What? Teammate lives in Arkham Asylum?

Chapter 1065 The outcome of the Lakshir Ritual is decided... I am the first Ascended One!

"Tychus! The target has been successfully captured! Let's go!"

"Haha, Jim, wait until I leave some more little gifts for the Taldarim!"

"boom!"

As a mushroom cloud rose, the Hyperion successfully retrieved the last Xel'Naga artifact from the abandoned Xel'Naga shuttle.

Meanwhile, the fanatical Taldarim Protoss continued to roar deafeningly behind them.

This voice, amplified by psionic energy, was all-pervasive... but to Jim Reynolds, it was nothing more than the impotent rage of a loser.

Not worth mentioning.

"Jim! That was so satisfying! I feel like every pore on my body has opened up! Sleeping with a woman isn't as great as being a slut!"

"Come on, Tychus, you're just a jerk now."

“You’re underestimating my eloquence, Jim,” Tex Finley said to Jim Raynor, glancing at the Xel’Naga artifact fragments before him. “So, we’ve… collected them all?”

"That's right, we've collected them all."

Jim Raynor nodded, then directed the SCVs to piece the Xel'Naga artifact fragments together.

With a flash of dazzling light, the Xel'Naga artifact was restored to its original state.

Jim Reynolds sent a communication request to Valerian through the Hyperion's communication system.

When he silently counted to four, Valerian answered the call.

Then, the blond young man who looked somewhat like Arcturus Mengsk appeared on the screen.

"Mr. Jim Reynolds, you've succeeded?"

“That’s right, I obtained the complete Xel’Naga artifact.”

"Very good, then we only have one goal left."

"What else do we need to do?"

"Of course, we must capture the Queen of Blades."

"No, am I hearing things? What did our little prince say?" Tychus Finley asked incredulously. "What do you mean we're going to do? Go and capture that terrifying Blade Queen?! Let's not even talk about how tough she is, even tougher than my 78. Everyone knows that the Queen of Blades leads her most powerful Zerg army and is based in Char... We're going to fight an entire planet of Zerg? With just a few of us?"

"It's not just you; the Mobius Foundation will also do its best to assist, and..."

“And what?” Jim Reynolds frowned, looking at Valerian, whose expression remained relaxed. “Do you have any reinforcements we don’t know about? It can’t be the Terran Empire, can it?”

"Don't worry about that. Of course I don't intend to use the power of the Terran Empire... In fact, with my father around, I probably can't mobilize the Terran Empire's military equipment either."

"Yet you remain so confident?"

“Because I have a partner who is more powerful than anyone else…” Valerian smiled and continued, “I received a notification from my partner that I can go to Char as soon as I obtain the Xel'Naga artifact… She guarantees that there will be unexpected allies joining this war… the kind that wins.”

"Valenian, my child, I understand you less and less."

"Perhaps you haven't observed me closely, Commander."

After saying this, Valerian gestured to Jim Reynolds and then closed the communication.

"What do we do? Do we really have to trust our dear little prince?" Tychus Finley's expression shifted. "This is waging war against the Zerg's home planet..."

“I have no choice now, Tychus.” Jim Raynor looked up. “Now everything fits into the prophecy Zeratul told me… I was only skeptical of what he said, but Valerian… as if he knew something, made the same choice as Zeratul.”

"Do you really believe that the Queen of Blades is a savior who will save the universe and fight against some dark creator?"

"This is the only thing we can believe now."

……

On the edge of the sacrificial abyss in Tal'darim, a strong male Protoss is desperately grasping at this last chance to survive... even though the chance is incredibly slim.

The fear of death made him shout out loud.

"I am the first Ascended in Tal'darim!"

The voice was filled with countless emotions: fear? anger... and even a hint of relief?

"No, the outcome of the Lakshir ritual is already decided... I am the first ascendant!"

But the Protoss, standing firmly atop the abyss, coldly said...

Then, he crushed the other person's fingers with his foot, crushing the other person's last chance of life.

Without hesitation, he turned around and left the ritual altar.

“Alarak, congratulations! From today onwards, you are the first Ascended One of Taldarim!” High Lord Marash nodded at him.

With these words, the Lakshir ceremony came to an end.

Alarak did not linger, nor did he listen to the fervent shouts of his kin.

Because a voice inexplicably appeared in his mind.

That voice wasn't that fraudster Eamon's, but another... gentler voice.

She told Alarak... to go to a secluded place.

Ideally, it should be a place where no one can disturb you.

So, after Alarak returned to his dwelling, he opened the secret chamber below and went inside.

This is where he meditates.

It's not big, only a few dozen square meters.

"What... exactly are you? Another bastard like Amon who tried to deceive me?"

“Alarak, the fact that you can realize Amon is a fraud shows that you are a smart person, smarter than most Protoss.”

This time, the voice didn't come from his mind, but from behind him.

Instantly, the psionic blade on his arm popped out and stabbed behind him.

The expected sensation of something being pierced did not come.

A hand, a Protoss hand, gripped the battle blade tightly...

But you cannot harm the other party in the slightest.

"Who exactly are you?" Aranak's heart was filled with overwhelming astonishment.

Catching a psionic war blade with bare hands?

Something I've never heard of before.

"Me? You can call me Li Chengfeng. I am a senior executive officer of the Protoss Empire Expeditionary Force."

"The Protoss Empire... You old fogies actually came back from some remote corner of the universe?"

"You child...you really have a sharp tongue."

"I have no interest in your pointless chatter! State your purpose!"

"Hmm... given your attitude, I suddenly don't want to talk about it anymore." Li Chengfeng tilted his head, then asked a strange question, "Is there really no one here who can bother you?"

"This is my meditation chamber, and only I know of its existence."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Li Chengfeng nodded.

"Since no one is coming, it's okay for you to shout as loud as you want."

"Your tall, nut-like appearance is a bit of an eyesore..."

"Let me help you become cuter."