Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 143 Start of War (5) Breakthrough and Damage

"Return!"

The exclaimed voice of a staff officer who had been squatting next to the Geiger counter broke the oppressive and suffocating atmosphere in the hall.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he confirmed the value in front of him again, and then jumped up:

"The wave of the subspace is starting to recede!"

Of course, it's not just the subspace wave that recedes like the tide, but also the overwhelming demons on the front line.

It's like not only the protagonist who has not appeared in the two chapters, but also the author who can't wake up.

When the extraordinary power on the other side of reality becomes rootless water, the demons from other worlds in front of the camp are also like hippopotamuses that have lost their water source. Although they still have huge and terrifying power, they have lost their biggest support in the interior.

The energy density on the planet is rapidly decreasing, and the psionic fluctuations visible to the naked eye from high in the sky dim down between breaths.

The demons who have been accustomed to the existence of subspace gaps for more than a hundred years have not diminished their fighting strength, but they have no intention of fighting again.

They abandoned the target in front of them, and retreated in groups under the shock of military morale.The surviving soldiers left on the ground, in a daze, didn't know whether to rejoice or be disappointed.

They fell powerlessly on their backs in the trench, staring blankly at the sky after breathing heavily.

Some people also chose to pursue, and it wasn't just demons who were red-eyed.

Comrades sacrificed in front of their eyes, and the order of never retreating was behind them.Under the background of the death of the established system, there are many people who cannot forgive themselves for living alone. At least more than 1000 soldiers rushed towards the enemy in anger, and then disappeared in the bloody tide without accident.

These interludes don't tell much, but overall, the wave of demonic attacks does stop unexpectedly.

Is this an accident?Or is it the will of the God Emperor?

Or to take a step back, even if it is the will of the emperor, he should have a material carrier.But this time, the name of the carrier of the emperor's will is Calvin.

That's right, Calvin, who had reached the edge of the battlefield half an hour after the start of the battle, felt that there was nothing he could do after seeing the mighty demon army, so he chose as a matter of course—to steal his home.

It was still the four gray knights wearing optical camouflage cloaks leading the way, but this time Calvin didn't have time to get in slowly, but chose the collective teleportation under the positioning of the four pioneers.

The great seal stands at the end of the cave, and the ancient inscriptions and reliefs have now been replaced by the desecrated marks of the demons.

The same is true on the colonnades on both sides of the ten-meter-high stone arch, and the whirlpool-like gate that constantly absorbs subspace energy is in the center of the arch.

The corpses of the fallen soldiers in front are being quietly transported here by the demons. Tzeentch's priests and Nurgle's acolytes are wearing colorful or dirty dark green robes, holding sacrificial knives in their hands, and are processing them. with these corpses.

The ceremony had apparently not yet begun.The half-assembled, yet-to-be-formed sacrifice ritual looked eerie, brutal, and disgusting.

Calvin, who had just stepped out of the dazzling silver light, saw such a blasphemous scene.

"For the emperor!"

"We are hammer!"

Without needing any more words, the gray knights, led by Calvin, rushed towards the army left behind by the devil.

The portal blocked by the tide of demons is the goal of their trip.

Hundreds of demons stepped out of the portal, then made room for the next wave of teleportation.

The square in front of the gate was crowded with people and noisy.

Every time there is a powerful person who can't bear to squeeze and violently swings his sword at his companions.Then, under the sanction of the guards left behind by the big demon, the head was hung high to restore order.

When the Gray Knights appeared, the road to the front line was cut off, and they naturally found an outlet to vent their anger, and attacked the Gray Knights in a swarm.

The demonic army who were in charge of staying on the high places on both sides also surrounded them.In the large cave, the gray knights surrounded by layers are as insignificant as a drop in the ocean.

boom!
A silver light appeared in the black waves, it was the warhammer "Mission" in Calvin's hand, burning with raging flames.Beneath the flames were the embers of corpses beginning to pile up at his feet, demonic.

The heavy warhammer swung in his hand as lightly as nothing, and no one could block its heavy weight; the dual positions of psionic energy and disintegration on the Lightning Claw shone with full force, causing pieces of demons to fall apart under one grasp.

Tzeentch's demons hurled flames at him in the distance, and the blue and pink flames of chaos extinguished in his holy power armor.Then, howling in his pair of eyes that could judge the soul, he spontaneously ignited on the spot and burned to ashes.

