Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Also not taken away was a stone sculpture of his appearance that was found when DOM GUY's coffin was excavated.

Seeing the sculptures, Kyle, the captain, walked up to them and knelt on one knee. Pharmacist Arak also followed the captain's action and knelt down.

For these warriors whose mission is also to slaughter demons, DOM GUY, who can kill demons from several dimensions to the point of leaving them with psychological trauma, is undoubtedly second only to the Emperor.

It is said that this legend even killed the demons for generations! This is undoubtedly an extremely brilliant and admirable achievement.

Although some of the [Night Guards] chose to fall, some others, after learning the truth, chose to resist and, under the leadership of DOM GUY, fought against the demons of hell.

Even if they fail in the end for various reasons, their achievements are still worthy of admiration and remembrance.

"Take these sculptures back. They shouldn't be covered in dust here." Kyle stood up and said to the pharmacist. "The new recruits who will join the regiment in the future need to know the story of this legend and those warriors who also fought against the demon invasion, and know their glorious deeds from another universe."

"As it should be, my brother."

79. Heading to Earth

The downloading of relevant information went smoothly. Although there was not much useful information due to Dr. Hayden's previous departure, a lot of information was still left behind.

By the time the Grey Knights returned to the hall guarded by the Krieg Corps with the servoskull containing the data, there were already many more demon corpses on the ground.

I guess the demons here must be very depressed. They escaped from the demon killer and the gray giant that looked tough, but still fell into the hands of these humans wearing gas masks.

Are all humanoid creatures so powerful nowadays? Just because they look like human beings, we can’t mess with them, right?

The legion's political commissar pulled the chainsaw sword in his hand out from the head of a [Hell Knight]. This kind of demon that can perform swift and heavy jumping attacks is a rare demon that caused certain casualties to the Krieg Corps defending here.

The keratin and strong muscles on their bodies mean that the damage caused by ordinary laser guns is not very great, and their swift bodies make it difficult for some bulky heavy weapons to aim at them well.

If it were an ordinary Astra Militarum, the appearance of this kind of demon would likely cause huge casualties, or even wipe out the troops stationed here.

However, what they encountered was one of the most elite and desperate troops in the human empire - the [Krieg Death Korps].

After discovering this kind of demon and suffering from their melee jumping attack, Artyom, as the political commissar, directly led a melee team to launch a surprise attack on the nearest [Hell Knight] and killed it after several rounds.

After the other Hell Knights ran headfirst into Krieg's position, they found that the expected chaos and killing did not happen. Instead, these humanoid creatures wearing gas masks took the initiative to rush forward after they entered their position, using all the weapons in their hands to try to keep themselves in the position.

When bayonets, engineering shovels, and even steel pipes on the ground attacked them, these tall [Hell Knights] began to panic. These fearless Krieg soldiers wearing masks and hiding their faces reminded them of the days when they fought against the [Argent] [Night Sentinels].

In the end, none of the [Hell Knights] that had charged into Krieg's position escaped, while other demons, such as young demons, who had witnessed the death of demons more powerful than themselves, began to cower.

They are not really fearless. If they were not afraid at all, they would not be so terrified by DOM.

In a situation like this where there was no follow-up support, no high-level demon commander, and defeat was already decided, they had to consider whether to continue fighting.

I have avoided that killing god and have been hiding here until now. I don’t want to be slaughtered by subsequent enemies!

The demons' retreat meant an active attack by the Krieg Corps - they had been holding back in their positions for a long time.

As the political commissar's whistle for the charge sounded, in the incredulous eyes of the demons on the opposite side, the entire Krieg Corps behind the bunkers crossed the bunkers in front of them and charged towards them, and in an almost fanatical manner, began to do what the demons often do - massacre.

After the war, only a small number of demons escaped. Most of the demons that escaped from DOM and the Grey Knights eventually became another corpse on the ground that needed to be burned.

