Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

The towering peak stands in the sunlight. The tall building stands at the end of the village leaning on the mountain. Its outer wall has a huge stone door and a long colonnade supported in front of it. The surface of the rock is covered with Traces of wear and tear over time, on the rusted and weathered rock wall, an ancient symbol was carved entirely on the mountain.

Vito walked from the edge of the wide volcanic rock platform. The Luna Wolf warriors in front of him stepped aside one after another. They held their bolt guns and bowed their heads in salute to the marshal, but the latter kept looking at the tall buildings in the distance. The ancient building is entirely carved and built into the mountain. Its outer walls are the cliffs and mountains, and its glass is the mountain ice condensed on the mountains.

The sunlight reflects on the ice, making the mountain peaks appear extraordinarily quiet and peaceful, revealing an unshakable sense of spirituality. Even the fierce gunfire from the distant mountain fortress cannot shake the sense of holiness in the slightest.

"Major, is that the temple that the locals believe in?" Vito did not look at the road ahead, but he accurately stopped in front of the major, stopping without missing a step without using his huge power. The armor crashed into the major.

But the latter subconsciously took a step back. He looked up at the tall golden giant in front of him. His eyes were still looking at the ancient palace in the distance, as if he hadn't noticed the major. The major looked up at the majestic body and the people on it. His face was enchanting. He had never seen a god so close before, and his excitement was self-evident.

"Hey, the marshal is asking you again, but you are asking the marshal to wait for you? You are such a big deal." The most pleasant voice a major had ever heard in his life sounded beside the marshal. He turned to look at the source of the voice, Lilith suddenly appeared from behind Vito, as if walking out of his shadow. Even the Luna Wolves had not noticed her before.

The major was startled. He quickly looked up at Vito's face. Vito still didn't look at him, but his sense of majesty gave the major an unexplained impulse to obey. He stood at attention and saluted, and then spoke loudly, trying to make him His voice overcame the cold wind around him and reached the marshal's ears word for word.

"Yes, sir! That is the temple of the locals and the religious center of the entire region. Their monks practice and worship their gods there." "Well, it's very interesting. Maybe I will go and have a look. But now, I have no questions for you, go down, Major, Lorcan, and tell your men to put their guns down."

Vito said indifferently, as if there was no emotion in his words, but this still made the major relieved. He glanced at Loken behind him and left immediately. He hurriedly ran towards the edge of the volcanic rock platform. , hurriedly left from there, Loken stared at his disappearing back, and then nodded to the Luna Wolf behind him.

The latter also nodded silently and transmitted the order through the helmet communicator. The Luna Wolf warriors below all put down their bolters, which made the remaining Astra Militarum men relax. They didn't even If you dare to ask why you were targeted before, everyone silently followed the major to the side, as far away from these silent angels of death as possible.

As a result, only the Luna Wolf Company, their commander Loken, Vito, who had just arrived here, and Lilith who mysteriously appeared behind them were left on the entire tall mountaintop platform.

"Sir, I didn't know you were here too. How did you get here? I didn't receive any news from other aircraft around my flight formation." "Because there really weren't any. I came on your Thunderhawk. The Thunderhawks on the Spurs squad, they’re a fun group of young guys.”

"Spurs team? I didn't receive any report from Sergeant Glock." Locken asked slightly surprised, and then prepared to activate the communicator in the helmet to contact Glock to ask him what happened and why he didn't report it. But just as Loken was about to dial the communicator, Vito raised his hand to stop him.

"There is no need to blame Glock, because I asked him not to inform you. I boarded his transport plane uninvited and ordered him to hide it from you. So if you want someone to take responsibility, then this person is yours." before."

"I don't dare to do this, sir, but I am curious, why are you here?" Loken asked in confusion, his eyes followed Vito who was passing by and looked forward. He glanced at the man standing behind him. Vito's Lilith, but her name was not spoken.

