Stars for the good Warhammer.

Chapter 247 Redemption (4K Chapter)

Meanwhile, on the surface of the planet Karen.

In a solid fortress converted from a mineral refinery, a lean and capable middle-aged nobleman in gorgeous clothes was jogging up the stairs to the command platform on the third floor.

At present, several low-level officers of the Defense Force have gathered here, and standing in front of them with their backs is an advanced servitor. After wiping the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, he heard the noble say: Said in an anxious tone.

"Ms. Moraes! Our two armored regiments have been defeated. The rebels are currently advancing towards the hive. The rebels seem to have received help from professional troops. According to the news from the front line, they were attacked by plasma artillery and Laser rifle attacks, reports claim that psykers and Ogryns have even appeared among the rebel ranks."

As the man's voice fell, the sound of tracks rotating came from the front of the crowd. Driven by the chassis, the servitor slowly turned around. It was a modified projector servitor. Its original The head has been completely removed and replaced by a set of electronic equipment that can display images. What is displayed in it at this moment is the image of the female governor Moras.

In the past period of time, the hostess had been directing the work on site through remote control of servitors, and she had never left her private sanctuary from the beginning to the end.

Behind her, through the glass of the command platform, she could see a huge cyclone torpedo loaded with infernal warheads already standing on the Gnaku launcher. At this moment, several platform operators were using the Thinker Array. Final adjustments are made to the projectile's launch procedure.

"The Langel family and the nearby forging worlds rejected our request for help. Since hearing that the Ash Alliance was going to intervene in this matter, the local Skitarii had also evacuated Karen earlier. It is said that they received a message from Mars. Direct orders, we still don’t know what kind of deal the Alliance has reached with Mars.”

When he said this, the noble hesitated for a moment, as if he was hesitating whether to say the second half of the sentence.

At this moment, a calm and mean voice came from the sound array system of the servitor.

In response to this, the veteran with a mustache who looked like a hive city gangster just said helplessly in a low voice, just get used to it.

When the Ogryns wearing exoskeleton armor held up the Chimera armored vehicle that was still turning its tracks with both hands, and smashed through the gate all the way into the factory, the defense troops responsible for guarding the position had already peed on the ground.

In order to stop this madman as soon as possible, using the prestige of engineering scientist Clara in the rebel army, the two parties successfully reached a cooperation and eventually fought their way to the suspected launch site.

“waaagh!!!”

"They came just as I wanted."

At this moment, a soldier ran over in panic.

Without waiting for the people present to react, a group of soldiers armed with Lucius-style hot-shooting rifles and a mixture of Gauss weapons poured into the battlefield through the passage opened by the Ogryn flesh. Several soldiers were in the guard tower. The guards on top wanted to take the opportunity to make a sneak attack, but the next moment they were greeted by a surge of psychic lightning.

"We will deal with this and impose the cruelest judgment on those who dare to defy me. They dare to question the authority given to me by the Emperor. To betray me is to betray the Emperor!"

Even in such a passive situation, the female governor still had great confidence in herself. As the words fell, Moras once again cast his gaze on the cyclone torpedo that was ready to be launched, and said with a cold gaze. .

"But it is said that because a scholar in the Ash Alliance was affected by the civil war in Karen, the Sector Governor warned us to immediately stop all actions to expand the war to avoid further escalating the incident, and to accept Terra's investigation after that."

At this time, members of the Free Army led by Hoffman had also entered the refinery from several other directions. About a few days ago, with the assistance of the soldiers of the Sixth Company of the Raven Guard, the Undertide Team learned about Governor Morath. A plan to use nuclear weapons to cleanse the planet's surface.

Moras didn't seem surprised by such news, but instead sneered a few times.

The nobleman's words made the officers present feel a little incredible. They know that Karen is an important source of fine gold. They can't understand why the Terran government and even the foundry general of Mars behave so weakly in front of a group of heretics. .

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the other side.

Seeing this, Gerald, who was walking in the middle of the team, couldn't help but whistle at the girl beside him who was still feeling electric. Because of the side effects of using psychic powers, the seemingly quiet girl was constantly talking from her mouth. She was talking trash, as if it would make her feel better.

