Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

Chapter 5 Heaven is dead, Huang Tian is here to stand!

"Hello, Father Nonno."

Noah was silent for a long time before he nodded slightly to greet him, but Abelard beside him couldn't help but be anxious and urged:

"Sir, now is not the time for small talk. Please open the door as soon as possible. Lady Theodora is still waiting for our support!"

Father Nono restrained his smile, and his blue eyes swept coldly over General Abelard, making the latter shudder.

She took out the auspicious instrument, pointed it towards the center of the door, and tried to communicate with the machine spirit.

However, this is an act.

Abelard couldn't tell, but Noah could see it.

Nuonuo is the machine soul of this ship. Doesn’t she know whether she can communicate with the machine soul and open the door?

But if Nono has a body, does that mean his other wives are also there?

After all, it's a fictional wife, so the background setting is naturally as high as possible. He himself starts as a planetary governor, and the status of his wives is higher than the other.

For example, Nono, Noah’s identity is the Grand Sage of the Mechanicus… Although it is a bit of a waste of talent for a Grand Sage to be an engine prophet on a cruiser, but, why would Noah care about this when he is playing with his wife?

Although most of his wives except Nuonuo were not on the ship, he remembered that the Master of Sound Array should be one of his wives - mainly because the original Master of Sound Array was too ugly, so he had to create a new wife to please the eyes.

But now the sound array master on the ship is still Vigdis, so where is his wife?

Beep!

The auspicious instrument sounded music praising the machine spirit, the huge pistons in the wall made a hissing sound like pressure relief valves, and the doors opened in a complex sequence. When each door was opened, another door opened at a different angle.

The first slides to the side, the second opens diagonally, and the third opens vertically.

There was no breathing, no wails of pain or cries for help, only the quiet noise of machines.

Abelard did not hide on both sides of the door according to tactical standards. Instead, he eagerly led the deck enforcers to rush into the door. Their footsteps broke the silence, and a large number of lasers shot at them from the darkness, accompanied by the crazy roars of the cultists.

It was just a small-scale battle. With the reinforcement of a large number of deck enforcers, the cultists were defeated.

Finally, everything fell silent again.

The air was filled with a sickeningly strong smell of blood, and the corpses scattered all over the ground told of the atrocities that had taken place here not long ago - the bodies of the cultists lay in groups of three or two around the observation deck, and they had been shot by law enforcers.

But more corpses of the servitors were gathered in the center of the observation deck, and the commander-in-chief saw the broken body of the wandering merchant among them.

He walked towards Theodora tremblingly, towards the body that had been pierced by dozens of lasers. Her forehead was also hit by a laser gun, blood was flowing in the dark hole, and her lifeless eyes still had a hint of surprise.

"Lady Theodora..."

Abelard felt his voice trembling, because he was clearly aware of a fact:

The Rogue Trader is dead!

This ship, this fleet's lord captain, the master of the von Valancius dynasty that ruled over several planets, died at the hands of the cultists.

And all this was due to his failure to rescue in time.

"I regret."

Father Nono stepped forward, the huge power axe hitting the floor with a noise, and calmly analyzed the facts before him:

"Despite the servitors' efforts to protect their master, the cultists appear to be gaining the upper hand."

Abelard did not answer. He silently counted the bodies in the crowd.

Lady Theodora, her chief warrior, the Lord of Whispers, Witwell, and the young man named Edsard.

They all fell in a pool of blood.

But their causes of death were completely different.

Lady Theodora and her chief warrior were killed by the cultists, as evidenced by the numerous laser gun burns on their bodies.

As for Witwell and Edessaad, their bodies seemed to have been torn apart by some kind of melee weapons. And these melee weapons were not sharp, so the bodies were messed up.

The only thing here that can match the murder weapon is the mechanical engineering claws of the robot servants.

Abelard, who was experienced in combat, quickly reconstructed the scene in his mind:

Lady Theodora was besieged by the cultists, and her chief warrior and servitors tried hard to protect her life. However, the servitors did not realize that their protection was hindering Lady Theodora's escape, and eventually they all died under the cultists' guns.

But it's not their fault.

The lobotomized servitors have no thoughts and will only follow the commands given to them.

But why were Witwell and Edsad killed by the servitors?

Abelard could only think of two possibilities:

Either the servitor went out of control and killed Witwell in the process.

Or, the servitors killed them under someone's orders.

The one who gave the order must be Lady Theodora or one of the chief warriors, but why did they want to kill Witwell?

The answer is obvious -

They are traitors!

Although there was no conclusive evidence, the fact was so obvious that Abelard had almost guessed the truth and subconsciously ignored some details on the field.

For example, some servitors did not die from the cultists' guns, but from the chief warrior's chainsword and Theodora's hell pistol.

But this can also find a reasonable explanation:

The 'protection' of the servitors made it difficult for Lady Theodora to escape, and she had to shoot two servitors to open a gap in the crowd, and the same was true for the chief warrior.

At this moment, an officer's panicked voice came from their communicator:

"The bridge is under attack, requesting support! I repeat, the bridge is under attack, requesting support!"

