28 Chapter 25
A soaring meteor was seen heading towards the building of the Jedi temple. Smaller meteors also followed this gigantic meteor as a golden beam of light descended side by side of this gigantic meteor.
The people of Coruscant was dumbfounded as they saw the meteor get nearer and nearer.
"R-run!" shouted a normal citizen which induced mass hysteria and panic. A stampede suddenly occurred as men, women and children was crushed by the stampeding people trying to escape the inevitable. The clones tried to control the situation but even them, are overwhelmed by the crowd.
As the gold colored meteor crashed directly on the front of the stairs leading to the jedi temple the planet felt it land. The planet was tilted slightly the moment it had a direct contact on the ground. The core of the planet has seen cracks due to the sheer force behind this landing.
The countless smaller meteors also landed as it deal immense destruction on the buildings surrounding the temple. A super sonic boom sounded when the smaller meteors landed as everyone near had their ears bleed profusely.
The golden pillar was the quietest to arrive but also has the same destruction. When the golden beam hit the the planet it created a gigantic crater second only the the crater done by the gigantic meteor.
On the largest crater there kneeled a man with the height of 14ft with a sword stabbed to the ground, someone with golden armor and a halo made up of light. His whole figure and presence screams regal and royalty. His face is beyond handsome. His whole body measures exactly that of the golden ratio.
He's perfect no matter which or what angle or glasses you use. His brownish hair perfectly swayed due to the shock waves created by the golden beam at his back. He has his eyes closed as everything on the universe seemed to focus their attention to this man.
The world came to a halt and only the sound of the distant battle on the atmosphere can be heard. Everything on land stopped moving as they struggled to breath due to an immense force forcing upon them.
As the beam at the back of the man settled it revealed a legion of golden armored people with spears at hand. They're lead by someone at the fore front wielding a different spear.
The man leading them has the face of a battle hardened veteran. His mere presence can make anyone pee their pants.
The man kneeling at this moment opened his closed eyes as a strong gust of wind suddenly blowed outwards with the man as its epicenter. This strong gust of wind was caused by the Emperor releasing a tiny sliver of his psychic power. The golden legion at his back had their capes blown away just with the sheer force of this wind. The ruins of the buildings on the surrounding was directly wiped out as it's the nearest.The jedi temple shook as it lost the paint job and all its glasses and windows got broken and the walls almosy crumbled and as the wind slowly traveled it also lost its power.
The man stood up and unlodged his sword from the ground. The moment he did, the whole crust of the planet showed spiderweb like cracks as it slowly spread all over the whole planet. His mighty sword shone as it slowly ignited in flames made up of psychic energy.
He looked at the stairs in front of his as he took a step.The floor he stepped on showed changes as it turned to gols with the insignia of the Imperium imprinted. Each step he took turned the ground to gold as his loyal custodians marched closely behind his back.
A particularly brave jedi saw them heading for his home, the jedi temple. He ignited his lightsaber and charged mindlessly. He's an orphan who managed to rise through the ranks of the jedi and now that is home is in danger, he's more than happy to fight for it.
He enhanced his body with the force and ran towards the gigantic golden man, intending to kill him. He thought that if he can kill him everything will return to normal as he looks absolutely important.
"Haaaaaa!" the man jumped high in the air as his green colored lightsaber was seen. He did an overhead strike towards the gigantic golden man but he was suddenly cut down by the guard of this golden man.
Constantin Valdor, sensing the killing intent of the jedi moved faster than the eye can see as he met with the man midair and cut him down with his spear. But his liege is clearly faster. The Emperor moved from his position, his speed exceeded that of the speed of light as his flaming golden blade slashed towards the head of the brave jedi. His slash parted the sky literally and tore a devastatingly big hole on the ozone layer of the planet.
A gigantic arc of a sword slash shone upin the planet as it hit and melted the part of the ozone layer with little to no resistance whilst parting the sky in an area with a size of a continent.
The jedi felt everything slow down as he looked around seeing his headless body fall down from midair as the silhouette of a golden man appeared in his peripheral vision. He didn't had enough time to process everything as he died, not knowing how.
Constantin landed perfectly as he followed the slash of his liege with his own as he diced the flying head.
The Emperor landed softly on the ground as dust settled and the Emperor did another slash to clean off his blade of the blood that stained it.
The entourage of the Emperor just proceeded without anyone trying to contest as the mere presence of the Emperor made everyone rip their hairs off. The only way that the man earlier did was let his body be consumed by the emotions he's feeling as he weaponized the force.
All jedis who saw the Emperor felt something unexplainable as they feel their own powers weaken or possibly cut off from the force. It's like the Emperor has this force field that negates everything, akin to a signal jammer. They know he's the one who did that powerful strike earlier and frankly, they can't believe someone like him can actually exists. They're grandmaster Yoda can lift a cruiser the size of half a kilometer with extreme concentration but actually parting the sky and possibly creating a tear in the ozone layer is beyond what a normal being should possess.
The Emperor and the legion of the custodians made their way to the stairs and as they reached the top, there, they the saw people from the jedi high council and a couple more other jedis with Vulkan near them.
