Stars for the good Warhammer

Several columns of smoke rose from the plains on the northwest side of the Parmenio continent. Those were the burning Leman Russ and Chimaira armored vehicles. The dots of fire were like patterns on a beige tablecloth, so gorgeous.

The intercom was full of noise. Yesterday, the command center in Delos City promised that when the general offensive was underway, they would send a local planetary defense company from Parmenio to support, but now the soldiers lying in the trenches like drowned fish no longer had any hope for this.

The so-called reinforcements might never come again. After all, Nurgle's plague army had penetrated the defense line on the north side of the continent. Under the bombing of those withering fighters, the large army had been forced to retreat to the hive city on the southwest side and had no news from then on.

The Empire's Valkyrie fighter formation naturally could not attack against Nurgle's plague flies and demon engines without position support. If it really did so, the pilots of the fighters would definitely be eaten by those demon creatures.

Moreover, even if the promised reinforcements could arrive at the front smoothly, all this would have long been meaningless. After all, the Chaos Space Marines of the Death Guard arrived at the battlefield and successfully occupied the cities and settlements that were supposed to be guarded by them.

Those demigods blessed by the evil gods are not comparable to the cultists and plague zombies. The well-trained Astra Militarum companies have no power to fight back in front of those things. The plastic steel armor of the Chimera chariot was gently pierced like a piece of paper.

In the distance, the footsteps were like heavy drumbeats. It was a deformed beast as tall as a mountain and could not be described by common sense. To be more precise, that thing was originally a mountain. Under the erosion of Nurgle's evil magic and the power of the warp, the rocks that originally had no life were transformed into pools of twisting flesh and blood, and finally condensed into the deformed creation walking in the plague plains. How could the command center come to save the thirteen soldiers trapped in the position under such circumstances?

A young soldier held the laser rifle tightly in his hand. The cries of the plague zombies and the wailing of his companions who were tortured by the disease in the past day were about to break his nerves. He clearly remembered that the three Lightning fighters that came to scout last night were surrounded by flies above their positions. The naive pilots wanted to use heat-attracting bombs to drive them away, but they still had to crash in the end.

Two crew members jumped out of the parachute, but the heat-attracting bombs that remained in the air had attracted the plague zombies around. With desperate cries, the two unlucky guys who slowly fell successfully sent themselves to the mouths of the zombies.

The soldier glanced at his companion who was sleeping on his shoulder. Yesterday's bombing infected him with a deadly plague. At this time, under the bulletproof helmet was a face full of pus and could no longer see the original appearance. Even through the gas mask, it seemed that the disgusting stench could be smelled.

If nothing unexpected happened, the city of Delos would have fallen under the attack of the plague army. Perhaps the fleet in orbit had already left, and the regent and his angels had already abandoned the planet called Parmenio.

"Please bless my soul to return to the throne."

After praying, the tormented young man slowly put the muzzle of the gun to his chin. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a discontinuous voice suddenly came from the intercom that had been silent for several days. After putting his ear close, he finally barely distinguished a few vague syllables from it.

"My armored unit. The position is close to 120 meters. Prepare to break through."

The noise in the communicator became louder and louder. Gradually, I could only see the poisonous fog slowly rising in the wasteland at the end of my sight, and then several swollen withering drones suddenly appeared in the rising fog, which was extremely terrifying.

Soon, a row of Leman Russ tanks and Chimera tracked vehicles rushed out from the rear of the position, leaving a row of neat traces on the loose sand. Then the fighters from the Empire fought with the incoming demon engines at the fastest speed. In an instant, fire and explosions rang out one after another, and the earth shook uncontrollably like a dining table being hammered by a giant.

At this moment, a soldier in the foxhole shouted to the people with a look of surprise.

"That's the colonel's troops! They are trying to break through. We have to keep up with them!"

However, before any action was taken, a Leman Russ that tried to cross the trench suddenly exploded less than two meters away from the foxhole. The ammunition detonated and the turret of the tank soared dozens of meters high like a rocket. The violent shock wave caused the soldiers who wanted to stick their heads out to observe the battlefield to fall over. When they got up again, the originally noisy battlefield had become quiet again.

In less than a minute, the wilderness in front of them had turned into a steel graveyard. In the dim sky, the Valkyrie, which had lost one wing, was spinning and falling. The dense swarm of Nurgle insects crawled all over the cabin like cockroaches, and finally hit the ground with the fuselage.

The tanks were finished, but the battle was far from over. The surviving Astra Militarum soldiers used their flamethrowers to greet the plague zombies rushing towards them. A group of plasma balls shot out from the foxhole and luckily hit the Death Guards mixed in the zombies under the gaze of the young soldiers.

The scorching plasma instantly exploded among the corpses, but it was unable to cause damage to the Astartes on the Chaos side. The next second the soldier controlling the plasma cannon received a response from the bolter. Rocket-propelled high-explosive ammunition tore apart his body, turning it into a pool of sticky flesh and blood that covered the land already littered with corpses.

This horrifying scene completely destroyed the last line of defense in the hearts of the young people. Seeing the Plaguebringer's army slowly approaching the position, a soldier in the foxhole raised the laser gun in his hand, and then shouted hoarsely. shouted.

"We surrender!"

This embarrassing voice echoed in the silent battlefield, and soon caused a burst of laughter. However, just when the cultist blessed by Nurgle was about to approach the foxhole to check the specific situation inside.

next moment

As several rays of silvery white light flashed by, a large number of iron cans as tall as a person suddenly fell from the air onto the battlefield without any warning. The moment they collided with the ground, the cans released wisps of gray sandstorms that could spread on their own. .

