Chapter 108 The End of the Era: Blackstone Fortress (Part 3)

Vito didn't know why he recalled the battle of the World Engine. He still remembered that day when he was on a cruiser of the Imperial Navy. He witnessed the destruction of the Astral Knights Chapter that day and witnessed the death of eight hundred Star Knights. The warrior died in the destruction in a short time.

They completed their mission, the World Engine was stopped, and the Imperial Alliance finally defeated the Undead and won the war. However, the result was that eight hundred Death Angels rushed to the Golden Throne and achieved a difficult victory with extremely tragic sacrifices.

He remembered the conversation he had with the First Captain of the Astral Knights, Zaharos, who was sent by the Chapter Master to attack the Arch-Emperor, Heqiroth, who beheaded the undead.

That was the last time they met. At that time, he asked Vito what he would do if one day Vito himself was in such a desperate situation. Vito did not give him an answer at the time, but the company commander gave Vito his own answer.

"Fight with all your strength and complete the mission before taking your last breath."

These were the last words of Captain Zaharos. He and his entire battle group died in that battle, and many soldiers Vito knew died there.

Who would have thought that a few centuries later, Vito himself would lead such a lone army, a lone army destined to never return, to launch a desperate assault on another undead fortress?

And now, Vito also knows what happened in the world engine that day, and he feels it deeply.

Their assault was directed towards the interior of the Blackstone Fortress. Everything went smoothly at first. The traitors on the outside were defeated by the assault of a hundred Space Wolves warriors and an entire company of normal battle regiments.

The Space Marines surged forward in the narrow corridor. Warriors armed with chain axes and power blades charged forward, followed by an entire hunting team. The ferocious firepower of explosive bombs covered the entire space of the corridor, destroying everything that existed. Beat the enemies in the corridor to pieces.

The mortal warriors of Cadia and the Skitarii brigade of the Adeptus Mechanicus followed behind them, and the swift assault force attacked at full speed along the complex tunnels and corridors of the Blackstone Fortress.

Ragnar and his brothers acted as the absolute main force and leveled everything. The roaring wolves swept away all enemies, but this smooth moment ended quickly.

When the commando team reached the central ring of the fortress, the situation took a turn for the worse. Unlike the previous outer defense line, which was mainly composed of mortal traitors, low-level demons, and a small number of traitor Space Marines, from here on the absolute main force of the Chaos side completely turned into traitor Space Marines.

The traitors of the Black Legion, World Eaters and Iron Warriors began to fight back here. The rapid firepower of the traitors of ten thousand years immediately raised the intensity of the war to several levels, and the warriors of the Space Wolves began to suffer heavy losses.

The most powerful and loyal traitor legion under Warmaster Abaddon inflicted heavy losses on them. Countless brothers were knocked to the ground, torn to pieces in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, and were killed by the Word Bearers Dark Mage among them. Sacrificially hit by a Chaos spell.

The battle between loyalists and traitors quickly turned the battlefield into an arena for demigods, in which the mortal warriors of Cadia and the Adeptus Mechanicus were rendered useless as they were struck by swift and precise bolts. , they exploded into countless splashes of flesh and blood and collapsed mechanical debris.

But the warriors still persisted, even in the face of such heavy losses. The Cadian warriors surrounded both sides of the Space Marines, and the Skitarii looked for every opportunity to pour the wrath of the All-Machine God on the enemy. .

They continued to advance, even as the number of casualties increased exponentially, and they continued to advance toward death.

Vito hid behind a wall. Lying in the corridor on his side were the remains of several Space Wolf warriors. Their armor had been blasted with several horrific holes by blasters. Among their remains lay several Devourers. Of the world.

Obviously the traitors did not care about the lives of their "traitor brothers". The traitor Space Marines at the end of the corridor were knocked down together with the World Eaters. The violent bombardment hit the corridor, and the black stone walls continued to burst out with dazzling rays of light. of sparks.

The Space Wolves warriors crouched behind the bunker and fired forward. The explosive bombs from both sides pierced the dark sky of the corridor and fired at each other. The bright gunfire lit up the entire corridor.

"Vito!" Ragna, who was covered in blood, leaned against Vito. Blood spurted out from the roaring chain ax in his hand. Vito looked at Ragna up and down, "Injured?"

"Small injuries, but we blocked the traitor's side attack. Many brothers died, but we must continue to move forward!" Ragnar said. He stuck his head out and looked at the end of the corridor, and immediately there was a burst of fierce explosive fire. Coming over, a Space Wolf warrior fell to the ground.

Ragnar hid back and held the chain axe. He and Vitor looked at each other and nodded affirmatively. The Inquisitor nodded to Olaf, and the Rune Priest also gave a clear nod.

Vito waved his hand to the Cadian warrior on the side, who immediately handed a smoke bomb to Vito. The Inquisitor took a deep breath and suddenly rushed out.

Almost immediately, dozens of explosive bombs hit Vito in front of him. Those explosive bombs that were thicker than a human arm were accurately shot at him, but all the explosive bombs were blocked by the psychic shield, and they rose together. The lightning shield that rose up blocked this wave of bombardment for Vito.