Shortly after the Grey Knights returned, the spaceship used to pick them up for retreat dropped from the sky and landed on a landing platform protected by the Krieg Legion.

After all surviving members boarded the evacuation spacecraft, the rear hatch was closed and the engine started.

This Yakin energy facility, which was mostly damaged by DOM, was gradually shrinking outside the window, and the spacecraft was gradually leaving the Martian atmosphere.

A stream of light fell from a ship not far away toward the facility on the ground, and tens of seconds later, a dazzling flash appeared at the location of the facility, followed by a huge mushroom cloud rising from the ground.

mission completed.

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The information brought back by the Grey Knights was indeed not much, but fortunately there was indeed a method that could prevent the demons from entering to a certain extent.

The members of the state religion worked overnight to spread the expelling spells in every corner of all the ships. The sculptures of the Night Sentinel and DOM himself were also enshrined and worshipped by many members.

These spells brought back can block the detection of demons to a certain extent, and at the same time prevent the invasion of demons, unless the demons really decide to consume huge energy to forcibly invade here, or someone opens the door to hell from the inside.

At the same time, the small amount of scientific and technological information in these materials made Kadok and Kaul very excited.

Zhang Yi warned them that some of these technologies might contain [Hell Technology] that used [Argentum Energy] as energy, and they must be careful of possible corruption when researching them.

I hope his warning is useful...

The security issue has been resolved. Now Zhang Yi and others need to confirm the specific timeline to find the exact location of the legend.

To this end, Zhang Yi ordered the entire fleet to head towards the Earth, where they would get the answer.

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The hell portal opened by Mars previously led to the invasion of the Earth by a huge demon army.

At least 60% of the human race died in the early stages of the invasion, and subsequent attacks by demons brought humanity on Earth to the brink of extinction.

Although the appearance of Dr. Hayden later set off a wave of counterattack against Hell, in the end the entire coalition was defeated by the huge Hell army.

Just when the human beings on the earth were once again plunged into despair because of the demon army, that man - DOM came back and changed the predicament.

This powerful being, whose goal was to kill all demons, killed the first two "Hell Priests" who organized and commanded the demon attacks on Earth at an extremely fast speed, greatly slowing down the demon attacks and buying precious breathing time for humans on Earth.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan to conquer the Earth, the Queen of the Mek tribe hid the last Hell Priest, hoping to stop the killer from taking further action.

But the result was that the last [Hell Priest] was still found and killed by DOM DUG, and the [Argent] guards watched him enter the arena, and after killing the priest, they walked away. (Argent guard: Are you kidding? Who dares to stop me? I’m just pretending and getting ready to go off duty)

Unwilling to accept defeat, the Queen of the Mek tribe decided to activate the Titan Demon - the Holy Elephant of Sin to invade the Earth.

But DOM appeared in Urdak and disrupted her plans again.

When the dagger given to him by Commander Valen pierced the heart, the unknown warrior finally rested in peace, and this also meant that the [Holy Icon of Sin] lost control.

At the same time, because the contract between the Mekr and Hell was broken (and neither side was allowed to enter the other's territory), a large number of demons invaded Urdak, which was called a holy land by the Mekr.

The angry Queen of the Mek tribe stopped him before he could leave and tried to challenge DOM GUY. The result was self-evident.

The [Holy Elephant of Sin] that fled to Earth was knocked down by DOM, which followed closely behind, and was sealed with the [Sword of Judgment].

Since then, the remaining humans on Earth have once again gained hard-earned peace. At the same time, they worship this tough guy who single-handedly stopped the invasion of Hell like a god, and publicize his deeds.

And now, an unidentified fleet has appeared near the earth, which has undoubtedly made the current human government nervous once again.

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"Confirm, confirm again."

"We have arrived above the Earth's orbit around this world."

"Scans and probes from the main force were detected."

"Auscultation is in operation, searching the ground."

At this time, a large number of people were gathering on Kohl's vehicle, the Iron Ghost.

