Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire - #351 - Chapter 344 Praise to the Immaculate Virgin

Most people are very unfamiliar with this name. Even if you look through the empire’s classics or search folk records, you can probably find vague descriptions related to him.

Generally speaking, an unknown mortal scholar from a thousand years ago can only leave two worthless evaluations in the long history of death due to illness and poverty.

But he is not so worthless. When he goes deep into the abyss that the mortals of the empire dare not touch and takes from the stars the technology that the Mechanicum covets and the alien technology that the Inquisition is also afraid of, from this point of view, he is the most powerful person in that era. The greatest adventurer and scholar in this sector, and one of the few humans who still have dreams and hopes after a thousand years of darkness.

His great achievements reached the peak after he penetrated into a cave of an ancient ruins. He saw an ancient sculpture that looked strange and human-like in the alien ruins he was chasing. However, at this moment, he did not realize that this alien creation was essentially the same as a human being. He already had a fateful connection.

At this moment, the object is still dusty and simple. It has been stained with thick rust for thousands of years, no, tens of thousands of years. The limbs and head of the statue can no longer be seen clearly, and even the best scholars in the empire cannot restore it. Originally, it was just It was a futile endeavor, but Krisha was not exploring for money in the first place.

Even so, there are many rich men with a hobby of collecting who want to pay a lot of money to buy this statue with strange materials. Of course, the solid white material is as beautiful as jade, but this broken thing seems to have magic power. Let Krisha, a man who rarely leaves souvenirs, place it in the living room of his family, which he will never return to for a long time.

When the years of adventure began, it was not that he had no family. He had a beautiful wife, several naughty children, and accumulated wealth and connections. However, when the statue was placed in the living room cabinet, no one realized that the face of the statue became more and more… Similar to his beautiful lady.

In about twenty years of sun and moon, the lady has not aged any longer, and the statue has completely taken on a new look, but most people are not aware of it, as if it was always like this.

After returning from a long adventure, the adventurer scholar was tired and ready to retire. He prepared many gifts to the local lords, as well as from various organizations of the Mechanicus and the Tribunal. He wanted to hand over all his work to the empire and let the human empire judge Those creatures come and go.

Without aliens and dangers to kill him, he could easily live anywhere, just like the emperor’s blessing, until a sharp knife was inserted into the sleeping adventurer’s clever head.

That night, the children and the owner of the house were all murdered. In the empire, such things happened too often, and all the expedition proceeds and treasures were stolen. The local bailiff was dispatched because of the reputation of the people involved in the incident, but they only brought back light and fluffy items. A sentence that seeks wealth and kills.

No one knew where the lady had gone. They were usually affectionate and had no motive, and no one thought that a woman could accurately kill a seasoned adventurer, even if he was sleeping.

You know, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to directly insert into the skull, let alone use a clumsy weapon like a dagger. Most people think that this thing can never be done by an ordinary woman.

However, after that, an unassuming tantric sect emerged among the people. It was free from the minions of the Imperial Tribunal, defied many taboos that must not be touched, and brought countless variables to this sector one after another.

And they all believe in a mother, and there is also a “sister” who looks just like her, no, exactly the same, and the knowledge of that sister is as good as that of the great adventure scholar.

Finally, more and more believers gathered. They unified their slogans and spoke to the Virgin with the most pious words. “Praise be to the Immaculate Virgin.”

In the rising industrial elevator, this sentence was repeated repeatedly. As the imperial guard second lieutenant asked him again and again, those crazy religious personnel stopped talking and no longer understood after the death of their grandmother. As if his head was broken.

The second lieutenant looked at the crazy lunatics in front of him with an impatient expression. “What the hell, these crazy people!”

He wished he could kill these evil things that had blasphemed the Emperor, but as a hostage, he still hoped to get more information. But it seemed that except for the psyker, no one else had a deep understanding of this matter. .

At this moment, the Imperial Guard is far from safe. In the industrial-grade elevator, although it is difficult for large-scale attack weapons to destroy the transport warehouse, the huge composite cable is still controlled by the enemy.

