Chapter 429 Black and Red, Schemes in the Shadows (XIV) Darkness, Bloody Claws and Long Fangs

"Well..." Severe pain appeared in the original body's brain, and the soul was under tremendous pressure. The head and even the entire body of the original body, and even every holy blood cell, groaned in pain.

As the strongest psyker in the entire Gian Moro sector, he is also the holder of the authority of order that is most completely opposed to chaos.

Calvin became the biggest victim in this energy surge, and naturally became the person whose soul essence suffered the greatest impact after the chaotic power was greatly promoted from the origin of subspace.

He could even see the root of this storm from the perspective of his own authority. Behind it was the gathering of countless rituals in the entire eastern half of the empire.

While this information was being recognized by Calvin, he could also see pieces of broken pictures and memories from the fragments of the information:

That was the result of thousands of sacrificial rituals, large and small, being used by the servants of the Chaos Gods throughout the vast territory in the eastern part of the empire to accumulate blasphemous power over decades.

And it was this power that had been accumulated for a long time that was finally released once Calvin arrived in the trap they had prepared, thus causing this agitation that reached deep into the depths of the subspace.

This is undoubtedly a trap specially prepared for him, because raids in the subspace real universe usually only require breadth, that is, the more demons can reach the real universe in the shorter time.

The Chaos Gods obviously did not do this in this invasion. They spent decades of waiting and the organization of the Dark Shepherd to shrink the scope of this ceremony to only one star sector, but other The level of power of change reaches directly to the depths of the origin of subspace.

This is the revenge of the gods on him, a belated punishment for him stealing the power of the gods three times in a hundred years;

This was also a long-planned hunt, because at this time Armageddon had been enveloped by the blood tide of Khorne's two miracles.

On top of this, the Lord of the Red Sands, who wandered from the subspace to Armageddon, has used his arrival to take away all the energy of the Emperor and Terra...

There will be no reinforcements, and this is destined to be a lonely battle.

And if Gal asked correctly, the opponent he would face was a large demon army led by one or more demon princes that could encircle and suppress him.

"Save those Space Wolves first!" Looking at the Relentless Crusade leaping out of the void, Calvin was the first to give the order to the Gray Knights on board.

At this time, Ballog was already in chaos. The rebellion that broke out around them left the Space Wolves who had just relaxed unprepared. Their previous measures to isolate these mortals out of caution were caused by Calvin's treatment of them. Support buys valuable time.

Blood-red smoke rose from the hives on Ballog, reaching straight into the sky. Countless demons rushed out from the skins of those contaminated people, and roared and rushed towards them under the gaze of the surrounding crowd who had no combat experience...

Thirty-three hives on the ground lost contact within a few hours. Not long after the Space Wolves received the warning from the front line, an endless tide of humans and demons emerged from these fallen hives. , heading towards the weapons base station stationed by the Space Wolves.

Unable to wait for the long turnaround time of the planetary defense system, the assault fleet belonging to the Space Wolves has begun bombing the surface.

However, the punishment-style artillery fire was so powerless in the face of the natural disaster-like demonic tide. Even if their fleet fired the weapons in their hands to the limit of the cooling system, they could only bring down bursts of fire on several plains in Barlogo. A tide of corpses visible to the naked eye from space.

And compared to death, there is more coming from behind.

The effectiveness of physical ammunition against demons was once again proven to be limited in this bombing, because those kinetic energy kills could not guarantee the complete destruction of demons;

Light spear weapons can do this, but in the entire assault fleet composed of small battleships, light spear weapons have become a luxury creation at this time.

As a result, the raging demonic tide was getting closer and closer to the Space Wolves' position, visible to the naked eye from the perspective of space.

In the context of the hive's anti-aircraft firepower being the first to fall, after their fleet in orbit confirmed that they could not safely evacuate, they could only use limited artillery fire to cover the battlefield, and use the weapons and ammunition that the frontline soldiers lacked and the few remaining weapons. Mobile troops are projected down.

ten kilometers……

Eight kilometers...