Gazing at Ogryn who was still rampaging in the distance, and the pilgrims holding chainsaws and swords who shouted to offer their heads to the Throne of Stars, for a moment Hoffman thought he was probably mixed up with a group of lunatics, and while thinking, he headed towards Gerald, who seemed to be relatively normal on the side, expressed the doubts in his heart.

Just when the noble wanted to say something more, with the ground shaking under everyone's feet, the muffled sound of an explosion suddenly came from a distance, and then the piercing sirens began to echo repeatedly in every room in the fortress. In a corner, this sound made the officers present feel chills in their hearts.

"Have your people always been like this?"

"Anyone who dares question me is an abominable traitor to the Emperor, no matter who they are."

"Sir! It's the rebels, they broke in through the main entrance!"

"Guys, we have to move faster, before that crazy woman launches the missile."

However, just as he was about to lead the team behind him to continue to advance into the factory, a disgusting voice suddenly sounded from above his head.

"Your folly ends here."

The sound made Hoffman, who was walking in front, tense up.

"It's that witch"

As the group of people looked up, they saw several more figures in front of the window of a control room above the factory, and the leader was the projector with the image of Moras.

"You have nothing, you are just a bunch of worthless bugs. I gave you value and made your humble life somewhat meaningful to the empire. And this is how you repay me?"

Given value?
Such an arrogant tone obviously aroused the anger of the Karen people. Some Free Army soldiers raised their guns and started shooting at their location. However, the flying bullets seemed to be blocked by a transparent wall. Apparently the control room with its thick bunker protection was under the protection of a force field.

"As for you, I presume you are Cadian."

While speaking, the Governor ignored the others and turned his attention to Turalyon and his party.

Looking at those unique pairs of lavender pupils, if you look at the appearance alone, these soldiers are not much different from the traditional Astra Militarum troops. It is just that on their bulletproof breastplates, the original most sacred Imperial Sky Eagle emblem Now it has been privately altered. A silver-gray sword wrapped with flames was deliberately added in the middle of the double-headed eagle. From a distance, the sacred eagle seemed to have been forced to grow a third head. Of course Moras knew that extra head. The long sword is the symbol of the Ashes Alliance, for which she did not forget to sarcastically say.

"A group of cowards who can't even protect their homeland have now even abandoned their loyalty to the empire and are willing to become the lackeys of the heretics."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense. At this moment, Hoffman took the initiative to take a step forward. He knew that it was the person in front of him and the empire behind her that had brought so much suffering to Karen. .

"You'd better start praying that your sanctuary is strong enough, because sooner or later we're going to get you out of there for all the suffering you've brought upon the Karen people. I swear you'll be judged."

Facing the culprit, his voice was so calm, even though his clenched right hand was trembling slightly with anger. Governor Moras on the stage just replied jokingly.

"I am waiting for you."

"The premise is that you can get out of here alive."

As the words fell, the conveyor belt above the group's heads suddenly started to rotate again. Not long after, a huge mechanical crane brought a huge plastic steel container to the group's head. At the same time, the fire door in the hall also quickly After falling, the crowd was trapped in the hall.

Looking at the liquid leaking from the container above his head, he seemed to realize something, and suddenly saw a member of the team showing a look full of fear.

"That's the high-temperature molten iron used to smelt ore. The old witch is planning to burn us to death!"

What the hell?

Looking at the empty and unobstructed environment around him, Gerald realized that something was wrong and couldn't help but cursed. Then he hurriedly pointed to the fire gate not far away and shouted at the Ogryn people beside him.

"Big man! Get us out of here quickly!"

After receiving the order, the big man first patted his chest hard to show that everything was covered by him, and then he stretched out his head like a heavy truck and rushed towards the thick metal wall.

However, the next moment, accompanied by a deafening impact, the wall was still intact.

"I'm thinking. I can't knock it open."

After leaving such a sentence, the big Ogryn man fell straight down. This situation made the stunned Gerard on the side couldn't help but let out a scream.

