Chapter 34

"leave!"

72. The Battle of Udal - the gathering of the army

Outline the fortune path and draw the star palace.

As one of the great demons of Tzeentch whose concepts tend to be "fate" and "fate", what the Eye of Luck likes to do most is to wander through the crystal maze, using its gorgeous staff to satisfy its random bursts of curiosity. Driven by the desire, gently touch the threads of possibility of those mortals who have intentionally or unintentionally connected their fates to the crystal maze, causing them to fragment and then reorganize into new threads in the chaos. And in this process, if the fate of a mortal attracts the pupils of the Eye of Luck, then the fate of this mortal will be grasped in the palm of the hand by this great demon of Tzeentch - the Demon Lord of Changes has the patience and time to do it. Bit by bit, you weave the future of the mortal in your hands, letting it change for you according to your own ideas. At the same time, the All-Changing Demon Lord will also use the fate of these mortals controlled by him to open up more paths for himself - the Eye of Destiny is convinced that as long as he continues to operate like this, sooner or later, he will be able to step into the world. In the deepest part of the Crystal Maze, as one of the nine great demons, he stands beside the Demonic Bird God.

But now?

Through the supernatural vision exclusive to the Great Demon of Tzeentch, the Eye of Luck raised its head and stared at the golden flames in the sky that suddenly erupted after thirteen strange noises and then began to slowly spread, feeling it with trembling This kind of golden flame that should know who its master is is burning the path of destiny that it has drawn out one by one. The unpredictable heart can be described as turbulent - as an ever-changing demon king, there is no doubt that there is a chance to face the unknown. It makes it happy, and solving the unknown answer will definitely bring it closer to its creator. However, facing the power of the cursed arbitrarily...

Maybe, next year in the physical world will be my real death anniversary!

Ever since, under the dual stimulation of the ecstasy of feeling that he had guessed the thoughts of the Demonic Bird God, and the fear that he might really die cleanly, the Eye of Luck burst out with astonishing power of action, trying every means to place himself in the subspace. The resources that can be mobilized in it are dragged to the real world - with its persevering guidance, the torrent of subspace continues to flow into reality, allowing nine unpredictable doors of chaos to open in the void. Summoned by the Almighty Lord, the 90,000 Tzeentch demons passed through the portal and stepped into this world with maniacal laughter. As it chanted relentlessly, strange crystals sprouted and grew on the metal ground, turning into a magic tower maze.

"Gah - come, servants of the cursed, I will send you into the labyrinth and make you my new smooth road to destiny - ga???"

Feeling that the ninth magic tower is gradually taking shape in reality, feeling the surging power of tampering around him, guided by instinct, the depths of his pupils have begun to reflect countless

The new one, each one pointing to his own victory, spread out his wings, raised his head, and proudly let out a provocative scream towards the sky. It is convinced that even though its opponent is a terrifying cursed person, the all-knowing and all-powerful Saint Tzeze has pointed out the direction for itself to obtain the answer, as long as it...

However, before the Eye of Luck could scream for about nine seconds, something that it had not foreseen unfolded in the real universe. As Abathur threw all his Tyranid swarms into the battlefield as the vanguard, the sky The thick clouds above were suddenly torn apart by a series of cracks by the powerful impact. Amidst the whistling sound, the Tyranids airborne cysts with their teeth and claws dragged the tail flames generated by friction with the air and hit the reality where demons were already dancing - the smoke-filled, green-looking Tyranids tyrant stepped on with the roaring insect swarms. Entering the crystal realm, a magic tower was crumbling, fog filled the air, and the power of the subspace became thin in the shadow of the insect swarm. Thousands of weak demons were exiled back to the subspace without even letting out a miserable howl.

"Impossible, why did the Tyranid swarm invade this world?"

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The howling of the wind.

The rumble of a mechanical engine.

Uniform footsteps.

The sound of horse hooves.

Other than that, there is no noise.

