Warhammer 40 A New Hope

It's like bleeding someone with a knife. It won't be fatal, but it will definitely be painful.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see through Mortarion's tactics - he wanted to wipe out the Empire once he was absolutely sure of his victory, weakening the Empire to the greatest extent possible while retaining his strength.

Even though they knew what the other party was thinking, there was no way to break the situation. The Nurgle army was outside, surrounding them. The other party had an absolute advantage in numbers, and their harassment like "bleeding with a knife" would not give the Empire a chance to rest.

Take the initiative? Regardless of whether it will succeed, who should they target? Mortarion?

It is true that banishing Mortarion back to the warp would greatly damage the enemy's morale and buy them some time, but what then? This is on Nurgle's territory. Even if Mortarion retreats, the remaining troops will not just retreat like that. They will most likely only retreat for a while and then rush forward.

"We can't sit still and wait for death!"

"But even if we really exile Mortarion, it will affect the current situation..."

"That's better than sitting here and doing nothing!"

The Primarchs were arguing with each other about how to deal with Mortarion's move, while Zhang Yi placed the clone of Onir the Thinker on the table and looked through various materials in his hand.

"You want to use the instant death spell to kill the giant under your feet? I can tell you clearly that it is impossible." O'Neill's clone swayed in the glass container and said. "According to the book, this giant cannot fail the exemption..."

"What's more, even if it succeeds, it can throw out the affected part to prevent it from being completely affected..."

"Carrying a bag of small creatures to misdirect spells is also a common thing in our world."

"It's impossible to use the [Wish] either. Let's not talk about the weakening of the different worlds. This kind of [Divine Evil] level existence cannot be affected by the [Wish]..."

"Keep thinking little one, you have more ideas than this, don't limit yourself."

"You put it lightly..."

I have looked through all the potentially useful information I could find, and there is some that can solve such a huge natural problem, but very little of it is usable at this stage.

Both Onir and the Emperor have the ability to severely damage this living planet, but with Nurgle's ability, as long as the injury is not very serious, there is a high probability that it can be rescued. Maybe it will become more troublesome after returning.

The extra-thick crust, coupled with the increase in subspace energy, made it difficult for the planet to be destroyed. Moreover, the planet was still flying towards the Empire, and the combined fleet was constantly retreating.

The latest news indicates that Nurgle's forces are extremely close to a very important planet with a large human population, and the evacuation of ordinary people there has not yet been completed.

"I'm going to meet Guilliman." Zhang Yi suddenly said, and then looked at O'Neill. "Moving a planet, can you do it?"

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"...Is there a better way?" Guilliman asked Zhang Yi in front of him.

"temporarily unavailable."

"There are only three days left at most. There is no time to evacuate everyone."

"Even if we have time, where can we retreat to? It's not safe to lie down anywhere now..."

"...yes."

"I'll have someone there ready to go if the time comes to do that."

"Through the explosion, a large piece of the continent will be thrown out, so that the target planet will move in the specified direction to facilitate subsequent operations." Guilliman said. "Or, install a curvature engine..."

"The rest depends on whether the god from another world you mentioned is reliable..."

. . . . . .

boom! boom! boom!

Balls of flames exploded one after another among the hordes of Nurgle zombies, and large amounts of blood and broken limbs flew everywhere.

But those covered by the artillery fire were just some low-level Nurgle units. The Death Guard Space Marines led by Mortarion were all in the rear, silently watching everything in front of them.

"As you expected, Gene-Father." [Hand of Nurgle] ​​- Nerotheus reported to Mortarion. "They chose to take the initiative."

"Because I know that my brothers will not sit still and wait for death." Mortarion said, holding his chain saw sickle of [Destruction]. "According to our plan, we just need to repel them..."

"We don't need to confront them head-on..."

"But if the 'key' is delivered to my door personally, I don't mind accepting it."

"I obey your will, my Lord." Nelosius whispered back. "All this is for Father Nurgle~"

Chagatai, Lion and Vulkan still chose to take the initiative, even though, as they discussed, expelling the corrupted Mortarion would have no effect, but as they said, they could not sit idly by and wait for death.

