Chapter 454 Rebirth From the Ashes: Facing the Storm

Black patterned boots stepped onto the ground after the steel door was opened. Its silver-plated heels jingled on the ground. When a pair of boots followed one after another, the sound was as crisp as bells in the wind. The footsteps echoed one after another, and the two pairs of boots stepped on the ground, and the silver armor plates embedded in their insteps continued to collide with each other.

In this silent space, the footsteps seemed particularly clear and loud. They stepped across the empty deck and stopped in front of a broken bloodless arm.

A pair of hands reached down from the top of the boots and picked up the severed arm as the black windbreaker bent down. The owner of the boots looked at the withered arm in his hand. The whole arm was torn off, but the wound There was not a drop of blood flowing out, but it was covered with a layer of strange liquid.

That pungent smell means that it is maintenance fluid, lubricant or something with similar functions, but their common feature is that they all smell bad, and the stronger pungent smell comes from further forward.

He raised his head and looked forward, and saw the torn training servitors under the pale light. They were lying there, in pieces here and there. There was almost no body that had more than half of its intact parts. Something was torn apart. Crack them open and cut their bodies into pieces.

And the voice of the culprit who caused all this also came from a distance. Thanks to the quiet environment brought by the absence of anyone here, Vito could clearly hear the low voice with a strong accent coming from the distance. Gothic.

Vito could tell from some of the slang that it came from the language of a very cold planet in the Empire, and the owner of the voice was punctuating the background polyphony with growls, steel clashes, and roars.

Vito threw away the severed limb in his hand. He looked at each other with Lilith, who was also walking out in a black cloak behind him, and then walked over. His footsteps passed between the mutilated training servitors lying on the ground. He stepped over the engine oil flowing on the ground and walked towards the source of the sound.

It came from behind a closed iron door. The door blocked most of its sound, but it still echoed in the entire empty training area with its rich tone.

Vito reached out and approached the scanning interface of the door on the side, but just when his hand was about to touch the door lock button, the entire interface suddenly flashed, with distorted characters and trembling garbled codes tearing the interface apart.

After the machine spirit screamed silently, it fell silent, and the entire screen flashed to black and was completely swallowed up by death. Vito frowned looking at the screen in front of him, while a hand behind him patted his Shoulder.

Vito turned his head and looked behind him. Lilith stood behind him and looked at the extinguished lights in the distance. The lighting hanging from the top went out with a deep sound. The lights instantly disappeared at the end of the deck, and darkness disappeared in the blink of an eye. It emerged from all sides and swallowed up everything there.

Then the second, third, and fourth more lights were extinguished one after another, and they were approaching gradually from the distance. Vito looked at the lights in the distance that were extinguished one by one, and he heard the sound of other lights extinguishing beside him. .

Vito caught a glimpse of the other lights behind him going out at the same time, turning off at the same time and in unison. Even the fleeting time was unexpectedly consistent. Darkness came quickly from all around, throwing the deepest darkness into Vito. Trust.

The abyss rushed towards Vito, and then suddenly stopped. They stopped instantly outside the edge of the last light above Vito's head. He raised his head and looked like the last light that had not been extinguished in the entire training area above his head.

"There's something wrong." Vito said softly, and while Lilith beside her was looking around at the deep darkness, she suddenly stared in one direction and pressed the handle of the long knife on her waist.

"Someone is here."

She whispered, holding the handle of the knife and slowly pulling it out, Vito turned towards the direction of the footsteps. The sound came from the darkness, as light as if it was hanging in the air, in the darkness. In the silence, Vito heard the sound of the robe floating, and the sound of the edge of the robe rubbing against his trousers.

He frowned slightly, and after a moment of thinking, he pressed Lilith's shoulders. The latter turned to look at Vito with his peripheral vision, and the latter looked at the source of the sound in front of him, "Don't do anything yet, follow my instructions. "

Lilith nodded after a moment of silence. She took two steps back, while Vito walked up on the contrary. He walked to the darkness at the edge of the light, reached down and unzipped the holster of the bolter. His hand gently rested on the handle of the gun, staring at the approaching footsteps.