In the wasteland outside the main city of Balaton Forge, amid the sand and dust blown by the wind of the forge world, the only army in the empire that could not be persuaded by the Hammermen to stay, the soldiers of the Krieg Death Legion They were neatly arranged into an endless phalanx. Accompanied by their vehicles and led by the Lich Lord's Krieg Death Cavalry, they marched silently toward the horizon. A little further away, Hammer's other imperial chess pieces were also arranged in a firm array, accompanying them as they moved forward - among them, the most conspicuous piece was the political commissar's shadow sword, which was covered with kill labels. The legendary vehicle is serving as the cutting edge of the vehicle formation, leading the heavy vehicle army of the hammer guys, rushing to the assembly point set by the hammer guys with the overwhelming force - at that place, Liang Extraordinary Bean Sprouts have prepared the Webway Gate. When the Chaos troops on Udal are torn open by Abathur's Tyranid forces, the Webway will be activated collectively, allowing their main forces to quickly step through. Enter the battlefield that has been contaminated by Tzeentch monsters.

"...."

In the direction behind them, on the tallest city wall of the largest forging city in the Balaton Forging World, the Gali Wolf was holding on to the edge of the city wall, quietly watching the departure of these battle brothers, his Beside him, Rune Priest Tolom was also holding his own weapon, looking at the direction the troops were leaving, silently.

"Rune Priest, I need you to continue to pay attention to the strength of the subspace storm surrounding us from now on. When the subspace storm surrounding the Morton Hess galaxy dissipates, we must leave here with the STC as soon as possible. Return to Fenris and give it to our alpha wolf, then I will visit the Raven Guard battle-brothers to learn more about what I need to know."

When the figure of the last row of warriors disappeared from the sight of the Gali Wolf, the Space Wolf's Astartes withdrew his gaze, turned his head and issued an order to Trom, hearing his own words Following the captain's order, the Rune Priest, who already knew what the Space Wolves' main mission was now, nodded slightly to express his understanding.

"Go back, our battle brothers have already rushed to their duties, and we must also perform our duties."

Seventy-three. The Battle of Udal—The Roar of the Eye of Luck

What are the most painful things for the daemons of the Tzeentch faction?

Before encountering this battle, if someone or a demon asks it this question, the Eye of Luck will definitely laugh nine times and then spit out a series of answers that are difficult to distinguish between true and false in a very changeable devil manner. , luring the questioner into a whirlpool of crystals one after another, and falling into the destiny path he set for the questioner.

but now?

The Eye of Luck can be very unambiguous and give a completely unambiguous answer without any Tzeentch traps - What is the most painful thing for Tzeentch? That must be facing the unknown that suddenly appears in front of him, and is theoretically related to his advanced destiny. Not only was he unable to parse out anything that would be helpful to him from these unknowns, but he was about to be knocked off his feet by these ‘things that shouldn’t be there’!

and! What makes the Eye of Destiny even more troublesome is that these Tyranid swarms that have never appeared in the thread of fate that he has glimpsed before, even after a serious exchange of fire with his subordinates, still have not revealed their future. The road appears before your eyes. In other words, in the battle of the Eye of Destiny, one must rely on one's own 'wisdom' to fight against these Tyranid swarms that suddenly intervened on the battlefield. Obviously, they have long been accustomed to pulling the threads in the torrent of fate and the future. The Eye of Luck is very, very unaccustomed to such a 'fair fight'.

"#%...￥#!%&)&(*...!"

However, despite losing its maximum ability to cheat, the Great Demon of Tzeentch still has a lot of extraordinary means that allow it to gain an advantage in the game. As it loudly chants spells that normal creatures cannot understand, , the chaotic devil wind is here

Its fingertips swirled, supernatural runes of blasphemy being forged in its palm. In the blink of an eye, a terrifying great spell of Tzeentch took shape on the battlefield. The hurricane of demon fire containing thousands of changes blew towards the defense line of a bunch of Tzeentch demons that had already broken through with lightning speed. They were trying to The Tyranid swarm that gnawed away at the foundations of the crystalline magic tower at the edge vowed to twist the flesh and blood of these abominable things and dissipate their existence.

Then, the demonic fire turned into a candle in the wind halfway - a subspace shadow linked by Abatha's Tyranid swarm built by the power of the Emperor, and it was very easy to destroy the ever-changing demon. The structural interference of the spell that you have already formed has caused fundamental changes in its internal magic operation logic. As a result, this spell that could easily turn thousands of mortals into indescribable things has gone through a lot of hardships. 'When it finally reached its target area, it had become a mass that a psyker with a little training could snuff out.