There was a brass knight lord with a height of five meters trying to resist his attack, but he was smashed to pieces under one blow.

More demons couldn't even confirm the cause of death, but he could only see that he swung his warhammer and knocked out pieces of demons with one blow, and then they were incinerated by the spiritual power of order before they landed.

The light on the warhammer "Mission" became more and more obvious, which was a sign of the accumulation of inertial potential energy while the mission was being swung. The greater the power, the more shining the spiritual energy.

After hundreds of demons were killed in the first battle, the potential energy accumulated in the "Mission" became more and more outrageous, and the air began to be enveloped by the power it carried.

The huge shock wave carried spiritual energy and began to radiate around with Calvin's dancing, each blow could poke out a silver beam of light in the dark waves.

The Gray Knights of the Honor Guard followed in Calvin's footsteps, squandering psychic power like never before at the sole responsibility of Calvin's soul.

"Law! Shield of truth!"

This was Tarik's voice. The decree that originally required a few seconds of preparation time took shape instantly, blocking the fatal blow from the blood sword for a gray knight with an overloaded shield behind the team.

"Law! Champion's Glory!" This is the voice of Fell. The strengthened law that originally required more than a dozen gray knights to prepare for a long time took shape between breaths and was added to a gray knight facing the lord of the brass knight. .

More laws are used from "Retribution", which seems to be the same as Psionic Lightning, but is exclusive to the Gray Knight's skills.

This skill called "Retribution" consumes more than ordinary psionic lightning, but the trace of the Emperor's will contained in it makes all the carriers of Chaos Power regard it as a natural enemy.

However, after the appearance of Calvin, the consumption of such laws was greatly reduced.It is regarded as the first choice for new tactical skills by the champions of the honor guard, just because the call of the emperor's will, which cost a lot of money, has become the embodiment of Calvin's will...

There are many changes in laws and regulations like this, so I won’t go into details here.

In short, the price is much cheaper, and the effect is still outstanding. The Gray Knight said it was good after using it.

The huge sense of oppression and the will of the entire guard collided in Calvin's mind, and the voices of battle cries and laws came and went, but were firmly suppressed by Calvin.

Psychic energy was being consumed rapidly, and the temperature of Calvin's brainstem was maintained at a dangerous level.The creaking current from the psionic magic ring in his ear and the cooling device on the armor told him:
It is a heavy burden to link the psionic energy of the entire team by one's own strength, and also bear the price of their use of discipline.

But it's worth it.

It was an unprecedented experience for Calvin to use full firepower on such a battlefield, allowing the paladins to exert several times or even ten times their previous combat effectiveness.

In just a few minutes on the battlefield, the tens of thousands of demons who were killed under the psychic lightning without money, and the invincible progress of the entire team under the dash of hundreds of meters, are the best rewards for this price.

Most importantly, during this journey, only one or two gray knights were injured in the entire team, and no one was killed.

The psychic energy was being replenished again, and a huge number of demons died one after another. Calvin's soul, which hadn't eaten meat for a long time, had a good meal.

The long-lost hunting instinct began to wake up, and he even laughed heartily as he looked at the countless demons in front of him.

You know, the demons killed by him and the gray knights with his psychic powers are not eligible to return to the subspace.

The moment they were killed in the real universe, those real names frozen in the depths of the subspace were also irreversibly erased by the power of time and fate, but the surrounding existence knew nothing about it, just like They never existed.

And the wealth of souls and the power of destiny that they carry throughout their lives will all be owned by Calvin.

A large number of souls and emotions fill his soul, but the gap in nature makes these souls only exert one billionth of the effect when they are absorbed and transformed into higher dimensions.

More power of destiny quietly concentrated on the crown of his soul, making the fire of order on the cold and ferocious thorns even brighter.

The supplemented Calvin's eyes became brighter, and the platinum light was already overflowing.

After a powerful sweep, he looked at the portal of chaos that was close at hand, shouted the emperor's holy name loudly, and then released all the potential energy accumulated in the "mission" of the warhammer in his hand to the point that even he was almost out of control.

"boom!"

Centering on the war hammer that was on the ground in front of him, a huge shock wave containing his spiritual energy spread to the surroundings.

The psychic energy ripples in the air shattered those affected in situ, and the ground folded like a stream of water, conveying the power of destruction outward, disintegrating the demonic books and lampposts on the edge of the arch that were used to isolate the probe.