"Who is there?" Vito asked sharply, but the voice did not answer. The footsteps continued to get closer and closer, and they were already very close from the darkness.

Vito frowned. They were now traveling through the warp, so the sound of footsteps coming out of the sudden flash of darkness was not always welcome, especially when there was no reply from the voice.

He tapped his finger lightly on the trigger, held the butt of the gun in his palm and pulled his leg back with the gun, assuming the posture of a cowboy drawing a gun. He stared at the source of the sound, and the bolt gun was drawn from the holster. Zhong slowly pulled it up and said, "No matter who you are, show up."

But just when the bolter was about to come out of its shell, a figure walked out of the shadows in front of Vito. He emerged from the blurred boundary of the light, and the light of the only lamp above his head dimly shone on the pocket above his head. hat, while the face was hidden in darkness.

"Who are you?" Vito looked at the mysterious man in front of him wearing a long gray cloak and a hood on his head. The trigger of the bolt gun was pressed with his finger, and the muzzle of the gun almost reached the edge of the holster. .

But at this critical moment, the mysterious man in front of him suddenly lifted his hood, revealing the face hidden underneath, "Friend, put away your weapons, Vito Constantine, I'm not here. This is your enemy.”

Vito looked at his face and raised his eyebrows, "Eldarad?" he asked in surprise, looking at the Eldar prophet in front of him, it was him, Eldarad Osuran, the great prophet of the Eldar race. .

"Why did you come here? And, can't you just walk out? You're always so surprised." Vito said, inserting the bolter back, and he looked at Eldarad in front of him. , and the latter turned his head wordlessly and looked at Lilith behind Vito.

"Because sometimes, there are not only friends present, Lilith Phantom, the sister of Ms. Destruction." "I would rather be called the Phantom Queen, but I am not her." "You are her, multi-faceted, but for the darkness. In other words, there will only be darkness on both the front and the back.”

Lilith looked at the Eldar Prophet and smiled. Under that sweet but snake-like smile, a sharp tongue protruded from the gap between her lips, vibrating in the air with a light trembling sound.

"I told you, Vito, you should not be associated with the power of destruction. At the end of this road, there is only destruction itself." Eldarad continued to stare at Lilith without even blinking, as if as long as she disappeared in A moment in sight would engulf him.

"Tell me, Eldarad, why are you here?" Vito raised his hand from the gun. He looked at the Eldar Prophet in front of him, but the latter was still staring behind him intently.

"Don't worry about her, your soul will stay where it should be, and besides, you're not here yourself, right? This is just a psychic projection of you."

Vito held his arms in his arms. He stood under the only light and looked at Adarad in the dim darkness. "You burn your psychic power and risk contact with me in the subspace. You are definitely not doing it to attack me." Is it right to dictate your love life? And you know that I don’t care.”

A smile appeared on the corner of Lilith's mouth. She raised her head and turned the corner of her eyes towards Adarad as if to show off. Her sarcasm was as full as it could be, but the latter was not affected.

Eldalad is still expressionless, just like all the Ark Eldar, except for Iyana, they are almost all a group of facial paralysis, hiding their feelings under the mask of disguise, praying to avoid the eyes of Lady Joy , although now, she is standing in front of Aidarad.

The Great Prophet was silent for a while and then turned to Vito. He stood in the hazy darkness, "The Son of Destruction has returned, and the wound on the throne has long been healed. Now, he has returned with the wrath of the powerful power of destruction, and the blood-red sun is rising. , thousands of skies dyed in blood red.”

"Really? We are face to face, and you still want me to guess riddles?" Vito said with a joking smile. He stood in front of the great prophet with his arms folded, "Speak in Gothic."

Eldarad was silent for a while before answering, "Abaddon has healed the trauma of his defeat on Terra. He has now embraced the power of destruction even more, just like his father did before, and he has sworn to fight for The Scarlet Lord and the three masters present a grand tribute.”