"...These things are also transformed by the power of the cursed person?"

Just like the All-Changing Demon King that the Hammermen first encountered in Jodis Star Nest City, which had completely 'dead' on the timeline, the Eye of Luck also realized the moment his spell was eliminated. The essence of the Tyranid swarm that was attacking its defense line - of course, as a great demon of Tzeentch, it was briefly ecstatic about this incident, and then, the fear originating from the depths of its own existence began to sweep through its consciousness.

The sky of this world has been swallowed up by the power of the Cursed. The Tyranids that fell from the sky were actually built by the power of the Cursed. So, does this mean that no matter what happens to me later, it is possible? Apostle of the damned? This world, in fact, is not a hive world at all, but a...? If that's the case, wouldn't it be...?

"Quaa--this can't be--impossible!"

More and more bad guesses poured into the soul of the Eye of Luck. The intertwined changes and horrors made Tzeentch tremble, and the various changes it perceived further pleased those who were observing carefully. Every bit of Tzeentch himself in this world made this ever-changing evil god happily send down all kinds of blessings - in the blink of an eye, nine brand new ones grew on the wings of the Eye of Luck. , Chang Yu is flowing with ever-changing power, and nine new runes are floating on the staff in its hand - before this, the Eye of Luck would have been ecstatic that its creator valued itself so much. , but now, this great demon of Tzeentch just wants to figure out his current situation!

"????"

Just when the Eye of Luck was distracted by multiple problems, a breath of mortal souls suddenly rolled into its "nostrils" along the veins it laid out in this world, and along with these mortals The scent is that the new thread of destiny of the world has finally begun to flicker in its vision.

"Gah! That's great!!"

Although one of his crystal magic towers has been riddled with holes by the Tyranids who are actually servants of the cursed, and although his most forward subordinates have suffered heavy losses, facing the possibility of peeking out again Overwhelmed by the ecstasy of his favorite thing, the Eye of Destiny did not hesitate to turn all his attention and analyze these threads of fate based on his latest gift.

However, the scene expected by the Eye of Destiny did not appear in front of its eyes along with its supreme power. On the contrary, at the moment it saw the flickering new thread of destiny, a flash of light flashed in one of its eyes. , golden flames rose——

"Gahhhhhhhhh!!!"

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"that's it."

Above the Queen of Glory, Big E's tired voice echoed in the command room - and on the Lich Lord's command board, his Krieg chess pieces have been 'golden', because he was worried about fighting in the demon world. It would cause the souls of the Krieg soldiers in the empire to be tortured after death. After much discussion, the Hammer guys still asked Big E to see if he had any way to prevent this from happening. As a result, after learning about the concerns of the hammer guys, Big E directly gave some extra power to the Lich Lord's Krieg chess pieces, and these powers were enough to ensure that the mortals fighting side by side with these Krieg chess pieces, No matter what, their souls will not be tainted by Chaos, and they can all return to the Throne of Terra world in the subspace sense along the light of the Star Torch.

"Well, Brother Big E, I have activated the webway gate."

After looking around to make sure that all the hammer players' chess pieces were in place and that there were no other problems, Liang Feifan put his hand on the command board in front of him and issued an order to his Spirit Clan chess pieces. The light of the Dao Gate was lit, and a gate 'cut through the void', appearing on the landing site that the silent Necron had prepared.

At the same time, the Eye of Luck, which had just barely suppressed its own eyes that were burned by the emperor's power, raised its head in shock due to the abnormal fluctuations in the subspace, and looked at the sky for some unknown reason. The golden tide became more and more turbulent, questions surged crazily in my mind, and countless answers emerged and fell.

But in the end, all its problems turned into a roar.

"Quack! What happened???"

Seventy-four. Battle of Udal—

—The fragmented Tzeentch defense line

Next year in the real universe may really be the year of his death.

If at the beginning, the Eye of Luck just 'instinctively' sensed this possibility that had never appeared in his destiny, then now that one eye was damaged by the Emperor's flames and could not be restored, this great demon of Tzeentch It has been 90% sure of its own destiny - after experiencing such a series of events that were a bit explosive for it, the Eye of Destiny has already glimpsed the intentions of its creator.