The bombardment from the frigates and artillery regiments continued, clearing out a large number of Nurgle's low-level troops. Then hundreds of [Storm Troopers], acting as armored transport vehicles, began trying to break through the Nurgle army that surrounded them.

The heavy-duty machine gun on the armored vehicle kept firing at the surrounding enemies, while the observer on the roof was also constantly observing the surroundings.

The huge Nurgle Chaos Egg directly knocked over an armored vehicle, while on the other side, several huge mutated flying insects submerged another ramming vehicle.

The bombardment continued, and the mortal soldiers of the Storm Commandos were using all means to clear a path for the remaining armored vehicles.

"Found the target! Waiting... ahh ...

A huge [Corruption Fly] dropped from the sky, pulled the observer directly out from the roof of the car, and threw him down in mid-air.

This elite [Stormtrooper] force was eventually overwhelmed by the boundless Nurgle army, but they still managed to pass on the images of Mortarion they had observed to the people in the position.

As the Primarch of the Ascended Demon, Mortarion naturally discovered it, but he did not react too much. Instead, he gathered his troops and waited quietly.

And just as he expected, a white portal appeared near him soon after.

"Mortarion..."

"Long time no see, Vulkan." Mortarion said as he looked at Vulkan who had walked out of the portal. "You made a wrong decision..."

"Your failure is already doomed. No matter what you do, you can't change it..."

"Even if you really expel me!"

Mortarion, who had ascended to the level of a demon, stood up, spread his decayed black wings, and cast a huge shadow over Vulkan.

"Besides, I don't think you have a chance of defeating me!"

The surrounding [Death Guard] Nurgle Space Marines also gathered around at this moment. As the only regiment that had fallen into Chaos, they had a complete logistics and other equipment, and could be said to be one of the strongest forces on the Chaos side.

He was ready for a possible surprise attack and to fight his former brother.

Ding--whoosh!

Sizzle－－!

At this moment, the fallen Mortarion suddenly discovered a chapter he had never seen before. They rushed out of the portal at a speed that was extremely fast even for Space Marines, and hit his descendants around them with weapons he had never seen before.

"!"

Before his eyes, the Death Guard Space Marine that was hit, along with his armor, gradually petrified, until all of them were completely turned into stone.

"Zero's research is really successful." Zhang Yi poked his head out of the portal and said, "Although it can only be used once."

The Space Marines of the Pathfinder Chapter, who possessed extremely strong 'supernatural resistance', rushed out of the portal, followed by another Primarch, Jaghatai.

"...Using the knowledge of the world to create weapons against us (Nurgle)?" Mortarion did not show much shock, nor did he panic because his recent guards were wiped out. "Completely petrified from the inside out, even every cell..."

Veterans of [Salamanders] and [White Scars] walked out of the portal one after another and immediately tried to intercept the [Death Guards] that were at a longer distance.

"This is meaningless." Holding his weapons in both hands, Mortarion said to his brothers and the Pathfinder Space Marines who surrounded him. "You can't stop it. The end is coming!"

"Come on! Let me see what that rotten corpse of Hope is capable of!"

297. Plague Prevention War (Twenty-Two)

Medieval World

Under the leadership of Master Kroka, the Lizardmen's Magic Toad Priests adjusted the function of the world's great vortex, allowing it to continue to protect the world even after the Ancients' special protection of the world disappeared, even in a world where there was no threat of subspace rifts.

This also allows gods like Sigma, the original ancient god trapped in the great vortex, to resume activities in this world.

And today, almost all the good gods in the entire medieval world have gathered together. They gathered in the palace of the dwarf gods to see off a noble god.

"I lost everything..."

Kislev has been completely reduced to scorched earth. In order to resist the attack of the Chaos army, the devastating orbital bombardment turned all the rampant demons on this land and the brave warriors who refused to evacuate into ashes.