Six kilometers...

The sergeants of the Sea Wolf Dalian Company, also known as the veterans they called Longtooth, stood on the high ground where the weapons base station was located, looking at the black line on the horizon in silence.

A Bloodclaw from behind licked his lips and stepped forward to inform the veteran in charge of the team's transfer progress:

"The explosives have been placed. According to the order given to us by the Wolf Lord, it's time for us to leave."

The veteran nodded slightly, then picked up the heavy bolter under his feet and left the high ground.

Half an hour later, on the high ground, the wave of fallen people and demons had reached the high ground with roars all over the sky, while in the mountains in the distance, there was a thin line of pedestrians walking by.

boom!

The faint sound of thunder sounded from behind the Space Wolves. Bloodclaw turned around and looked far away. What caught his eyes was the weapon that burst out from the weapon base station. After several explosions, the entire high ground was finally blown away. Huge smoke.

The entire earth trembled slightly in the explosion, and no one could survive the orange-red fire.

This Space Wolf team eventually disappeared into the mountains, and after a few hours they met up with the rest of their team at another weapons base station. Several Storm Eagles with Fenris logos were ready on the landing pad, and waiting for them was another battlefield...

However, this was only one of the luckier weapons base stations among dozens of them, because not every base station had space for retreat.

For positions like this located in remote areas, the Space Wolves naturally had enough time and space to evacuate, but most weapons base stations surrounded by hive cities did not have this luck.

Helm's team was not so lucky. The weapons base station they were assigned to happened to be located between the three hive cities on the third continent of Balelog.

These three hive cities are located on several craters on the third continent. Due to the unstable crust structure here all the year round, they were able to mine the mineral resources here at a very low cost.

It is precisely because of the rich lava veins flowing on the surface that these three hive cities also rely on mining and secondary processing as their main source of income.

The weapon base station where Helm's team was stationed was located between three hive cities. In the previous battle with the fleet of the Inquisition, they also successfully used the base anti-ship weapons here to hit the warships belonging to the Imperial Navy several times.

And it was precisely because of the cover of the three surrounding hive cities and the special surface structure here that the Imperial warships that had locked them chose to let them go in the end, taking into account the stability of the entire continental plate.

But this luck was only used here, because with the cessation of the war and the subsequent subspace storm, the team led by the rune priest was trapped here for the same reason.

They could not move out in advance because the three surrounding hive cities had locked the nearby airspace.

They could not evacuate on foot either, because at their speed, it was absolutely impossible to leave this continent before the arrival of the surrounding magic tide.

The so-called success and failure are here.

Rune priest Helm was quite calm about the situation of his team. As soon as he confirmed that he could not evacuate, he had already contacted the mothership in orbit.

Under his arrangement, the members of the team had already buried many explosives.

According to the plan, if he could evacuate this place, then this bomb located in the center of the third continent, which is also the most unstable position of the earth's crust, will use a huge explosion that is enough to overturn the entire third continent in an instant to wipe out all the magic tides here.

This news immediately attracted the attention of Hoffman, the wolf lord of the Sea Wolf Company, and after a little thought, he gave Helm a new task.

Hold on here until the last Space Wolf of Balelog evacuates.

Because this huge plate movement will inevitably affect the other two adjacent continents. The Wolf Squads stationed in other weapon base stations, especially those comrades stationed around the coastline, will inevitably be affected by the tsunami caused by Helm's explosion.

So he must hold on here until all the teams are confirmed to leave.

He did not regret his report this time. In fact, after he discovered the tactical value here, he had already anticipated the task he would receive next.

But he didn't care.

Because he was like every veteran who walked from the snowfield of Fenris to the Wolf Fang Castle and lived to become a "fanged" veteran in countless battles afterwards.

They all believed that if the All-Father's will felt that it was not the right time, then no matter how difficult the battle was, he would have a chance to survive.