As long as the enemy cuts off the elevator transportation, the Imperial Guard will be trapped to death, but it has been more than half an hour, and the enemy has not taken any action. The second lieutenant has not let go of his heart since he was forced to enter here. At this point, the madness of the Marist believers has been completely ignited. his anger.

“Kill these worthless people, then take off their clothes, and check their belongings carefully. Don’t let those things be stained with blood when you kill them.”

After a few bangs and bangs, that sinful life ended when the blood dyed the ground red. In the weightlessness of the ladder ascent, the blood gathered together and formed a weird picture, but no one realized that something was wrong yet. That picture It was trampled to pieces by military boots.

The Holy Mother they believe in is not clean. The gods in the highest heaven covet the mortal world, that is, the material world where humans are located. She has many incarnations, different appearances, twisted and sickly. When a heretical book and a portrait of the Holy Mother were obtained, In front of the second lieutenant, he was also convinced that death for those heretics would not be a pity.

After flipping through and inspecting them hastily, he closed the books with a disgusting attitude, and asked the soldiers to seal those things and store them as one of the items submitted to the Inquisition.

Those whose heretical content is sufficient for this Tantra will be attacked by the Inquisition, and those Inquisitors holding rosettes representing the Flame of Judgment will entertain those people well.

The second lieutenant was more concerned about the goods in their hands than those things that had been settled. He asked the sergeant chief who was meditating. “Our attack is still very dangerous. They probably discovered the situation below. Half an hour has passed since we stepped into the elevator, and the rest of the climb is slower than we imagined.”

Nowadays, most of the soldiers are resting. Compressed dried meat, greasy cans, starch, protein, oil, and fat are energy, which is the load capacity of humans in extreme situations. At the same time, the Imperial deflagration guns and laser guns wrapped in oil paper are also there. It was taken out by soldiers and carefully maintained.

The Master Chief opened his eyes, and the strange color in his pupils had not dissipated. The influence of psychic power on him was not non-existent. Potential mutations and emotional outbursts, but he didn’t know when they would come, but he could say for sure.

“There will be no attack. We got what they think is the most important thing.”

The ensign was a little surprised. “Is there anything important enough that they would tolerate tens of thousands of soldiers attacking their palaces?”

“A thing that can guide hundreds of psykers on how to use power, a psychic book that records terrible evil power.” This sentence is both true and false. This sculpture is much more evil than a book. At the same time, this sentence The words are true, because this statue can indeed help those people awaken their psychic powers and even learn new techniques based on the worshiper’s talents.

In fact, there is no way to study the core of this ancient creation. Why it uses the spirit bones of the Eldar, why it looks like a human, and why it is worshiped by unknown ancient aliens. But he knows one thing best, and that is the huge will represented by this thing. Real existence.

It was a powerful supreme celestial creature, and this sculpture was its projection. In view of this, it is not impossible to change it according to the situation. The spiritual bones were originally shaped by the spirit race by the spirit race, and could be changed like living creatures, and It is an incomparable spiritual conductor.

At this point, the Master Chief can only believe that there is a huge willpower in the dark that is controlling everything, and the Imperial Guard is both one of them and the way to break the situation. His spiritual energy can feel that the sun in the highest sky is comforting him. Even if his soul is not worth mentioning compared to that huge star, its light does not shine for him alone.

Even so, the Master Chief can muster up the courage to fight against despair.

At the same time, the second lieutenant also understood that the demigod in front of him had not made it clear. He had no ability to resist those magical powers. He was a mortal body, a body of flesh and blood. Even if his will and soul could bear the information, his flesh and blood would mutate and run away because of what he knew. Collapse.

The soul and the body complement each other. The demigod has a strong will, so he can become a superman, and the superhuman body is indestructible and feeds back the soul. In the end, they are destined to bear many pains for the empire that ordinary people cannot bear, and achieve greatness that mortals cannot achieve.

But he is not without the ability to help the Space Marines. The Imperial Guard has the Imperial Guard’s battles. Compared with the illusory and strange battlefields of psychic energy and souls, he is better at the real wars in the physical universe that have long been remembered in his mind.

