The Emperor’s Angel of Death

“The arrival of the Tyranid tendrils is fifteen standard Terran days later than expected.”

At the war council, Sotha looked at the star chart and spoke in a calm voice.

“This is good news, we have more time to build defenses, and the main defense points have been basically renovated.”

As he spoke, he adjusted the star chart, focusing on the planet, and at this time the planet's orbit was covered with many distorted symbols, which meant that the Tyranid Hive Fleet's tendrils had wrapped around the world.

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Around him was a circle of Astartes, Seth and the company commanders were all there, and obviously no one particularly cared why the Tyranids were "late", after all, this alien is recognized as elusive, purely beastly thinking.

Of course, except for Sotha.

This week, as the Crimson God, he led the Bone Dynasty to fight the Tyranid Hive Fleet on Venox IV. The performance of these Flayers greatly exceeded his expectations. The combat power they actually showed was far stronger than that of ordinary Flayers, and with the help of that crazy hysteria vision, they could even establish a basic chain of command. They did see the enemy as evil Dragonmen and Dragon slaves, and the act of Flaying became "cleaning the battlefield" and collecting the enemy's armor and weapons. In addition, the Bone Dynasty's constructs also possessed many unique abilities, although their numbers were limited, after all, most of the constructs were scrapped at the first moment when the Flayer curse swept through.

And most importantly, the Necron's living metal can indeed resist many of the Tyranids' bioweapons, such as those maggot bullets, and strong acids, which can be said to have a certain restraint against the Tyranids.

In just the first day of battle, Sotha estimated that the Bone Dynasty had killed at least fifty million Genestealers. Killing was not enough, they peeled and dismantled the bones and carried them back. It seemed that in their eyes the Genestealers were not Dragonmen and Dragon slaves, but some kind of livestock. Anyway, they were regarded as "food" and brought back to the Bone Dynasty's tomb world through the portal—

This behavior must have angered the Hive Mind, and it immediately invested heavily in biomass to create large Tyranid creatures to compete with the Bone Dynasty, which was exactly what Sotha wanted.

The two sides fought fiercely, and Sotha had to admit that those large Tyranid creatures had strength. The Bone Dynasty's losses quickly soared, and tens of thousands of Flayers were destroyed. Although some could be recovered with the help of Scarabs, a considerable number were completely destroyed. According to his Bone Lord, the dynasty permanently lost one-tenth of its soldiers in the first three days of combat alone.

If it had been in the past, Sotha would have been happy to let the Necrons and Tyranids consume a little more, but after seeing the combat power performance of the Flayers after "Dynasty-ization", it would be false to say that he was not tempted. It was not only because they could fight, but more importantly, their loyalty. Sotha believed that the only force he had on hand that could not have any second thoughts or any additional motives towards him was the Bone Dynasty. They were an army that could fight for him unconditionally, no matter what his identity was, even if he told the Bone Lord that he was the Phoenix King, the other party would not have any expression, and even when the Dynasty paid a great sacrifice, it still expressed to Sotha that it was glorious to die for the Crimson God.

Where can you find such a group of forces that do not care about race, do not care about identity, and simply loyal to him alone?

To put it too much, not everyone in the Eleventh Legion, which he personally led, would obey him, and it is hard to say how many people would raise their weapons against him when some of his secrets are exposed.

At this time, Sotha really understood why Perturabo chose to use Iron Circle robots as guards instead of being close to his sons. This is the absolute sense of security brought by absolute control, which also means that Perturabo at that time actually lacked a sense of security. As for Sotha himself... he wasn't sure if he lacked a sense of security, but it was a fact that he lacked trust and confidence in many things and people. He wouldn't deceive himself.

So he really couldn't bear to hurt the Bone Dynasty's muscles and bones. In terms of their strength, they were enough to be a secret weapon or trump card when accidents happen in the future. Therefore, Sotha asked the Bone Lord to restrain his offensive and focus on attacking those Tyranid units that recycled biomass, as well as the digestion pools they built on the ground.

The Necrons' advantage over the Tyranids is multifaceted, not only in their immunity to many biological attack methods, but also their mobility far exceeds that of Tyranid creatures. Relying on hit-and-run tactics, the Bone Dynasty destroyed forty-nine large digestion pools in one day, repeatedly hindering the Hive Fleet's steps to absorb this world.

But the Tyranids are worthy of being the most flexible and versatile hunters. According to the characteristics of the Flayers, it quickly responded. First of all, it no longer sent those expensive node creatures to attack the Bone Dynasty, because high-end combat power, whether it is the Executioner or the Tyrant, is not the opponent of the elite Flayers or even the Crowned Generals. In addition, the Necrons' ranged weapons, especially the Particle Whip and Gauss Cannon, are very effective in restraining the Tyranids' chitinous carapace. Therefore, the Hive Mind directly chose not to "send heads", but sent a large number of "artillery units".

That's right, it's the Flame Belchers, Biovores, and Spore Mines, these large projection creatures. They appear in groups. Whenever the Flayers want to attack the digestion pools, they will first use small creatures to entangle the Flayers, and then the artillery creatures will release devastating artillery fire from a distance—flame bullets, plasma, and spore mines will come overwhelmingly, causing a wide range of annihilation.

Although this tactic will lose a certain number of small creatures, it will also cause great damage to the Bone Dynasty, especially the Flayers destroyed by this artillery fire, which are often difficult to resurrect.

In addition to the artillery, the Tyranids also formed a special "gun team", composed of Hive Guards and Harpies. The Flayers can ignore the shooting of the Termagants and even the Warriors, but they cannot ignore the direct fire of these two large Tyranid creatures, because they hold weapons aimed at armored targets, and even Ghost Arks will capsize if hit.

Of course, the Bone Dynasty also has countermeasures. In fact, the Bone Dynasty also has the armaments that are generally available in the Necron Dynasty's armory, but most of them have lost their autonomous control functions, and the Flayers are indeed mostly unsuitable for using vehicles.

But Sotha is different.

He unexpectedly discovered that those silver threadworms had an incredible compatibility with the Necron's constructs and vehicles, and could even enter the Flayers' bodies. This discovery not only surprised him, but also made him guess that the purpose of that guy named Vashtorr in creating this thing was probably not just to control derelict ships.

In any case, this means that he has mastered a method that allows the Flayers to "selectively" mutate. Thanks to the living metal that makes up the Necron's body, they actually have a strong plasticity. Otherwise, there would not be so many strange appearances, and this hunched claw appearance is derived from the instinctive imitation of the Star God Flayer in the depths of their consciousness. Although the power is extraordinary, it is too monotonous after all, and there will still be many adverse effects in combat.