Warhammer 40 A New Hope

A blue magic cannonball fell and directly sank a pirate ship, followed by dense, smaller magic cannonballs falling towards them.

All the pirate ships immediately turned around, lowered their sails, and turned their rudders, trying to escape the attack range of the huge Ark.

However, they discovered it too late, it was too late.

When a huge amount of magical wind began to gather, and then a fire phoenix appeared from the sky and attacked the fleet, everything was too late.

In the raging flames, the entire fleet, along with the crew members, were all set on fire, and then slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The captain had been careful all his life, but because of a wrong decision, he ruined his fleet and himself.

And this is just an insignificant episode in the entire medieval world.

137. Rat Extermination War (IV)

The magical artillery landed among the ratmen, blasting piles of ratmen into the sky, while also buying the coalition forces time to regroup and counterattack.

When the ships of the harassing vampire pirates were destroyed and a complete and solid defense line was established, the ratmen's charge was no longer effective. Piles of rat corpses were spread on the ground, causing the subsequent ratmen troops to hesitate.

However, the [Plague Catapults] in the rear continued to hurl attacks at the coalition forces.

"Where's the artillery unit?!"

"Still in battle! There are too many enemies!"

In the previous airport battle, the Ratmen clearly understood the destructive power and suppressive capabilities of the Astra Militarum's artillery on the entire battlefield, so in this battle, a large number of Ratmen were sent out to carry out interference attacks on the artillery in the rear, making sure that they could not fire a single shot.

Even though this would cause a large number of casualties on their own side, the last thing the rat people lacked was people.

However, the inability of artillery to provide supporting fire does not mean that the coalition forces can only passively take the beating.

Boom——!

A ball of blue plasma fell from the sky and directly destroyed a ratman's [Plague Catapult]. Then a huge shadow slowly covered the rear of the ratman army.

Avengers Falls from the Sky

Biubiubiu!

Several ground-to-ground plasma cannons fired at the ground, destroying all the ratmen's large-scale siege facilities and dense swarms of rats on the ground.

After a round of shelling, several huge figures fell from the open hatch of the Avenger.

[Heavy Armor Berserker]

The ratmen who were dazed by the previous bombardment were immediately attacked by the tall berserkers who fell from the sky. These tall creatures wearing power gloves violently attacked the surviving ratmen nearby as soon as they landed.

At this time, several [Storm Rats (with Spears)] who also had thicker armor screamed and stabbed the giant creature in front of them with their spears.

Click!

The spear in his hand broke at the front end the moment it touched the heavy armor, and flew out in a spin, which also stunned the [Storm Rat], who was still an elite ratman, for a moment, and his attack made the attacked berserker even more angry.

roar--!

boom!

[Heavy Armored Berserker] punched the ratman that was attacking it with a backhand punch, knocking it away like a cannonball, and only stopped after breaking a tree as thick as a bowl.

roar--!

boom!

The two Storm Rats were beaten into meat patties along with their armor. The other ratmen raised their spears and stabbed at the Berserker in front of them, but he grabbed the spears and threw them out.

The moment these huge and powerful creatures landed on the ground, the entire rear-line troops of the ratmen would be completely defeated. The ratmen, who only had cold weapons and were extremely weak, were simply unable to fight against these transformed and violent alien creatures.

On the other side, several teams of alien servant troops were hunting down the leader of this ratman army.

Squeak—Biubiubius!

The high-speed rotating heavy beam machine gun fired green beams, melting the armor on the ratmen and turning one ratman after another into incomplete corpses on the ground.

Dozens of Gray soldiers used their psychic powers to interfere with and even control the surrounding ratmen, while assisting their own members.

The mutants, as the main attackers, harvested the lives of the surrounding ratmen like harvesting wheat. Their powerful firepower and sturdy bodies meant that the rats had no advantage either in long-range or close combat.

"Have you found the leader of these rats?!" shouted Dick, the mutant leading the team.

"Hiss~ Found him, he's running away." A viper monster holding a light laser rifle replied.

"Catch him! We can't let him get away!"

. . . . . .

Headhunter Quick, the famous Skaven warlord, was madly fleeing for his life while surrounded by his own guards.

He misjudged the enemy's strength. If he and his troops had a certain advantage at the beginning through proactive surprise attacks and targeted attacks, then when the huge "Avenger" appeared behind the ratmen and began large-scale ground bombing, his already pitiful advantage was instantly wiped out.

After losing all their Plague Catapults, Dimensional Lightning Cannons, and all kinds of weapons teams, except for those poor souls who had no fear (physical) due to drugs and transformation, the other ratmen all showed a problem of their race - extreme cowardice and low morale in most cases.

All the ratmen began to run around, trying to leave this meat grinder-like battlefield, including of course their leader, Quick.

Even though this ratman warlord had many good battle records and his strength was stronger than most ordinary ratmen, he was still a ratman after all. Under the bombardment of the Avenger's plasma cannon that fell from the sky, he could only hold on for a while before he started to escape.

However, as the leader of this ratman army, it was obviously not so easy for Quick to escape.

Biu!

A green beam of light hit a ratman soldier beside him, directly destroying his entire rat head, and then more beams of light came.

"Stop them! Stop them!" Quick pushed the equally panicked guards around him and shouted loudly. "Run, let me run!"

Puff puff!

Several balls of green snake venom exploded around Quick's team and immediately turned into green poisonous mist that filled the air.

The rat man had a fast metabolism to begin with, and after running for a while, his breathing became even more rapid, and he was caught off guard and inhaled several large mouthfuls of green poisonous mist.

Then, the guards scratched their necks, fell to the ground in pain, and began to roll around.

