How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 352: The Fourth Calamity, after figuring out the mechanism, plays with the mentally retarded boss

Due to the psychological adjustment and brainwashing process that is also unique among the Astartes, the Grey Knights' emotions are theoretically more indifferent than other Space Marines. Captain Stern thought that he had used up today's "Shock" quota after stepping onto the Emperor's Dream. But unfortunately, even if this is true, it only means that "Shock" can be borrowed.

At that moment, his brain was willing to help him think about the question "Why did I miss such an important thing just now?" Unfortunately, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know what Stern was thinking, and she was still filling the communication channel with combat briefings:
"This thing cannot be considered a complete 'Xalasi Demon Disaster'." She reiterated, "This means that even though it is still very terrifying in frontal combat capabilities, it has become a killing machine that can only perform designated tasks and can be easily defeated through strategy."

Captain Stern took two steps back and looked at the battlefield from above through the mechanical eyes of the Heavenly Punishment Dread Knight. Although he could not understand what was going on with the "incomplete Xia La Xi Demon Disaster", he did see the part that "could easily win through strategy": in the melee, this great keeper of secrets did not accurately search for the enemy at all, but simply responded to the person who was currently attacking it.

"What's going on?" He asked habitually, and then returned to the reality of the battlefield, "What's the plan?"

"I suggest that we put the detailed analysis of the principle after the war." There was some frustration in Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice. There were too many unreasonable places in the numbers reported to the operator by the screen in the control room. She still didn't understand how this slice of the Great Secret Keeper, which was almost entirely made up of bugs, could run in the real number domain (not even the physical universe, but the real number domain as a whole including the subspace). "You can see that this thing will only react to individuals who attack it. Apart from that, it will only move firmly in a single direction. Using this, we can let close combat units take turns to attract its attention, use various methods to slow down its movement ability, and finally use long-range means to carry out intensive firepower strikes. If it doesn't work once, we can try many times. We are at least 60 kilometers away from the target point. We can always kill it on the way."

It sounded like a simple but reasonable plan, and Stern had nothing to add. Under the premise of confirming that a certain tactic can indeed achieve the goal, the two terms of casualties and sacrifices would basically not appear in the mind of the imperial military chief. After all, the opponent is a well-known and famous secret keeper. In the judgment of the captain monk, even if he donated all the brothers he brought with him in this battle, as long as he could win in the end, it would be a bloody profit. Therefore, he only asked a question that was of a bottom-line nature:
"Where does it want to go?"

"I infer that its ultimate target is the Cathedral of the Holy Blood in the Arax Angel Fortress, but apparently, no one is prepared to let it successfully reach there." Fujimaru Ritsuka sounded gloomy. "In theory, the Blood Angels will also provide support, but I don't know what happened in the Chapter Monastery. The corresponding channel has been silent for a while."

"What do we need to do?"

"Please use three Sky Punishment Knights to take turns attracting the enemy's attention. Also, this is a foreseeable protracted battle, so please use a conservative approach and try to limit the damage. The other Grey Knights, please use offensive spells to attack from a distance - there is a chainsaw halberd stuck in the torso of the demon, can you see it? Although we can't force it, aiming at that wound can cause greater damage."

That was not long ago, and Sevatar literally threw it up with all his might. For some reason, he never tried to recall his weapon, but left it stuck there. Under the powerful healing or assimilation ability of Xia La Xi Mo Zai, which was difficult to say that it was the "blessing of the warp" in this situation, the chainsaw halberd began to be covered with a layer of strange skin.

...In short, it is recommended to go back to the old school and start over.

After taking half a second to divert his attention from this trivial matter, Fujimaru Ritsuka continued to give orders: "Arjuna, prepare to provide support fire; Captain Hill, let the Grey Knights take over the front line. There is no need to restore the Aegis Shield for the time being. Prioritize resources for the main guns."

Another voice came in during the communication: "No problem, but how do we hit it? Odysseus judged that this thing's evasion ability is close to the nature of causality."

"If the 'Law God' can't control it, lock the space together. I will chant the spell." The Hecate's staff, which the God-era witch usually uses, appeared out of thin air in Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand. "Let me make it clear first, although Medea has accepted me as her student, my qualifications are limited. The spell will take seconds to take effect, so be sure to choose the right time when firing."

"learn."

The tactics themselves were not ambiguous or difficult to implement, so they were immediately put into use: After the tactical announcement, the Chaldean Psychic Knights made a feint and immediately retreated. At the moment when the Great Keeper of Secrets intended to pursue, the attack force field emitted by the heavy psychic cannon had already reached the position where it was about to land. The Great Demon, blessed by the Heaven of Bliss, stopped at the critical moment and dodged the attack with extraordinary agility. When he turned around to find the source of the psychic cannon, the giant force field sword controlled by Captain Stern had already slashed beside him. The Demon Disaster had to wave his hands to defend himself, but when he readjusted his target and wanted to pursue Stern, the blazing flames of the Holy Promethium in another Heavenly Punishment Knight Heavy Incinerator had already approached him.

