Chapter 708 Bell Tower

[Time: -78.30.05]

Marius led the First Company on the Blade of Fury, and they rushed to the location of the Bell Tower at the fastest speed. Although the news Marius heard was unbelievable, now, as an Ultramarines and one of the four champion warriors under Guilliman, Marius must take on this important task.

However, in addition to this, there is a group of strange guests on this battleship.

"To be honest, I don't think you should be here."

Marius stared at Duanmu Huai in front of him with a serious expression. If only he appeared here, then Marius might not say much. But looking at the girl sitting on Duanmu Huai's shoulders and the girl standing next to him doing soft gymnastics, Marius felt that he had to say a few words.

"I also want to avoid it just in case."

Duanmu Huai smiled slightly.

"After all, in the fight against the evil gods of the Warp, you are no different from ignorant children. I am really worried that if you capsize and die in the gutter, Guilliman might think that I have played some conspiracy, so for the sake of safety, it is better for me to go with you."

"The Ultramarines are experienced warriors with rich combat experience. We can deal with any situation."

"Be careful with your words, kid."

Duanmu Huai glanced at him.

"Horus fell into the hands of the evil god, and a large number of Astartes knelt at the feet of the evil god. You don't think that your first company is more powerful than Horus and his Luna Wolves, do you?"

"……………………"

Of course, Marius didn't dare to say so, but his objection was not here.

"No, that's not what I mean, Mr. Inquisitor. I mean... For this kind of mission, we shouldn't take children to the battlefield."

"They are not ordinary little girls."

Duanmu Huai laughed.

"Believe me, they are not much worse than your Astartes, and this time they may be able to save your lives."

"Report to the Lord."

Just then, the voice of the communication tube came.

"We have contacted the Clocktower, but........."

"What's wrong?"

Marius turned his head and looked at the communication officer, who looked a little terrified.

"You'd better come and listen."

Marius walked to the communication officer, and then the latter opened the communication again.

"This is the Blade of Fury of the 5th Fleet of the 13th Legion. We will conduct a routine inspection. Please answer if you hear it."

"……………………"

However, there was no response from the other side. Marius frowned and listened carefully, and then he heard it.

It was a scream.

"Ah...!!!"

It was as if countless souls were being tortured. Their screams came from it. It was sharp, tearing, and painful. Even if Marius was just standing here, a horrible and bloody picture appeared in his mind. In the cabin full of blood, the crew screamed as their skin was cut open and their bodies were torn apart. Their souls wailed in pain, and they...

At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out and turned off the shrill screams. This made Marius stunned for a moment, and he immediately came back to his senses. He turned his head and saw Duanmu Huai standing behind him.

"It's bad for your health if you listen to this too much. It's best to listen less."

"What is that?"

"The wail of the soul. This warship has become a nest of evil. The poor people serving on this warship have become victims of the blood god. Their bodies have been transformed and corroded, and their souls will be imprisoned on this ship forever, suffering in endless pain."

"……………………"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Marius twitched his mouth. He wanted to say that this was nonsense, but the strange scream just now did make Marius feel an inexplicable emotion deep in his heart.

So he didn't say much, but turned around directly.

"Prepare to board the ship."

A Thunder Eagle fighter flew out of the Blade of Wrath and came near the Bell Tower. The warship was moving forward unswervingly at this moment. From the outside, it seemed that everything was normal and there was nothing unusual. The brightly lit windows were also normal. After sending the identification signal, the door of the parking cabin slowly opened, and then the fighter flew into it and docked on the deck.

Then the hatch opened, and Marius led the soldiers of the first company out.

When they saw the scene clearly, they were also surprised.

The deck in front of them was covered with bloodstains everywhere, and a lot of blood covered the steel floor. Even on the wall, bloody handprints and some strange marks that looked very evil could be seen.

"Emperor, what happened here?"

"A massacre."

Duanmu Huai also walked down the fighter plane with Ogis and Lorena at this moment, glanced around lightly, and then looked at a mark drawn with blood on the wall.

It was an eight-cornered mark that opened outward.

"The name of the Eightfold, the trick of the Chaos Evil God."

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly and retracted his gaze.

"It seems to be true."

Marius also quickly calmed down at this moment and conducted reconnaissance around. It is the consistent style of the Extreme Warriors to plan before taking action. Study the enemy, deal with the enemy, find problems, and solve problems.

"There was obviously a firefight here, and there were heavy casualties. Although we don't know who the attacker was yet, why didn't we see any bodies here?"

"You'll see them."

