The Emperor’s Angel of Death

But as humanity finally ushered in victory after the bloody battle, an unpleasant scene unfolded. What followed was the Mechanicus's frenzied looting. The Tech-Priests began to abandon combat, instead using their Servitors to move anything they could get their hands on, from Necron wreckage to various constructs, even statues, sarcophagi, gun emplacements. One Magos even privately used combat robots to try and move a severely damaged Necron Monolith. The entire underground tomb became utterly chaotic, spiraling out of control at one point.

Fortunately, Nadhir, the 1st Company Captain of the White Scars, promptly designated restricted zones and executed several unlucky priests on the spot, bringing the situation under control and preventing the entire tomb from being completely emptied. But when they opened the treasure vault of the Ryza Dynasty...

When Saul Tarvitz stood on the gold-paved floor, hands on his hips, and looked ahead, his anger soared to its peak. After all, this treasure vault was within easy reach, and it should have contained many relics preserved from the ancient Ryza Dynasty. There was likely to be something very useful among them, since Necron technology was almost like magic, especially their time-based technology. And in principle, all of this already belonged to him, and the Fabricator-General couldn't take much of it away anyway.

But now, the tall, magnificent, and resplendent treasure vault was completely empty, not a single hair left. Without even thinking, Saul Tarvitz knew who had been here.

"Well done, the Infinite... well done, Trazyn, to steal from me!"

At this moment, Saul Tarvitz immediately realized how Ockham had obtained so much intelligence information from his "old friend." The two might have reached some kind of understanding when they met. Trazyn told Ockham some information about Lana, and Ockham tacitly allowed Trazyn to take advantage of the chaos to loot the Ryza Dynasty's treasure vault—although it seemed that the Ryza Dynasty's underground tomb had not yet been breached at that time, and the treasure vault belonged to "unowned property." But if Ockham had reported it in time, Saul Tarvitz would never have stood idly by and would have rushed to the underground battlefield at the first opportunity.

But he was not angry, because this was an exchange. Although he would have people watching Ockham, he would not interfere with his intelligence activities. This kind of thing was not worth pursuing afterward.

After all, Ockham had always been such an independent person with strange and unpredictable behavior and thoughts. Perhaps only such a person could maneuver through complex situations and carry out various secret missions for Saul Tarvitz.

However, an empty treasure vault was still infuriating, especially after such a huge price had been paid in this war, and merely one tomb ship was not enough to make up for all the losses.

Perhaps one day he should pay a visit to this Necron Saint of Thieves with a kleptomaniac quirk...

"Legion Master."

1st Company Captain Nadhir's voice came from behind, followed by the heavy footsteps of a Terminator. This main commander of ground operations had also joined the battle during the underground assault phase, and personally killed a Crowned General and four Skorpekh Destroyers. Now, the heads of these aliens were hanging from his waist with chains, but his armor also had many conspicuous breaches, and there were emergency treatment scars on his forehead.

"I have failed in my duty, not being able to control this place in the first instance."

Saul Tarvitz waved his hand.

"It has nothing to do with you. Besides, Necrons' dimensional technology makes it very convenient to move things. If they really want to take it, you can't stop them."

Then he noticed a hesitant expression on Nadhir's face, and immediately guessed what the other party wanted to say, so he took the initiative to bring it up.

"What about the casualties?"

"Reporting, Legion Master, the Mechanicus has not provided statistics, but the Chapter... auxiliary forces suffered approximately 130,000 casualties, including 70,000 deaths, and nearly 4,000 units of various equipment and vehicles were lost. As for the Battle Brothers, a total of 87 died, with the 6th Company suffering the most casualties, with 21 deaths. Spavard was also seriously injured. They encountered an evil sorcerer when entering the enemy's underground area. He had the ability to manipulate time, and in cooperation with an enemy commander, caught the 6th Company off guard. In the end, it was the 5th Company that provided timely support to kill that commander, but the enemy sorcerer ran away... and was not found afterward."

Although he was prepared, Saul Tarvitz was still taken aback when he heard about such huge casualties. It was understandable that the auxiliary forces suffered heavy casualties, after all, many had never really been on the battlefield, let alone fought against Necrons. This time, a total of 500,000 combat troops were brought, and a 26% casualty rate was actually acceptable, but the loss of nearly one company of Astartes was a bit scary.

You know, Saul Tarvitz had been preparing for the ground battlefield for a long time. Humanity had absolute superiority in troops and firepower, and was not subject to orbital interference. It should have been a great victory.

But he never expected that a Necron dynasty forced to the end of its road would cause such huge casualties to humanity in such extreme disadvantage. The Fabricator-General had also roughly mentioned some of the losses on the Mechanicus side before. The Adeptus Custodes alone lost more than 22 million, so the Mechanicus actually bore most of the casualties in this war. If the Chapter had fought alone, Saul Tarvitz really didn't dare to think about the casualties.

"Nadhir, there is no need to blame yourself. You have done very well. The weapons of the aliens are extremely powerful, and casualties are unavoidable. Other Chapters often suffer heavy casualties when fighting Necrons, not to mention that you have to command and dispatch such a vast battlefield and so many troops. I didn't expect you to have such a talent for command."

Hearing Saul Tarvitz's praise, Nadhir's expression clearly improved a lot, but he still maintained a humble attitude.

"It's all due to the Legion Master's good arrangements."

At this time, the other company captains and command staff also arrived here, but the 6th Company Captain was missing, and he was still receiving emergency treatment from the Apothecary.

He did not ask for details of the battle, because each company captain would submit a battle report. He only asked about the condition of the wounded warriors in the companies, as well as the collection of the remains of the fallen and the recovery of gene-seed, and gave appropriate awards to the company captains.

So far, the war in Ek沃里亚 has come to a complete end. According to the original plan, valuable equipment and items in the tomb world were moved onto the tomb ship, and part of it was recovered from those priests, but it was obviously impossible to get it all back, so a lot of it was still scattered among the people, which could not be helped.

In addition to the equipment, the tomb itself could not be wasted. Black stone materials are extremely expensive and rare items within the Mechanicus, and even the underground Necron tombs are regarded as a kind of "mineral" resource. A world with "black stone deposits" often means extremely high economic and scientific research value. Leaving aside those conditions, the black stone material itself is also a very strong and dense material with very high strength, and it also has a very magical warp polarity. It is very good for limiting warp energy or conducting warp energy.