"So stupid, like a mentally retarded robot servant." Hill, who had nothing to do because the mecha was adjusting its energy supply, commented sharply. To his surprise, this sentence actually received a response:

"You can't 'take all' of the decomposed projection of the spirit base. Not to mention divinity, this thing doesn't even retain the most basic rationality and intellect, let alone intelligence." The voice in Fujimaru Ritsuka's channel was mixed with a little airflow sound that the noise reduction failed to delete. "Although it is precisely because these are not preserved that it can have such a formidable combat power now, but if I want to send a familiar to perform a specific task, I will definitely not make such a stupid setting."

"Now that there are more people, isn't it a little too easy to kill?" Hill said at the side of the battle group without any hesitation, "Does Sally really expect this thing to complete the so-called 'mission'?"

"Stop talking nonsense and report the main gun charging progress. Otherwise, I will delete your combat capability the next day and tie you up in the command room to serve as a staff officer." Fujimaru Ritsuka threatened.

"58%, expected to be fully charged in 20 seconds, but what I mean is-"

"——I understand what you mean." Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted his teeth and said, "But the cockroaches have already flown into your house and are ready to eat the civilians. Can you still not kill them?"

The possibility that Hill wanted to raise was that the reason why Xia La Xi Demon Disaster was summoned to Baal Prime in this way and headed towards the Cathedral of Holy Blood with a clear goal was probably not because the Lord of Debauchery wanted it to do something in the cathedral. After experiencing the Webway War, even the materialistic Ultramarines Ionid Hill knew from various bizarre war experiences that some spells could take effect instantly after the demon in question died. This situation of "a single elite unit attacking the defense line" often means that some insidious tactics are following closely, but this is a complete conspiracy, because when the enemy rushes into the defense line, not trying to eliminate it will only cause greater losses that can be seen with the naked eye.

Of course, under this premise, controlling the opponent's ability to move is also an optional strategy, but Xia Laxi Mozai's own extraordinary combat power makes this strategy no longer an option.

"The main gun is fully charged and can be fired at any time."

"Then I will start chanting and prepare to anchor the space." The surging power of the subspace made Stern look up instinctively. In the moments between the rotating attacks, he caught a glimpse of Fujimaru Ritsuka floating in the air, with a cloak with psychic symbols spread out behind him like eagle wings, and a rather complicated magic circle was taking shape at the front of the tin staff in his hand - this scene subtly evoked some not-so-good memories of him, but he did not have time to think deeply about it for the time being.

In just two seconds, even before the three Heavenly Punishment Fear Knights had finished their rotation, the Grey Knight Terminators on the lower ground had only started their second round of spell attacks when Fujimaru Ritsuka had finished chanting his spell. The same pattern as the magic circle at the front of the staff flashed for a moment under the feet of Xia La Xi Mo Zai, and in the next moment, with a sound like glass gently hitting each other, the Great Secret Keeper was "frozen" in a transparent polyhedron like a bug sealed in amber.

No order was needed. At the same moment, the friendly forces blocking the firing range automatically moved out of the way, and the main gun on the Trojan Horse's chest fired immediately, with a destructive blue-white light shooting straight at the enemy. The power armors near the beam were all beeping in the high-temperature ionization environment, indicating that although this thing looked small, it was incredibly powerful and comparable to the ship-borne light spear - it did hit, but only a little bit.

After a crisp sound like glass breaking, the half-melted body of Xia La Xi Demon Disaster stumbled out from the dazzling light. Even so, under the premise that it could hardly stand, it still maintained the disgusting strong vitality of the subspace creature, stubbornly entrenched in the real universe, and had no intention of retreating. Even while roaring in pain, it noticed Fujimaru Ritsuka who was suspended in the air with Medea's magic.

This is impossible.

This was the same thought that appeared in the minds of Captain Stern and Ritsuka Fujimaru at the same time. The former thought so because the subspace energy in the environment obviously could not support a demon that had been broken to such an extent to still exist outside the veil. After all, the current integrity of the veil and the subspace energy on the main star of Baal should not be able to support the existence of a demon. Xia Laxi Demon Disaster should have been "starved to death" and exiled within a few seconds of appearing. As for Ritsuka Fujimaru, she couldn't understand why the other party did not retreat after suffering such serious damage.