'The cursed person seems to have gained new power, a power from a completely unknown source. I want answers, I want answers! ’

"Honorable Saint Traitor..."

Regarding "I'm afraid it's going to be cold today" and "Things like this that even Saint Tzezeki finds interesting, I still want to see them even if they are destroyed in ashes!" ’ was driven by a dual emotional wave that determined the answer. Although he has lost the power to peer into the line of fate, he thinks that according to the creed of the Tzeentch family, he may still be able to salvage the Eye of Fate. He quickly sifts through the vast sea of ​​knowledge he knows, and from the inside with lightning speed. He screened out 999 tactics suitable for the current situation and quickly applied these tactics to his current situation. He found nine most suitable plans and projected them simultaneously into in areas under one's own control. With the series of intensive operations of Tzeentch, the power of Chaos successfully gained the upper hand on the battlefield. The momentum of the invaders was curbed, and the first Crystal Tower, which was on the verge of collapse due to the impact of Abathur's Tyranids, also As a result, stability slowly returned.

"...??"

However, before the Eye of Fortune could happily calculate what advantages the new changes would bring to it, a heavy tremor was transmitted along the metal ground of the hive city to its senses, and it realized When something happened, the Great Demon of Tzeentch raised his head and looked in that direction. His remaining eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"No!!!!"

"Aim - release!!!"

In the distance, with an angry command, the first batch of the Empire's far-fire troops that had finished their formation roared in unison, at the coordinates provided by the Necron chess pieces and the Tyranid swarm chess pieces. With the help of the Hammer Lao's Astartes troops as the precursor, the thousands of artillery shells accurately penetrated the evil magic deployed by Tzeentch on its position, falling like a heavy rain. On and near the No. 1 Tzeentch Demonic Tower, flames roared, shock waves shook the polluted earth, shrapnel flew, and the power of the material world began to crush the demonic shadow of the subspace!

“Rumble, rumble————!!”

Accompanied by the explosion of the cannonball, in an instant, the crystal fragments that made up the crystal tower flew everywhere, and the cracking sound that mortals could not hear echoed in the subspace. Before the lamentation of the Great Demon of Tzeentch dissipated, the third A crystal tower has completely become the history of the real world, and one of the most direct results of the collapse of this tower is——

The battle position carefully laid out by the Eye of Luck was torn open with a fatal gap!

"Tyranid swarm! Attack forward!"

Seeing that the most direct obstacle blocking his Tyranid swarm had disappeared, Abathur waved his hand without hesitation and gave the most extreme order to his swarm - following this simple and crude instruction Beginning to be executed by the Tyranid swarm, most of the remaining units of the Tyranid swarm, led by the Tyrant Tyrant, who was still in good condition, turned into a destructive torrent, rushing into the crystal tower defense line because of the crystal tower. The Tzeentch demons were broken and collectively fell into 'shock'. In the blink of an eye, these things that should not belong to the real world were sent back to their hometown in the highest heaven by various biological weapons - or were they not able to go back at all?

However, the Tyranid swarm's mad rush was only the prelude to the real attack.

"Necrons, push forward."

Near the second crystal tower, under the command of Silence, his Necron group has moved out again, pointing directly at the crystal tower and the Tzeentch demon group under the crystal tower. These writing ribs read as E-demon's stuff and are completely consistent. Even surpassing their fighting power in this world, silently sweeping away all enemies blocking their way, the dark green light spread forward, and the grotesque shapes of the Ulterior Sky were shattered to pieces in the face of absolute power - whether it was the Tzeentch Crystal, Neither the magic fire of Tzeentch nor the demons of Tzeentch are the perfect match for the Necrons.

"Mobile warfare, sustained bombing."

In the sky above the third crystal tower, the aircraft of Liang Feifan's Ada Spirit Tribe and the Black Ada Spirit Tribe were circling gracefully, using their speed and agility to dodge the seemingly airtight waves surrounding this magic tower. The anti-aircraft firepower effortlessly destroyed the most important crystal area on it. Although the third crystal tower seemed to be the same thing, the Eye of Destiny knew that it was only a matter of time before this thing collapsed.

