Emperor's Daughter of the Red Sands

Chapter 15 The March of Salem ([-])
"…Ugh."

Reading the many parameters uploaded by the auspicious instrument, the technical priest named Redjac sighed, his hoarse and old mechanical vocal cords revealing his melancholy mood.

He is the technical priest who just communicated with the female captain on the "Resolute Resolute", he is also the speaker of the foundry world Salem, and the founder of the "Mechanical Paganism" who asked for help from the distant homeland of Mars.

The crimson quaint robe sets off his hunched figure. The dense cables and mechanical components have replaced most of the living tissues of his old body. The various research reports that were incomparably precious in the past are now like waste paper. Scattered all over the ground, instead of the densely packed war records full of calculation records, this ancient great sage is worried about their future.

Obviously, the ancient knowledge buried under this planet is already in jeopardy, and the barbaric alien empire is constantly prying open their locked doors of rationality, and the precious time is increasingly insufficient after countless careful calculations.

Even with their reinforcements from distant worlds on the way, the situation is still grim.

Those alien scum from the [Brotherhood of Destruction] are attacking the defense line of the foundry world Salem all the time. The huge fleet covering the sky and the sun is like a swarm of bees surrounding this metal planet. These [Mechanical Heretics] The artillery arrays and void shields used for air defense were burned in the endless iron rain. As a price, the dirty flesh and mechanical parts from aliens almost covered the ground, as well as the spores of the orcs—— Ruo Ohm Nisaiah blesses him to survive the incident, then Redjac must clean up the planet.

But now, his brain, which has only a few pieces of wetware left, is only filled with uneasiness, and the increasingly fierce offensive of the Inhuman Empire is shortening the time limit he calculated.

Redjack only prayed that these reinforcements from the homeland of the solar system would arrive quickly.

Because [Mechanical Paganism] has now completely lost control of this planet, supplies and machine servants are constantly being consumed in the endless flames of war, and even the vital communication links are almost cut off.

If this continues, Salem will never last a Martian standard month.

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But the actual situation is somewhat different from what Redjack imagined.

"You bastards! You actually let those intruders pass through the [anchor point] smoothly, don't you know that is our only way out!?"

On the throne made of all kinds of steel and unknown machinery, the [Emperor] roared frantically at their alien subjects. As the king of the alien empire that once conquered the entire Golgotan star area, he Knowing that the only stable [anchor point] full of chaotic warp space storm airflow, which is also called [Mandeville Point] by the human empire, will be their only chance to face unknown enemies.

"But, but... My Majesty, those invaders are too weird... Our patrol fleets have lost contact one by one. Our empire has too few fleets to control the territory, and the fleets left there are really not enough. ah…"

"Not enough? That's two hundred fucking ships! What's more, since they started to invade my territory, our fleet has lost half of it! And we don't even know where they came from, waste!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... At least we can still hold on to this planet... Those engine oil guys have been driven underground by us. Presumably in a short while, we will be able to get the ancient technology hidden under their corpses!"

"But what's the use of that? Waiting for the invaders to smash the rest of our fleet here on this barren metal planet that even the orc brothers can't live in?"

Angry and crazy electronic sounds echoed in the empty hall, the king of the Alien Empire crazily vented his anger towards his cowardly and incompetent subordinates, and there was a hint of deep despair in it.

Yes, this alien empire named [Brotherhood of Destruction] has been forced into a desperate situation by those unknown invaders.

At first, the [Brotherhood of Destruction], which held almost 90% control in the Golgotan star area, focused on this ancient forge world called Salem. The desire for unknown technology prompted aliens to explore this world. War——They originally thought that this war was just like the thousands of wars they had conquered in this star region, a planet that could be easily conquered with a vast and majestic fleet.

In fact, those [Mechanical Heretics] have transformed this planet into a fortress world. The endless air defense arrays and void shields kept the minions of the Alien Empire at bay. It turned into a cruel war of attrition. These aliens, who radiated madness in their blood, refused to give in. They confiscated countless resources and manpower from the human world in the entire star sector, which had been suppressed for thousands of years. The human slaves they controlled played a key role in this war, that is, the alien slaves and cannon fodder soldiers of the alien nobles.

Endless lives and warships were thrown to this airless metal planet like consumables, and the air defense arrays all over the planet were spewing out flames of death all the time, even if the vacuum environment could not transmit the trillions of alien slaves. Painful roars and wailings, but the blanket of flesh and blood that gradually spread on the planet also spread a deadly atmosphere.

Under the bloody rapid consumption, even the powerful air defense array of [Mechanical Paganism], which is enough to overcome thousands of fleets, was gradually eroded and consumed, and the rich alien empire stepped up their bloody and cruel offensive—— It wasn't until the population of dozens of slave worlds was squandered by their cruelty that the iron rain loaded with orc mercenaries and the airdrop pods of alien fighters were frantically thrown to the surface. The scope of activities of the ancient organization of Mechanical Paganism on the surface is constantly being eaten away. Just like the dozens of worlds that this powerful alien empire has conquered in the past thousand years, this dead and silent planet with countless ancient secrets will eventually come to an end. were brought under the rule of their empire.

However, something unexpected happened.

Unknown invaders appeared in this star field controlled by the Inhuman Empire for nearly a thousand years, but the [Brotherhood of Destruction] knew nothing about their existence.

They only know that one after another the patrol fleets have lost contact in the screams and desperate communications. These ferocious wolves-like enemies are hunting the power of the Inhuman Empire.

Panic and bewilderment immediately flooded the entire empire, but they had nothing to do about it—it was as if they were witnessing a huge gluttonous mouth from the darkness outside the territory constantly chewing their flesh and blood, with the terrifying sound of chewing bones and grinding flesh It was slowly approaching their ears.

And the only way to bring a sense of security is to accommodate the fleets that were once a symbol of the strength of the Inhuman Empire within the visible range, which is also around the foundry world Salem that the [Emperor] is conquering.

As a price, they have completely lost control over the entire Golgotan star area, and the huge unknown shadow is slowly approaching.

Apparently, this small alien empire, which is settled in a corner of the maelstrom, has never imagined why the worlds they conquered have a race named 'human'.

In the maelstrom of ignorance and wildness, they have never heard of the prestige of the [Human Empire] that has resounded throughout the galaxy.

Because in the great expedition in pursuit of efficiency and time, the conquerors from Terra temporarily ignored this chaotic star area without fat, but as the human territory continued to be opened up in the galaxy, this once full of wild land The star area will finally usher in its destiny - to be reconquered by humans.

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　Thank you Yan Jieya for the 5000 point reward~ Boss is generous!The boss is in good health!

　　There should be another update in the afternoon!
　　I’m so touched, I thought that the Warhammer 40k fans who wrote about the minority would not be favored, especially starting from the m30 expedition with scarce information... However, I can see the encouragement in the comment area!I will try my best to type~
　　Speaking of which, the evaluation of 'slow progress'.Hmm... How should I put it, my style may not be so rhythmic, because it is the first book, and it is about a fan, the code words in the brain may not be about the plot of the main line, but to show more space The charm of opera.

　　By the way, I am very grateful to the book friends who have been catching bugs for me!
　　
　
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