Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 226 04.0225: ‘Just kill a few traitor Astartes’

The tarmac was soaked with light rain.

This drizzle dispelled the dull air and sprinkled lightly on everyone, making people feel refreshed.

Horatio, wearing the Inberrado officer's power armor, saluted the centurions who were ready to go.

Standing in front of the phalanx, Louise, wearing a void blue beret, was the first to return the salute, and then the top soldiers behind her saluted Horatio.

"Comrades, this is the first formal military operation of the Special Operations Department. The fleet superiors are looking at us, the people of the planet are looking at us, and the mighty God Emperor is looking at us.

Today, we will brilliantly smash the conspiracy of those Scarlet Cultists and dig out this cancer completely. Make them pay for all their evil deeds on Sanguinius' Day. "

brush! ——

He pulled out the Zhongsi Power Sword from his waist and raised it to the sky: "Loyalty! Honesty! Must! Win!"

"Loyalty! Honesty! Must! Win!"

The soldiers in power armor all raised their Ryza-type hell guns, stamped their feet, stepped together, and made a uniform sound of collision between armor and guns.

The loud slogans demonstrate the strong fighting spirit.

Although the Hell's Vanguard Soldiers largely learned from the Storm Loyalty Army in terms of combat training.

But as members of the Imperial Navy, each of them wants to prove that they are more elite and better than their teachers.

And today is the opportunity to prove this to people.

Horatio put away his power sword and put on his horsehair helmet. The buckles aligned and made a click sound of correct docking. Rows of fluorescent characters appeared on the eyepiece, which were clear but not glaring. He performed the last system self-check while shouting loudly. Stepping towards the back cabin of a silent night-flying Valkyrie fighter jet modified for special operations.

Louise followed him as aide-de-camp.

Five fully armed Brother Astartes, as well as Inquisitor Ravenor and his elite attendants were waiting for the two of them at their seats.

"Team 1! Turn left! Run and walk!"

"Squad 2! Turn right! Run and board!"

"The third detachment!..."

One after another, the Valkyries, blue to black, blended perfectly into the night, and their engines had been specially silenced. They quietly took off from the tarmac one after another, heading towards the dark, yet extremely vast underground world.

Aboard the Valkyrie transport plane.

Horatio quickly sent instructions to all units to deploy a deep strike through the data pad created by Ratti.

In previous lives, this was reflected in the table rules of ‘hitting nine inches deep’.

It is intended to suddenly deploy elite units in battle or in combat reserves through tunnels, teleportation, high-altitude landing, or other special means to achieve an unexpected surprise attack effect. While ordinary units can only stay in the deployment area, these elite units can be deployed at any location 9 inches away from any enemy unit before the battle begins.

In the actual deployment of this battle, Horatio planned to have these elite units riding the "Skyraider" special combat Valkyries land quietly not far from the target location, lurk in the darkness around the enemy, and then disperse Come, secretly eliminate surrounding threats through assassinations, silent sniping, etc.

Father Ratty's system also naturally reserves a standard interface to connect to the Empire's communication command network, so the Inquisitors and Astartes can see the detailed deployment plan.

"The code is 'Well, I'm the happiest today', please confirm again." Judge Ravenor dressed in plain clothes checked the Scipio naval pistol in his hand and asked.

"confirm."

After discussion, Horatio will lead the main force of Hell's vanguard to carry out a full-scale assault mission, so the task of infiltration and lurking is handed over to this inquisitor who has experience in living in the lair.

"The person you are interacting with is a deacon from my former gang. Maybe you two don't know each other, but as long as the slogan is correct, he and the infiltrators will cooperate with you."

"Awesome. In fact, I also arranged some people, but they are not my agents."

"who?"

"I have been hanging out in the Abyss Port for so long, so I have some acquaintances.

The man said that his vigilante group has also been staring at these scum for a long time. Since we all have a common enemy, I think his power can also help us. "

"Of course, no problem, Inquisitor. Provided that he and his people will not interfere with us."

"He won't. This person's role is to deal with the aftermath. He will not arrive at the destination at the same time as us, nor will he alert the snake. With the help of local snakes, the aftermath will be much simpler and more convenient. We will use them.

However, you said that Captain Afel will be responsible for a key task, what exactly is it? You can tell me now. "

"The Lord of Flesh may be protected by traitorous Astartes."

"What?"

The Inquisitor's ears were ringing due to the pressure inside and outside the cabin, and he thought he heard wrongly: "Didn't all those traitors and heretics be killed by you and turned into dust in the void?"

"After the Battle of the Goddess Church, the number of heretic corpses we counted did not match the number witnessed. There were a few corpses missing."

"But how do you know they're down there?"

"Because after I killed a traitorous Astartes in front of the rift, I closed the rift directly with the help of this ancient and glorious chain sword. It is impossible for these defeated soldiers to escape in front of me. go back.

