The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Saulay breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ashley rescued. The Burrowing Serpent wrapped around the silver unicorn was also dead, torn into more than a dozen pieces by the “Astral Raptors” that descended from the sky. However, the Knight Titan was also severely damaged. Oily smoke seeped from the outside of his reactor core, burning and flowing on the family banner, leaving mottled stripes of oil stains. Hydraulic oil leaked from the pulse supply pipes at the legs and shoulders.

Harlowin's Knight was in worse condition than his, but at least he still had the most basic mobility.

"Patriarch, our Titans have suffered severe damage, and Knights have been injured, requiring transfer."

"Received. Relic Keepers are en route to your location."

With the assistance of the Knights and the temporarily joined 11th Company, the Tyranids in the area were contained. Accompanied by the rumble of tracks, huge Brutal Blades and scaled-down 520 tanks, as well as many armored vehicles, took the lead in arriving at the battlefield. Most of them were Hellhound flame tanks, which proved to be adept at fighting the Tyranid swarm. With streams of flames pouring out, a spreading wall of fire quickly formed on the battlefield, blocking the advance of most of the smaller Tyranid creatures.

Immediately following were hurried footsteps and heavy roars. Auxiliaries and militia also arrived one after another. The auxiliaries were naturally armed to the teeth, while the militia, although equipped with simple gear, also had important tasks. Each person carried 1-2 sandbags. They quickly piled up temporary fortifications with sandbags, then quickly turned around to carry new sandbags, while trucks loaded huge triangular piles and metal obstacles, using them as important supports for the temporary fortifications.

The last to appear were four behemoths, each nearly thirty meters long, resembling round beetles. Their spacious interior was crammed with Tech-Priests and servitors. The front of the vehicle had a circular turret, with the barrel of a giant cannon extending from the turret. There were also a dozen machine guns on both sides of the vehicle. These were the Relic Crawlers, mainly used by the Knight families for battlefield repairs.

These metal beetles arrived near the damaged Knight Titans at a steady speed, after which a large number of servitors walked out carrying tools. At the same time, the top cover of the vehicles gradually opened to the surroundings, extending huge cranes and fixing frames.

The Tech-Priests were the last to come out, directing the servitors to dismantle the limbs of the severely damaged Iron Maiden, and then hoist the main torso onto the Relic Crawler, while Ashley was also transferred to the Crawler's treatment pod. At the same time, Harlowin's Indomitable Sword was also temporarily repaired. Since its condition was better, it did not need to be transferred to the rear. The Tech-Priests made some temporary structural repairs. Other Titans were also repaired, but could not leave the battlefield.

"Is that a Malefactor?"

Sabrin walked to Bakhram's side and kicked the huge corpse. At this time, Tech-Priests had arrived here, preparing to use equipment to remove the corpse of this Tyranid creature, even the brain tissue scattered on the ground. This kind of advanced psychic creature, even its corpse, was extremely rare and of high research value.

"Yes, it almost caused a big problem for the front line."

Bakhram, who had taken off his helmet, watched the Mechanicus recovery team load the dead Norn Queen into a large bucket full of suspension fluid, and nodded.

"Tyranid psychic creatures are more troublesome than their behemoths, and the proportion of psychic creatures in this Tyranid swarm is very high. There have been more than a hundred sightings and engagements so far."

Bakhram withdrew his gaze from the Mechanicus collection team and looked at the Knight Titan being urgently repaired.

"That Saulay, if I remember correctly, you seem to have said that he is..."

Sabrin did not answer directly, but nodded.

Bakhram smiled slightly.

"Quite brave, actually facing a Morvus. There is currently only one sighting record of this Tyranid creature. The Mechanicus designation is [Lethal Extreme Danger]. They are extraordinary Tyranid behemoths. It is already very good that they can solve it, but they lack experience."

"This experience has to be exchanged with blood. I think only a few are decent. Compared with other families of the Empire, this hastily formed Knight family is still far behind. Speaking of which..."

Sabrin looked at the Morvus being dismantled by a huge cutting machine wielded by servitors.

"Three of them appeared at once. There were no reports of Morvus for so long during the previous battles. Is it such a coincidence?"

Bakhram chuckled.

"What, could it be coming for a nobody like me?"

"Hmm, how could our Joint Fleet Commander be a nobody? If I were a Tyranid, if I knew you were here, I would really choose to behead you first."

"Now that you mention it... if there were no Knights here, three Morvus would indeed be quite troublesome. Okay, enough talk, help me keep an eye on things here. I'm going to take the company to assist the 7th Company."

"Okay, leave it to me here. Go ahead."

While the fierce battle was in full swing on the front line, the city was also in chaos. The evacuation message spread through the streets and alleys through loudspeakers. All officials and some militia were mobilized to conduct population statistics by region. Due to the implementation of the Baojia system, this matter was carried out quickly. Then, according to the designated order, everyone evacuated in batches, but each person could only take away no more than 30kg of luggage, and everything else had to be abandoned—of course, not everything. Valuable items would be recovered by specialists, but that would no longer belong to anyone, but to the Imperial Army.

However, the urban area was too narrow to land transport ships, so a safe landing zone needed to be opened up. This task fell on the shoulders of the Star Knights' 7th Company.

After receiving the mission, Murad immediately realized that to open up a landing zone, he had to create a huge salient outside the defense line and hold it. This mission was theoretically difficult for him, who was already short of troops, but Sorshyan had allocated him a mysterious reinforcement.

Eternal Throne, strengthen my faith, forgive my sins, so that I may be cleansed by the righteousness I enter.

Grant me courage, so that I may stand, let me slaughter the great enemy in Thy name.

On the high platform stood a strong bald man nearly one meter nine tall, wearing segmented armor, holding a warhammer, with three torches behind him, a symbol of the Ecclesiarchy's Cleansing on his forehead, and several thick and heavy classics chained to his waist, and purity seals plastered on his chest and shoulder pads.

Around him stood a group of warriors dressed in white robes, white armor, and white cloaks, wearing towering, pointed, covered triangular hats, revealing only a pair of eyes, and holding uniquely shaped halberds.

Beneath the high platform, soldiers knelt in rows and rows, wearing covered body armor, with a silver mask under their helmets, and a small tactical backpack on their backs. In front of their knees lay a three-burst lasgun, a highly modified version of the standard lasgun with "standard", "precise", and "incinerate" firing modes, making it very versatile on the battlefield.

All the soldiers lowered their heads, held their hands to their foreheads, and held a silver Aquila pendant between their fingers.