Warhammer 40 A New Hope

479. A little bit of accumulation makes a lot, and a drop of water wears away a stone

[You are quite big, huh? ]

As if in a mockery, the voice coming from the other end made this giant being that was the fusion of dozens of blood moons feel terrified.

Then, golden light appeared around it, and it felt like it was being held by something!

How is this possible?! Although my current size is not as big as a star, it is definitely much larger than an ordinary rocky planet. How can something hold me?!

The next second, what appeared in front of it answered his doubts - a huge golden figure, and it was in the hands of that figure.

[I can feel your dirty and complicated soul, and the wailing of those intelligent creatures that have not yet completely dissipated.]

bite--!

A powerful mental force burst out from the Blood Moon and attacked the golden figure in front of it.

squeak--!

However, the mental shock that was enough to kill or distort all living things on the planet in an instant was pushed back, and at the same time, the huge body was forcibly shrunk.

What was happening before its eyes and everything it had encountered had completely exceeded the blood moon's expectations. The existence before its eyes was completely beyond its imagination, and this power was so strong that it was completely unreasonable.

At this moment, patterns like broken glass appeared in front of it again, and a tiny existence flew towards it.

"Go away!"

砰

In the silent universe, it was hit, which was like an ant throwing a grain of sand at an elephant. For the elephant, this should be insignificant, after all, the size difference between the two sides is too big.

But the fact is, the controlled and compressed blood moon clearly felt that its consciousness was slowly separating from its body.

“I’ll take another shot!”

砰

The speed of the consciousness separating gradually accelerated with the constant beating of that tiny existence, and during this period the blood moon also tried to break free from the restraints of the golden figure, or tried to bring back its consciousness that was gradually separated from the body.

But just as those carbon-based creatures who do not understand spiritual aspects cannot respond well to the Blood Moon and the Divine Seal, the Blood Moon and the Divine Seal, which have almost nothing to do with the soul, are unable to restore the separating consciousness.

In the end, the twisted and stitched soul of the Blood Moon was completely separated from its body, and compared with its huge body, its soul seemed small and fragile.

A blue-gold magic circle appeared, controlling the Blood Moon's twisting and screaming soul. The golden figure that bound the Blood Moon also disappeared.

"In some ways, if it hadn't chosen to merge all the blood moons that came, I don't think it would have been that easy." Zhang Yi, who was controlling the blood moon soul, said. "What do you think?"

【I don’t comment】

The golden lines appeared again and drilled into the huge blood moon that had lost its response. The bloody flesh began to wriggle, and the black divine seals buried in it were pulled out one by one.

"But finally, the first step of our expedition has been completed. The next step is to find a way to create a harmless divine seal so that we can continuously extract energy."

【yes】

～～～～～～～～～～～～～

With all the Blood Moons capable of briefly attacking the Dead Space World Solar System being destroyed or controlled, Earth is temporarily safe.

The first phase of the Second Great Expedition was also declared complete. Now they needed to find a place to house all these blood moons, distribute the spoils, complete the integrated management of this world and earth, and most importantly, create a device that had no side effects but had the same function as the Divine Seal in extracting the energy of the blood moons.

Conquering the world has never been a difficult task. The difficult part is how to manage the conquered areas and turn these areas into your strengths instead of letting them hinder you. This requires a lot of time and energy (looking at Guilliman).

The news that Zhang Yi and others' expedition had successfully captured another world soon reached Guilliman. He immediately began to arrange personnel to manage and control the dead space world in preparation for a series of subsequent events.

During this period, various cleaning operations on various planets of the human empire in the entire Warhammer world have never stopped. A steady stream of hidden populations have been found from the bottom of the planet and then sent to planets in need of manpower. Similarly, those parasites and heretics at the bottom have also been cleared one by one in this process.

The entire empire is undergoing a major change, allowing the empire that was originally on the verge of destruction to gradually regain its vitality - but this action will inevitably cause a lot of sacrifices and changes.

