Chapter 260: Great Terror! To meet the god of death is to have true eternal life!
At this time, the three prophet priests finally realized that the situation was out of control. Morami only used a holographic projection to disrupt their overall plan.

Originally, they only needed evidence of "blasphemy" to successfully suppress the elite tribes and complete the transfer of power within the Star Alliance.

There is no need to even use the excuses of "killing comrades" or "plotting rebellion".

But now, Morami has made the whole truth public through that unknown micro-device. Regardless of whether the contents are true or not, the elites will certainly not plead guilty so easily!
This trial for all members of the Star Alliance will also be completely broken.

In a hurry, the prophet of truth lost his mind and did not refute Morami's fraud immediately. Instead, he raised his skinny arms in panic and shouted angrily:
"Confiscate Captain Morami's projection device and re-arrest this guy. The trial is suspended!"

The prophets and priests were afraid that the situation in the parliament hall and outside would become chaotic, so they had to control the situation by force in order to save the situation.

"and many more!"

However, just as the Prophet of Truth finished his words, an elite senior councilor wearing a golden crown stood up and stopped the guards who were about to take action.

It looked at the prophet priest on the platform with a sneer on its face and said, "Master Priest, since the Recycler is the God's designated successor, then the Recycler's will is the oracle."

"If you forcibly interrupt the oracle, it will also violate the laws of the Holy Scripture. What? Do you also want to break the law?"

"Or... you are afraid that the truth will be revealed, and that the facts Captain Morami said will cause disadvantageous situations for you."

As qualified politicians, the elite parliamentarians present understood the tactic of giving someone a taste of their own medicine.

Since the prophets and priests used the charges of "blasphemy and disrespect" to suppress the elites, the elites can also use this excuse to suppress them back!
Anyway, Morami has already presented the Recycler's Oracle, so whether it is true or not is not something that matters anymore.

In short, the content of this holographic projection gave the elites enough reasons to fight back. Even if they were to fight each other, the elites could say that they were doing it to protect their religion.

With this legitimate basis, and the fact that this is a live broadcast for all members of the Star Alliance, the elites will certainly not miss the opportunity to strike back!

Sure enough, as soon as the elite congressman said this, he immediately received a response from other elite congressmen.

The prophets and priests, who had been full of confidence, were stunned when they saw that the trend of public opinion in the parliament hall had turned to the elites.

They had never expected that Morami had such a deadly killing move, and the situation on the scene was clearly beyond their control!
At the urging of the Prophet of Truth, the trial scene in the parliament hall suddenly ended.

The spectators outside had no more gossip and started to make a lot of noise. After all, the act of interrupting the live broadcast, which made things even more obvious, seemed to confirm that what Morami said was true.

While the members of the elite and prophet factions were arguing, the content projected by Morami continued to tell the other members more facts and truth.

Except that the Flood was not created by the Forerunners, but an evil species that destroyed the Forerunner civilization.

Even the pilgrimage that the Covenant had always believed in and followed, leading believers to ascend to a transcendent halo, was nothing more than a weapon of destruction used to destroy life in the galaxy.

The dimension they desire is just death!
How ridiculous and ironic.

In an instant, the entire parliament hall was in chaos.

The ambitious and calculative people fell silent, quickly weighing the pros and cons in their minds.

If the entire pilgrimage plan is a complete scam, it means that the profit pie of the Star Alliance will be reshuffled and divided.

Should they continue to follow the prophet-priests and complete their endless pilgrimage, or should they side with the prophets and follow the recyclers to enjoy the technological fruits of the forerunner civilization?

For politicians of any civilized species, superb operational skills and long-term political vision are not the most important things.

The most important basic skill is whether you can learn to stand in line!
If you successfully join the team and follow the right boss, you can lead the entire team to success overnight.

But choosing the wrong side can lead to eternal damnation!

Judging from the video content provided by Morami, the combat power of the Astartes warriors of the Recycler clan seems to be extremely terrifying, far surpassing the strongest elite warriors of the Covenant.

In addition, the Recyclers have inherited the Sojourner Dreadnought on the Shield World and hold the orthodox destiny. Whether from the perspective of legal principles or strength, the Recyclers are worthy of their service and following.

But the only problem is that they dare not conclude whether the video provided by Morami is real.

What if these are all false materials fabricated by the elites in order to seize power? If they choose the wrong side, won’t they also be in trouble?
Therefore, in the entire parliament hall, except for the members of the elites and prophets who were arguing fiercely, the members of other races were unusually silent.

After all, these old foxes have made it to the Supreme Parliament and have seen all kinds of storms.

No one would act rashly or make public statements to take sides unless they are absolutely sure.

At this moment, Morami continued to speak, saying passionately:

"My Lords, among the troops that accompanied me to the Shield World Miracle for the scientific expedition, the performance of the Jiralhanae and Jackal troops was particularly bad."

"They ignored my orders many times and insisted on sacrificing themselves to the Flood, causing the Flood to spread out of control."

