Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Captain, you are so direct, are you sure you won't provoke the Grey Knights to come and purge you?"

"Look at the team of [Sky Eagle Guards] accompanying you and say it again."

"..." The speechless [Sky Eagle Guard]

The one who raised the question was Sabeth, one of the few relatively normal (meaning he had a personality like a normal Space Marine) Space Marines in the Pathfinders Chapter. In this basically abnormal chapter, his normality became a kind of abnormality.

Back to the topic, in this mission, the Pathfinders will cooperate with the Grey Knights to clear out the demons that may appear in the target area, establish a new Grey Knights training ground, and try to get more information about the subspace of this world from them (the demons).

Judging from the previous clearing operation against the giant demon, the subspace of this world is very stable, and there are not so many demons and monsters in it - in summary, there shouldn't be any big problems with this operation.

If we talk about the problem, it's probably that some people in the Pathfinders failed or played too hard...

Unlike the Human Empire who knew everything about this operation, those weak demons who tried to enter the real universe from that weak point in space did not know what kind of enemies they would encounter.

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Demon World

The upper ranks among demons have not been replaced for hundreds of years. On the one hand, this proves how powerful the upper ranks are. On the other hand, it also indirectly confirms that even if ordinary humans have the [Breathing Technique] and [Sun Blade] that can restrain demons, it is difficult for them to fight against the upper ranks.

However, Douma and the village that was reduced to ashes along with him did cause both sides to fall into varying degrees of shock and joy/anger. At the same time, the two hostile forces also confirmed two things afterwards:

First, even the elite among demons, the upper-rank demons second only to the Demon King Muzan, are not invincible; second, there is a powerful existence that seems to be using incomprehensible and powerful means to hunt down these man-eating demons.

As for the demons, with Rui, one of the Lower Moons, being killed, Muzan took the opportunity to clean up all the Lower Moons, and added the task of confirming the killing of Douma to the tasks that his subordinates needed to do. Because through the eyes of other demons, he saw the town reduced to ashes, and Douma without even a corpse, which made Muzan feel the fear he had not felt in a long time - the last time he felt this way was when he faced Genichi Tsugakuin.

The Demon Slayer Corps also received the good news, but at the same time, they began to worry about this matter because they did not know whether the existence that possessed such destructive power was an enemy or a friend.

But all this is beyond the scope of Zhang Yi and his team's thinking. After all, everything in this world poses no threat to them.

Even though Muzan Kibutsuji, who was considered a natural disaster by countless humans and lived for hundreds or thousands of years, had an influence only on a small island, and the size of this island... Those who understand will understand.

Excluding the possibility of being killed on first sight due to insufficient intelligence, a small group of Star Army soldiers armed with the most basic standard laser weapons can kill this so-called "Ghost King".

After that, both sides almost simultaneously received news that a team that seemed to be composed entirely of girls was systematically hunting ghosts.

. . . . . .

“Ughh ...

Under the irradiation of ultraviolet light, a man-eating ghost screamed and slowly turned into ashes.

"You can easily kill ordinary ghosts." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the ghost that turned into ashes. "You are also used to how to deal with these things."

"But we are still late." Ruby said a little frustrated. "Uncle, can't you..."

"There are so many similar things in countless worlds." Zhang Yi interrupted Ruby and said, "Even for us, it's impossible to take care of every place..."

"Besides, some worlds are very dangerous, and we don't have enough manpower recently."

"But you have a chance. If you progress fast enough and are able to solve the major threats to this world, then the Human Empire can bring them under its wing and carry out a series of operations against them, including providing them with assistance."

"Although this may not be a good thing, at least they don't have to face the threat of ghosts, and they can live a stable life for a long time in the future until they develop to a sufficient level - generally speaking, it will take at least several decades."

"Cheer up, girls, your next mission is here." Zhang Yi said. "This is a ghost with these special abilities. If you can easily deal with it, then I will consider letting you participate in the "Infinite Train" event."

"really?"

"The premise is that you can complete the next mission well." Zhang Yi said, and then looked at Ruby. "You should know that breathing techniques can only enhance a person's physique, but it can't really wield a dragon or something, right?"

"Eh? No way?"

"You all went to see Big Brother, right?"

"No way! I was only looking at Nezuko." Ruby said. "Besides, they are not as good-looking as the uncle and the imperial guards~"

Later, Yang and others also said that after seeing Zhang Yi's crushing fighting style and the powerful space warriors of the human empire, they did not think that the Demon Slayer Corps who wielded weapons to chop demons could be considered handsome - those golden imperial guards could perform more handsome and difficult moves, and they were also much stronger.

