Chapter 262: The Rise of the Primarch: The Lance of the Empire

Birds sang on the branches in the green forest. These creatures of nature have existed in this world for millions of years. They jumped between the small branches on the treetops, and their pleasant songs gathered into a beautiful natural melody.

The birds sang and communicated with each other, and more new birds joined the treetops. The new bird looked at the big sign on the branch next to it strangely. There was a red circle on it. It looked at the red circle jumping on the treetop curiously, and its black bean-like eyes shook its head as it approached the red circle.

Suddenly, accompanied by a gunshot, a red light shot through the red circle. The bird was startled and immediately spread its wings and fled. All the birds on the ancient vine tree were scattered. The sound of countless birds flapping their wings turned into a violent melody, and it was accompanied by the sound of gun targets breaking.

Red lasers flashed in the woods, and the green forest was engulfed by the red halo. The silver studded combat boots stepped on the vines protruding from the ground and jumped up. Vito's body turned around in the air, and he swung the laser pistol in his hand and fired. The laser beam whizzed out from the muzzle and pierced a target on the treetop.

Vito landed nimbly on the ground full of leaves and dead branches. With a series of resin breaking sounds, he stepped up. Vito nimbly leaped in the woods, and the laser gun continued to shoot around with the click of a finger. The red light accurately passed through these tall trees, leaped over the treetops as thick as a human thigh and pierced the target.

The young man behind Vito chased him. He picked up the gun and looked for the target everywhere. He finally found a target hanging on a tree and was ready to shoot, but as soon as he raised the muzzle, Vito got there first, and the red laser beam smashed the target with one shot.

"Damn it!" The young man cursed and jumped down the hillside with his gun. He chased after Vito and looked at the red light flashing in front of him. Vito was very fast. He didn't seem to need to aim every time he fired. The rapidly rotating muzzle seemed to know where to shoot. The accuracy of the light bullet was as if he had wisdom.

Vito rushed forward quickly, stepped on the rough tree and jumped up. He raised his hand and shot the target far away. After falling down, he rolled and squatted, and shot two targets at the same time.

The young man looked at Vito in surprise. He was surprised at Vito's reaction speed and body skills. He could almost conclude that Vito must have lived in the forest before, and he must be an excellent hunter. His series of movements, aiming, and shooting were coherent and smooth, without a trace of dragging. Every shot was unhesitating and extremely accurate.

The young hunter stopped with a sudden brake. He looked around anxiously at Vito who was moving in the forest. He would lose. He had to find a way to stop Vito.

His eyes scanned the forest, and he quickly scanned between the trees and bushes and soon found the target. He found a red bud half buried in the ground. He knew what it was, and it was exactly what he needed now.

The young man picked up a stone and threw it violently. The hard stone slipped through the gap in the forest, flew through countless green leaves and hit the center of the bud. At this moment, Vito just rushed to the side of the bud.

The bud that was hit exploded instantly, and the torn petals quickly opened to the surroundings. The roaring mouth sprayed corrosive acid from it. Vito stopped in shock and avoided the spraying acid. The strong acid sprayed on the bushes at Vito's feet and burned through the hard hardwood surface almost instantly.

The giant flower with its bloody mouth opened quickly attacked Vito. The soft stalk structure under the flower trembled like tentacles, and the sharp razor-like thorns stabbed from both sides like lances. Vito dodged the biting flower by turning sideways, and the huge petals slammed into the ground.

Vito turned around and picked up two guns to shoot at the piranha plant continuously. The laser gun bombarded one side of the petals intensively. The roaring beam made countless holes in the wide petals, and the corrosive branches and leaves slid down from them and corroded the earth with a hissing sound.

The stalk of the piranha plant squirmed rapidly, and the main body of the piranha plant's head also flew in the air like a meteor hammer. It pounced on Vito's torso again, and the latter jumped back and quickly distanced himself, but at almost the same moment, countless vines instantly drilled out of the ground and rolled towards Vito.

The soft but extremely tough vines rolled up Vito's legs, and the vines that coiled several times locked him instantly. Vito was startled and caught by the vines of the piranha plant before he could react. He was quickly pulled back from the air in front of the piranha plant, and the whole person was hanging upside down looking at the roaring piranha plant's digestive mouth full of strong stomach acid.

A local young man ran past Vito on the hillside. He looked at Vito and laughed contemptuously, "I told you outsiders that it is impossible for you to get out alive in our forest."

After that, the young man picked up the rifle, aimed at the target in the distance, and pulled the trigger. The solid bullet rotated and shot out of the muzzle and instantly shattered the red bull's eye. He smiled with satisfaction and pulled the bolt. The golden-red shell slid out of the barrel and fell to the ground. The young man glanced at Vito, smiled coldly, and rushed forward.

"Wow, young people nowadays are really something." Vito sighed helplessly. He was hung upside down and swung around in the air. Vito turned his head to look at the roaring carnivorous plant in front of him. As the part of its flower core structure trembled violently opening and closing, a large amount of digestive fluid covered the entire surface of the petals that were about to swallow him.

