of the first Zerg Diablos of antiquity, also part of the final transformation of a Zerg Diablo when he goes into a state of rage.

The horns represent the divine self of the Zerg Diablos, which can mean perfect circle when the horns bend, so the Emperor's crown has this shape or it can be horns pointing to the sky that shows its connectivity with the divine and the quest for perfection, being humble who seek moral and just perfection.

The Silver Angels, on the other hand, have halos that are perfect circles, which denotes that they are already a perfect race. They don't enter into a state of anger, but into a state of divine wisdom. That's why they think they are perfect and superior, they were born perfect in their beliefs.

"We meet again, Major Dinari," the squad leader replied, completely ignoring the fight before him.

"Lieutenant Colonel now, Captain Logan," Dinari replied with his tone as serious as ever.

Logan Baran is a noble Viscount of the Sacred Empire, he is the second son of Earl Baran, but he earned his own title by military merit and his career in the army was growing well. His hair was dark as black ink, with a peculiar sheen in the dark strands which made his hair more attractive; his eyes which were pink irises with silver hues in places showed that there was noble blood running in his veins, but it was very faint compared to the true silver and gold eyes of the highest-ranking nobles.

Logan felt his teeth itch with rage, he and Dinari were the same age approximately 50-years-old, which is considered young for their species, the two started pretty much at the same time and met on the battlefield a few times, almost always with the same status.

However, after 10 years and after Ade took over as emperor, Dinari rose as a star in the military career, while Logan continued with the same military post.

"The quality of the Diablo Empire army has dropped considerably in recent years," Logan Baran said acidly, growing angrier to see Dinari not reacting to the taunt, just putting on his silver and black mecha armor to fight Captain Logan directly.

The clash lasted only a short while until Saidi Tahir's reinforcements arrived, Captain Logan had no choice but to withdraw the troops as they were in enemy territory.

"Anyway, that woman has already escaped," Logan thought as he gave the order to retreat. Of course, not everyone managed to escape, two soldiers were still captured, but Logan didn't care about the lives of anyone who wasn't noble in his squad.

The non-noble-born knew that joining the army would be cannon fodder for people like Viscount Logan Baran, but the attractiveness of earning a noble title and good wages always attracted ordinary people to the army.

"As long as you fulfill your role, your families will receive your salary as a lifelong pension" that was the last message Captain Logan sent to the two captured soldiers.

In short, as long as you don't open your mouth to the enemy your family will be completely safe.

Neither Dinari nor Saidi were surprised by Captain Logan's indifferent attitude, this was a common practice for the Silver Angels, they had a very high population their fertility rate just didn't surpass that of human beings, so the policy of the soldiers being expendable was very normal.

In a normal nation that cares about its soldiers, a ransom demand would be sent and the Empire or the kingdom would pay some penalty (could be cash for ransom or even political exchanges), or ask for mercy that would keep the captured prisoners, but alive and with a minimum of living conditions.

Of course, to outsiders, they portrayed a just people who loved the citizens, only the poor soldiers who after joining the army knew how they were treated like pawns by the army commanders.

"My emperor, has your excellency ordered the arrest of the Jang Family?" Gyasi asked in front of his subordinates, Ade was sitting on his throne in front of several allied nobles and military generals, with only Marshal Azikiwe representing the Marshals.

In the Diablo Empire army, there were five Marshals and Eight Military Generals, this lasted for over 500 years without changing the number, when a Marshal retires a Military General can take the vacant position, then a Lieutenant Colonel can take the position of Military General.