These sacrifices are worth it, or in other words, the rebirth of the entire empire through the sacrifice of a few people is worth it, but...

Not everyone has such foresight, nor is everyone willing to be sacrificed.

. . . . . .

Followers of Chaos attacking an Astra Militarum barracks.

Yes, they are actively attacking the Interstellar Force, and it is a military facility with a barracks with a large number of soldiers and weapons.

The attack was very sudden, but soon under the command of Political Commissar Tass, the defense line was stabilized and preparations for a counterattack began.

However, the sudden explosion of a shell in the barracks interrupted his plan and made him realize that this attack was not a simple one.

The heavily armored and severely mutated Ogryn apes rushed into the Astra Militarum's position despite the firepower of the Astra Militarum, wielding a sledgehammer made of a pile of metal scraps in their hands, smashing any enemy in front of them.

boom!

Another shell landed in the barracks, blowing away a large number of soldiers, and so far the communications soldiers here have not been able to get in touch with the outside world.

The worst-case scenario is that the entire planet is now under attack by Chaos traitors, and the outside world has no time to care about what is happening here.

"We have to evacuate and find out what the situation is outside!"

"There is another Chimera Troop Carrier in the barracks. Leave through another route!"

Relying on the advantages of equipment and terrain, the Astra Militarum troops in the barracks can still resist the endless stream of Chaos believers and various mutated creatures, but that is only for now. Without reinforcements, it is only a matter of time before this place is breached.

Political Commissar Tass also followed a team of elite Astra Militarum soldiers and boarded the Chimera Transporter, rushing towards another road where the number of enemies was relatively smaller.

The roars and sounds of laser gun fire gradually disappeared as the Chimera Transporter moved forward, but it was not time to relax yet.

"Take the small road and avoid the main road where there may be an ambush. We need to communicate with the other..."

"careful!"

Bang--!

Something hit the roof of the troop carrier directly, and then the sound of metal corroding was heard.

The vehicle was forced to stop, and the elite Star Army soldiers in the car got out vigilantly to investigate the situation.

The expected attack did not occur, and Political Commissar Tass also got off the troop carrier and looked at the roof.

Was it a bubbling, decaying... corpse? The green liquid oozing out of it was bubbling and corroding the armor of the troop carrier's roof.

At this time, Political Commissar Tass picked up the grenade launcher he was carrying and approached the body that fell on the roof of the troop carrier.

"Huh?" Political Commissar Tas, who was approaching, made a puzzled sound, because he found that he seemed to recognize this corpse.

"I... said..." the corpse suddenly spoke. "I will, take revenge..."

"Everyone get out of the way!"

Bang!

Like a balloon that was filled with excessive gas, the person who was originally thought to be a corpse suddenly expanded rapidly in the next second and exploded a few seconds later.

Corrosive liquid splashed everywhere along with his explosion. Many defenseless soldiers were directly hit and corroded into a pool of liquid while wailing.

Political Commissar Tass was not affected because he dodged in time, but the current situation is not optimistic.

The troop carrier, as the center of the explosion, also suffered unknown damage and could not continue to move, so they had to move forward on foot.

After confirming the number of soldiers, Commissar Tas led the team to the destination. The sooner they arrived, the better.

, the sooner we can confirm the situation and launch a counterattack.

Along the way, Political Commissar Tass did not stop contacting other troops, but no matter how they called, there was only noise in the communicator.

A thick sense of uneasiness enveloped the entire team that went out to seek help. All the current circumstances showed that things were heading in the worst direction.

boom!

Suddenly, there was a sound of gunfire, and a bullet hit the helmet of one of the soldiers and bounced off.

"Under attack!"

Despite having just suffered casualties, the combat proficiency of this squad of elite Astra Militarum troops was still very high. Almost in the next second after being attacked, they identified the attacker's position and opened fire back.

Unlike the enemy's cobbled-together firearms, the standard laser rifles used by the Astra Militarum performed extremely well when dealing with ordinary humanoid creatures that lacked protection. Enemies hit were pierced through by the laser beam in an instant.