"You mean, Abaddon led his Black Crusade to fight out of the Eye of Terror again? The fourteenth time?"

"The Son of Destruction has returned to the physical universe. Although the final moment has been prevented, the storm of destruction has died down in Cadia, and the Black Stone still stands in the Galactic North Plains, the Eye of Terror has still been strengthened like never before."

The Great Prophet raised his finger and waved it in front of him, and the light of magic rose up in front of him, forming a map of the Milky Way between the two. Countless light particles flickered on it, forming a brilliant picture of the Milky Way, but then As Eldarad's palm passed over it, a scarlet storm tore out from the astrolabe and swept through the surrounding star field.

The storm did not blow from the distant Eye of Terror, but tore directly from the hinterland of the empire, sweeping up at the intersection of the Hazy Star Territory and the Extreme Star Territory. Its huge storm boundary touched the surrounding areas. Several galaxies.

And this is not what alarms Vito the most. What he is alarmed about is a crack in the storm, which is torn from the astrolabe, like a wound on the skin of the Milky Way, and the scarlet light comes from Flickering out of it, thousands of worlds disappeared into the cracks.

"As the power of the Eye of Terror increases, the power of destruction can spread throughout the galaxy. The previous wars on Terra and Cadia have brought fear to the entire galaxy, and millions of worlds are in panic. , and their out-of-control emotions also bring endless nutrients to the destructive power."

Eldalad glanced at Lilith with his peripheral vision, his eyes still full of vigilance and vigilance, "Their power has never been stronger, and the power of the Emperor gradually fell silent in the storm. The light on Terra It had long been obscured by storms, and darkness had swallowed up countless pieces of the sky. From this, Abaddon took advantage of the emptiness of the power of order to tear apart the borders of the galaxy with the hand of destruction, creating a new one there. Crack."

"A new Eye of Terror?" Vito suddenly raised his head and asked. He turned his head to look at Lilith behind him, who stood there silently and turned his head elsewhere.

Adalad also glanced at Lilith, then looked at Vito and shook his head slightly, "Yes, and no." "Don't give me riddles, Adalad, what happened?"

The Great Prophet's hand was outlined in the air, and his fingers were wrapped around the crack, passing over the torn starry sky. The crack shone instantly, "Abaddon created the crack, but it has not yet taken shape. , but the Son of Destruction is creating fear in the surrounding star field, and the fear and death of billions of humans are nourishing the crack, making it expand, expand, and grow until the entire starry sky is torn apart, and there is no possibility of salvation."

Vito looked at the magic starry sky map in front of him. A large amount of energy was stirring around the crack. They were converging inward into the crack. The huge crack was like a big mouth, greedily devouring the emotional waves of thousands of surrounding galaxies. As a result, it gradually split open in all directions, swallowing more galaxies.

"He, and his Masters of Destruction, seek to take advantage of the Emperor's weakness, while the good side of the world is exhausted and struggling weakly among the stars to tear the galaxy apart. A new rift will be born, and its The purpose is to connect with the Eye of Terror. When the two merge, the power of destruction will be unbound! The Eye of Terror will turn into a great rift and tear the entire galaxy apart."

"And the entire empire." Vito added, frowning and looking at the edge of the rift, which was approaching the corner of the Eye of Terror. They were pressed for time.

"You have to stop him! Vito, use all the power at your disposal, no matter what it is, to stop him! Only then can the galaxy survive!"

After Eldarad said, he clenched his palm suddenly, and the two cracks were instantly connected. Huge power spurted out from them, swallowing up the Milky Way in an instant. All the light of the stars was extinguished in the storm, and the Milky Way was instantly shattered. It broke into flying fragments, floating in front of Vito.

He frowned and glanced at Lilith behind him, and then nodded affirmatively to Eldarad, "I will stop him. Return to your people and tell all the Eldar to come here if they want to survive." Help me and I will inform other friends."