"Gah! Great Saint Trazetch! I have been surrounded by the true unknown! I can no longer see the way forward clearly!!"

The three 'alien' troops bloomed on three sides, and the power of the emperor who composed them beat in waves. Although they still maintained considerable power, in the eyes of the Great Demon of Tzeentch, the crystal realm, which was already full of loopholes, experienced for the first time the power of the emperor. The Eye of Destiny, which was completely swallowed by the unknown feeling, let out a scream of joy or sorrow—will it fail or succeed? Can I really continue to exist? Why can the cursed be mobilized?

The power of an existence that has nothing to do with humans or even has no soul? Are the previous thirteen sounds the number of the cursed? If the damned has a number why doesn't it have a place in the High Heaven? The answer to these questions is – I don’t know! !

"You're doing great, very good, I've felt it, I've touched it, keep going, keep going, don't stop, keep going - hee hee hee -"

The chuckle of the Demonic Bird God lingered in the ears of the Eye of Luck, stimulating the great demon of Tzeentch to 'regroup'. Although this ever-changing demon king has figured out that his boss is the culprit of his current situation, however, when he heard Tzeentch's laughter, he felt a new law appear on the codex around his waist. After the operation, Luck Eye's morale immediately increased as he felt that he could control new changes.

"As you command, the all-knowing and all-powerful Holy One—"

Before he finished speaking, the whistling sound of something falling reached the Eye of Luck's 'hearing', interrupting the Eye of Luck's praise of Tzeentch. Amidst the crashing sound of the crystal being shattered, dozens of Space Marine airdrop pods were violently smashed in front of it. The elite Space Marine chess pieces belonging to three Space Marine battle groups stepped out of the airdrop pod and raised the weapons in their hands. , Locking did not expect that he would be confused by a bunch of drop pods, and the Tzeentch pulled the trigger without any hesitation.

“Quack, quack, quack————!!”

Seventy-five. The Battle of Udal—The Crazy Ever-Changing Demon King

He fanned his wings crazily, blowing the crystal wind in all directions.

Chanting spells crazily, causing Tzeentch's demonic flames to run disorderly on the battlefield.

Shaking the staff, he desperately induced the great power of the Crystal Maze.

Remove the seal on the book and release the evil smile of the Lord of Tampering Heaven.

The Great Demon of Tzeentch is fighting, the Great Demon of Tzeentch is laughing, the Great Demon of Tzeentch is casting spells, and the Great Demon of Tzeentch is... fearful.

Yes, the Eye of Fortune is afraid, although it is facing only more than a hundred Astartes warriors who have no think tank organization, do not carry too many heavy weapons, and even feel a little bit of fighting on their own, although it can easily use its terrifying spells to knock these Astartes warriors away or even defeat them, although it can effortlessly control the power from the subspace to turn the firepower that is enough to destroy thousands of mortals into ashes into dust. However, the Eye of Fortune is still afraid of this battle.

"What is the matter with the cursed one? Is it sitting on the throne? If so? Why are its servants so strange?"

Looking at the Astartes team that was just knocked back dozens of meters by him, with the fire of changing colors churning on its body, but still able to quickly get up from the ground, pick up weapons that were not affected at all and continue to pour ammunition such as explosive bombs on him, he used his shield to block a bunch of plasma balls that looked like ordinary ones, but in fact they were actually things transformed by the power of the curse, and then flapped his wings and blew out a wave of crystal storms , forced back several Astartes who were holding various melee weapons and rushed over fearlessly to try to fight him in close combat. From the appearance, they looked more elite than other Astartes. After using his staff to pry away a warrior who was diving towards him with a jet pack, the Eye of Luck finally managed to catch a gap and cast a spell without hesitation. He used a short-distance teleportation to retreat to a place that was more suitable for escape later. Admittedly, the Great Demon of Tzeentch was sure that as long as he kept fighting like this, he would inevitably win this round of battle, but he just didn't dare to gamble!