But more enemies appeared on their augury.

"Go, go, go, don't linger in the battle! Get out of here!" Political Commissar Tas, the leader of the squad, shouted as he fired at the incoming enemies. "Fight and retreat at the same time!"

The team began to retreat in a direction away from the enemy. Chaos followers were killed from time to time, but this could not stop their attack.

Just as they pushed into a narrow road, they heard a noise above their heads, and then a large pile of debris fell from the sky, crushing several Astra Militarum soldiers underneath and splitting the entire team into two.

Commissar Tass immediately raised his head and fired upwards. With the sound of the gunshot, a human in ordinary civilian clothes fell down.

"Didn't you say there were no enemies on this road?"

"The signal mark on the auspicious instrument shows a neutral civilian unit. Why..."

It would take time to clear the cut-off road, but the approaching sounds of firing and noise suggested they didn't have that much time.

"Separate your actions! We'll meet at our destination!"

Commissar Tas shouted to the other end of the isolated area, and then continued to move forward along the road in front of him with the only three soldiers left.

Dozens of minutes later, they arrived at a square where the sound of gunfire could no longer be heard and the surroundings became quiet.

"Take a five-minute break. Signalman, keep an eye on the signal on the auspicious instrument and continue trying to contact others."

The Astra Militarum soldiers, who had been marching rapidly and in a state of high tension, were finally able to take a short break. Political Commissar Tass also looked around at this time.

All around were simple houses made of iron sheets, cloth, wood or other miscellaneous materials. It seemed that no one lived there anymore. They must have been transported to the planet... Wait!

Why did they come back here? Why would there be such a place near the Astra Militarum camp?

Realizing something was wrong, Tas immediately turned around to alert the soldiers who were resting, but suddenly, the house nearest to him collapsed and a huge figure rushed out of it.

"The big guy wants to avenge the little princess!"

480. The Fourth Person

Is the right choice necessarily the best choice?

～～～～～～～～～～～～～

"The big guy wants to avenge the little princess!"

Boom--!

Ogrin, whose body was covered with heavy metal plates and whose head showed some obvious signs of abnormality, appeared next to Political Commissar Tass with the sound of a house collapsing, and smashed towards him with his dual-wielded sledgehammers accompanied by a whistling sound.

Ding--click!

Tas's personal shield belt flashed, and was then overloaded by the incoming hammer, but this also gave him the opportunity to dodge the attack.

The huge hammer that came at him at high speed almost missed his chest, and Political Commissar Tass fell to the ground.

Biubiubius--!

Three elite Astra Militarum soldiers not far away immediately opened fire at the huge Ogryn, trying to attract his attention.

The red beam hit the armor plate tied to the Ogryn barbarian, leaving charred marks, but failed to cause much actual damage to him.

But their action did succeed in attracting the attention of the usually slow-witted Ogryn, who changed his target from Commissar Tass lying on the ground in front of him to the three Astra Militarum soldiers who were shooting at him.

"You are all bad guys! You are all accomplices!"

This Ogryn barbarian roared at the three New Territory Army soldiers in the Empire's common language, speaking not very fluently. His huge body burst out at an unscientific speed, swinging the giant hammer in his hand.

boom!

An interstellar soldier at the front failed to dodge in time and was hit directly in the chest. The armor on his chest was deformed and the whole person flew out.

The other two Astra Militarum soldiers managed to dodge the attack and fired their laser rifles.

boom--!

The red beam hit the tall Ogryn head-on, causing him to stagger. Seeing this opportunity, the two men almost simultaneously removed the melta grenades hanging from their waists.

boom!

Suddenly, a bullet coming from nowhere pierced through the helmet of one of the Astra Militarum soldiers, and his whole body collapsed. The activated melta grenade in his hand fell to his feet.

"Sniper!"

boom!

The grenade that was capable of melting through a Space Marine's power armor exploded, almost completely destroying the entire upper half of the Astra Militarum soldier, and the shockwave generated by its explosion also affected another person, causing its throw to deviate from its target.