Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 180 03.0179: ‘Legacy of the Void’ branch line’

Bang!

The Thunderhawk cannon roared again.

The Blood Angel gunner was surprised, but he was just stunned for a moment and continued to look for replacement parts.

Bang!

In a very short time, there was another tremor of gunfire.

This time the Blood Angel gunner was confused.

After operating the Thunderhawk Cannon for so long, why didn't he know that the Thunderhawk Cannon also had a burst rate of fire mode?

Under normal circumstances, the next shot would not be fired at such a speed.

In fact, Horatio was also stunned. He just watched the Thunder Eagle Cannon fire like it was drugged.

All he could do was to aim the cannon at this disgusting void monster and pour the cannonballs into its ugly face.

Under the bombardment of this huge cannon that can shatter light Titans, the flight trajectory of the void leech began to shake.

The missiles of the Furious Interceptor Squadron shot up, and fired a laser beam, pulling them upwards, preparing to turn around and fight again.

The Thunderhawk continues to fire at an astonishing rate of fire.

Under the excellent maneuverability of the Astartes pilot, the gunboat passed by the swaying void leeches.

At the moment of intersection, Horatio aimed the Thunderhawk cannon at its mandible and gills and fired a shot.

This void monster that was several kilometers long let out a scream, and then rolled in the void like a dead fish.

The Fury fighter used laser cannons to focus fire for a while, only to make sure it was dead.

The barrel of the Thunderhawk cannon was red, and it was stuck at the critical point of exploding the barrel.

Horatio breathed a sigh of relief and stepped down from the gun mount.

"How did you do it?" the Blood Angel gunner asked.

"Maybe it's the Emperor's blessing," Horatio said covertly.

The Blood Angels were doubtful.

"Brother, today is Father's Day, he is taking care of us." Brother Romain Roland said to cover for Horatio.

The Blood Angel gunner replaced the energy-concentrating copper wire and turned on liquid nitrogen cooling for the Thunder Eagle cannon to assist in cooling.

Horatio sat back down beside Farida.

Leaning back on the red velvet seat and panting.

Suddenly, he entered the dark field of vision.

Among the intricate talent and skill trees, there is a branch tree called 'Legacy of the Void'.

[What is this...] He raised his head tiredly and looked at the first skill flashing slightly on this branch tree.

‘Unlock the Void Creature Illustration: Void Leech ‘Ocott’’

‘Ocott is said to be an extremely huge annular or leech-like creature that wanders in the void. However, doubts remain as to whether such a creature actually exists.

Legend has it that Okot is so large that it can surround void ships and crush them with its thick body. On Naboo, people worshiped these creatures as star gods. On the eve of the winter solstice, the locals would dress in coarse linen, drunkenly sing hymns to Ocott, and float down the river. However, xenoscientist Janus Draik claims that this void creature is completely fictional. ’

[Hey, you also have stamp collection and science popularization functions? ] Horatio snorted and complained in his heart.

When the soul fire of this void monster was sucked in by the prosthetic limb, it condensed into a dark trickle and poured into the branch tree of the 'Legacy of the Void'.

‘Unlock: Void Storage (Elementary)’

‘The ability to draw from Ocott’s stomach can be stored in the planar force field by the prosthetic limb holder. The storage limit of primary void storage is 1. ’

Horatio looked at this line, obviously understanding every word, but he couldn't fully understand the meaning.

He decided to try it out himself.

Horatio looked at the objects at hand and decided to place his iron hand on his naval bolt pistol 'Lucullus'.

‘Activate: Void Reserve’

The moment the skill was activated, the pistol seemed to be digested and turned into a pool of metallic liquid, which was instantly absorbed by Iron Hand.

When he wanted to hold the pistol in his hand again, this thought flashed through his mind, and the liquid instantly reshaped the pistol and held it in his hand.

[It turns out that to kill void sea monsters, you can absorb their special abilities by absorbing soul fire...]

Horatio realizes this, and where this ability might come in handy next.

According to Brigadier General Peruvian description, the document in that large leather bag was quite heavy.

He didn't want to repeat the mistake of when he and Farida escaped from the Zanth Cult's hiding place, and the storage board fell to the ground and was trampled in half.

He frowned slightly, thinking of Captain Peru's hunting adventure on Colonia.

I have a bold idea about my empty life in the future.

That is void hunting.

Just like captains in the age of sail often put down their boats and used harpoons to hunt sharks, killer whales, sperm whales, etc. It is a risky but rewarding action.

"There are still 30 minutes left to contact the Divine Will."

The Blood Angel pilot reported inside the gunship.

He glanced at Farida. The blonde girl was very worried now.

She frowned, pressing down to the center of her eyebrows.

"It'll be okay. We've sent so many people, the mutineers won't succeed," he comforted.

"prophecy……"

"What?"

"The prophecy is true. The curse on me will kill everyone and bring shame to the entire family..." She murmured feebly and in a trance, the fear of the curse prophecy occupying her heart.

"The situation is not irreversible yet, Farida. Keep an open mind, the enemy will not succeed."

Although he said so comfortingly, the situation was indeed not optimistic.

Just now, he saw from the omen fragments that the defenses of the General Guards on the first floor of the command bridge had been breached by the rebel sailors.

Even the officer commanding the bridge led the officer guard with guns.

The general's guards urgently tightened their defenses to prevent the mutineers from breaking through to the upper captain's bridge.

It's like turning into a tower defense game, once Lieutenant General Hood, who is the 'Crystal', is killed.

Then it's all over and everything will be irreversible.

"Each boat pulls up its horsepower to the maximum, and we must get to the battleship Divine Will as quickly as possible!"

Horatio, who was granted the power of acting as a commissioned lieutenant, immediately used the communication equipment on the Thunderhawk gunship to issue orders to the surrounding Shark assault boats.

It is worth explaining that the ‘power of appointing lieutenants’ in the Imperial Navy refers to.

In addition to not having the right to actively command (except to take over command) a warship with subspace jump capability.

In the absence of a more senior commissioned lieutenant, the lieutenant, or an acting lieutenant to whom such authority is delegated, has the authority to directly command any unit of the Imperial Navy and to carry out unconditionally any orders issued by him that are in the general interest of the Imperial Navy.

Whether there are 10,000 people here, 100,000 people, or a million people here.

As long as there is no commissioned lieutenant with more seniority than him present, the orders he issues to his crew represent the imperial edict of the Imperial Navy.

But the huge power also means that they must bear the ultimate responsibility for every order they issue.

Common costs include removal from office, imprisonment, shooting, and even setting fire to attack the ship in an atonement attack.

[It’s a one-way ticket anyway. As long as I can make it through, I don’t care even if the engine is broken. ] This is what he was thinking when he made the decision.

All assault boat pilots followed Horatio's orders and turned their horsepower to maximum.

The entire hull of the boat was shaking violently, and the jump gang members and armed sailors above vomited all over their helmets.

Arrival time is further shortened, and the Imperial Navy must fight against the conspiracy every second.

The precious battleship "Divine Will" must not fall into the hands of mutineers, otherwise at the end of the 41st millennium, the Gothic fleet, which already lacks battleships, will no longer have a foothold.

The Imperial Segmentum Admiralty will not remember a fleet where even the battleships were stolen by mutiny.

This mutiny, which is inexplicable to everyone, must not succeed!

Due to the platform's requirement to avoid suspicion, the word "political commissar" in the entire text of this book was changed to military supervisor. "Military supervisor" written after that means Commissar. The full name is the Military Supervisory Committee.