"That's not the case. The two worlds are completely incomparable. After all, the themes are different." Zhang Yi explained the Demon Slayer worldview. "Okay, let's prepare for the next mission~"

"You imperial guards over there, what are you taking notes of?"

"Mission minutes."

402. Military Training in Progress (Part )

For the Imperium of Man in Warhammer 40, there are many threats across the galaxy.

Before Zhang Yi appeared, whether it was the Eldar who once spread throughout the galaxy, or the Orks who had nothing else in their minds except war, or the Tyranids who came from outside the galaxy and were "motivated" to eat everything, and so on.

Among them, the Chaos Demons from the Warp are definitely the most troublesome enemies of the Human Empire. In other words, for all intelligent creatures in the entire galaxy, the Chaos Demons are a big enemy that causes them headaches.

The powerful Eldar Empire, its destruction was related to the birth of Slaanesh; these creatures from the Warp also participated in the War in Heaven to a certain extent; for the four evil gods with different symbols, humans are their favorite toys.

But in the world of XCOM, the demons who came to the real universe from this stable subspace are... a little stupid...

Yes, soon after the Pathfinders, the Grey Knights and several accompanying Astra Militarum legions arrived at the target galaxy and made preparations and ambushes, a large number of Warp beings of various shapes and forms rushed out of the Warp and came to the real world from the vicinity of the speculated weak point in space.

Then... they were suppressed by the real universe and were driven back.

The portal connecting the two worlds has not been fully opened yet, and the subspace of this world is still a very stable and clean type. In addition, the XCOM world has a more solid reality barrier than the Warhammer world. All these reasons combined have caused these little demons who serve as vanguards and cannon fodder to be driven back again not long after they appeared in the real universe.

Even so, these weak subspace entities continued to appear near the weak points and were then constantly expelled back into the subspace.

"Are they stupid..."

After this situation lasted for dozens of minutes, a different existence appeared near the target area, some of which looked like distorted miners.

Around it, there are humanoid demons with more normal and sturdy bodies, driving away those cannon fodder demons that look like Nurglings, seemingly protecting the former.

Then, those demons that looked like miners raised their fists in the air and smashed them down.

Bang--!

Although the observation instruments showed that there was nothing at that location, the demons were indeed hitting something when observed with the naked eye.

"Is this demon capable of directly attacking the structure of space?" said Technical Sergeant Fal of the Pathfinder Regiment.

"I'm more inclined to believe that they just have the ability to directly contact the structure of space." Chapter Master Kerr said. "In the Warhammer world, it shouldn't be difficult for some powerful demons to tear open the barrier of the real universe..."

"But in this world, this has become a very difficult task for many demons, so much so that they need to find this special kind of demon to do it."

Just as Kerr said, these demons, which seemed to be specially designed to weaken the barrier of reality, were constantly knocking on the space in front of them. However, even at the weak point between the two worlds, the solid space barrier was not so easy to destroy.

At the same time, the inhibitory effect of the real universe on the creatures in the subspace also works on them, and some demons that have been knocking on the reality barrier have been expelled.

When only half of the demons of the real miners were expelled, a crack finally appeared in the air.

Seeing this, the demons sped up, and the crack in the air became more obvious.

"I have to say, these demons that no one believes in, no one cares about, and no one even knows about are in a miserable state." Kerr said as he looked at the scene in the target area. "Are you not going to take action now?"

"The instrument shows that there is a strong signal in the subspace at this location. It should be another big demon." Farr said. "The Grey Knights need to capture him alive if possible."

"I began to feel sorry for them."

After the unremitting efforts of the 'demon miners', they finally smashed a hole in the weak spot of this space that leads directly to the subspace. The subspace energy flowing out of it also allows them to exist in the real universe for a longer time.

Soon after, a bloated hand stretched out from the hole, and then cracks in the nearby space began to spread around.

"Please note that the target has appeared, be prepared for battle!"

. . . . . .

"I still remember that the last time I came to reality was hundreds of years ago~" The owner of the bloated arm walked out of the expanding subspace rift. It was a demon with an equally bloated body, existing like a puddle of mud. "I remember that after I successfully appeared in the real universe, I ate everyone in the capital of that race."

As he spoke, several humanoid figures emerged from his bloated body, with painful looks on their faces. They tried to struggle out of it, but were quickly pushed back by the demon's thick skin.

"I still have some food left to digest~" It opened its big mouth and said. "That guy said there is a new race near this planet, and there are countless foods~"

"He looks like he was beaten back, how embarrassing~"

"But it just so happens that I'm hungry too."

"I must control myself this time. I can't eat it all. Just like raising livestock for food, I have to leave some as 'seeds' so that I can eat it for longer..."

Having said that, green saliva was already flowing out from the corners of its mouth, eroding holes in the ground.