Eldarad nodded, then turned around and backed away, but then Vito suddenly grabbed his elbow. He frowned at the Great Prophet and nodded slightly, "Go to Gemo and tell Victor, tell him, The time has come to fulfill our promise.”

The Great Prophet of the Eldar and Vito looked at each other, and then nodded affirmatively. Vito let go of his hand, and the latter quickly stepped into the darkness and disappeared into the abyss-like darkness. Vito watched. Eldarad walked there, and then the lights there turned on.

All the surrounding lights were relit, and the entire training area was illuminated in an instant, including the servitors lying on the ground, the surrounding training facilities, the empty shooting positions, and the stationary targets in the distance.

Vito looked around, and the display screen behind him lit up again. He turned around and reached out to press the screen. Lilith next to him also leaned forward and glanced at the screen, and then looked into his anxious eyes. .

Vito also glanced at her, and after a moment of silence he looked at the interface in front of him, "The war is waiting in front, and the world of Vlasov Fortress is right next to the gap."

"This is a trap, Vito." "Since you know it, you still have to wait until Eldarad comes and are not ready to tell me?" Vito looked at Lilith beside him. She was silent and hesitated, and her head She glanced aside and didn't dare to look into his eyes.

Vito looked at her and sighed, and then the steel door in front of him suddenly rose. Vito turned his head to face a strong wind. He suddenly turned his head to dodge a spinning tomahawk. The ax whizzed out and struck the ground in the distance, embedded deeply into the surface.

The howling wind lifted Vito's coat, as well as Lilith's black trench coat and silver hair. They all looked at the ax in the distance. Then Vito glanced at Lilith and walked in. She stood at the door and stretched out her arms. Xiang wanted to say something to hold Vito back, but in the end his fingers stopped in front of the cuff.

She let out a long sigh and leaned against the doorframe, holding her other arm with one hand and muttering, "That damn bitch."

Vito stepped into the training room. He looked at the two people in the central iron cage. The weapon in one of them's hands penetrated the iron cage and just flew out from in front of Vito. He turned his head and glanced at the man in front of him who was holding an iron sword. The man spat out the blood in his mouth.

"Olav! Weapon!" he shouted loudly and stretched out his hand through the crack in the cage. The rune priest wearing a wolfskin cloak turned around and took an iron ax from the weapon rack and threw it to him. The wild wolf then He grabbed the tomahawk, dragged it into the iron cage, and rushed towards the man holding the sword, howling.

"Death! You Caliban thief!"

Vito stood at the door and watched the sparks between the two men. He frowned and turned his head to look at the four people standing outside the cage on one side. The leader, Olaf, quickly nodded to Vito and apologized, "I'm sorry, Vito." , about what just happened.”

"I'm fine, at least my head is not broken. Do you mind telling me what happened?" Vito said, leaving Lilith at the door and walking up. He walked around from the iron cage to the four people. He and the remaining three The brother nodded.

Olaf let out a long sigh. He put his hands on his hips and looked at the two people fighting together on the stage. The wild wolf roared and swung his ax hard at him. The ax kept buzzing on the iron sword, and sparks came from it. It sprayed out and scattered on the surrounding ground.

Following the splashing sparks, the men holding the swords retreated backwards. The lights above their heads shone on them, casting a huge shadow on Vito. He looked at the retreating warriors, the wild scene in front of him. The wolf struck again with a heavy blow. As he took another step backwards and lost his balance, the sword in his hand flew away with a backhand hook.

The iron sword spun and flew up, and then flew up and stuck on the cage. The sword-wielding warrior looked at the wild wolf in front of him who raised his ax again and raised his eyebrows. Then he jumped back and took a step away, He retreated to the side of the training machine that had been lowered to the side, with only a few of its arms left destroyed.

He grabbed a new sword from the servitor's withered cyborg arm, and pulled it off, pulling out the servitor's arm as well. Arm, raised the sword to block the falling battle ax above his head, and the huge buzz of steel echoed endlessly.

