Chapter 278 Knights and Beasts

On the other side.

Located in the eastern wilderness of the Dead Forest Festival area of ​​the Alert Star.

Under the doomsday-like dim and silent sky, a legion of more than a dozen knight mechas are charging towards the factory in the Orc Garbage City. They are elite warriors from the Free Blade.

Under the cover of sand and dust, the heavily armored patrol knights took the lead and crashed into the Orc defense line like an out-of-control truck, and behind it, fourteen steel giants of different models and a large number of knight attendants poured into it from the gap in the line.

The knights' iron feet crushed countless green creatures. While using plasma shields to resist artillery attacks, the powerful melta cannons directly tore open the outer wall of the Orc factory.

With the collapse of the metal wall, a large number of unfinished Orc mechas and the weird but powerful Gu Juji were exposed in front of the knights.

In the past period of time, those disgusting green creatures relied on these crudely made mechas to cause a lot of trouble to the Imperial forces on Vigilance, and the Freeblades came to help the Empire solve this problem.

Amid the roar of the Death Chainsword and the continuous shooting of the rapid-fire cannons, a large number of unfinished alien armored units, along with those orc factories that were originally built with scraps, became a pile of useless garbage again amid the angry roars of the orc tech masters.

Witnessing the tall figures of the knight mechas shuttling between the alien fortress factories and sweeping away batches of green creatures, the Space Marine commander belonging to the Imperial Fists was silently observing the situation on the battlefield, and at this moment a mortal officer walked in from outside the door.

"Sir, our outposts on the high ground claim that they have observed more and more Orks gathering towards the battlefield. The size of those greenskin clans is very impressive, and there are many artillery units used to fight armor."

Hearing this, the commander of the Imperial Fists almost immediately realized that those aggressive greenskin creatures must have been attracted by the battle in the garbage city. Although the knight mechas are very powerful, they are obviously not enough to fight against the surging green tide, not to mention that these allies are now too deep.

With almost no hesitation, the commander of the Imperial Fists almost immediately issued an order to retreat to the knights through the sound array channel, but then something unexpected happened

Perhaps he was overwhelmed by the easy victory in front of him, and he only heard the voice in the communicator roaring in a strange hoarse tone, as if the person sitting on the other end of the communicator was not a noble knight driver, but some kind of crazy beast that could not be tamed.

"Retreat?! Never!!"

"This is a good opportunity to wipe out the aliens and reclaim the Dead Forest District! We will never give up this honorable battle! For the Emperor! We must kill all those greenskin bastards without leaving a single one alive!"

The commander of the Imperial Fists could never have imagined that these knights would openly disobey orders, and this situation made him furious.

"Retreat immediately! Otherwise you will be severely punished! A rash attack will only lead to a tragic failure!"

But even though the words had been said to this extent, as if they had lost their minds, the knights' front line continued to advance towards the center of the orcs' position.

However, shortly after the words fell, an orc mecha hiding behind the factory building suddenly fired a harpoon with a chain, accurately hitting the leg armor of one of the patrol knights, and then the huge winch drove the chain to quickly close.

Under the drag of this force, the Knight Mech immediately lost its center of gravity, and when it fell to the ground, its huge body also crushed several attendant-type mechs that accompanied it.

Everything was just as the commander expected. These guys who rushed into the enemy camp like Khorne berserkers really ran into trouble.

Seeing that more and more orc troops were surrounding the knights' positions, the Imperial Fist commander had no choice but to order the White Scars Warband that was wandering around the battlefield chasing the remnants of the alien army to go to help the friendly forces that were stuck in the quagmire.

However, the command of the headquarters had just been issued, and soon they received an incredible news.

"The Dark Angels launched an attack on the friendly forces of the White Scars? Is this true?"

According to the Khan who led the White Scars Commando, not long ago, when the Space Marines' rapid reaction force was about to go to provide support to the knights, the robed Leon heirs in the team suddenly left the battle queue without authorization.

But when the White Scars were about to ask about the purpose of these friendly forces, they were warned by the Lion Heirs, and several bombs accurately hit the engine of the jet bike driven by the Khan.

After that, the Dark Angels shouted to defend the glory of the Inner Ring while driving their vehicles into the Vorion Vortex in the Dead Forest Wasteland.

That is a sandstorm area on the surface of Vigilant Star that never dissipates all year round. The huge sandstorm, which is as large as the continent, is enough to easily sweep a Leman Russ tank into the air. In the past period of time, no one has ever tried to approach this area, but the Dark Angels are an exception.

Such a situation made the officers present guess.

What are these descendants of Leon doing?

Are they hiding something that cannot be told?

And what kind of secrets are hidden in the center of the vortex?

But now is obviously not the time to consider these things. Seeing that the Dark Angels' troops have taken the initiative to cut off the communication link with the Dead Forest District Command, the commander of the Imperial Fists is still thinking about where to draw troops to rescue the knights who are trapped in the quagmire.

An unexpected reinforcement arrived at the scene at this time.

As several green lightning bolts pierced through the clouds and reached the ground, the light of transmission began to flicker continuously. In the incredible eyes of the imperial army, they saw that in those destroyed factories and orc garbage cities that were burning with blazing flames, there was now a living metal army of space dead spirits. The mechanical dead spirits walked slowly out of the flames with neat steps, and then pointed their guns at the orc troops present.

Almost at the same time, in the command center in the Dead Forest Festival area, the imperial officers present received such a message one after another.

"Let your troops evacuate immediately, these orcs are the prey of the Anatolian Dynasty!"

"We will not let go of any beasts before rescuing the princess, and everything that hinders our existence will be crushed together!"

Hearing this, the officers in the command center stopped their work and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Princess?

Beast?

What on earth is that guy talking about?