'Why do the cursed still insist on using the power of the "Empire" when they can control other powers? Why is the combat power of the servants of the cursed almost the same as their prototypes in the real universe? Why does the servants of the cursed not change even their external shape no matter how they endure the power of change? Why don't the servants of the cursed choose a more efficient way of fighting? Why don't the cursed project the "power of other servants" into this battlefield? ’

Questions lingered wildly, the fog became more and more entangled, and the laughter of Tzeentch himself mixed in the throat of the Eye of Fortune, making the eyes of the Tzeentch Demon appear colorful. For a moment, the Lord of Change felt that he had become part of the problem, and became a real crowbar that could reveal the answers to these questions. As long as he was reduced to ashes, the great bird god would know something!

“Yes, right, continue to fight, continue—change, unknown, show me all of this—”

The voice in the Supreme Heaven lingered softly, and the essence of the Eye of Fortune was trembling wildly. The choice between left and right became extremely difficult in front of it—and after enduring another round of explosive bombs, the Tzeentch Demon finally made a choice.

That is—

RUN first! !

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“........ran away?”

Looking at the floating combat hologram in front of him, Gu’s expression was subtle.

".....I should be right, the Tzeentch demon ran away?"

After repeatedly confirming that there was no trace of the Tzeentch demon in the vision of his Imperial Fist chess piece, Liang Feifan's expression became strange.

"It probably ran away, but the chess pieces we threw down basically had no possibility of killing it. At most, it could only be half-crippled. Considering that this guy has been blessed by Tzeentch, we may even only cause it a slight injury. With the cunning of the Tzeentch demon, it is impossible for it not to realize this - how could it run away?"

The political commissar rubbed her eyebrows and felt that something must be wrong - admittedly, the Hammer guys knew that it was impossible to think clearly about what a Tzeentch thing was thinking, but the operation of Tzeentch thing suddenly retreating when it was in good condition or even in an advantageous situation...

It was still enough to surprise the Hammer guys a little.

"Can you find its current location?"

Controlling his chess piece to sweep around the hall where the battle had just taken place, and after confirming that the bird shadow of the Tzeentch demon had really disappeared, Gu looked at Silence - after the battle began, the master of this Necromancer chess piece had been monitoring the subspace pollution of the Udal Hive, which was the battlefield. The reason why the Hammers were able to use a bunch of Astartes chess pieces to smash the Eye of Luck was due to Silence.

"--Its subspace reaction has temporarily disappeared. I guess it has either returned to the subspace or used some more advanced Tzeentch magic to hide its whereabouts. If you ask me, we should not care where this guy went for the time being, and redouble our efforts to demolish the crystal tower - anyway, if all the towers are demolished, the subspace pollution of this world can be roughly put to an end. At that time, how to flatten and round a Tzeentch demon without the support of the subspace, isn't it up to us to decide?"

The Necromancer unit that was floating in space scanned the war zone at the highest intensity, but failed to capture any signal that might be from the Great Demon of Tzeentch. Silence shrugged his shoulders and commanded his Necromancer troops to advance one square at the same time - this meant that who knows how many more demons and monsters of the Tzeentch family were purified by the dark green beam and turned into the remnants of the Supreme Heaven.

"Having said that, I always feel that it is impossible for us to kill the Tzeentch thing so easily - hey, I suddenly thought of a question. In the previous Hive World, we knocked down a ritual platform to change nine to eight, which led to the entry of the Great Demon of Khorne, proving that the summoning rituals of the four gods and demons are interoperable in some cases. Now, if the number of these crystal towers becomes a coincidental number at a coincidence, will it be...?"

Although the Chosen One did not finish the second half of his words, the Hammers all understood what he meant.

"Probably... not?"

Seventy-six. The Battle of Udal - Six Towers

Does the Great Demon dream?

This question is quite stupid.

However, the Eye of Luck now feels like it is dreaming, or what words can be used to describe the absurdity it is facing now? A kind of absurdity that is considered absurd even for the Great Demon of Tzeentch?

He clearly just wanted to return to the Crystal Labyrinth temporarily to rest for a while, avoid the limelight, and then think about how to entangle with a bunch of things that may be the subspace forces of the cursed, whose origins, combat effectiveness and other key information he has not yet figured out, in order to obtain more information that his creator likes. However, after casting the spell, not only did he fail to return to the world of the Lord of Change, but he plunged into the realm of Paradise?