Olaf looked at the two people in the cage, sighed helplessly and pointed at the man holding the axe, "During the previous battle to exterminate the branch of the insect swarm, Ragnar led the wolves to find the insect nest mothership that crashed on the surface of the planet. Taking the queen's position, he immediately rushed over with a band of elite warriors, but Lancelot got there first. "

As he said this, the old wolf pointed to another person on the side. He was completing a block and pushed the wild wolf away with a fierce push of his sword. After taking a few steps back, he rushed forward with his sword and slashed down hard, but this time The wild wolf also successfully blocked it once, and the two continued to fight together.

"So Ragnar is very angry and feels that he has been robbed, so he comes here to decide the outcome privately with Lancelot?" Vito asked skillfully, while Bell, who was standing by the cage, shrugged, "No. Wrong, in fact, they almost started fighting. If the Queen's Guards hadn't suddenly rushed out and interrupted, we later suggested that they come here to resolve the matter privately and not cause internal strife in front of the soldiers. "

Vito looked at Bell and nodded, then looked at the two men fighting fiercely on the stage. The tall shadows of the two giants kept flickering on the ground. "How long have they been fighting?" "An hour."

"very good."

After speaking, Vito instantly pulled out his bolter. He shot Ragnar's battle ax to pieces with one shot, and then broke Lancelot's sword with the second shot. The two warriors were stopped by this tough method. , and at the same time turned his head to look at Vito below.

He held up the bolter and then lowered the smoking muzzle. "There is trouble, so you can go down there and fight. Now come out and follow me."

After saying that, Vito put the bolter back into the holster, turned around and walked towards the exit. Ragnar and Lancelot looked at each other, and then laughed loudly, "Great! The next battle will be better. I thought it was quicker! Let’s go and kill them!”

After Ragna said that, he immediately jumped out of the cage and followed Vito in stride. The three people beside the cage also looked at each other and nodded to each other before following. Bell waved his hand to Lancelot, and then he He immediately got out of the cage and took down an oversized bath towel from the shelf on the side. Well, to him it was just a towel.

A group of Astartes followed Vito out of the training room. Vito, wearing a black trench coat, walked at the front. His long trench coat swayed on both sides with his footsteps, and behind him, the burly giant followed. , following him out of the door like a mountain.

Lilith, who was next to the door, looked at Vito who was walking by. He left straight ahead. She then looked at the six tall giants passing in front of her, and sighed after watching them all walk to the distance of the training area. He took a breath and followed.

Vito quickly led everyone back to the throne room. The reporting work was not over yet. He was interrupted by this sudden scene. Stilaco took a scroll in his hand and looked at Vito who came out from behind the throne. and six giants following behind him.

"Sir, are you back?" "End the meeting and prepare to enter the battlefield."

Vito said and walked to the front of the throne room. He walked between the Astra Militarum, the Marines and the Battle Sisters who were getting out of the way, and came to the consoles surrounding them, looking at the closed hologram. Observation window.

"Battlefield? What battlefield?" Scolati said, and Cole behind him also stood up from the throne. He frowned and stood on the steps of the silver throne and looked at Vito, who glanced sideways at them. , but before he could speak, the technical priest beside him yelled.

"The battleship is about to arrive at the Mandeville Point of the galaxy and prepare to jump out." The priest in red robe said and stared at the screen in front of him. The eyes above the mechanical cover of his mouth frowned. He suddenly turned his head to look at everyone. , "Reporting receipt of a war alert from the Krieg Death Legion in the galaxy."

"Jump countdown, 1, 2, 3." The priest turned and looked at the screen in front of him and said, then he pushed down a lever. After a huge recoil, the holographic viewing windows in front all lit up. Everyone in the throne room saw the battlefield outside.

Outside the window of the battleship, the battlefield was burning around the planet suspended in the distance. Vito turned around and looked at the Vlasov star that everyone present was pointing forward. "This is the battlefield. We have arrived. Notify the entire army and prepare to greet it." storm."