But before Vulkan can speak the Emperor blasted the jedis near Vulkan back with his immense psychic energy. The jedis didn't stood a chance due to this sudden unexpected attack.
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The drop pods soared through the skies as it slammed on different places surrounding the Jedi temple. People got crushed and probably pulverized when the drop pod hit near them. The jedis who was originally curious about the golden light was stunned by this drop pods. They deduced that these drop pods much be related to the golden beam that hit the planet and the giant meteor who tileted the whole planet one way or another.
A group of wary jedis slowly approached a drop pod with clones who was with them too. They had their lightsabers ignited as they surrounded the drop pod, ready to cut down anything that moves.
"What do you think is inside this?" asked a female cat looking jedi knight as she slightly tapped the drop pod and seeing it's made up of really thick metal.
"It's probably a bomb." answered a male jedi knight who has the form of a human. He tried to slash open a hole at this drop pod but soon realized it's thicker than an ordinary blast door.
"It's really thic-" his words were cut off as the drop pod released steam. It slowly opened revealing the figures of space marines.
The jedi knights and the clones immediately went into high alert as they aimed their weapons and entered combat stance.
Everyone was at the edge of their seat due to tension as the machineries that was attached to the space marines slowly unlodged themselves freeing them.
The space marines then moved out in speed faster than the eye can see as they used their combat knifes to eliminate the people surrounding them.
"W-waaaghhh!" shouted a jedi knight in pain as his bones on his foot got crushed by a space marine stepping on his foot. The space unsheathed his combat knife and stabbed it directly on the brain of the jedi knight knight which ensured his quick death.
The clones tried to fight back but their blaster rifles did little to no damage. The jedis on the other hand was already almost wiped out with just a couple of seconds after the space marines moved.
The female cat looking jedi knight tried to perform a sneak attack on a space marine as she immediately regretted it. The space marine she tried to attack managed to evade not only her attack but also the others who tried to planned to attack his blindspots.
He ducked on the floor Neo style from the matrix as his superior reflexes was up for everyone to see. This made everyone stunned but before they can process what was happening the space marine moved and stabbed his combat knife on each and everyone's head in a matter of seconds.
The clones seeing this didn't know how to react as they waited for their commander to give orders.
"We'll retreat first, they're too dangerous! We need to report this to the central command" ordered the clones commander as they immediately ran to their transports but seeing this the space marines lined up in a horizontal line and pulled out their heavy blasters.
As the transports came to life and started to move, the space marines tood started to open fire as they tore the transports to shreds and anything in between. The space marine squad leader just nodded as he ordered everyone to set up a defensive position.
All space marines drop pods had their own special encounters with the locals of this planet one way or another but everything ended in massacre. They created a defensive perimeter surrounding the jedi temple as the high command informed them of the incoming clones numbering in millions which has armed tanks and artilleries.
A battle us about to unfold against the space marines and the clones. Who will prevail...
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"Father... You're back" said Vulkan in shock as the appearance of his father confirmed his theories that he's the one who brought them here. He also forgot about the blasted back jedis as his emotions fornhis father got the best fo him.
"Vulkan...Did they hurt you?" asked the Emperor as he ignited his sword with the pure psychic energy which made everyone on the jedi side feel nostalgic. But this nostalgia didn't last long as just they're struggling to stand up a they're immediately forced to prostrate due to pressure the supposed father of Vulkan was giving.
They can't lift their heads as lifting it gives them even more pressure. They know they're in front of an existence so powerful that even the jedis or sith from the times of the old republic will pale in comparison. Even Yoda, he's not spared from the pressure. He feels too weak, too small as his existence felt insignificant before this man. The blast earlier surely caught him off guard not because it's unexpected but by the power behind it that not even he can defend himself.
However Yoda felt something, he knows he felt this type of energy before, it's not exactly the force but he's fairly sure it's some sort of an extension to the force. Something related to the afterlife possibly. The afterlife of this galaxy is still heavily debated but the jedi simply believes on two. It's either they rejoin the cosmic force or there's a separate plane for the afterlife.
"No father, they're good to me. They didn't hurt me." said Vulkan, he made a friend out of the people who's guarding his cell and Obi-Wan. He's not someone who doesn't use their brain, he knows and fully understands that they're afraid of him due to his power.
"Is that so..." the Emperor scanned the mind of Vulkan and everyone present in a fraction of a nanosecond to ascertain that his son is speaking the truth. When he ascertained it, he lifted off the pressure he's giving everyone on the aide of the jedi. He then sheathed his sword and folded his arm. During his scan he understood their view of themselves. They regard themselves as invincible, something they can't back.
The people from the side of the jedi managed to stand up but their knees are still shaking and wobbling. Specially those jedi knights, they're just blasted back and almost died then they're forced to prostate just with the aura, bow can they not shake. Some even peed their pants and just wanted for the soil to eat them due to embarrassment.
Silence enshrouded everyone on the side of the jedi as they didn't know what to say. They can't possibly say something as they felt it's offensive to the man in front.
Yoda, steeled himself and asked a question to the Emperor. He tried to speak normal as possible to prevent misunderstandings.
"May I...ask what are you?"