This inquisitor always gave Loken an uneasy feeling. He couldn't explain why, but he always felt that whenever Lilith was in front of him, it was like there was a cold blade pressing against his back. He didn't like it. I don’t like this female judge at all.

Lilith also seemed to be aware of this. She stopped and looked at Loken at the edge of the cliff, with a charming smile on her lips, but Loken's helmet remained expressionless. After all, his face was Well down there, but I'm also sure that Loken didn't look at Lilith, his eyes were always on Vito.

"I came here to take a look at the scenery, and by the way, I stopped you from killing the survivors of the entire remaining regiment of the Astra Militarum." Vito stood on the edge of the volcanic rock, standing in front of the bottomless deep valley in front of him and staring into the distance. Standing on the peaks like reflective mirrors, Loken behind him glanced at the mortals below.

"He said that he heard a strange sound, a strange whisper that kept whispering. This is consistent with the symptoms of Genestealer infection that I have read from the information given to me by the Inquisition. So, in order to For safety reasons I decided to execute them."

"Cold, but reasonable and efficient, Loken is worthy of praise." Vito stood in front and said with a chuckle, Loken turned his head, the red glass eyes under the helmet stared at Vito's back, and he nodded silently. , "Excuse me, my lord, but why did you stop me?"

"Because he heard the whispers not because of the gene stealer infection, but for other reasons." "Other reasons?" "Then it has nothing to do with you. That is the purpose of your coming here."

Vito's huge power claw pointed at the fortress in the distance, where guns and cannons were firing. It seemed that another attack of the Astra Militarum ended in failure. The golden claw pointed there under the sunlight, and on the back of the claw Flashing light.

"I sent you here to deal with the rebels in the fortress. You don't need to worry about the rest." "Then, what are you here for? Sir." "Witness the victory of the Luna Wolf, your Victory, and the glory of the Legion?”

Loken was silent for a moment, then spoke after the Luna Wolf warriors on both sides looked at each other wordlessly, "Please forgive me, Marshal, but you are here to treat us."

Vito said and looked sideways at Loken with a smile. He looked at Loken's helmet with a smile on his face. He couldn't see the expression underneath, but he smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm not here. You cause trouble or compete for your honor."

As he spoke, he turned around and looked down at the mountain road below, at the section of the long rock bridge that was vaguely visible in the mountains. Then he raised his head and looked in the direction of the gate of the tall fortress, "I will be here to watch you capture it. Fortress, I will witness your victory, the victory of the Luna Wolf, and send my blessings afterwards.”

"This is a great honor for me, my lord." Loken lowered his head and put his fist against his chest. He was silent for a moment and then raised his eyes slightly. "But I still must declare again that these Astra Militarum troops may be at risk of infection. grown ups."

"Leave this trouble to me. If you must get your hands dirty today, then let Glory get it dirty." Vito turned to look at Loken, and he raised his paw and pointed again That fortress with the guns blazing, "Go ahead and capture it. Is one hour enough?"

"More than enough." After Loken said that, he stood up and said something wordlessly to the several Luna Wolves behind him. Vito could not hear their conversation. All the conversations were completed in the communication inside the helmet. Ended the conversation efficiently and quickly, and followed through quickly.

Several Luna Wolves strode towards the edge of the stone platform. Almost in step with them, the Luna Wolves formation below began to turn around. They neatly turned around with bolters in hand, and They began to march towards the mountain road of village 1 in the distance, with the centurion walking beside them and the flag bearer holding the flying flag high.

The march of hundreds of death angels shook the earth and shook the entire quiet village. A pair of eyes hiding in the house peeked out through the cracks in the door and the edges of the windows. Although they were afraid, their curiosity made them They looked out, and the whole village was watching the marching white army.

The burly Luna Wolves marched through the streets of the village, the tall Terminators at the head of the march, their heavy steps making the wooden buildings on both sides tremble.

