Chapter 159 - 159 Belly Of The Beast

"Admiral, we have received report of another kind of forces around the battlefield."

The Admiral saw a huge amount of black object gathering just outside the range of the battlefield, "what's that?"

The coalition calls it Locust or Swarm. According to them it is a swarm of drones like a ship. And also according to them, it took over all our abandoned sectors.

"So, they are the reason the Ganesh didn't push through their offense against us?"

"That appeared to be so Admiral. Send this report to Top."

"Yes, sir."

"What do we know about this swarm?"

"Nothing sir, according to the Coalition its one of the reasons they want to ally with us as it seems to protect us."

"Is that so? But if that is true then where are they when we lost the battle in sector XXX and sector XXXX, if they are truly protecting us when we fought and lost half our forces in Sector XXX. No, I don't think they are protecting us but instead protecting something that is part of humanity."

"Either way it is good news for us... Unfortunately, we can't ask them to really help us…"

"Sir, one more thing we also assume they are responsible for the sudden retreat of Ganesh on sector XXX asteroid field."

"You mean where admiral Hansley…"

"Yes, sir. Of course, this is only an assumption without any proof, but we can't find anyone capable of dealing with Ganesh besides us and the Coalition and the Coalition said they never been in that sector... Of course, they could be lying but so far all assumptions point to the drones."

"If that's true then, they are the one responsible for Admiral Hansley and his men..."

"…. This is going to be trouble... Said The Admiral."

"That aside do not provoke it, until we know which side it was on. But do attempt to communicate with it with extreme cautions."

"Yes, sir."

"What's our ETA?"

"10 minutes sir."

"I see issue code 1 red. Prepare for battle…"

"Yes sir," the soldier saluted and left.

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"Commander, what do you think about humans?"

"Hmmm.? Well for one they have a great reputation in the galaxy and this is their first war in space. That said a lot. But I also know they are not doing it for honor or revenge but for profit. But we can't blame them for it. For one, it was the Ganesh who attack them first like many of us. And second Humans didn't involve other races on their war. And besides Liberty was one of the biggest open trade stations in the Galaxy and it is their doing, so all on all I have a favorable impression on them."

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, I don't trust them!" Said the man beside the commander.

"I see, is it personal?"

"Sigh, I'm sorry commander. It is true it is a personal opinion, my cousins are swindled by a human in Liberty…"

"Hahaha, then that's your cousin's fault! No race is perfect everyone has darkness in them, so you can't judge the race because of it…"

"I know commander but."

"No but. Did you know I once was cheated by your race back on planet xxxxxx xx, if I think like you would I allow you as my right-hand man?"

The man looks down ashamed. "Sorry commander."

"Don't be, but let it be a lesson to you. And you are right I don't completely trust them, but it's not because of their race but because we know less about them and trust needs to be earned not given"

The man was about to say more but stop as they have reached their destination.

Scattered destroyed warship litter the space and Ganesh and another race were fighting still and looking at it the Ganesh is clearly winning.

"Prepare for battle... attack!!!" The commander shouted.

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"This where are we?"

"Is this really inside the Space Beast?" Arielle Ask.

"No one answered! Specter run diagnostic and scan the area, make sure it's not illusions…" Said Arc.

Diagnostic complete, no anomaly found. Gravitational pull normal... ... …. …...

Specter runs numerous system check and everything is normal...

But how come there's a space inside the beast stomach, that's right (space) it even have planets and moons in front of them there's even a sun and asteroids... This is not something they expect inside the space beast...

"Scan complete... Life planet found…"

A green planet was displayed in the bridge hologram. It's similar to Earth's only more land than water it has 80% of land and 20% water. It has several moons 2 huge ones and around 18 small ones orbiting the planet.

"Warning Hostile detected!"

Deployed the drones Arielle tells Gideon to make preparations.

The small version of the space beast can be seen in front of them and their number is in the thousands and counting.

Although it is a small version the smallest is still bigger than specter, and it's not just one species Arc saw a giant snake-like a beast and many others.

Prepare for battle! Soon the drones and the small versions of space beast collided and begun to battle. Arc notice that the space beast seams to like eating his drones as every drone that gets destroyed were devoured by the mini space beast. And that's not all even the space beast that gets killed was also devoured by another space beast.

"Shit! Retreat! Head to the living planet..." Specter immediately pulled back all its drones and just using the shield they ram and force their way into the said life planet.

By the time they got there specter shield is only at 24% that shows how much damage the ship received trying to run away.

And like Arc Expected the moment the Specter entered the planet atmosphere the space beast stop chasing them.

The planet is like a giant forest everywhere they look all they saw are giant trees and endless green.

They choose a relatively tall Mountain with a flat top as landing, of course, they clean the trees using the drones... They chose that method instead of just directly landing on it. To prevent any unnecessary destruction.

Inside the specter was busy scanning the planet, and countless drones were released to scout and gather intel.

Luckily the planet has almost the same gravity as earth and the air is breathable as well.

Unfortunately, the nearest establishment is quite far away, but it is not much of the problem, the problem is they know next to nothing regarding what kind of being living on this planet…and according to Specter the population is sparsely separated. Of course, that's just an initial scan before the specter enters the planet's atmosphere.

So instead of exploring he decided to wait for the specter to finish its scan. And recon.

Gideon volunteers to scout ahead, Arc agreed. So Gideon form a 5 squad with ten people each, and they are armed with mini bot and was escorted by several droids and drones. While Arc remains on the ship. Watching everything. There's a reason why he decided to stay on the ship. It is because he felt some kind of resonance from another tool holder just like when he first traveled outside the solar system.

Inside the ship, he was shielded by specter, but outside he can easily be detected by another party. And unless he knew more he wasn't going to risk it.