The flames of the bomb exploded instantly, and the fire climbed up along the shield wall, but a small cylinder was thrown out in the fire, and the gray thing fell in the middle of the corridor.

The traitors looked at the thing with their bolters, and it instantly sprayed a large amount of smoke that covered the entire corridor. The traitors had to fire fiercely with their bolters without any hesitation. The bullets pierced through the diffuse smoke, and the rotating projectiles tore through the curtain of smoke.

But there was a constant flash of purple light in it. When the bullets were shot into it, a purple flash would be aroused. The heavy footsteps rushed to the front accompanied by brighter flashes.

The black shoulder armor broke through the thick fog. It was Ragnar! No! To be precise, it was Ragnar and Lilith.

Lilith sat on Ragnar's neck, her beautiful purple eyes flashing with a halo, and the shield was summoned by her. The psychic shield blocked all the oncoming bomb firepower.

Ragnar howled and rushed forward. He knocked over the traitor space marines who were blocking the way at the end of the corridor. Ragnar swung his chainsaw axe and started killing. His first strike killed an Iron Warrior. The traitor's neck was cut by the chainsaw axe and spurted out a huge amount of blood.

Ragnar swung the chainsaw axe among the traitors at the end of the corridor. He began to harvest lives in a very short time. The traitors of the Black Legion aimed their grenade guns at Ragnar and prepared to fire, but their faces were pierced by the long knife thrown by Lilith. The hard helmet was like paper in front of the Slaanesh Blade.

Lilith jumped out from Ragnar's shoulder, she jumped onto the shoulder of the fallen traitor and pulled out her long knife. Lilith stepped on him and fell to the ground, and almost immediately began to dance the dance of death.

The roaring giant wolf and the silver-haired beauty harvested lives together. Ragnar's rough swing was followed by Lilith's beautiful and extremely flexible slash. She kept flashing under Ragnar with lightning steps, and her speed was incredible.

The suppressed warriors in the corridor rushed over, and Lancelot rushed out first. He waved his knight sword and killed the nearest traitor.

Behind him were the warriors of the Space Wolves. They rushed out howling. The wolves rushed out of the corridor and fired fiercely in all directions. The rapid firepower of the explosive bombs immediately killed several traitors around, but the traitors also drew their melee weapons and rushed up without showing any weakness.

In the empty hall at the end of the corridor, the Astartes began to fight at a very close distance. It was like returning to the Horus Heresy, the battle between Space Marines and Space Marines, and the fierce battle between demigods was staged again.

Axe and sword collided fiercely, and all kinds of war cries and roars filled the hall like thunder. Vito rushed through the fighting giants. He turned around and turned his right arm into a plasma cannon and fired a shot at a traitor.

The traitor's shoulder armor was pierced by plasma and screamed, and this brief imbalance exposed his flaws. Lancelot cut off his head with a backhand sword.

Lancelot looked at Vito and nodded affirmatively, but immediately raised his sword and looked forward, "Vito! Be careful!"

The Inquisitor turned his head to look in that direction, and a striking red beam chopped over. Vito dodged the blow with a flying dive, and Lancelot also dodged it, but not everyone was so lucky.

Several Space Wolves and mortal soldiers were killed by the beam. Vito looked at the source of the supply. The Word Bearers mage holding the scepter recited blasphemous spells and launched magic attacks at the loyalists.

The shock wave knocked a whole group of people to the ground, and psychic lightning jumped and killed loyal warriors. He must be stopped!

"Olaf! Cover! Lancelot! Command!" Vito shouted and rushed forward. Lancelot raised his knight's sword and pointed it at the traitor, "Kadiah and the warriors of the Mechanicus! Fire!"

His order was immediately responded to. A whole team of warriors composed of Cadia and the Skitarii rushed up. They raised plasma guns and phosphorus weapons and fired at the Word Bearers mage. The swift explosion exploded on the shield in front of him.

Then Olaf also stepped forward, and the Rune Priest's eyes flashed with dazzling psychic lightning. He howled and shook the earth, "Father of All-Knowing! Grant me your great power!" Olaf shot out lightning, and a giant arc of electricity bombarded the shield of the Word Bearers, and his shield was broken!

The moment the psychic shield disappeared, just before the Word Bearer raised his scepter to prepare for defense, the chainsaw sword stabbed along the handle of the scepter, and dazzling sparks sprayed on its surface.

The Word Bearer's head, which was covered with scripture, was pierced by a sword, and his face was pierced by the chainsaw sword. Sticky blood threads broke out from the back of his head along with the sword tip of the chainsaw sword.

The Word Bearer fell backwards, and Vito drew his sword and rolled forward by inertia before stopping. Vito looked at the brothers in front of him, and Lancelot lowered his sword and nodded to him.

Vito smiled, but suddenly his smile froze, because he saw Lancelot shouting and raising his sword again. Vito was slightly stunned and turned his head back.

The earth-shaking vibration resounded through the earth, and a huge monster fell from the sky and hit Vito's back heavily. The violent airflow it raised instantly made Vito's clothes vibrate.

He watched as the gigantic steel creature slowly raised its head. Long meteor blades were spinning on its three arms, and on its chest was branded a symbol, the symbol of the Dark Mechanicus.