Loken looked at his team with satisfaction, but just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Vito, "Loken, just like the major heard the phantom voice, there may be something in the fortress that surprises you. Things, if you find them, go find out the situation alone and tell me."

Loken stopped and glanced at Vito. The latter stood there with his hands behind his back and looked at him silently. His eyes were as quiet as the sea of ​​ice. After a moment of silence, Loken nodded slightly and then strode down. He walked to Shitai and followed his company.

Vito also watched the Luna Wolf team go away and then walked forward. He walked along the carved rock wall steps to the ground. Lilith also followed him, a few steps away. He stopped on the steps and looked at Vito, who turned his head with one hand on his hip. He turned towards the major and his soldiers in the distance.

"Major, recall your remaining men and summon all local residents to go to the temple. If they refuse, they will be executed on the spot." "As you command, my lord."

After the major said this, he immediately saluted and began to give orders. The communications soldier behind him immediately began to tease the radio on his back, and bursts of communication hiss echoed around the machine.

Vito stood overlooking them from a high place, and then silently activated the communicator on the neck of the armor, and the flickering light of fire lit up, "Assassin, send a team of execution troops down with bombs." "As you said. I wish, Master.”

The cold voice was short-lived, but extremely bone-piercing. It was the emotionless voice of a member of the Assassin's Court, like a ruthless weapon waiting to be unsheathed.

Vito's eyes moved away from the flash of the communicator. He raised his head and looked at the Astra Militarum in front. His eyes were full of coldness and murderous intent. Lilith stood behind Vito with one hand on her hips and looked at him. The back of the head said, "What do you want to do?"

"They heard the whispers of Slaanesh. It won't be long before these mortals will be affected by Slaanesh. Their will is far inferior to that of the Astartes. The influence of Chaos has already begun. Now, they have become a threat, just like here. Residents alike.”

Vito stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the major and his soldiers coldly in the distance. The power claws were slightly closed behind him. "No one knows what happened. No one has heard that sound."

"In addition, you need a blood sacrifice to prepare for the ritual of the storm, don't you? They will bring the residents here who may be affected by Slaanesh to that unified place, and they will also solve all the problems at once there."

Vito tilted his head and smiled coldly. In that expression, he had already issued a verdict for the residents here, "This planet will usher in true peace, and all threats from the empire will be eradicated."

Vito's words did not reach Loken's ears, but he did hear the order for the Astra Militarum to retreat. The signal sounded on the radio channel, and was naturally captured by Loken's power armor system.

Many Astra Militarum troops on both sides in front of him retreated back. Those carrying guns, several people working together to carry heavy weapons, and others supporting the wounded retreated back. They all consciously leaned against The sides of the mountain road moved backward to make way for the massive angels of death marching over it.

Loken soon led his company to the stone bridge. The bridge was made of natural granite. It was tall and long. One section of it connected this side of the mountain road, and the other end connected with the black gate of the fortress. Above the tall city gate, countless gunfire flashed between the city wall and the surrounding rock walls.

They gradually stopped just now, and stopped with the retreat of the Astra Militarum, and the latter left several new corpses around and on the bridge. Loken could see that the Astra Militarum was there. The losses here were heavy, and the enemy's rapid firepower even prevented them from recovering the bodies of their comrades.

Those gene stealers have been arrogant for several weeks relying on the mountain fortress, and now their good days have come to an end. Loken turned around and issued an attack order to the company behind him, "The Terminators will take the lead and break the bridge to cover the company's advance."

"Yes, legion commander." The tall Terminator leader responded in a low voice, and then led several Terminators under his command to step onto the bridge with their heads held high. Almost instantly, the artillery fire that had just been silent on the opposite side roared at once, and several bullets roared. Come over.

The hail of bullets brought with it a clanking sound of steel. The Terminators marched on the bridge with their heads held high. Their heavy footsteps shook the surrounding corpses and the armor and helmets on their bodies. Those dark green Astra Militarum armors Both had huge bullet holes, and the rapid firepower from across the bridge took their toll.