The toxin from the serpent monsters in the XCOM world seems to have a very good effect on the Skaven, which is a pleasant surprise.

Quick also inhaled some of the poisonous mist exhaled by the viper monster, but with better physical fitness and more experience in fighting enemies, Quick quickly controlled his breathing to prevent himself from inhaling more poisonous gas.

However, just inhaling a small amount of venom from the viper monster caused the ratman soldier great pain. He struggled to escape from the range of the poisonous fog, drank a bottle of universal antidote and found a place to lie down.

He could sense the enemy chasing him and it would be difficult for him to escape, so he planned to play dead and take a short rest while launching a sneak attack.

As long as he can kill the enemies chasing him most closely, as long as he succeeds, he will have a chance to escape!

The serpent monster holding a light beam rifle seemed unaware of this. She twisted her body and slowly approached Quick who was lying on the ground.

The venomous snake monster got closer and closer to Quick who was pretending to be dead, and Quick silently tightened the weapon in his hand.

puff!

Suddenly, the Viper used the sharp tip of the beam rifle in its hand to pierce the arm of Quick, who was pretending to be dead on the ground, causing the ratman warlord to scream out.

Knowing that he was exposed, Quick screamed and immediately tried to get up, but he was immediately entangled by the snake-like creature in front of him.

"Hiss~ I can feel your heartbeat, the flow of your blood, and the movement of you slowly tightening your grip on your weapon." The serpent monster said to Quick who was still struggling. "Hiss~ I am a snake, and you are a rat!"

The sharp fangs bit through Quick's unarmored neck, and then injected deadly toxin.

This action caused Quick to struggle frantically, but after a while, the infamous rat warlord slowly stopped moving under the effect of the poison.

"Hiss~ I hope your brain can bring a good improvement to the living standards of my people..."

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The medieval human empire began to relocate its people on a large scale, during a period when the appearance of demons in various places was not yet frequent.

Small villages and towns were abandoned, and all the people of the empire were moved to large cities like Altdorf or several fortresses.

While ensuring their own military strength and labor, the dwarves sent out a certain number of miners to build a mountain fortress for humans, digging out a large enough living space in the mountain. At the same time, Zhang Yi and others also provided a lot of large-scale excavation equipment.

"...Looking at these medieval-level soldiers, my head hurts..."

"Can spears, bows and arrows, catapults, etc. kill demons? Even if they can, how many people will have to die to replace one?"

"For various reasons, the Imperial officials and the Mechanicus were unwilling to hand over all the extra weapons... I can understand why they did that..."

"It's important to be on guard against others... Even though it's a bit fucked up..."

"How can we solve this problem? We need to replace and upgrade the weapons of the medieval soldiers on a large scale, and there is also the very likely problem of food..."

"Do I have to rub 3K-era guns myself again? My hands hurt from rubbing them for a few days..."

"And the food issue... are we really going to try to get some [corpse starch]?"

Zhang Yi lay in the chair, feeling distressed, but he soon thought of a solution.

“Why should I rub it myself?”

"It's ready-made, isn't it?"

138. Rat Extermination War (V)

"What's wrong, Miss? Did the talk go wrong?"

"Ah? No, it went smoothly. That person bought all the weapons we could collect."

"Then why do you look..."

"He also bought up all the information we knew about where the different factions in the area were storing munitions, both precisely and approximately."

"Huh? Why do they buy this information?"

"I don't know. Have their identities been found?"

"No, neither the military nor the local factions and warlords have any corresponding information about such a force that uses such standard gold bricks to purchase weapons... Where did these guys come from?"

"There's a double-headed eagle printed on the gold brick... Maybe we've met a formidable guy..."

. . . . . .

夜晚

A soldier with a turban on his head looked at the dark road in front of him under the light of the sentry post.

"It's another boring night. That guy said he was going to pee, but why did he take so long..."

boom!

He didn't see clearly what it was, but it smashed through the wall beside him like a cannonball, and made the light bulb above his head shake.

"What..."

boom!

After a gunshot, the gatekeeper was beaten into a pool of minced meat, and a blue figure slowly walked out of the darkness.

Woo——!

A shrill alarm sounded, and at the same time the searchlight on the watchtower began to search around.

Bang bang bang!

There were three more sounds of bolter fire, and all the sentries on high ground were killed, while three other Space Marines emerged from the darkness.

"A group of ancients." said the leading Space Marine. "And primitive weapons."

After saying this, the team leader led his team members into the arms warehouse in front of them.

Bang-bang-bang-

With heavy and steady footsteps, four Space Marines walked into the wall. The surroundings were already in a mess.

The Space Marines who broke in first were responsible for reaching the ammunition storage area here as quickly as possible to facilitate Zhang Yi to open the portal, while they were responsible for dealing with all resistance forces.

The defense personnel of the entire base were mobilized. The sounds of people running were keenly picked up by the Space Marines with superhuman hearing, and their positions were immediately confirmed.

"Fire!"

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

In the 3K era, kinetic weapons propelled by gunpowder spewed flames at the Space Marines. Those orange-yellow metal particles that were lethal to ordinary people could not leave even a trace for the demigod warriors wearing power armor.

"Deal with them separately, and then gather at the warehouse." The team leader said calmly, completely ignoring the bullets hitting him and letting them clang on his armor. "Don't destroy the weapons in their hands."

The attitude of the brothers of the Ultramarines Chapter towards mortals is generally good. Not very bad, but not as friendly as the Salamanders.

But when necessary, they can act as bad guys - otherwise why aren't there Space Marines from the Salamanders Chapter coming?