"If you offend the great Recycler again, you will be killed and punished by the Recycler warriors. You will get the punishment you deserve!"

"I hope you can understand that the Reclaimers have inherited all the power of the Forerunners. They have the ability to punish any force that is disloyal to the gods, anyone!"

Morami's words were completely a warning to the congressmen present that the Jiralhanae and the Jackal had already been punished.

The consequence of disrespecting God is to be torn apart by the gravity field!

It’s not too late to follow me, the elite tribe, recognize you as the leader, and join the team and go ashore in time.

Before the congressmen could speak, Morami turned around, glared at the three prophet priests on the stage, and roared:
"The Prophets have been making up lies for thousands of years, deceiving our Sangheili tribe and other tribes of the Covenant."

"These three priests have played all of us around for their own selfish reasons. The pilgrimage and ascension are all shameful lies!"

At this moment, the prophets and priests were completely stunned.

They really couldn't believe that the situation in parliament had developed to this point!

The reason why the Star Alliance can be controlled by the Prophets is that the Prophets control the real violent weapons!
The technology, items, and devices of the Forerunner civilization all need to be reverse-engineered by the Prophet before they can be unlocked and used.

But now, Morami said that a recycler has emerged and has inherited all the technological power of the Forerunners. The strength of this civilized species is no weaker than that of the Covenant.

Besides, they have legitimate rights of inheritance. These three priests cannot command the warriors of the Star Alliance to attack the successors of the forerunners of the gods!

What's the difference between that and the secretary asking the security guard at the door to beat up the son of the newly appointed chairman.

Immediately, with the unanimous response of all the elite councilors, other tribal councilors also chose to take a chance and followed the elites to join the recyclers in time.

Anyway, after this parliament is over, the Elites and the Prophets will definitely be incompatible, and the Civil War in the Star Alliance will soon break out, and there is no way they will be spared by then.

Fighting with the elites, the chance of winning is obviously higher.

The most important thing is that most of the honor guards in this parliament hall are from elite tribes!

Even if they want to oppose the elites, they have to get out alive first.

Soon, the voices calling for an attack on the prophet were heard in the hall.

"You despicable bastards actually deceived the warriors of our tribe for so long, talking about pilgrimage and ascension, but it turned out to be a scam!"

"Without us helping the Prophets conquer the Milky Way, would the Star Alliance be as big as it is now? You ungrateful people, I will tear you apart right now!"

"Kill! Leave no one behind!"

"..."

At this point, the situation in the parliament hall was completely out of control.

When the elite congressman saw the prophet congressman next to him, he grabbed him and threw him to the ground without saying a word, and then stepped on him to death in public!

The councillors from the Jiralhanae and Jackal tribes were all stunned.

Logically speaking, they follow the Prophet to make a living, and are the current beneficiaries in the Star Alliance, so they should unconditionally support the Prophet Priest. But on one side is the Prophet, and on the other side is the more powerful Recycler, the Prophet Clan can't stop them from following a better boss!
At this moment, facing the elite councilors who suddenly rose up, only a small number of Jiralhanae and Jackal councilors protected the prophet and joined the melee.

The other congressmen were indifferent, looking at each other in confusion, and standing there at a loss as to what to do.

Under the instigation of the elite councilors, even the Honor Guards who were maintaining order at the scene joined in the melee.

The dazzling plasma spears easily pierced the bodies of many Prophet Senators, and countless Prophet Senators died on the spot, with blood splattered everywhere.

Seeing this scene, the Prophet of Truth and Mercy looked at the Prophet of Sorrow with anger and horror, as if questioning why it had not replaced the Parliament's Glory Guards earlier.

After all, before this, they had discussed personnel transfers with the Prophet of Sorrow.

But the Prophet of Sorrow smiled bitterly. Even if it was just a personnel transfer, it would take time to complete. Who would have thought that Morami could actually mobilize all the elite councilors to fight to the death!
Soon, Morami, along with the council members of his tribe, rushed up to the platform, threw the three prophet priests to the ground, and pinned them down.

But the next second, the glory guard officer who was responsible for protecting the lives of the priests suddenly rushed in front of Morami and protected the three prophet priests behind him.

"How dare you! Captain Morami, are you planning to rebel?!"

Seeing a warrior from his own tribe trying to stop him, Morami shouted at him, "Rebellion? The ones who really want to rebel are the prophet and these three old immortals!"

"They have betrayed the will of God. I must escort them to the Recyclers to be judged by them."

Morami responded confidently.

"But what you are doing now is no different from a traitor. As a guard of honor, I will never allow you to touch even a hair of the High Priest!"

The guard also scolded Morami.

The warriors of the elite tribe have always regarded honor and commitment as their life philosophy. Since they have chosen to protect the prophet-priest, they must pay the price of their lives for the other party.

At the same time, the other Honor Guards followed their superiors and began to confront elite councillors such as Morami.

It is obvious that the official system of the Honor Guards has been accumulated over thousands of years, and even when facing fellow elites, they still have to perform their duties according to their duties.

