?1161 The Art Of Planar Subjugation.
The rest of the defenders that were not hit by the lightning were not in a good situation either. The first supreme beast that attacked finally stopped. The destructive sound wave ceased only for the nightmare of the ants to descend on them.
The shrill scream ended only for another round of loud buzzing to begin. The first Supreme beast has stopped because her attack harmed everyone indiscriminately. The sound waves would harm the ants too which is bad. So without the scream, the ants could feast without worry.
Besides, the sound waves aren't needed anymore. She has done her part to eliminate the strongest race here. All of the Stellos have died now and the army of ants has finished assembling. If she were not here, then the Stellos would be able to shred the ants apart.
Even the third supreme beast would not be unscathed from the all-cutting power of the body of the Stellos. His ability to rob attacks of their kinetic energy won't work if he is directly split in half with a slight touch.
The second Supreme beast gave the order. Her two antennas twitched and the ants responded immediately. They swarmed the defenders like locusts ravaging plants. More than 30% of the 2 billion defenders were already dead. 40% were gravely injured or near death, while the remaining 30% were injured. Not one of them is uninjured and this is just from the first attack. The job of the ants is to finish off the rest.
All the ants have the physical strength and defense of titans of law. They don't have the ability to move world power like real titans of law and they surely can't match Sovereigns but they outnumber titans of law and sovereigns of law 100 to 1.
Their numbers seem to be endless. They poured out from the second supreme beast like a leak in a dam. The defenders were overwhelmed with numbers. Their morale broke before their bodies followed after.
As for the Origin god Stellos, he was finally killed after a few minutes of fighting. This is very rare for an Origin god to die within a plane. Even if they can't fight back, they are usually capable of escaping. But this Stellos could not escape so he met his demise.
This freed up the third supreme beast who then began to kill off other stubborn defenders. The fighting lasted for hours but the plane eventually fell. More bloodshed took place in the following days as the Supreme beasts rooted out rebellions.
The rebels held out waiting for reinforcements but the reinforcements never came. The Origin God ancestors of the Stellos failed to come to a peaceful agreement with the Supreme Alliance. In fact, they were mocked and directly killed by the Supreme Alliance.
It might look like a whole plane fell to just three invaders but it is not exactly so. Some Supreme beasts had already infiltrated the plane unknowingly. They collected data and identified the strengths and weaknesses of the races living in the Stellaris plane. The information that they acquired allowed the Supreme Alliance to create an efficient invasion force.
Most invasion done by the Supreme Alliance is usually carried out by three supreme beasts. There will be at least one supreme beast that targets the weakness of the races in the plane. There will be another one that carries an army with them to supply soldiers needed for subjugation.
Then there will be a supreme beast that is strong in every aspect and doesn't have any weakness. This one will be the most versatile one and will be responsible for a wide range of situations. The lack of weakness and their durability means that they will be able to handle unforeseen circumstances and accidents.
This is how the Supreme Alliance invades planes. It is an art that they have mastered over the years and they have had no need to change it with the advent of the era of conquest.
The invasion of Stellaris occurred before the realm lord announced that the era of conquest was about to occur. So the supreme alliance didn't invade Stellaris for control of the plane in preparation for the era of conquest.
To them, invasion is a normal thing to do. It is their destiny to lead. And they didn't increase the frequency of invasions because they didn't need to. They are more than prepared for the era of conquest
The Stellaris plane fell to the gospel of civilization that the Supreme Alliance is generously spreading. The fact that the Supreme Alliance gained a new supply of slaves and a new source of powerful divine ability is just a reward for their generosity in spreading civilization to every race.
They are a race that thrives on conquest and grows stronger from it. That's how they managed to gain control of nearly 30,000 planes in the realm of high heaven. If there is ever a race that Legion covets their divine ability the most, then it is the Supreme Beasts.
-----THE BIRTH OF LEGION-5
Legion-5 was born 3 origin cycles after the meeting where the realm lord announced that he had met the minimum requirement for the era of conquest. His birth was not without its difficulties but he managed to survive.
The difficulties he encountered were not as simple as the failure of his mother to deliver him because Supreme beasts don't become pregnant and they don't gestate their young within them. Their normal mode of reproduction is by laying their offsprings as eggs like reptiles and birds. That's what Gehaldirah knew of them.
But Legion-5 is currently not in an egg. He is the growing fruit of a plant. The fruit looks like an egg but no one will mistake it for an egg. After all, eggs are not attached to plants. They are objects that stand alone and are meant to be self-sufficient. But Legion-5 is attached to a plant in a similar manner to how demon fledglings are gestated.