But this does not mean that the Terminator also needs to face the same problem. Even if more whistling bullets are fired, those warheads cannot stop the Terminator at all. There will be no gaps left by the opponent's artillery fire that need to be repainted.

On top of the city wall, the genestealers roared and opened fire and shouted back. Soon, several shooters carrying rocket launchers rushed up from the stairs behind the city wall where gunfire was ringing and bullet casings were rolling around. He rushed up to the city wall, picked up the rocket launcher and aimed it at the Terminator.

The huge explosion instantly hit the snow-white armor and exploded in the middle of the bridge. However, the snow-white armor stepped out from the clouds and mist swept by the fire. The Terminator continued to move forward unscathed, calmly facing the hail of bullets. go ahead.

When the brigade marched to the middle of the bridge, the Terminators raised their storm bolters and other ancillary weapons, and launched a counterattack with rapid artillery fire. The tall giants aimed at different positions on the city wall and surrounding areas and fired. There was an explosion at the shooting positions on the mountain walls and hidden fire points.

The collapsed rocks rolled down the slope, and with them rolled down many mutilated corpses. The bald heads fell into the deep abyss of the rift valley together with the rubble.

"Assault team, attack!" Loken waved his arms and ordered. Behind him, soldiers wearing raven-shaped battle helmets and power armors stepped forward. They rushed past both sides of the Terminator, and quickly He reached the end of the long bridge of the fortress quickly, then stepped up and jumped onto the city wall with the help of the jetpack behind him.

The assault team soldier who landed on the ground opened fire immediately. The bolter he held in both hands caused a bloody mess on the city wall. More raven-shaped soldiers behind him also jumped onto the city wall with jetpacks on their backs, waving the chain saws in their hands. The swords were killing people, and others rushed to the other end of the wall, aiming their bolters at the hall behind the city gate and firing.

Loken heard the sound of shattering glass and the shocking sound of rocks being shattered into pieces in the explosion. The explosion tore the fortress wall from the inside, sending flames mixed with gravel and mutilated limbs into the abyss of the rift. Loken looked at the countless As he listened to the falling wreckage, he listened to the crackling sound of those things hitting the cliff below.

And among the crackling sounds, those sounds gradually became more regular, and the meaningless collisions began to turn into rhythmic syllables, and then turned into some kind of words.

"She hears your desires, she understands your needs, and seeks the path to the crescent. Whatever you are looking for, there you will find what you are looking for."

Loken was silent for a moment listening to the voice in the helmet communicator. Is this the voice the major was talking about? Loken heard it too, but why? Why can he hear it too? Loken was certain that he was not infected by the Genestealers. There were no cracks in his armor during the previous battle, and his subsequent medical examinations were also normal.

But he just heard it, that voice, that strange voice, "She can hear your desire, she can understand your needs, look for the New Moon Road, no matter what you are looking for, you will get what you are looking for there. ”

The warriors behind him looked at him, and Loken also raised his head after a moment of contemplation. He shook his head and was re-attracted by an explosion. It was the loud sound of the city gate collapsing in the distance. The door bolts shattered into countless pieces in the explosion, and the two doors crashed to the ground.

Loken could see the jetpack team behind him through the door frame. They were engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy in the hall, and the rapid fire of bolters continued to light up the rock walls on both sides.

"The Terminator breaks in immediately and expands the position. The rest of the people, follow me!" Loken said, raising the power sword in his hand. He suddenly grasped the hilt of the wolf's head sword, and lightning jumped on it instantly. .

"Wolf God!"

"Wolf God!" With this cry, the Luna Wolves followed Loken and strode towards the gap in the door. The shining power sword was raised with Loken's swing, and the lightning blade slashed. Turning towards a purebred gene stealer, the blue light illuminated the ugly face.