Just from the orbit of this world's earth, one can see the dim, giant blood-colored symbols that represent hell, and at the same time, Master Kwa Kwat can feel a huge amount of negative emotions.

"If this happened in the Warhammer world, any of these would be enough to cause big problems..."

At this time, a picture appeared on the big screen in the ship's lobby. It was a ruined city where the smoke of gunpowder had not yet completely dissipated.

The image began to enlarge, and a giant creature gradually appeared on the screen.

Finally, a red sword blade with unknown words written on it appeared on the screen and inserted into the brain of the giant creature.

"From what I know, this kind of Titan Demon is very difficult to kill." Zhang Yi said to everyone. "Either use a sword containing the power of [Elemental Ghost] to seal or kill them, or use a weapon that mixes the power of [Elemental Ghost] and [Argent] energy to seal them."

"This beast is not just big in appearance, you can think of it as an evil god that can move freely in the physical universe..."

"His mere existence will distort the order and rules of the world, and gradually drag the entire world into hell... You can understand it as the subspace on your side."

"And that legend, without any help from anyone else, defeated and sealed it all by himself." The leader of the Grey Knights, Kyle, looked at the [Elephant of Sin] lying on the ground with its skin and bones exposed and said, "What a powerful warrior..."

"He will be one of us." Zhang Yi said. "He will bring another hope to your world..."

"Let those demons in the warp tremble with fear because of him!"

80. Land, clean up, study

Judging from the [Holy Icon of Sin] sealed by the [Sword of Judgment], DOM GUY has basically dealt with a series of troubles in heaven and hell, and returned to his [Fortress of Destruction], starting to prepare to solve the problem of demons in this world once and for all.

Because of his previous actions, the remaining humans on Earth were able to gain a precious breathing space. While consolidating the existing living areas, they began a small-scale cleanup of the demons who had become a mess due to the death of the three [Hell Priests].

But this is not easy. The most elite troops of the human side have all been lost in the first two counterattacks against Hell. Even Dr. Hayden was seriously injured. The complete recovery of the earth is still a long way off.

But this is not what Zhang Yi and others need to worry about. After all, the purpose of their coming this time is to snatch someone away!

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Two Space Marine drop pods descended from the sky and landed not far from the sealed [Elephant of Sin]. Three [Imperial Fists], one [Ultramarines], and five Grey Knights walked out of the drop pods.

After landing, the nine Space Marines immediately dispersed and began to scout and clean up the surrounding environment, clearing a safe landing site for subsequent troops.

As the first landing place of the ancient [Titan Demon] - [Holy Elephant of Sin], and also the place where DOM killed this behemoth, there are not many demons nearby - most of them were cleared out by DOM during and after the battle.

Therefore, the reconnaissance and cleanup work went smoothly, and the Space Marines only encountered a small number of low-level demons, and did not encounter those that they could not deal with.

After that, several Imperial transport planes landed at the designated location, and ordinary Astra Militarum and Krieg Corps began to quickly set up defenses around them, and at the same time began to build ground bases relying on the surrounding ruins.

Zhang Yi and Father Caul arrived on the ground with the second batch of transport planes. As soon as they got off the plane, the members of the Mechanicus in the cabin began to plunder the various technological creations of this world that remained around them like vicious dogs pouncing on their prey - they could not wait any longer.

Kohl and Father Kadoc, who had followed Zhang Yi to different worlds at the beginning, were in a safe place with Zhang Yi, waiting for the return of the Grey Knights.

They are going to the place where the sealed [Holy Elephant of Sin] is located to study the sword that sealed the behemoth.

Zhang Yi had repeatedly advised them against this idea. After all, if the seal was broken by accident, the DOM would rush over to seal the demon and kill them.

But on the other hand, a creation that can seal such an existence is indeed worth studying, and the fragments in Zhang Yi's body also support this action.

At the same time, the Grey Knights who specialized in slaying demons also wished to have such a sacred weapon and voluntarily took on the responsibility of escort and protection.