On the side, Loli, who is a psychic, also tried the same, but the result was only to dent the wall. Obviously this was a trap prepared in advance. The governor may have deliberately leaked the news just to attract The arrival of their team
Seeing that the container filled with hot molten iron above his head was about to overturn under the guidance of the robotic arm, at this critical moment, accompanied by the roar of the jet pack starting up, an Astartes wearing black armor suddenly emerged from the factory. jumped down from the second floor area, and then shouted sharply in the direction of the console.

"Stop your behavior immediately, mortal! A tyrant is unworthy of leading the people of the Empire!"

The appearance of the black-armored warrior surprised Hoffman who was present. He recognized this guy named Solak. He once claimed that he wanted to help the people of Karen defend against the tyranny of Governor Morath, but out of disgust for the empire, He did not accept such a suggestion, and did not expect that the other party would follow them all the way here.

Looking at the faces on the stage that were either horrified or disgusted, Sorak thought that with his status as an Astartes, he could intimidate the actions of the mortal governor.

However, this didn't seem to be the case. The other party was even crazier than he imagined.

"Your body will evaporate into the molten iron, and no one will notice it. Since you plan to be buried with those bedbugs, then I will make it happen for you."

"No one can stop me, my authority is everything!"

Seeing that the mechanical arm was still rotating, the next second I saw Sorak activated his jetpack again, jumped to the conveyor belt under the horrified gaze of everyone, and almost without any hesitation used his hands to support the overturning container.

As the power of the jetpack continued to increase, the warrior actually prevented the container from overturning for a while, even though the temperature of thousands of degrees on the surface of the container had burned his ceramic steel gauntlets until they were red, burning his skin. But when he thought of the tyrant's face, he still forced himself to block it.

O Emperor, please give me the strength to save your suffering people.
This scene shocked Hoffman deeply. He couldn't figure out why the warrior named Solak could do this for a group of strangers like them.

Listening to the constant clicking sound of the mechanical gears above him due to blocked operation, Gerald, who was located below, knew that this was not a long-term solution. Just as the Cadians were still trying to blast open the wall with overloaded laser batteries. .

I don’t know how long it took, but the originally locked gate suddenly opened miraculously. At the same time, a familiar mechanical voice came from the communicator in Gerald’s ear. It was the iron man named Clara.

"I have unlocked the passage for you, but it won't last long, so don't be stunned and take them out of here quickly."

Although I was very curious about how the guy did it, I didn't have time to think too much. Under Gerald's call, first the workers under Hoffman, and secondly with the help of Loli and the Cadian people, the group of people successfully The big man who fainted was dragged out.

Seeing that the crowd below had dispersed, Sergeant Dark Crow, whose body had already reached its limit, suddenly let go of his hand. In an instant, the entire hall below was completely submerged by a torrent of molten iron.

Gazing at the red molten iron pouring out of the factory behind him, Gerald, who had already run hundreds of meters away, finally collapsed on the ground and kept repeating the same sentence.

"Miss Clara, I really love you to death."

But before a few people could take a breath, the next moment, accompanied by the sound of rocket engine ignition, a cyclone torpedo suddenly pierced the roof of the factory, and on the plain in the distance, more The missiles have already taken off, like meteors flying from the ground to the sky, trailing a trail of destruction, and their targets are precisely those gathering places with a large number of refugees that are already under the occupation of the Free Army.
At this moment, Hoffman was completely desperate. Unless a miracle happened again, it seemed that no matter what they did, they could no longer change the outcome in front of them.
Once again, he began to pray sincerely in his heart, praying that the people of Karen could be saved, and sincerely calling for any existence that could save Karen from the crisis, because except for the so-called power of gods, he could no longer think of anything at this time. There is nothing else that can change Karen's fate.

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However, as the warrior named Sorak said, [Karen's people are lucky].

This is not true at all
The next moment, it was as if some god responded to his wish. With the red laser beam projected from above the orbit, in front of everyone, the cyclone torpedo that had been launched suddenly suddenly appeared in mid-air. It turned into a blooming red lotus.

The dense laser fire network is effectively intercepting every missile trying to leave the ground, followed by the second and third missiles.
It was only then that people discovered that a huge fleet had appeared above their heads at some point, staying above the leaden gray clouds in a manner that covered the sky and the sun.

——And that is the fleet of the Ashes Alliance.

(End of this chapter)