"It's now!" Calvin shouted to the Revenant Redeemer who had resumed communication.

What responded to him was an intervention already in place above the orbit.

The power of the entire psychic choir, after the special psychic amplification devices of the Gray Knight strike cruiser, which are all over the entire hull, is strengthened, and it penetrates a long distance to hit the breach in the subspace.

After penetrating through layers of rocks above the head, the milky white beam of light, more than ten meters thick, plunged into the purple-black door of chaos.

Violent energy fluctuations brewed and formed in an instant, and a bright light lit up from the center of the vortex.

boom!
After a moment of dazzling and dusty, the place where the Gate of Chaos was originally located was empty, only gray-white rocks and remnants of burnt indistinct blasphemous marks remained.

The entire cave fell silent instantly, and the power of the subspace began to dissipate.

After losing the blessing of the subspace, these demons with swollen muscles and red eyes, their tall and straight bodies began to hunched, and their plump muscles began to wither.

The sharp sword in his hand has hidden traces of rust, and even the weakest among them, who can hardly maintain their own existence, are expelled from the real universe in a scream, and roll back to the subspace where it grew.

But no one (demons) cared, they were still staring blankly at Calvin's figure.

It seems that they still don't believe that just this mere mortal with less than 20 people in front of them actually cut off their way back right in front of their eyes.

"Mouse, dare you!"

This is the scene that Talos, who was driven from the front line to the rear by the demon lord, entered the cave and yelled out his eyes.

Calvin is not at a disadvantage when it comes to talk, especially after 30 years of administrative work, he is very good at using the shortest words to tease other people's minds.

"In the name of the holy human emperor, within the territory of the human empire, of course I dare! And you! The traitor captured by desire, you should stretch out your dirty head as soon as possible and let me purify it for your ancestors !"

"I hope your weapon is as sharp as your mouth! Servant of the false emperor!"

An angry Talos led his Chaos Space Marines towards Calvin and his Gray Knights.

The surrounding demons are eager to try, but all the demons who want to participate are killed by Talos:
"Go away! Chop Suey! He's mine!"

Calvin also just planned to leave here in order to get closer to the mortal front.He couldn't wish for Talos to drive away the demons.

He led the team to meet Talos, and the two teams began to charge at a distance of several hundred meters.A battle between 20 veterans of Chaos and 16 champion swordsmen of the Gray Knights is imminent.

The battle started at the limit distance of 300 meters, and the two sides, who were familiar with the performance of the firearms, fired at this distance with a tacit understanding.

Both sides use their own long-range weapons to attack each other. The Chaos Space Marines may not be as strong as the champion swordsman, but the experience accumulated by these veterans of the Legion era cannot be underestimated. They are smoothing each other's hearts in this way gap.

Tainted and twisted heavy bolters carved with profane runes, bullets bearing vicious curses, fired at the Gray Knights' helms with conscious precision.

The shortcoming of the Holy Shield Terminator not having a foldable stance shield has been deliberately magnified. The spiritual energy shield is rapidly heating up and overloaded. While the Gray Knights are using the double-mounted storm bolters to fight back, they also consciously change the striker's position. Stand to share the firepower.

150 meters, which is less than 4 seconds after the charge starts.The second tactical attempt of both sides of the battle is cast separately:

The grenade and the psychic grenade flew in mid-air, just in time for the gap between the two sides' firepower against each other, and there was a wave of "goodwill and friendly" exchanges between the two camps.

However, none of them reached their destination. These "small tricks" aimed at details were ignited in the air by the firepower left by the two sides who had prepared for a long time.

"Something!"

"Difficult!"

This is the thought of the commanders on both sides after this tentative attack.

80 meters is the killing range of psionic energy and flamethrowers.The lightning and flames across the formation complement each other.

But these are just appearances, the two sides are hiding behind the formation, and the terminators who secretly plug in the psychic transmission antenna are the ultimate moves.

The three terminators who appeared behind each other were all instantly set on fire.This time, the Gray Knights finally suffered casualties.

Under the staggered strikes of the chainsaw sword and the war halberd, the three cavalry terminators were surrounded by five premeditated gray knights and beheaded on the spot.

And the three gray knights who were teleported over were also strangled by more Chaos space fighters after causing the same amount of damage.

Calvin continued to run with a blank face. He knew clearly in his heart: this round of fighting the Gray Knights won, but they also lost.

　Two in one, ask for votes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)