Therefore, Zhang Yi had no choice but to agree to go to the sealed place of the [Holy Elephant of Sin] with his companion, and try to study the sword blade that was inserted into its brain.

After the Grey Knights returned, the entire team hung as many prayers or pendants with exorcistic effects as possible on their bodies, and after three more blessing prayers, the entire team set off.

The Grey Knights team walked in the front, with Zhang Yi, Cawl and other members of the Mechanicus in the middle, and the two Imperial Guards responsible for protecting Zhang Yi's safety walked at the end.

The road was littered with demon corpses and various destroyed and abandoned vehicles of the ARC troops. These abandoned vehicles slowed down the team's progress to a certain extent - they also had high research value.

Dr. Hayden is actually the leader of the Mek tribe, a loyal servant of God, a Seraph. In order to avoid being hunted down by his fellow tribesmen, he gave up his original body and used his current mechanical body.

In other words, these cutting-edge technological creations he provided to the local humans all used the advanced technology of the [Mekr] to a certain extent, and were highly dependent on [Argentum Energy], which made the reverse research of Kohl and Kadok not smooth.

"[Argent Energy]... Can it be replaced with pure [Subspace Energy]?"

[Sub-gold Energy] is essentially an extract of the souls of living things - all kinds of painful emotions. This is why when humans here use [Sub-gold Energy], if they do not take specific defensive measures, they will be affected and contaminated by it and become running dogs of hell.

To give an example: if a mobile phone battery uses sub-gold as energy, the user may hear the wailing sounds of those intelligent creatures coming from the battery from time to time when using the phone.

This is very similar to the Warhammer world's warp. Although the Warhammer 40K world's warp is too chaotic to safely extract a large amount of energy from it, in XCOM, which also has a warp, there is no such problem.

Under the instruction of Grand Magus Cawl, the accompanying members of the Adeptus Mechanicus handed over a tube of pure subspace liquid energy extracted through the technology of the XCOM World Elders, and connected it to the abandoned ARC bipedal mech in front of them.

The moment the line was connected, the light on the mecha lit up and the sound of mechanical transmission was heard.

But the next second, the light on the mecha dissipated, and a burning smell came from inside the machine.

Although it failed to start completely successfully, it also confirmed that the pure subspace energy extracted from the XCOM world can replace the [sub-gold energy] of this world to a certain extent.

"Take as many of these things back as possible. I need them for further experiments." Archsage Cawl said to the other members of the Mechanicus who were accompanying him. "Of course, we must ensure their safety."

The latter sentence was added under Zhang Yi's 'death stare'. He really couldn't stand these oil men anymore.

"It reminds me of being taken shopping with my mom..." Zhang Yi complained as he looked at the Mechanicus member who finally moved forward again. "It takes a minute to buy something, but it takes hours to wander around..."

After about half an hour's journey, everyone finally arrived near the [Holy Elephant of Sin].

The huge ancient Titan demon had all its external armor made by the Mekrs shattered in the previous battle with DOM, with a large amount of flesh and blood shattered and exposed.

Even in its sealed state, everyone standing near this Titan Demon could feel a distinct pressure and faint wailing sounds.

"We have agreed." Zhang Yi said. "We cannot do any research on the [Elephant of Sin]. If it is not necessary, we cannot even touch it..."

"Who knows what kind of power this thing will have over there!"

Archmagos Cawl, who led the entire Mechanicus team, nodded slightly. His archaeological research on various local races over such a long period of time made him very clear about what could move and what could not.

The team continued to move forward, bypassing the fallen Titan Demon and heading towards the head where the [Blade of Judgment] was inserted.

"I don't think so in the game, but this thing is really huge in real life..." Zhang Yi couldn't help but complain after walking for almost half an hour to reach the waist of the [Elephant of Sin]. "My head hurts..."

At this moment, the Gray Knights walking in the front suddenly stopped, and deployed their troops to protect Zhang Yi and others behind them.