Facing Marius' inquiry, Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"Their corpses have been contaminated by Chaos and turned into demons. As long as we move forward, they will appear in front of us. I believe you will regret seeing them."

"You mean like those psykers mutated?"

Marius frowned.

"If it is a similar situation, then I have seen some psykers who can twist into some kind of terrible monster because they are unable to grasp the power of subspace..."

"It's worse than that."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"You don't believe me even if I tell you, so you'd better see it with your own eyes."

"keep going."

Marius hesitated for a moment, but quickly made a decision, or in other words, he actually had no good decision to make. After all, after arriving on this ship, they only had one choice left.

That is to fight in and see what the hell is going on with this ship.

The metal door slowly opened, and a dark and gloomy corridor appeared in front of everyone. There was blood on the floor and traces of filth everywhere. When Marius saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown. Then he looked upward, and then his eyes widened in surprise - he saw densely packed bodies hanging one after another on the ceiling. Judging from the tattered uniforms on their bodies, they should have been the crew of this battleship during their lifetime, but now, they looked like chickens hanging from the ceiling, with blood flowing from all sides of their bodies. Turned into blood drops and fell to the ground.

"This is………"

"Sacrifice and ritual, the cultists can't come up with anything new except this."

Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer and strode in, followed closely by Lorena. Seeing this, Marius didn't say much. He quickly calmed down and made a few gestures to signal the first The company's soldiers followed.

The entire scene inside the Bell Tower was simply like hell. Marius thought that as one of the four champions of the Primarch, he had seen a lot. He followed Guilliman to destroy alien races and also destroyed orcs, but the atmosphere in this battleship was still weird beyond Marius' expectations. They walked carefully through the corridor and then came to a door. .

"Ready to fight!"

Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer at this moment and assumed a fighting posture. In fact, needless to say, Marius also noticed from the violent shaking and footsteps on the ground that a group of enemies were charging towards them crazily. Come. He immediately raised the bolter in his hand, aimed forward, and formed a defensive formation.

The next moment, the door opened, and then dozens of huge, bright red, wild dog-like monsters roared out and rushed towards the prey in front of them.

"Fire!!"

Gunshots rang out, and bullets penetrated the bodies of these strange monsters, tearing them into pieces. The combat qualities of the extreme warriors were fully demonstrated at this moment, although these warriors did not know what they were facing. Things, but they still instinctively follow the patrol process, just like a weapon or a machine, no matter what happens to them, they will still operate according to the rules.

A large number of blood dogs were knocked to the ground, and those who managed to get close would be smashed into pieces by Duanmu Huai wielding his war hammer, but this was just the beginning. Soon, gunfire also rang out from the opposite side. Then Marius and others saw several weirdly dressed guys holding imperial weapons and firing at them.

Against these men, the Astartes did not hesitate at all. They opened fire again, blasting away the struggling mortals with precise and ferocious firepower. Then Marius led his men straight into the hall and rushed forward.

However, at this moment, a tall figure suddenly emerged from the side, holding a battle ax high in his hand, and struck Marius head-on.

At this moment, Marius felt that the blood all over his body had solidified.

This was not because he was afraid, but because he clearly saw the appearance of the other party. He was wearing armor that was almost exactly the same as his, except that the armor was dyed bright red at the moment. He didn't know whether it was the color of the paint or the blood seeping through it. , Not only that, Marius has even seen the Astartes wearing this armor, and he also knows his name.

But now, this Astartes no longer looks like what Marius remembered. His skin is bright red, and a pair of horns emerge from his head, piercing upwards. The expression on his face is ferocious and twisted, and his eyes are What burned in his eyes was the anger and hatred that almost destroyed everything.

Normally Marius would have been able to escape quickly even if he was attacked, but this time, his brain stopped thinking. Although he had heard the truth from Loken, Tarvitz and others, Marius still didn't know what to do when he actually faced an attack from an Astartes warrior. The military manual written by the Primarch Guilliman covered almost every aspect, but he did not write about what to do if one Astartes was attacked by another Astartes.

After all, the Astartes have always been as close as brothers, and they would never point their weapons at another Astartes.

Not only Marius, but also the soldiers of the first company behind him were also stunned by this completely incomprehensible and unimaginable situation. At this moment, they were just like ignorant children, not knowing how to deal with the situation in front of them.

But fortunately, not everyone was shocked by this.

The whistling thunder hammer swung past Marius and hit the Astarte directly, knocking him out. Then Duanmu Huai appeared in Marius's eyes with the hammer.

"Why are you still standing there? Look carefully, this is your enemy."

Then, Duanmu Huai spoke.