Chapter 931, The Ark of Ominous Signs

When the Calamity Fleet was completely surrounded, their fate was sealed.

To be honest, the Calamity Fleet is still quite powerful. Their overall numbers aren't significantly fewer than the Alliance fleet. And their eight hundred-plus Chaos ships aren't just there to fill space. They have a considerable number of battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers, along with sufficient escort and cruiser-class warships in both quantity and combat capability.

Not to mention, among them is an entity known as the Ark of Omens.

This thing is even bigger than the Glory Queen-class battleship!
Its shape was also very strange and twisted, looking like a bunch of giant ships roughly pieced together. A pile of steel structures, mixed together, even had a twisted feel of flesh and blood.

In fact, that's how it was manufactured.

Under the power of Bassol, some wrecked ships that had been lost in the warp for countless millennia were dragged out, combined with twisted technology, and driven by a daemon engine to form the present-day Omen Ark.

That is why each Omen Ark is very unique and different.

But they are all very powerful.

However, in this universe, bigger warships aren't necessarily better.

The Ominous Ark is enormous and fast, though its maneuverability is somewhat lacking, which is unavoidable but perfectly acceptable. Sacrificing this slight maneuverability in exchange for its massive size, robust protection, formidable firepower, and the strategic role of a supercarrier is entirely worthwhile.

Generally speaking, besides serving as the command flagship of the entire Calamity Fleet, the Omen Ark primarily acts as a core fortress and central hub in actual combat. Its enormous size means it can function as a massive space mothership. Countless flying vehicles, various ships, and demon engines can swarm out of the Omen Ark and be delivered directly to the enemy's face for a direct assault.

It can also transport a massive Chaos Legion, its abundant forces seemingly containing an entire Chaos World within its belly.

And if an enemy wanted to attack such an Ominous Ark, it would be very difficult. Aside from the fleet protecting it, the Ominous Ark itself possesses immense structural strength; destroying a few sections or even just a few of the wrecked ships that make it up wouldn't be enough to destroy it. Furthermore, the powerful void shield it carries is an insurmountable barrier in the face of any adversary.

Not only is its defense formidable, but its firepower is also extremely powerful. Even if you abandon other weapons and send three or five battleships to engage in a gunfight, they would still be no match for it.

As for the idea of switching sides to fight, that's even more unrealistic.

The Ominous Ark, constructed from a collection of wrecked spaceships, has an extremely complex internal structure. Even its owners, the Chaos Navy, might not be able to decipher its layout and would get lost even in familiar territory, let alone the attackers.

In terms of pure combat power, it is on par with the Glory Queen-class battleships, only their strengths differ. The Glory Queen excels in agility and firepower; however, its protection and hull strength are somewhat weaker.

In terms of offensive methods, the two are worlds apart. The Ominous Ark's core combat function is, after all, as a space mothership, which is to send out spacecraft and warships to fight. While its own combat capabilities are not bad, it is mainly for self-defense and lacks purely offensive means.

The Glory Queen, on the other hand, is a pure and sharp sword!
Of course, if it's just a difference like that, then it can only be said that the two sides have different fighting styles, and it's hard to say which side has the advantage or disadvantage.

Overall, comparing the entire Calamity Fleet with the main fleet of the Southern Front, they are nearly evenly matched in terms of quantity, fleet quality, and flagship combat power. If a battle were to break out, it would be a fierce space war, a decisive battle of epic proportions to determine a victor. And even if one side were to win, it would likely be a Pyrrhic victory.

But actually?
The fighting was almost entirely one-sided!
The human fleet has an overwhelming advantage!

In the current battle, the biggest difference between the two sides lies in command, tactics, and strategy.

The ruler of the Calamity Fleet was captured; many of the other capable leaders were on the surface. To prevent a mutiny, Zakaria did not allow anyone capable of replacing him to remain on the flagship while he was away. This certainly prevented a mutiny, but with himself captured and the leaders unable to return, the entire fleet's command was rendered completely ineffective.

The entire Calamity Fleet was not functioning properly; each ship was practically fighting its own battle, and their coordination was extremely chaotic.

In terms of the overall situation, it is also very unfavorable for them.

The human ships attacking from both sides of Paparil's orbit, though few in number (only two or three hundred), included the Glory Queen-class warships, which, as the sharpest blade, still posed a tremendous threat. Even if they wanted to create space and maneuver, their retreat was blocked by over seven hundred human warships attacking from behind, leaving them no way to escape.

The Calamity Fleet, which was at a complete disadvantage, suffered heavy losses at the very beginning of the battle.

With their morale low and unable to extricate themselves, some ships even made their own decisions to try to break out and leave.

In such situations, human fleets often selectively release some ships.

Those low-value frigates are let go without a second thought, especially those whose departure would cause even greater damage to the already battered Calamity Fleet formation; we'd be happy for them to leave as soon as possible.

But if some high-value ships want to escape, then they're out of luck.

They are often first allowed to leave the formation by human ships, and then after they are isolated, they are quickly surrounded and annihilated.

Even after realizing that continuing in this way would lead to their demise, the decimated number of Calamity Fleets was too late. They tried to put aside their internal differences and urgently elected leaders.

Their numbers and quality have been reduced to a very poor level, and even a desperate resistance would hardly reverse the situation.

The final charge was carried out by the main force led by the Glory Queen. They forcefully shoved their cannons into the face of the Ominous Ark, which was already lacking the protection of other ships, and destroyed it.

After the Ark of Ominous Signs was destroyed, the massive naval battle that took place over Papalil ultimately ended in a victory for humanity.

(End of this chapter)