Vito sighed softly. He lowered his head, grabbed his pistol, and fired at the vines wrapped around his legs. Three laser beams were fired continuously within one second, and the vines covered with fine velvet were instantly interrupted. Vito It also fell heavily to the ground.

He raised his head and then raised his arms and suddenly opened his palms. The large swaths of savings that were attacking him instantly stopped in the air. Vito looked at the immobile piranha. Every part of its bud was completely absorbed. Locked tightly, every petal, every razor tooth and barb-shaped style all stopped stiffly in the air.

Vito stood up slowly. He looked at the immobile piranha in front of him and smiled jokingly, "Compared to those ghosts on Catachan, you are much inferior."

As Vito spoke, he clenched his palms suddenly. The style of the piranha was stretched tightly. The main body of his flower head seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand. The inner petals of the piranha were rubbing against each other. There was a sound like a scream, the long and thin voice was sharp and deep.

Vito slowly raised his arms, and the ground around him began to shatter one by one. All the vines were pulled out, and the tree roots deeply rooted in the soil were also torn off. The piranha screamed and was pulled out. to the ground.

Then, as Vito slowly opened his fingers and then squeezed them again, the entire body of the piranha was instantly torn apart, the style was broken from the center, and all the petals were pulled out one by one, and the filaments swinging violently were Uprooted, corrosive acid sprayed around like blood.

In the last desperate scream of the piranha, it splashed on everything around, trees, ground, bushes, green leaves, etc., and even a drop of acid fell on Vito's jacket, and the black jacket instantly A hole was melted out, Vito looked at his jacket in shock and raised his head speechlessly.

"Hey, this is my favorite jacket, Gan." Vito said and unclenched his fist, and the whole broken piranha remains fell from the sky and scattered all over the forest glade. Vito touched his clothes speechlessly. The hole in the bed complained softly.

"Guilliman, you should be so lucky that I have a good temper, otherwise that brat would have died long ago." Vito said, picking up the second laser gun that fell on the ground, and looked towards the sunlit woodland ahead. From the edge, the sound of that brat's rifle boomed from over there. Vito moved his arms and stepped forward.

In front of him, the young hunter walked quickly along the trunk of the fallen tree. The muzzle of his gun turned quickly with the pace. As his finger pulled the trigger, the fire lit up at the muzzle, and the bullet whizzed across the forest floor and struck. Break every target into pieces.

With a smile on his face, he counted his scores in his mind. As each gun target was shattered by himself, he had already caught up with Vito's scores. He jumped forward from the end of the fallen tree. He leaps out of the trees as skillfully as he is stalking a hunt in the forest.

He bent down and landed suddenly on the river beach in the forest. The rough rock surface on the ground provided him with enough friction to slow down. The young man stopped steadily and then slowly stood up. He walked away with the gun in hand. Go to the raging stream. There are several protruding rocks in the turbulent stream.

The river water hit both sides of the rock, and the splashing water moistened the surface of the rock. However, it could not shake those stubborn stones. They were just like the residents of this forest, strong and stubborn. Maybe they were stubborn. Be better.

"Wow, it looks like our scores are even." Vito's body suddenly sounded next to him. The young man was startled and immediately raised his rifle and pointed it at his side. His crosshairs tightly covered Vito's head, while the latter was completely She didn't turn to look at him, and the spear leaf in her hand hung by her leg.

"Since you escaped from the piranha?" the young man said hesitantly, and then his eyes were fixed on the crosshairs with a firm and somewhat absurd attitude. The eyes were staring at Vito's head through the sights, and his fingers were tightly clasped on On the trigger, Vito's head could be shattered almost at any time, but the latter unexpectedly stood calmly on the river bank.

Vito turned to look at him, looked at the black muzzle of the gun and raised his eyes to look at the young man's face, "Put down the gun and go back. There is no need to bleed here today."

"I will be the winner, the outsider! I am the one who wins!" Vito looked at him and sighed helplessly. Vito turned to look at the steel platform standing on the other side of the creek. There was a red on it. button.

"I have to go to that factory. I can't tell you why, but I put down the gun and it's still too late to turn around and leave." Vito said calmly. He slightly turned his head to look at the stubborn young man, "I don't want to kill you. But don’t make me kill you, put the gun down kid.”

"Don't talk to me like a child! I will win! I must win, I can't lose to an outsider!" he growled, his angry eyes still fixed on the crosshairs and his fingers tightened Pressing on the trigger, the gradually depressed trigger clicked. Vito looked at the trigger and raised his eyes slightly.

"Don't make me kill you, young man." "You kill me? Foreigner, now I have my gun pointed at you! Do you really think you can lift the gun faster than the bullets?"

The young man growled. He glared at Vito, and his breathing became rapid and irregular due to irritation. Vito looked at the young man and smiled, and he raised his head slightly and smiled.

"Seven steps away, the gun is fast, within the starting point." Vito said and gently pressed his finger on the trigger of the pistol. The young man's eyes suddenly widened when he saw this, and the moment his big pupils suddenly raised, his finger also tightened. As he went down, the explosive gunfire lit up the black hole in the gun chamber, and the rotating bullet shot forward rapidly driven by the gunfire.