Although there is no direct evidence, for the sake of safety, I want to invite the Space Marine Chapter to participate in our operation.

But according to the latest news from the Imperial Guard this morning.

Two companies of their extermination troops have lost contact below, and they want to ask our Special Warfare Division to investigate.

I think there is a high probability that they were annihilated, but with the level of those defeated soldiers, they shouldn't be able to do so cleanly. So I think my previous guess was right. "

Scarlet blood-like liquid oozed from Horatio's iron hand, and the liquid gradually reshaped his hand into a chain sword of extraordinary length that no mortal could control.

Inquisitor Ravenor blinked at Horatio in shock.

"Two companies lost contact?

Also, you...really killed the traitorous Astartes? he asked blankly.

"Yes, I killed a traitorous Astartes." He said calmly as he wiped and maintained the chainsword that symbolized his friendship with the Blood Angels.

His tone was as calm as if he had just killed a weak mortal cultist.

"Is it him? The mortal officer who single-handedly killed the traitor and heretic?"

"According to the Terran calendar, he seems... not even 20 years old?"

"I have served the Chapter for 172 years, and I have only killed 43 traitors. It is said that he killed 2 on that day alone."

Several Blood Angel Golden Helmets veterans looked at the young man in front of them who appeared to be a bit thin due to his height, and whispered to each other in the private channel.

They took no part in the battle for the Cathedral, and thus were surprised that mortals could slay their renegade cousins.

The speeches of many battle brothers confirmed that a mortal killed the Astartes that day, and it must be the 'mortal centurion' in front of him.

Horatio didn't know what the Astartes were communicating with, but he could only inexplicably notice that several red-armored giants on the opposite side looked at Horatio and nodded pertinently.

Brother Romain Rolland listened calmly. He turned his head to Horatio, and Horatio saw him 'looking' at him out of the corner of his eye.

In a strange atmosphere, both sides nodded at the same time and nodded to each other, just like comrades who had worked together on the battlefield for a long time.

Captain Afel looked at the young man through the eyepiece of his laurel helmet, which was the symbol of the champion of the battle group. He said nothing and seemed to be thinking about something.

He was thinking about the prophecy made by Lord Mephiston.

Among the people who knew about this, most people liked Brother Romain Rolland.

They all felt that as a fellow brother, who was about to go to the Death Watch to practice, he would lead everyone to save Baal from the hungry mouth of the Tyranids and thwart the Hive's intentions.

But he never expressed his stance because he had a 'wonderful' intuition.

This intuition appeared when he first met the young man on the plague ship.

He saw his own shadow in this young man named Horatio Cochrane, and also saw infinite possibilities.

He never denies a person's potential because of his age, because he himself is only 146 years old from serving the Chapter to becoming Lord of the Watch of the Blood Angels and Captain of the Second Company.

As a Space Marine, for a descendant of Sanguinius whose life span after transformation surgery can often be measured in thousands of years, he is still very young, but he has already achieved amazing achievements.

[Will he really be Barr's savior? ] The company commander looked over.

As the Watch Master of the Blood Angel Chapter, he has a little-known secret duty, which is to protect the life of the last 'Herald of the Blood'.

Although this prophecy has just begun, all nine 'Holy Blood Messengers' are still alive, competing ignorantly under the witness of fate.

But for some reason, he already had a premonition.

I had a premonition that the young man in front of me would be a vital being to the future of the entire human empire.

It was so important that the entire Blood Angels Chapter would sacrifice their lives to protect him and fight to the death to protect his safety.

Because of this, when the young man appeared on the Vengeful Blade again and requested the Second Company of the Blood Angels to assist him in military operations, he immediately agreed.

The Ravenor Judge on the side had a look of surprise in his eyes. If Horatio hadn't really been able to pick up such a large Holy Blood Chainsword with one hand, he would have doubted the authenticity of this narrative.

The attendants around him were also dumbfounded. The strong man with fists as big as sandbags turned a blind eye to Horatio at first. After hearing about the achievements of this little man whom he looked down upon, he now stared at him in shock.

[Why is this young boy regarded as the most important ally by the Inquisitor? ]

This was one of the reasons why he was unhappy with Horatio, but thinking that they wouldn't have much interaction with each other in the future, he maintained his current attitude of indifference.

The eyes of the slender woman holding the shuriken gun were filled with disbelief, as well as a different kind of fear and embarrassment.

That night, after the young man broke into Inquisitor Ravennor's room, she complained to other agents that if he had not been a collaborator of the Inquisitor, she would have captured him and pinned him down with her knees.

But now it seems that if we take action at that time, it is difficult to say who will suppress whom. Will she suppress this young man, or will Horatio, who single-handedly kills the rebel Astartes, suppress her?