What both sides didn't know was that the gray-white gravel floating in the air was actually a swarm of hungry nano-bugs. The nano-machines activated at the moment of contact with the air immediately began to devour the enemy troops within a radius of one kilometer. Devour completely.

Amidst the huge shock, the transport formation of fourteen [Banshee Carrier Aircraft] roared through the low clouds, firing a round of missiles to clear away the slow-moving Chaos Artillery outside the scope of the nanostorm, followed by several Hundreds of elite soldiers wearing fully enclosed power armor jumped out of the cabin at a low altitude of 400 meters under the leadership of two knights in silver armor, and landed steadily on the ground surrounded by sand and dust with the help of gravity parachutes.

It is not difficult to tell from the sword emblems on the soldiers' armor that they are the troops of the Ash Alliance. Seeing the arrival of friendly forces, the Astra Militarum soldiers jumped out of the foxholes excitedly, and some of them walked towards the oncoming side. Some of the knights performed the Eagle Salute, while others excitedly played with the radio in an attempt to inform the nearby besieged troops of the good news.

But what they all didn't expect was that at the moment when the soldier reached out and touched the radio switch, accompanied by a dull gunshot, an electromagnetic pressurized bullet was shot from the back of his head into the joints. Then he destroyed the radio station that the soldiers desperately protected.

Realizing that something was wrong, the soldiers in the foxholes still wanted to resist, but the moment they raised their guns, bullets shot from all directions killed everyone on the scene in a matter of nanoseconds. Just as they fell, The nano clusters floating in the air instantly began to devour them as quickly as possible. After about an hour, the battlefield would be restored to a desolate state.

At this moment, a slightly heavy voice came from behind the knight.

"Raphael"

The person who spoke was Michael. Looking at the tragic scene of blood flowing into the foxhole, some indescribable emotion touched his heart.

The knight named Raphael was just admiring the Nurgle beast from a distance, which was being wrapped by a swarm of nano bugs, and then explained unhurriedly.

"Father told us that this is a secret operation. We must not let anyone know our whereabouts. There is no need to waste energy on such things."

As he spoke, he took out a crystal fragment from the storage compartment of the armor on his waist and handed it to the Alliance soldier carrying detection equipment.

"Start preparing for the ritual to awaken the Temple of Time. According to the coordinates provided by my father, the second temple is near us."

Listening to the other party's relaxed tone, Michael couldn't help but fall into silence.

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After an unknown amount of time, as the crystal in the soldier's hand flashed with a strange light, a gorgeously decorated door suddenly appeared in the originally empty plain.

There is a tree of life carved out of rock above the gate, as well as a unique [worm] with its body wrapped around the trunk. During the investigation of the first Temple of Time, the same pattern appeared many times. According to the explanation given by the AI ​​in the temple, that tree represents the origin of the [Hymn Girls], and the giant insects surrounding the sacred tree are the mysterious [Insects of Time].

These are enough to prove that behind the door in front of you is the second Temple of Time. These temples built by the chanting girls tens of millions of years ago are perfectly hidden in a special dimension. Usually, Only with the help of the soul crystal can the entrance to the temple be opened.

However, according to the intelligence obtained recently, the Black Legion led by Abaddon seems to be also looking for traces of these buildings. Those people are plotting to steal and master the power of the Worm of Time. In order to stop them, Otto specially sent them a month ago. This task was given to Michael, who was ordered to find the remaining four temples before the Black Legion based on the coordinates he interpreted, and bring back the relics in them.

"Set up a perimeter here and never allow anyone to get close to the gate."

After the genetically modified soldiers at the scene gave the order, Michael and Raphael, followed by an elite Storm Guard, opened a dimensional door that seemed to lead to the divine world.

What appeared behind the door was a hazy scene, but just a second before the two of them were about to step inside, a strong sense of disobedience suddenly came to Michael's mind, as if he had been electrocuted.

"Wait! Something is watching us."

Hearing this, the soldiers gathered in front of the gate instantly entered a state of alert. At the same time, the Banshee formation hovering in the air also began to scan the surrounding area in full channels. However, as time passed, no abnormal situation occurred as expected.

"We can't stay here for too long."

Faced with Raphael's reminder, Michael, who felt a little strange, finally had to give up. However, shortly after the group entered the dimension gate, a transparent alien warship with a strange shape appeared behind the clouds.

Behind the door is a scene similar to Temple No. 1, an isolated island floating in the air within the space-time rift. The magnificent church, the main building of the temple, is located in the center of the square. However, when the group entered it cautiously, the scene that appeared in front of them really surprised Michael.

Inside the temple was a huge mechanical platform, and in the center of the open mechanical structure, a special tank with a torrent of energy was imprisoned. At this moment, a strange individual with a flickering figure like a ghost was imprisoned. When Michael saw the other party, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger. He could feel that the thing seemed to have noticed him.

"What on earth is that?"

Shortly after the voice fell, the artificial intelligence named [Vanessa] living in Michael's armor answered this.

"According to the system records, the target is the [Sealed Dimensional Warlock], which is one of the most important collections in the Cult of Time and a key item to maintain the existence of the Temple of Time."

"Dimensional Warlock?"

"Yes, it is a dimensional creature captured by the Alliance in the year 2638 of the Star Calendar. Research on this species has enabled the Alliance to gain advanced technology related to space and dimensions, and this species has another name in the Alliance's records."

"Breaker."

When Raphael, who was trying to get close to the mechanical device, heard this name, he couldn't help but freeze in place, because if he remembered correctly, it was the name of another great enemy of the Alliance besides the Rectification Protocol that his father Otto had mentioned not long ago.