The Emperor’s Angel of Death

#3320 - The Rage of Orpheus (Part 3)

At this point, the Necrons finally realized humanity's true trump card and began to concentrate their fire on destroying those incredibly fast assault landing ships.

Green lightning struck the layers of void shields, causing ripples, followed by amber energy tearing through the layers of armor, round after round, until the hull was completely torn open, and cylindrical objects inside were scattered into space. When these were shattered, many tiny bodies, like seasoning spilled from a broken jar, were annihilated in the laser-filled void.

One ship, two ships...

The assault landing ships were not enough to completely negate the enemy's terrifying firepower, but they were sturdy enough to withstand several rounds of fire, and the two tomb ships' attack frequency clearly couldn't destroy them all quickly.

Then, one of the tomb ships released a second stellar pulse, the massive electromagnetic force enough to burn out and shut down the electronic equipment of the rapidly approaching assault ships, but it couldn't extinguish their engines. If both tomb ships had released stellar pulses simultaneously, the result might have been different, and the assault ships might have completely lost control, but one of them had already released it when the torpedo attack occurred. This kind of device cannot be released a second time in a short period. This was the third opportunity Soshjan wanted to seize, and his third move!

As the aftershocks of the stellar pulse dissipated, Soshjan stood up from the command throne. He realized that the most critical step of the plan had succeeded. The previous ten seconds had been a great torment for him. He had been repeatedly thinking about what to do if it failed.

He would probably have to rush up and fight himself, but Menakh would definitely be prepared, and he didn't know what weapons or trump cards they had prepared.

Most importantly, if his secret was exposed, with so many people here, and the Minotaurs present, it would be very difficult to conceal.

"Open voice and holographic broadcasts to all assault ships!"

"Yes!"

Soon, in the dark and swaying assault ships, the soldiers and officers who were tightly bound in the narrow spaces heard a passionate and powerful voice, while small humanoid busts flickered, illuminating their faces.

"All warriors from Orpheus and Krieg, you are about to embark on a great and arduous battlefield. All the people of Orpheus are praying for you! Their blessings and expectations will descend upon you with the Emperor's eternal gaze. You will destroy the most evil, cruel, and dehumanizing aliens in the galaxy and their terrifying warships. Only by defeating them can we defend the safety of Amara and Orpheus! But your mission is not easy. The enemy possesses threatening and lethal weapons. As soulless, blasphemous machines, they cannot feel fear or anger. They will fight ruthlessly and barbarically, but now the victory or defeat of the entire Amara battlefield will depend on whether your courage, determination, and faith can overwhelm the enemy's cold metal. On the main star of Amara, tens of millions of soldier brothers are fighting bloody battles with the enemy's main forces, defending their homes and positions. It has been 287 standard Terra days since the aliens launched their attack on Orpheus. They have destroyed most of the sector, massacred hundreds of billions of compatriots, and trampled on the hot land that the martyrs of Orpheus have watered with blood for generations. They still want to go deeper, but this is wishful thinking! They will stop here! I, Soshjan Aleksey, have full confidence in your courage, faith, and combat capabilities, and so should you! I will fight alongside you to the death until we achieve complete victory! For the Emperor! For Humanity!"

As Soshjan raised his fist and shouted loudly, the Randle also fired fiercely at the tomb ship again, trying to tear open usable breaches in the hull for the assault ships.

Soon, the nearest assault ship, after enduring another round of particle whip bombardment, had its entire bow torn apart, which also rendered its buffering rocket engine unusable. The entire ship crashed heavily into the right side of the tomb ship's hull.

The reinforced hull immediately showed signs of disintegration under the impact at such close range. The right side of the hull was torn open under the pressure, throwing some of the landing pods into space, but the main keel ultimately withstood the devastating impact and smashed a hole in the tomb ship's incredibly strong outer shell, penetrating part of the ship's hull into the opponent's outer shell.

Relying on the kinetic energy generated by the impact, the magnetic rail structure inside the ship was activated, and the huge landing pods were "shot" into the ship along the rails. Although there were no melta bombs to open up space, it was wide enough under the tomb ship's outer shell.

With the first ship, there was a second, and a third...

These dilapidated warships were like daggers full of gaps, stabbing into the enemy's body, and the price paid was a trail of death full of wreckage. To cover this突击, the flagship of the original Orpheus battle group, the Arica Overlord, was almost destroyed, two-thirds of the hull was penetrated, and the Star Knight Chapter's Retribution-class grand cruiser Black Frost became two sections of tumbling wreckage, and the catastrophic explosion completely destroyed it, and other smaller ships were even more uncountable.

In exchange, 12 of the 16 assault ships successfully reached their target. Five ships hit one tomb ship, and seven ships hit the other. According to the calculation of a maximum of 50,000 people per ship, that means that 600,000 soldiers successfully boarded the enemy's warship, but considering the actual situation, the real number must be much smaller. Soshjan estimated that it was about 400,000.

This was less than expected, but at least it was a success.

In addition, the boarding team from the Minotaur Chapter should be able to go up soon. They were betting the entire chapter, with at least eight hundred Space Marines. This strike force, combined with hundreds of thousands of mortal troops, had a good chance of taking down the enemy tomb ship, but this was not safe enough.

Soshjan turned around.

"Instructor Sol, you will lead this boarding operation. Amnak, you will assist Instructor Sol."

The two people who had been standing behind the command throne nodded at the same time, turned and left. The Star Knights' company had already been waiting in the teleportation area. After the teleportation signal was initiated, they would teleport directly into the enemy ship and rush straight to the enemy's command center.

The reason why Soshjan didn't personally lead such a critical operation was because he was worried that Menakh would have other fleets arriving. On the other hand, since the other party knew his strength and abilities, as long as he didn't take action, it would create a threat, even if the other party had ways to deal with him.

In addition, the ambush that the Silent King had arranged for him before also played a role. Now Soshjan knew that his abilities had become unstable. If he accidentally went berserk in battle, or even if the other party used something to induce the Void to go berserk, things would be serious.

But even with so many conditions, Soshjan believed that the other party would still be afraid of his power. He had indeed become unstable, but he had also become more powerful. As long as he was here, they had to be careful, because he had the ability to tear apart a tomb ship alone. They would not be completely ignorant of the process of the fall of the Laysha Dynasty, at least the Silent King would tell them.

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