That's right, for a Servant, as long as the Spirit Core is not destroyed, then it can continue to linger on - but this should be true for the Servant who is "completely composed of the fifth fictional element (ether)" under the summons of Fujimaru Ritsuka. Even if it is just a projection cut from the main body with no intelligence or personality, if you want to project Sharasi Demon Disaster into reality with this intensity, its internal structure must contain the "fifth truth element (true ether)" that is filled with the Age of Gods and more efficient. And the true ether is a poison that cannot be cured for the etheric shell that must be carefully crafted to isolate the influence of the curtain.

For example, the Black Barrel, one of the seven weapons of the Atlas Institute, is a weapon made entirely of True Ether. Even without deploying the function of "Tenshou", as long as it hits the target, it can cause any etheric structure to self-destruct like cancer cells spreading. In Fujimaru Ritsuka's original world, where the Age of Gods had faded and the True Ether had completely replaced the ether, this was indeed a weapon that could destroy the world, but in this universe, the Black Barrel Replica that Chaldea possessed and that Shion transformed was just an ordinary magic cannon with a low cost-effectiveness most of the time.

Logically speaking, if you want the real aether to squeeze into the body made of aether and work normally, you need a very sophisticated structural design to completely isolate the two energies during operation. Considering that Tzeentch was most likely involved in this summoning, Fujimaru Ritsuka had no doubts about why Slaanesh's creation had such a sophisticated design.

However, the more sophisticated the design, the easier it is to break. A small damage in one link can cause the entire system to fail. This is a universal truth. So, now that half of Xia La Xi Demon Disaster has been melted, in theory, it should have dissipated as a whole due to the "leakage of two conflicting energies in the body" - it should have started to self-collapse when Sevatar desperately inserted the chainsaw halberd into its chest, but it still exists very firmly in the real universe. This is also one of the problems that Fujimaru Ritsuka had been puzzled about in front of the control panel before.

But it was useless to think so much. All the above only passed through Fujimaru Ritsuka's mind for a moment. In practice, she did not say these things that had no effect other than affecting morale. Instead, she immediately ordered: "This strategy is effective. Reorganize the team and try again! Hill retreats to restore the shield, the Grey Knight Terminator fires to suppress, Arjuna, prepare the Vulcan Bow, and attack next!"

Just as Fujimaru Ritsuka adjusted his position in the air, found another place with a suitable viewing angle, and prepared to settle down to chant at high speed again, Sigismund hurriedly reminded him in the middle of the line: "Madam, it's targeting you!"

The tentacles on top of Xia La Xi Mo Zai's head suddenly stretched out, trying to grab Fujimaru Ritsuka who was floating restlessly in the air and avoiding its sight, but because the movements were too slow compared to the original ones, the latter cleverly dodged them - but if she had ever fought with the real Xia La Xi Mo Zai, or had read the relevant information provided by the Grey Knight in advance, she would realize that those tentacles were not used for grasping, but for sensing.

Unaware of this, Fujimaru Ritsuka's position was accurately predicted. When she stopped again in the air above the back of the demon's head, preparing to use the high-speed divine words to quickly read out the spell to lock the designated space, the demon suddenly turned his head 180 degrees in an instant, just like in horror movies, and looked at her steadily.

As mentioned before, "This is often played out in horror movies", so up to this point, this did not scare Fujimaru Ritsuka. She just realized that she was about to face an attack, so she immediately changed the spell that was about to come to her mouth, and when the Great Keeper of Secrets opened his mouth and revealed his dagger-like tongue, she held up a magic shield in front of her -

——The artificial spirits of the five elements emerged at its mouth, and a torrent of true ether gushed out from the back of Xia La Xi Demon Disaster like a tornado, rolling like a fine blade, intending to crush and destroy everything around it.

To be honest, it is not difficult for a witch of the Age of Gods like Medea to defend against such an attack. In this universe, this attack is not fundamentally different from psychic lightning or fire, and any Astartes think tank with a little ability should be able to handle it. Naturally, Fujimaru Ritsuka was not injured after responding in time, but that is not the problem -

"——Master!" Another voice popped up in the Psychic Knight's channel. The young man's tone was very urgent. "Calm down! Think about it carefully. This thing must have appeared here to provoke you and make you kill it——"

"Then, Odysseus, should I bow and ask it to go back?" Rarely, Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice trembled.

In this way, everything makes sense - why this thing did not fall apart due to the confusion between true ether and ether even when it suffered such serious damage: as long as there is a great magician as the core who is proficient in both and can help it sort out these two energies in real time, this is a natural thing.

"Of course I understand, but I gave up on Paracelsus once in the Crystal Maze." What's even more rare is that everyone began to realize that the trembling of this girl who rarely lost her temper was caused by anger.

Driven by such emotion, she raised the staff in her hand, and the bright red stigma on the back of her hand began to shine:
"Stop joking! Chaos is desecrating my friend's body! If you don't fight me, I'll do it myself!"

——On the ground beneath the feet of the Chaldean Master, a huge summoning circle is slowly taking shape.

(End of this chapter)