And if the All-Father was determined to take his soul away, he would also be happy to enjoy the sleep that only warriors deserve after countless battles...

A plan that was inevitable in an accident was set by Hoffman and Helm. And it was precisely because of his contact that the Sea Wolf Company, which discovered the special tactical value of this place, found it difficult to give up this place.

Thus, in the next few hours, a series of tragic wars took place here.

Yes, a little-known fact is that the Space Wolves, whether in the Legion Era or the Chapter Era, had no obligation to support each other between their countless serving squads and companies.

Unless the Alpha Wolf ordered, they did not mind the death of their comrades; more often, they came together for the desire to hunt the same prey.

And according to this logic, Helm and his squad did not expect that there would be any support after the magic tide surged.

The scorching monsoon whistled over his head, and the sulfur smell from the surrounding mountains stimulated his nose while sending information about the distant enemy to his mind.

"Hold the A3 passage for at least 1,000 breaths, or you can retreat after consuming enough of their strength!

If you lose one, don't come back. If you come, I will tear the urinal off your neck with my own hands! Do you understand!"

Helm held a tobacco, a local specialty of Fenris, and explained his task to his subordinate Blood Claw (new recruit) Marsh.

He held a thing that was unclear whether it was a staff or a chainsaw axe in one hand, and threw the heavy ammunition box at Marsh's feet with the other hand.

"I understand, Dad!" The recruit looked at the thing that could barely be called "tobacco" in the veteran's mouth, and his heart was filled with curiosity. While repeatedly disassembling and assembling, familiarizing himself with the heavy bolter in his hand, he locked his gaze between Helm's two tusks. (PS: Space Wolves recruits do not have the right to use heavy weapons in regular combat. The battle here is a defensive battle, and it is a special situation where few recruits can touch heavy weapons.)

Although he knew that the stuff was quite toxic and was given to him by the pharmacist to suppress the pain on the veteran's body.

But that's how the wolf cub is. When he was born, he had no fear of anything around him. He will always maintain this "fearlessness" until he suffers the first unbearable pain in his life.

And what happens next? If he is still alive after that, he will have a new name - Gray Hunter.

"And remember not to close the passage when evacuating, and then turn right at the next intersection for 200 meters. There will be a detonator waiting for you!"

Helm was still explaining the details of the mission, but the young wolf's eyes were attracted by the wind in the distance, and it was obvious that he had lost his patience.

This explanation is too detailed and may not be necessary in other war groups. But within the Space Wolves warband, it is a must-have skill for every fanged veteran.

The population of Gein Fenris is already sparse, and the reason why the precious "new blood" of the wolves is called "Blood Claw" is because this group of soldiers who are red-eyed when fighting have no idea what to do with retreat.

If there is no strict discipline to control these young wolves, they will only hunt the first prey and sacrifice their blood to the wolf god in the north wind.

"Want a bite, Dad? Just a bite..." Finally, after Helm stopped speaking without finishing his words, Marsh licked his face and approached the old wolf.

The old wolf also knew that he should give this little guy an appropriate reward, so after carefully counting his inventory, he tore off a piece of tobacco in his hand with great distress.

"Stop it!" He looked at Marsh who was happily preparing tobacco, and then said seriously:

“Baby, you can use this thing, but I have two requirements, either you can come back alive and smoke it in front of me;

Or, you can only use it as a reserve for when the hormones in your body are used up. can you do it? "

"Yes!" Marsh agreed happily. After all, he got the thing, and it was his business how to use it.

Helm obviously also understood this truth. He looked at the young wolf seriously for a few seconds, until the latter's ears were about to fall off, and then he slapped the thing in his hand heavily into Marsh's hand. Then he turned around and left a few words before leaving:

"Baby, come back alive."

Update, yesterday. The speed is still slow, and there was a community network outage in the middle. I uploaded it on my mobile phone, sorry for that.