In this flash of lightning, Vito suddenly stared. The young man's muzzle was suddenly deflected by psychic power. The deflected muzzle deflected the bullet. The projectile that was supposed to hit Vito's head was spinning. Shot past his ear, the whistling bullet shot past Vito's earlobe, and the sharp bullet scratched a small wound on Vito's ear.

Vito turned his eyes and looked to his side. He showed a joking smile in surprise. His eyes quickly turned back. In the blink of an eye, he raised the laser pistol and pointed it at the young man. He pulled the trigger and fired a red laser beam. It whizzed out and hit him in the arm, and the young man cursed before being shot in the arm holding the gun.

The rifle in his hand flew out and fell to the ground. He himself lost his balance because of being hit, and sat down on the ground. The young man covered his bleeding arm and groaned softly. He raised his head while breathing rapidly. Look at Vito who is walking in front of you.

Vito raised the laser gun and pointed the black muzzle at the young man's head. The man slumped on the ground looked at the muzzle and frowned angrily. He didn't look scared at all and didn't know what to say. Is he stupid or brave?

"Shoot if you want, you bastard." He said viciously, and Vito was amused by him. The man with the gun lowered his gun. He bent down and picked up the young man's rifle from the ground.

Vito stood in front of the young man with his gun in hand. He lowered his head and looked at the little guy on the ground, "My shooting skills are good. I haven't seen an ordinary person who can hurt me in many years. You shouldn't die here."

Vito said and handed the butt of the rifle to the young man, who looked at this scene in surprise and did not remember to look up at the face of the man in front of him, "I might kill you, you should kill me now. "

"I won't kill you, and you can't kill me, not now, but in the future maybe you can shoot bullets at the enemies you really deserve to kill, and use your marksmanship in the right place."

"If you want, you can join the Astra Militarum. There are many enemies of humanity in this galaxy, countless terrifying enemies. They are the ones you need to kill."

Vito said and handed the butt of the rifle to the young man. The latter looked at Vito hesitantly, and after a moment of hesitation, he held the bolt of the rifle. Vito then let go of the gun and walked towards the opposite side of the river bank.

The young man sitting on the ground stood up. He held the rifle and watched Vito quickly step over the rocks in the stream. He walked to the button and pressed it.

As Vito pressed the button, a servo skull appeared from nowhere. It flew to Vito and made a mechanical sound with its lower jaw, "Congratulations, Mr. Constantine, you are fortunate to be hired by the Bellasin United Refining Plant. , please come with me.”

Vito smiled and turned to look at the young man on the other side of the river. The young man also looked at Vito with his rifle in his hand, "Remember, kid, the strength of a real warrior does not come from anger, but from reason and belief. Keep this in mind." Two points, never forget them.”

"We will pay attention to you, don't let us down." Vito smiled slightly, and then followed the servo skull into the forest. The young man looked at Vito and frowned slightly. He held the rifle and walked forward with difficulty. shouted a few steps towards Vito.

"Who are you? Who are you?" he shouted. Vito stopped and turned his head slightly to look at the young man behind him. The young man was shocked when he saw those shining golden eyes. He looked at Vito's smile, Those golden eyes seemed to be able to see through his soul.

"The Emperor and I will keep an eye on you, Samir Kass, and we will look forward to your achievements in the future." Vito smiled and turned around and walked into the forest, leaving only the young man on the river bank.

He watched Vito's disappearing figure in silence for a long time. He slowly raised the rifle in his hand. He was surprised to see a symbol suddenly appeared on it, which was a soaring two-headed golden star eagle. .

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M42K.034, in the battle to defend Luminar, the 212th Infantry Regiment from the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar fought side by side with the Catachan warriors. After the tragic battle, the Catachan Second Regiment's St. Colonel Straken discovered a young soldier named Samir Kass in the 212th Regiment. It is said that he shot more than two hundred Chaos traitors with a rifle without any sniper scope, and obtained Colonel Straken. appreciation.

Colonel Strachan recruited Samir Kass from the 212th Regiment, which was depleted and abolished after the war, to join the 2nd Catachan Regiment. This is also the first one so far who is not from Catachan. Astra Militarum warriors conscripted into the ranks of the Jungle Warriors.

Samir Kassa continued to fight for the Emperor for many years in the 2nd Catachan Regiment, with numerous military exploits, and finally died heroically in the Mon Carlo Expedition. According to the description of his comrades, Samir fought with the famous Sly in the battle. During the Battle of Mabo, when he was surrounded by Chaos Traitors while fighting against the boundless Chaos enemies, Samir used the rifle with the Imperial Skyhawk that he had carried since joining the army, and successfully shot through the weapon of the Black Legion Traitor Space Marine. The helmet reveals glass, killing the traitor beneath it.

Samir Kass was eventually killed by the angry traitor Space Marines, but his heroic and fearless performance was recognized by the Astra Militarum Command, and a few years later Samir Kass was posthumously awarded the Order of Terra. With the Star Medal and the title of Imperial Hero, his glory will be remembered by the Empire forever.

——Excerpt from "Glory and Sacrifice, Heroes of the Astra Militarum" by Asili Sulaymanya