The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"What do we do now, Warband Leader?"

Farzad stood next to Sosiang, a rare hint of tension in his voice.

Sosiang now felt a pang of regret for sending Amnak out. If he hadn't, things wouldn't have become so dire. As an extension of his power, Amnak would certainly have had the means and ability to dispel these quantum wraiths.

But for the moment, he couldn't find any suitable reinforcements.

That left only one option, but Sosiang knew very well that he was walking into a trap. He didn't believe the enemy was foolish enough to think that quantum wraiths could eliminate him. Once he used the Greymarrow to convert psychic energy, something would likely go wrong.

In fact, he already felt a strange sense of boiling within him, as if something was stirring, urging him on, yearning to emerge.

"Warband Leader Sosiang! Retreat to my side!"

A steady voice rang out. Sosiang turned his head and saw Ilian Nastase, clad in blue power armor and wielding a crystal longsword, standing at the bridge's main entrance.

He was immediately overjoyed. How could he have forgotten about him!

Other astropaths might not have combat abilities, but this one had served in an Astartes chapter and must have a number of psychic attack methods.

The quantum wraiths seemed to sense the true threat as well. Visible frost spread from the walls and floor toward Ilian Nastase, and the ghostly tide tightened like an intricate giant net.

"Abominable xenos!"

Ilian Nastase growled, gripping his sword with both hands and thrusting it into the ground, releasing a burst of energy.

At that moment, a dazzling psychic halo spread out, and everyone finally saw the attackers' true forms. Agile figures slid out from the smooth floor, as pale as sea foam. They looked like ethereal Lychguards, their bodies crisscrossed with countless texture-like symbols, their limbs and necks adorned with ring-like objects, faintly visible as if seen through the deep ocean amid the misty starlight. There were hundreds of them, like a ghostly tide sweeping through the mortal realm.

They also wielded huge scythe-like blades, seemingly forged from some strange milky-white metal, appearing to possess some unique attack ability. One of these quantum wraiths was particularly conspicuous, tall and slender, draped in a cloak of constantly flickering quantum states, a flickering lamp hanging from the top of its raised, curved skull, and a hooked spear gripped tightly in its hand.

"In the Emperor's name, I banish you!"

Ilian raised his sword and swept it out, a searing ring of fire met the quantum wraiths and exploded on impact.

Psychic flames blazed, scorching their ethereal bodies, leaving glowing, fiery scars on them, like molten lava that then turned green and cooled, darkened, but did not truly stop their drifting speed.

"Fire!"

But at least knowing the enemy's location, Sosiang immediately ordered to open fire, but whether it was bolters or plasma, or any other weapon, it simply passed through their bodies.

It seemed that these things could only be dealt with by psychic energy. It was estimated that in the past they were weapons used to attack star gods or races without psychic power. However, after the rise of the Eldar Empire, this type of weapon, which had obvious flaws against the Eldar, might have been abandoned by most dynasties. After all, the characteristic of being absolutely physically immune but not immune to psychic energy was not suitable for the galaxy after the War in Heaven. Therefore, they were not encountered when attacking the Liesha Dynasty, but Menakh retained them for some reason.

It just so happened that they were very effective against the Eleventh Legion, which possessed Greymarrow power. It was hard not to suspect that this was a contingency plan arranged by the Silent King.

"Cease fire! Avoid friendly fire!"

Sosiang's voice rang out, and the dense gunfire disappeared, the air around everyone already filled with scorching heat.

After releasing the flames, Ilian immediately raised his hand again, unleashing bright aether lightning at the nearest quantum wraiths, choosing a novel strategy of hitting each quantum wraith in turn with fully powered attacks, rather than spreading the power among them.

Sure enough, his attacks slowed the wraiths, each struggling under the heavy blows of the lightning, and the quantum mist covering them was torn apart by the lightning.

His other hand pinched a unique gesture, and powerful psychic energy re-bent the structure of reality, the shimmering mesh structure bulged as the silent incantation expanded and covered the quantum wraiths.

Sosiang nodded slightly, Ilian's psychic power was much stronger than he thought, and this technique had a very obvious shadow of Eldar incantations.

But suddenly, a sharp spear carved strands of matter from the writhing light net, then a silver thread burst, followed by another, and soon the entire transcendent net was torn apart.

That largest quantum wraith rushed out.

"Return to your filthy xenos tomb!"

Ilian roared, raising his crystal longsword, aether lightning cascading from him like a torrent. As the sword fell, lightning burst from its tip.

The shockwave of energy passed through the bridge, with astonishing momentum. The power that erupted at this moment, in Sosiang's eyes, was at least equivalent to that of a standard Eldar Farseer. Ilian had hidden himself quite deeply.

The quantum wraiths trembled and emitted silent screams as the vast psychic energy destroyed them, and their eerie halos were also covered by the psychic light, and the largest quantum wraith also retreated in anger.

"This place will not tolerate the wantonness of abominable things!"

Another delicate shout suddenly rang out. Sosiang turned his head and saw that Kaneli had also arrived. Although she was wearing the robes of the Holy Fire Order, she couldn't hide her tall figure.

As she raised her slender hand, a void shockwave sprayed out from the gemstone ring on her middle finger, cleaving towards the quantum wraiths like a hatchet, sweeping away the tumbling abominations.

Then she summoned a crackling ball of light and smashed it into the largest quantum wraith, turning it into a cloud of scattered smoke. Sosiang had long inoculated the warriors against the fact that the Holy Fire Church had psykers, so the warriors did not seem strange, but Ilian glanced at Kaneli, who was disguised as a human, with some concern.

After confirming that all the quantum wraiths had been eliminated, Sosiang immediately connected to the Varied Cogitator.

"The bridge has been attacked. How is it on your end?"

"Detected some unauthorized quantum bit information, which has been cleared. The entire system is unaffected."

Hearing this, Sosiang was also shocked. The Necrons' quantum wraiths could actually invade the ship's system. If he hadn't brought the Varied Cogitator with him as a precaution, these strange things could have been lurking inside the ship all along, which was a terrifying thought.