Such ideological inertia will not lead the Glory Guards to backstab their masters in a short period of time.

"madness!"

At this time, the senior elite councillor wearing a golden crown came out and reprimanded the guard officer:
"For their own selfish desires, these three priests disregarded the will of the gods and distorted the facts to believe that the Flood was created by the Forerunners. Now they have repeatedly attacked and suppressed our Sangheili tribe."

"If they continue like this, they will sooner or later drive the entire Sangheili tribe out of the Covenant, or even exterminate the entire race!"

The elite councillors tried to win over the Glory Guards from the perspective of tribe and race.

After all, these Honor Guards are all carefully selected warriors from the Star Alliance, and each of them has the ability to fight against many enemies alone.

Coupled with the advanced equipment in their hands, even if all the elite councilors were added together, they would not be able to defeat this group of Honor Guards.

So the guards must be persuaded.

After hearing the congressman's words, all the soldiers, including the guards, fell into a tangled silence.

They understood the logic behind it, but according to the sacred laws of the Star Alliance, even when facing their own kind, they had to protect the safety of the three high priests.

On one side was the oracle, and on the other side was their own honor, which made the Glory Guards very embarrassed. They could not help but stand there, thinking hesitantly.

But Morami did not give the guards a chance to hesitate. Rebellion was an art. It required a smooth and seamless execution, with no chance for the enemy to react.

Then, Morami spoke again and said to the congressmen:
"Everyone, since our God-forerunners have designated humans as recyclers, then according to the laws of the highest holy book, humans are the descendants of God, and we should obey their instructions!"

"Instead of these three so-called priests!"

"You would rather betray our God than obey the orders of these three liars!"

Morami's words were extremely lethal. The Star Alliance's management system was a religious system, with the decree of God as the highest instruction.

As the spokesperson of God, the priest is essentially just a "worker". The members of the Star Alliance believe in and follow God, not the priest.

This is just like Christians who believe in God Jesus, not the Pope.

Legally speaking, priests are merely agents of power forerunners of the gods.

That's it!

"You are talking nonsense!"

At this time, the prophet of mercy finally came to his senses and hurriedly explained angrily:

"Do you think you can question and overthrow the entire system of the Star Alliance with a projection device of unknown origin? This is nothing more than a tool for your elites to rebel!"

"You traitors to the Star Alliance should be executed on the spot. Come on, capture them all!"

The Prophet of Mercy roared at Morami and ordered the guards to execute the parliamentarians on the spot immediately.

Regarding the existence of the Recyclers, as priests of the Star Alliance, they must never admit it even if they are beaten to death, otherwise they will be the ones to die.

There is no way around it, this is the drawback of the religious system.

Although the Star Alliance can rely on the banner of the God-Forerunner to quickly attract a large number of believers and civilized species to join their camp, the prerequisite is that it is best if there is no so-called "God"!
Otherwise, as the highest administrator, the priest would work hard for most of his life, but in the end he would be making wedding dresses for others, and the house deeds that he worked so hard to get would also belong to others.

Who makes them just priests, not descendants of God?

"Is this nonsense? I think the High Priest should have known about the revelation of the Forerunner AI in the core area of ​​the City of High Charity a long time ago."

"Master Priest, since you deny the existence of the Recyclers, do you dare to join us in confronting the Forerunner AI?"

Morami's words were powerful.

After all, High Charity was transformed from a Forerunner battleship, so there is also ancient Forerunner AI on it.

This AI is also regarded as a messenger of God by the prophet priests. Over the years, they have relied on the revelations of the messenger of God to formulate a series of miracle excavation plans, which has enabled the Star Alliance to grow rapidly.

Such crucial and secret information was, of course, told to Morami in person by Le Ang, who had read the script of "Halo" in advance.

When the Prophet of Mercy heard that Morami even knew the existence of the Forerunner AI God's Messenger, his mentality suddenly exploded.

The only people who know this secret are these highest-level priests; the elites will never know it.

But Morami, who is just an ordinary scientific expedition team captain, actually knows the biggest secret of the entire Star Alliance Empire. He said that he did not receive the oracle, so where did he get the information from!

"No... How could you possibly know about the messenger of God? This shouldn't be possible!"

The old Prophet of Mercy seemed to have suffered a great mental shock, and he showed a panic-stricken expression as if he had witnessed the "great terror".

As the only one among the three great priests who truly followed the Forerunners and longed to ascend, when he learned that gods would also die and be destroyed by the vile Flood, his spiritual support collapsed instantly.

Power and conspiracy are nothing but a flick of a finger in the face of true transcendence and are completely useless.

If only by facing death can one obtain true "eternal life", then what is the meaning of everything they do!
Looking at the insane Prophet of Mercy who kept repeating those words, all the Covenant members present were stunned.

Mercy the prophet, crazy!!

This proves that what Morami said was true, the recyclers really exist, and their god has long been dead.

(End of this chapter)