"You must, endure..."

call out--

Suddenly, the sound of an object breaking through the air at high speed was heard, and the demons who had just escaped from the subspace and came to the real universe raised their heads and looked at the sky.

Boom boom boom--!

The shells landed, and the scorching flames and powerful shock waves spread out, instantly sending some demons that had just arrived in the real universe back, leaving empty areas one after another on the ground.

The bloated big demon was also within the range of the artillery fire, and its strong and elastic body successfully blocked a large number of shells.

"Who? Who launched the attack?"

As mentioned before, in this world, the intelligent races in various real universes know very little about the existence of the subspace. Also, because the subspace is very stable and the barriers to reality are solid, there are few chances for the existence of the subspace to appear in the real universe, and they don't know much about reality.

Yes, some powerful subspace entities are a disaster for some weak civilizations. Often only one entity is needed to destroy an entire civilization - [Elder] and their civilization have proven this.

However, for those from the Warhammer 40K universe, these puny Warp beings are not enough.

The covering bombardment from the Astra Militarum artillery unit ended, and almost all the ordinary demons were driven back in this round of bombardment, leaving only the bloated demon and those around him who looked like his personal guards.

"For·the·Emperor!"

The Grey Knight in Terminator armor took the lead and rushed towards the big demon who was still in a daze.

Sizzle－－!

The powerful psychic lightning instantly killed the demons in the front. At a speed that was completely inconsistent with their body size, several Gray Knights rushed in front of the other demons, slashing with psychic blades in their hands.

Unlike the natives of the XCOM world, the Grey Knights from the 40K universe have extensive experience in fighting demons, and thus the offense and defense are reversed.

Bang bang bang－－!

Sizzle－－!

The remaining demons were quickly cleared out, and this team of Grey Knights surrounded the huge and bloated demon.

"Amazing, but do you think you can drive me away like this?!" the bloated demon opened his big mouth and said. "I won't go anywhere before I have a good meal!"

As he spoke, he twisted his huge body and pumped it up and down like an air pump. Then gray-green smoke emanated from his body and spread around.

"I can't wait to pull you out of that turtle shell!" It drooled again. "This will be the appetizer..."

But the next scene made this bloated and ugly demon fall into surprise again. He saw that this group of humanoid beings wearing gray heavy armor stretched out their hands towards the spreading smoke almost at the same time, and the hot psychic flames ignited, burning the spreading smoke.

Seeing that its attack was ineffective, the demon gulped its body again, and a green sticky liquid spewed out from its big mouth, attacking the Grey Knights like a net.

[Heavy Duty Sianwestin] Start!

squeak--!

The Grey Knights disappeared on the spot, and the sprayed liquid fell on the ground, corroding a large area and gradually penetrating deeper. At this moment, the Grey Knights holding weapons appeared beside the demon.

Without hesitation, they stabbed the bloated demon in front of them with their psychic blades, but the kinetic weapons in their hands did not penetrate the demon's body as they had expected - the layer of skin-like existence blocked their attack.

"You know what? I don't like eating the skin." The demon opened his big mouth as if his conspiracy had succeeded and said, "So I hung it on my body, and everything was on my body~"

“They are my second mouth~”

After saying that, the layers of skin suddenly expanded like chewing gum, instantly wrapping up the Grey Knights, and an inward suction force also appeared.

"I think you'll be a bit harder to chew, but it probably won't take much effort."

The Grey Knights wrapped in these skins tried their best to stand firm so as not to be sucked into the body of the demon, while surging spiritual energy gathered in their hands.

But the next moment, the spiritual energy gathered in their hands dissipated.

"Yes, it's very powerful. I have never seen your use of psychic energy in all these years." The demon said again. "But I was lucky enough to eat a giant beast that can absorb and store psychic energy~"

"Its meat is very chewy~"

The bloated demon twisted its body, pulling the Grey Knights who were wrapped in layers of skin, trying to suck them into its body. The Grey Knights also kept trying to use the weapons in their hands to cut off the skin that wrapped them, but they were unable to do so.

"Struggle, keep struggling~ The meat of intelligent creatures is most delicious only when they are in despair~"

Just when the demon thought it had the upper hand over the Grey Knights, several bombs struck and exploded on its hide.

In an instant, the originally extremely tough skin was torn apart, and the Grey Knight was able to escape.

"How is this..."

The sound of jetpacks activating was heard, and three Pathfinders dropped from the sky. The power swords with dwarven runes in their hands pierced into the demon's body, nailing it to the ground.

"My power is disappearing?!"

The attacking Pathfinder Space Marines paid no attention to the demon's surprise. They each pulled out a long nail covered with prayers from their waists, and then stabbed the bloated demon in front of them fiercely.