He only needs to know this, that is, the enemy will not destroy the elevator, then he can plan how to attack the enemy with peace of mind. Although there is not much information from the upper level, the infiltration of the wild snake will at most have a certain influence in the middle and lower nests. , but based on the little information provided by the fortress lords in various places and the similarity between the hives of the same type, the second lieutenant can probably judge what the first thing the Imperial Guard will do when they go out.

They need to build a barrier here, a battle line composed of sandbags and defense mechanisms, and a few hours are enough time to turn the Imperial Guard into a fortress guard. At the same time, the narrow gate can perfectly form an entrance that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It just needs Be careful to hinder the enemy’s explosive weapon attacks.

“Start building sandbags, setting up explosive bombs, and heavy anti-vehicle missiles according to the positional warfare template. We are about to start a war. Astartes and Catachan have locked the main defense projects near the heavy platform. During this time, we need Make the protection of heretical relics a very high-priority strategic project!”

“Install fragmentation mines on the inside of the external sandbag fortress, make sure it is explosion-proof, and prepare plugboards and bunkers. We will turn this place into a fortress and prepare for the first hard battle after entering the country!”

“Boy Letling, you are in charge of logistics. First, cook the food and supervise the distribution. Then, during the war, climb to high places and conduct sniping from a distance. Prioritize preparations to kill the enemy’s high-value soldiers.”

“Sergeant Catachan, you are responsible for the inside of the battle line. Prepare howitzers and bolt shotguns. Catachan will become the bayonet company arranged inside the trenches to kill any enemy who breaks through the defense line.”

“The Astartes prepare their flight packs. While defending the platform, they can rely on the weapons set up on it to help us attack. By the way, those things can be replaced with storm bombs and heavy plasma, as well as laser cannons!”

“Each crew parked the heavy vehicles at the entrance. We can use those things as bunkers. We can abandon all baggage and mobility. Next, we need to defeat the enemy and then invade the palace. Food and supplies can be used as long as If you can kill an enemy, you can release dozens, hundreds, or thousands of doubled supplies!”

“Stormtroopers and Skadi veterans, grenadiers or compatriots who have experienced hundreds of battles, you are the largest and most important backbone. Don’t suffer because you are no longer elite. In the next war, we will be Shields and blades can be used both offensively and defensively.”

“Finally, all companies, listen up. The Imperial Guard has always been considered to be as aggressive as it was during the Great Crusade. After the Codex Astartes was published by the Primarch, the Imperial Guard was dismantled to defend countless stars across the Empire. “

“But this does not mean that we have no teeth, no nails, no blades, and no firearms. As warriors, we are good at both defense and attack. Next, we must destroy the enemy’s effective forces and end the traitor forces and Ska on the Engili Spaceport. Di’s long struggle for power and conflict with force!”

“In other words, all the sacrifices and deaths from the expedition two years ago to now will come to an end on our battlefield. Those who are humiliated, despised by traitors, or died innocently will be destroyed in front of the hammer of the Imperial Guard. , we are the Hammer of the Empire, remember.”

“My body, my bones, my heart, and my soul all traveled through the Netherworld for mankind. Even though the Emperor has passed away and mankind has been in darkness for thousands of years, we still only, only, can only accomplish one goal, and that is victory!”

“For the Emperor, build a bunker, for the Emperor, carry sandbags, for the Emperor, install weapons, for the Emperor, activate the augur, for the Emperor, kill the enemy.”

“That’s it, let’s start the war!”

His words were high-pitched, and the soldiers raised their heads, those fateful fates intertwined with their long combat experiences, from moving sandbags to laying out weapons, cleaning weapons, preparing body armor, loading explosive shells, and filling them with projectiles.

Amid the smell of gunpowder and sweat on the battlefield, this huge elevator is slowly turning into a war fortress. Whether it is intricate sandbag trenches or adamantine shields, the Astartes are ready to go. The forest heroes of Tachan and the veterans of Skadi all represent the climax of the N’djili invasion.

Like the prelude of a piece of music, like the stage of a theater being set up, in front of the eyes of the Emperor and the Lord of Change, a space opera performed by loyalists and traitors is beginning.