The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"My Lord, this is the Tomaz-Neeshilin pattern laser rifle, with single-shot, semi-automatic, and fully automatic modes."

A general in gray-blue breastplate adorned with red and gold sashes and numerous medals, a feathered pauldron on his left shoulder, a spider symbol etched onto the right, bald-headed with a white beard, and a mechanical right arm acting as a crutch, stood beside Sorkhyan, carefully introducing him to a short laser rifle on the table. Behind him stood the legion's supreme commissar in the same breastplate, but with a red and black uniform, and several relatively younger generals.

They appeared so small next to the towering Astartes Chapter Master, that even their breathing was cautious.

"Marshal Isaacs, have a soldier fire a few rounds for me."

"This"...

Although Sorkhyan spoke lightly, the Spiders of Misery legion marshal hesitated. Sorkhyan looked down at him, smiling as he said:

"Don't worry, if Astartes are afraid of laser rifles, then we might as well not go to the battlefield."

Hearing this, the marshal nodded and summoned a bald veteran, instructing him to fire a round at the target.

The armor of the Spider Legion soldiers differed from the Astra Militarum, with the upper body armor adopting a close-fitting design similar to classical armor, and a closed style helmet, even having two pairs of lenses, possibly integrating some optical instruments, while the lower body was simpler.

The veteran raised the laser rifle, aimed at the distant target, and in the blink of an eye, dazzling spots of light streaked across the air.

"Farthest target, fully automatic mode, continuous firing for ten seconds."

Sorkhyan suddenly issued a new order.

The veteran complied, firing for ten seconds before putting down the laser rifle and turning to salute the crowd.

Sorkhyan looked at the farthest target, nearly every shot hitting the bullseye even in fully automatic mode, and even piercing through the target used for general laser rifle testing, indicating its high power output, which he guessed might be close to that of a hellgun. Moreover, its stability was exceptionally high.

He then picked up the rifle, feeling that the heat it generated was far lower than that of a general laser rifle after continuous firing.

"Range, output, stability, heat dissipation are almost all excellent, is this really a hive product?"

Sorkhyan couldn't help but feel doubt, this laser rifle could almost be said to be perfect, except for the inability to equip a bayonet, but frankly, bayonets on rifles were meaningless for most Astra Militarum, while a more compact structure and shortened barrel could reduce the burden on soldiers.

But if it was really that perfect, it shouldn't be so unknown...

Suddenly, Sorkhyan sensed something, and looked more carefully at the weapon, even bringing it to his nose to smell it, which made everyone around him stare blankly.

Finally, he frowned and put down the weapon.

"Is this weapon made of some special material? Why is there radiation? This radiation level is probably beyond normal, right? Using it without protection will lead to—"

Sorkhyan suddenly stopped, he finally realized why all the Spider Legion veterans he saw were bald, he even guessed if it was some special culture...

This was not some culture at all, but their weapons were slowly killing them!

Faced with Sorkhyan's question, the marshal pretended to be calm, but the anxious tapping of his fingers betrayed his inner tension.

"It's mainly due to the production environment and the planet's environment."

Sorkhyan sighed softly, he knew the environment of most hives, and this kind of thing was not unacceptable, but it was a pity to bury such a good weapon for this reason.

"The environment can be improved, the materials can also be adjusted, you should find ways to solve difficulties instead of enduring them."

After saying this earnestly, Sorkhyan strode away, planning to get a few sets of this Tomaz-Neeshilin pattern laser rifle later, so that those idle iron men could modify it properly and find out the cause of the radiation and remove it.

The next item was a mechanically modified large spider, about one meter in height, its limbs completely replaced with sharp metal, and its body partially covered with metal, some electronic components could be seen at the head.

A veteran then demonstrated how to control these mechanical spiders, they moved very quickly and could perform many tasks, such as opening simple valves, destroying facilities, reasonably dragging items, and even spraying extremely tough silk to weave traps in some dark corners. Their wildness was controlled, but their hunting instincts were still there, and they could spontaneously form hunting squads, ambushing any unfortunate prey that passed through their network.

When Sorkhyan asked how many of these mechanical spiders were in the Spider Legion, Marshal Isaacs replied that there were three thousand.

It should be known that there were only 50,000 Spiders of Misery on Amarah, this number was actually very amazing, and it also showed the strength of that mysterious Fansaul family.

Afterwards, there were all kinds of plasma weapons, melta weapons, heavy bolters, tanks, and artillery, the most exaggerated thing was that this Astra Militarum regiment even had Rhino personnel carriers and Land Raiders, vehicles that were generally only equipped by Space Marines.

Sorkhyan couldn't help but be more curious, who exactly was this Fansaul family?

Maybe he could send someone to investigate in the future, in case he could find something interesting...

But what attracted Sorkhyan the most were the Spider Legion's two "engineering equipment".

"This looks a lot like an Anteater?"

Appearing in front of Sorkhyan was a robot slightly larger than a Space Marine, with arms equipped with brick-laying and digging claws, a slightly hunched body, and an oval head with two metal mandibles that occasionally clicked open and closed.

"Yes, my lord, this Luther-pattern digging robot is a semi-mechanical device made using some Anteater body tissue. Most of its components are mechanical, but the wetware part integrates the Anteater's brain and nervous system, which can maintain the innate tunnel digging instinct, without any additional programming, which can both circumvent the Adeptus Mechanicus's decrees, and greatly reduce costs, while its original aggressiveness and hunting impulses are suppressed by the brain manager, which can help soldiers quickly build fortifications and trenches, or break through the enemy's strong defenses in narrow terrain."

Seeing this thing, Sorkhyan's eyes lit up.

"Very good, great engineering machinery, Necromunda is indeed a place of outstanding people, the level of technology is far beyond my imagination."

Sorkhyan nodded as he walked to the next one, already determined to get the manufacturing technology of this thing, especially this kind of bio-mechanical modification technology that maintains biological instincts without crossing the line, which could not only be used on Anteaters...

For example, shrinking its size, reducing armor, and implanting a Ugul or Clawed Fiend's brain...

That would definitely be a fully automatic hunting machine more terrifying than a Vorax battle-automata!

More updates tomorrow, the battle officially begins~