"I still remember that I roared, jumped, and slept on this land..."

Today, most of the survivors of Kislev have been transferred to another planet. A very small number of them, under the protection of the Lizardmen, live and work in peace on the land of the former medieval human empire.

"I watched as chaos took away everything I had protected..."

Kislev has become a thing of the past. Even though the Bear God heard that the still-living [Ice Queen] Katarin Borha led the former people of Kislev and tried to rebuild their former country on a new planet, but... In any case, that was no longer Kislev...

"I have nothing to lose, so..."

Kislev is dead.

"I am willing to give everything for revenge!"

In front of the scorching forge of the dwarf god, the tall bear god slowly walked to the mouth of the scorching forge and looked at the divine fire leaping inside.

Around him, the gods of the Middle Ages paid tribute to him, for his decision, for his sacrifice.

The souls of the brave men protected by the bear god Ursun were handed over in part to the Emperor and Sigmar, while the other part followed closely behind him - they would jump into the forge together after the bear god threw it into the forge.

"You will be remembered, Ersun." The Emperor also looked at the Bear God with respect. "Although I don't like gods, I promise that everything you do will be praised by everyone..."

In response, Ersun nodded to the emperor, then let out a long howl towards the sky. This was his last sound.

"I will live with Kislev forever!"

thump--!

When the Bear God was thrown into the forge of the Dwarf God, the flames suddenly rose high, and the leaping flames made many gods present unable to open their eyes.

Soon after, the souls of believers who voluntarily followed the footsteps of the Bear God also joined in one after another.

thump! thump! thump!

The last person was thrown into the forge, and the flames within it rose to their highest level.

"This is something that we all need to remember!" Sigma said loudly to everyone present. "Chaos is the enemy of all of us..."

"Perhaps, we don't need to worry about Chaos intrusion for now, but sooner or later, we will need to face this threat!"

As he spoke, Sigmar took the lead and channeled his divine power into the forge of the dwarven gods, followed by the Dragon Emperor and the Moon Queen.

This was something that had never happened before. At this moment, all the good gods in the Middle Ages put aside their prejudices and worked towards the same thing.

After the Emperor also input his own power into it, the dwarf god Angron began his forging, an unprecedented forging.

At this moment, amid the heavy and firm sound of hammering, the soul of Constantine, the former Patriarch of Kislev, knelt on one knee before the Emperor.

"The revered and powerful human... the Emperor." Constantine said. "Please grant me power..."

"Enough to defeat Chaos, enough for revenge, enough..."

"The power to make those demons pay!"

"Whatever you need me to do, I'll pay!"

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Mortarion felt extremely frustrated.

It was not because the situation was unfavorable but because, even as a Primarch, he had a pretty good record (defeated Perturabo head-on and killed Guilliman twice in the original timeline), so he was confident that he could face two strong Primarchs head-on.

He also thought about the possibility of being directly suppressed or even killed, but as he said, his death would not help the Empire, nor would it have any impact on his plans or the plans of his benevolent father Nurgle.

but...

boom!

Once again, Mortarion's attack was interrupted by Zhang Yi, who was driving a Knightmare-style mecha that had been modified beyond recognition by the Mechanicus in the distance. He couldn't help but pause.

"You damn..."

squeak--!

brush!

A Pathfinder Space Marine activated the Heavy Swanwestan on his power armor, and the pure energy sword in his hand slashed across Mortarion's heel.

Upon being attacked, Mortarion immediately tried to grab the attacker, but was knocked off balance by Vulkan in front of him.

"The boss is low on health, don't stop~"

"..."

Even Mortarion, who had a relatively good temper, got furious after hearing what Zhang Yi said - these damn people treated him like the boss in the game? !

The current situation is: Vulkan - tank; Jaghatai - DPS (agile); Pathfinder Space Marines - harassment + nurse; Zhang Yi... This guy does everything!

Mortarion felt extremely aggrieved. If he had lost to his former brother who was also a Primarch, he could totally accept it. It would not be shameful.