Even in the face of such a sudden change, Noah still tried to stay calm and not let himself laugh out loud:

"Captain, now is not the time to be sad. We must rush to the bridge and leave the subspace as soon as possible!"

Abelard clenched his fists, but he knew Noah was right, they didn't have time to grieve now.

During the voyage in the Warp, if the ship gets lost in the Warp, everyone will die!

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Constellation, bridge.

The once orderly bridge has now turned into a chaotic battlefield.

The sturdy door leading to the bridge was silently breached by the cultists at some point. When Noah and his men arrived, dozens of cultists had already occupied most of the bridge and were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the officers and law enforcers who remained on the bridge.

Sister Ajetta's explosives fired the first shot, tearing into pieces a cultist who looked like a leader and had his back to them.

Immediately afterwards, dense volleys of lasers and the law enforcers in the bridge attacked from the front and back, shooting the unsuspecting cultists one by one.

"Where's the coxswain? Where is the coxswain?!"

Noah shouted.

"grown ups,"

An officer said, "Lord Leiwo has unfortunately died in the attack by the cultists."

Abelard's expression changed and he immediately walked towards the officer. When he saw the body on the ground, his eyes suddenly went dark.

That was the body of helmsman Leivo!

Noah frowned:

"Restore the sound array communication with the Navigator's Sanctuary immediately!"

Abelard glanced at Noah. Before being brought to this ship by him, Noah was once the planetary governor of a hive world. It was not easy for anyone to climb to this position.

So since the death of Lady Theodora was confirmed, Noah naturally took over the command of the team. Abelard had no complaints about this, because there was no one on the ship who was more qualified than Noah to inherit the von Valancius family.

The reason why he wanted to see Noah was because...

Abelard was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly:

"My Lord, I just left the Navigator's Sanctuary before joining you."

After a brief pause, Abelard continued:

"A storm of the Warp has struck the fleet of House von Valancius, and the Navigator has given his life to fight against it."

In the warp, there are only two types of people who can take them out of the warp safely.

One is the navigator and the other is the helmsman.

The former is responsible for navigation, and the latter is responsible for controlling the spacecraft.

If the Navigator dies, the Helmsman can still steer the ship out of the warp, but it is likely to go off track.

But if the navigator and the helmsman died at the same time, this situation can usually only be described in one word -

send.

Although other helmsmen can also control the spacecraft, they are far less experienced than the chief helmsman.

Even if you can leave the subspace, the uncertainty of appearing in the real universe is greater. It is very likely that you will appear within the gravity well of the planet. If you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and everyone will die. The risk of death is very high!

Father Nono said:

"I can fly the ship."

Abelard was stunned at first, then his face showed joy.

Although there is a helmsman on the ship, when a technical priest of the Mechanicus - now it should be called the Adeptus Mechanicus - says she can do it, she probably really can do it!

Chapter 6 I Need to Regroup the Fleet

The bridge of the Stars was two hundred meters wide, with a dome as ornate and magnificent as a cathedral. Servo skulls and network cables floated below the gallery, depicting the glorious history of the von Valancius dynasty and the heroic deeds of its members.

At the very front of the bridge were the Stars' broad observation windows, the central pane a single, flawless sheet of tempered glass, but the edges composed of pieces of colored glass held in place by solid relief carvings.

When the Stars successfully jumped out of the subspace and returned to the real universe thanks to the efforts of Father Nono.

To prevent the crew from gazing upon the all-too-glamorous dangers of the Warp, the heavy shutters shielding the bridge windows opened.

In the cold and dark space, the scorching golden sun radiated bright light in the distance. An escort squadron consisting of two Sword-class frigates and two Firestorm-class frigates guarded the Stars on both sides.

Consul General Abelard stood on a staircase covered with a red carpet with gold edges and a golden double-headed eagle. At the end of the stairs was a platform that was higher than the command bridge work area and instrument group. It was the battleship's command platform, and the command throne of the Stars was also placed there.

Rumble!

The command throne facing the operating table slowly turned, allowing Noah, who was sitting on it, to see the crew standing at the bottom of the stairs.

This place originally belonged to Theodora, but now, she belonged to him.

"Where is the Sound Array Master?" Noah asked.

"grown ups."

A female officer with long golden hair stepped forward and said respectfully:

"Captain Vigdis was unfortunately killed in the previous battle. I am her deputy, White."

Noah looked the woman in front of him up and down. The tight officer's uniform showed off her curvy figure to the fullest. There was no trace of any mechanical implants on her appearance, and her bright and smooth blonde hair was tied into two ponytails that reached her waist.

Noah confirmed on the spot that this was also one of his sculpted wives.

Noah skillfully began to give his first order: "Then, Miss White, you are my new sound array master. Immediately restore the sound array communication with the escort formation and make sure my voice can reach everyone's ears."

"As you wish, sir." White touched his chest and saluted respectfully.

Soon, the new sound array master gave a reply:

"The sound array signal is stable. You can make a speech."

Noah said nothing, looking at Abelard who was standing closest to him on the stairs.