The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Imperial soldiers."

Sensing the high morale on the bridge, Sorshyan picked up the communicator and began a sector-wide broadcast.

"The enemy is not an invincible monster. They can be destroyed, they can be conquered! For the Throne, for the people of Orpheus, for the slaughtered victims, let us raise the blade of revenge!"

Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!

The bridges of all ships echoed with the cry, and then the Imperial warships illuminated the dark void with dense lasers and plasma.

Sorshyan did not order conventional torpedo and missile attacks because he knew the enemy would be prepared. But being prepared now doesn't mean they will be later.

Because the Imperial ships chose to hug together in a convoy, the power of the volleys was limited and did not achieve many results. Only a handful of Necron ships were sunk, but that was not the point.

The distance between the two sides quickly disappeared. Like a mock battle, the Menakht fleet, in a crescent formation, attempted to penetrate the human formation with oblique attacks from both wings, then circle behind the humans to attack, taking advantage of the inferior maneuverability of the human ships to repeatedly charge.

But Sorshyan didn't give them the chance. Facing the tight convoy, the Necron ships that forcibly rushed in quickly found themselves facing attacks from all directions. Although their weapons were destroying human warships in batches, their own losses began to rise rapidly.

A Reaper ship skimmed over the Randall's Hope, its particles and lightning striking the Randall's Hope's void shields, causing ripples and flashes. Then the void shields briefly went out, and three Raider ships immediately followed, bombarding the Randall's Hope's upper decks with green fire flashes, only to be met by the large-scale weave shield generators of the Hearthguard.

Before they could withdraw, fire from the Arica Dominator battleship turned two of the Raider ships into tumbling wreckage, which crashed into the Randall's Hope's re-emerging void shields.

When the Necron's flanking fleets struggled to penetrate the Imperial convoy, they lost 6 Reaper ships and 23 Raider ships, but also sank 74 Imperial warships, including 12 cruisers and 1 battleship—the Orpheus Fleet's Retribution-class battleship Storm Warrior was besieged by three Reaper ships and eventually silenced itself due to a catastrophic reactor accident after taking one of them down.

However, when the Necron fleet pierced through the convoy, they found that the convoy had split in two. Because of the non-linear formation, the Imperial warships were able to change direction much faster. At this point, they had become a funnel formation that mutually covered each other, and the Necrons had to face the frontal fire of the Imperial warships again, but this did not prevent them from continuing to charge.

Lance and plasma, as well as kinetic artillery fire, formed a terrifying storm in the void between the two fleets. Any alien warship caught in it would be shredded. At the same time, the Necrons also launched furious attacks, with emerald and amber light flashing, shattering void shields and tearing open decks. The two fleets were entangled in a melee, and the ships would even briefly scrape against each other as they passed.

In just one hour, the void was filled with various metal wrecks, which spread out and drifted into the distance.

"Assault formations, move forward!"

Sorshyan stared at the vortex of death-like battlefield and issued a critical order. The Randall's Hope began to accelerate, like an arrow shot towards the Menakht's two Tomb Ships, while the two sides of the convoy began to extend two "arms." These were all Minotaurs Chapter warships that were well protected in the center of the convoy. Four battle barges, in pairs, were like the horns of a bull, and the Randall's Hope was the bull's head.

Faced with the approaching Imperial warships, the Menakht fleet did not retreat in the slightest. Instead, the two Tomb Ships met them head-on, surrounded by a dozen Raider ships and Reaper ships, destroying everything in their path with fierce cannons.

Especially when the two Tomb Ships opened fire, the momentum was even more astonishing. In just an instant, the entire bow of the Retribution-class battleship Grace Protector was blown to pieces, and the ship began to spin and drift uncontrollably.

Even more terrifying, even from so far away, Sorshyan could feel that cold mental touch.

"The bridge of the Arica Dominator is in turmoil, the Commissar is suppressing it!"

Similar messages kept coming. As the distance closed, the Necron's psychic weapons began to exert their power, and the convoy began to struggle to maintain its formation, showing signs of collapse.

Suddenly, the void in front of the observation window was suddenly covered by a green flash, and then the bridge shook slightly.

"Void shields have been penetrated!"

"A3 deck area damaged!"

"Ninth artillery area damaged and on fire, emergency fire fighting in progress!"

The Randall's Hope's first damage was a large hole in the front deck, from which debris was constantly scattered. Although it hurt, Sorshyan knew that there was no turning back now. The two Tomb Ships had aimed all their firepower here.

"All Assault Ships prepare…"

Another jolt, more alarms sounded, and the roar of the blacklight cannons also shook one of the Tomb Ships, adding many cracks and holes, while the plasma annihilator cannon on the bow blew off a section of the other Tomb Ship's hull, but it was not fatal.

"Assault formations ready!"

"Launch all torpedoes and missiles!"

The torpedoes and missile weapons, which had not been used before, were all launched in an instant. More than a thousand of these devastating weapons headed straight for the enemy's Tomb Ships, eager to destroy them.

But halfway there, a huge energy surge swept over, instantly disabling almost all the missiles and torpedoes, and immediately crashing the bridges of some warships.

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This was the opportunity Sorshyan wanted!

"Attack!"

The Randall's Hope began to accelerate, but it was not to attack. Sixteen modified Assault Landing Ships followed closely in the footsteps of the capital ship. They had been under the protection of the Randall's Hope, like small fish attached to the belly of a large fish, surviving by relying on the Randall's Hope to attract firepower.

At the same time, the horns on both wings began to "push forward." An assault formation of more than sixty warships rushed towards the enemy, and the Necrons responded with more violent artillery fire.

Many warships stopped, then exploded and disintegrated, but more just accelerated their engines, constantly firing and shooting, even if it was just to add a scratch to the opponent, they would attract a little firepower. The Reaper ships and Raider ships immediately dispersed, trying to form an interception line.

The Randall's Hope now had five relatively serious damages. A blacklight cannon turret was almost severely damaged by a hit, but it was still approaching its opponent.

Suddenly, just as it endured another lash from a particle whip and a one-kilometer-long gash was torn in the left deck, it suddenly changed direction, adjusting its course diagonally upwards.

And the sixteen Assault Landing Ships were like thrown gliding bombs, breaking away from the protection of the Randall's Hope and heading for their ultimate goal.

The Minotaurs' assault formation also broke through the interception net formed by the Reaper ships and Raider ships, and fiercely "stabbed" at their opponents.