Chapter 708 Bell Tower Number
【Time:-78.30.05】
Marius led the first company to ride on the Furious Blade, and they rushed to the location of the Bell Tower as fast as possible. Although the news Marius heard was unbelievable, but now, as an extreme A warrior and one of Guilliman's four champions, Marius must shoulder this important responsibility.
However, in addition, there are a group of strange guests on this battleship.
"To be honest, I don't think you should be here."
Marius stared at Duanmuhuai in front of him with a serious expression. If he had just appeared here, Marius might not have said anything more. But looking at the girl sitting on Duanmu Huai's shoulders and the girl standing next to him doing calisthenics, Marius felt that he had to say something.
"I also want to avoid it just in case."
Duanmu Huai smiled slightly.
"After all, when it comes to fighting against the evil gods of subspace, you are no different from ignorant children. I'm really worried that if you capsize and die in the sewer, Guilliman might think it's me who is up to something, so it's safe to say For the sake of safety, I’d better go with you guys.”
"The Ultramarines are warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles and have rich combat experience. We can deal with any situation."
"Be careful what you say, boy."
Duanmuhuai glanced at him.
"Horus fell into the hands of the evil god, and a large number of Astartes fell at the evil god's feet. Don't you think that your First Company is more powerful than Horus and his Luna Wolves?"
"………………"
Of course, Marius didn't dare to make such nonsense, but that was not the point of his objection.
"No, that's not what I meant, Mr. Inquisitor, I meant... We shouldn't take children to the battlefield for this kind of mission."
"They are not ordinary little girls."
Duanmu Huai chuckled.
"Believe me, they will not be much worse than the Astartes under your command, and they may be able to save your lives this time."
"Report to your lord."
At this moment, the sound of the communication tube came.
"We have contacted the Bell Tower, but..."
"What's wrong?"
Marius turned his head and looked at the communications officer, who looked a little horrified.
"You'd better come and listen."
Marius walked up to the communications officer, who then turned on communications again.
"This is the Furious Blade of the Fifth Fleet of the Thirteenth Legion. We will conduct a routine inspection. Please answer if you hear it."
"………………"
However, there was no response from the other side. Marius frowned and listened carefully, and then he heard it.
It was a scream.
"Ah...!!!"
It was as if countless painful souls were being tortured, and their screams came from it. It was a kind of sharp, tearing, and painful. Even if Marius was just standing here, it was all in his head. There was a horrific and bloody scene. In the cabin filled with blood, the crew members screamed as their skin was cut open and their bodies were torn apart. Their souls were wailing in pain, and they.........
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At this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out to silence the shrill scream. Marius was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly came back to his senses. He turned around and saw Duanmu Huai standing in front of him. behind.
"Listening to this stuff too much is not good for your health. It's best to listen to it less."
"What is that?"
"The wail of the soul, this battleship has become a nest of evil. The poor people serving on this battleship have all become victims of the Blood God. Their bodies have been transformed and corroded, and their souls will be imprisoned forever. On this ship, suffering in endless pain.”
"………………"
Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Marius twitched the corners of his mouth. He wanted to say that this was nonsense, but the weird scream just now did make Marius feel an inexplicable feeling deep in his heart. mood.
So he didn't say much, but turned around.
"Get ready to board the ship."
A Thunderhawk fighter jet flew out from the Wrath Blade and arrived near the Bell Tower. This battleship is moving forward unswervingly at this moment. From the outside, everything seems to be normal and there is nothing unusual about it. The brightly lit windows are also normal. After the identification signal was sent, the door to the parking bay slowly opened, and then the fighter jet flew into it and parked on the deck.
Then the hatch opened, and Marius led the soldiers of the first company out.
When they saw the scene in front of them clearly, they couldn't help but be surprised.
The deck in front of me was stained with blood everywhere. A large amount of blood covered the steel floor. Bloody handprints and some strange and evil-looking marks could even be seen on the wall.
"Your Majesty, what is happening here?"
"A massacre." Duanmuhuai also walked off the fighter plane with Ogis and Lorena at this moment. He glanced around briefly, and then looked at a mark drawn with blood on the wall.
It was an eight-cornered, outward-flaring mark.
"The name of the eighth level, the trick of the evil god of chaos."
Duanmuhuai snorted coldly and looked away.
"It certainly seems so."
Marius also quickly calmed down at this moment, and conducted reconnaissance around him. It was the consistent style of the Ultramarines Legion to make decisions before taking action. They studied the enemy, dealt with the enemy, discovered problems, and solved them.
"There was obviously a firefight here, and there were heavy casualties. Although we don't know who the attacker was yet, why didn't we see any bodies here?"
"You'll see them."
Facing Marius' inquiry, Duanmuhuai shook his head.
"Their corpses have been contaminated by Chaos and turned into demons. As long as we move forward, they will appear in front of us. I believe you will regret seeing them."
"You mean like those psychic mutants?"
Marius frowned.
"If it is a similar situation, then I have seen some. Some psykers will twist into some kind of terrible monster because they are unable to grasp the power of subspace..."
"It's worse than that."
Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.
"You don't believe me even if I say it, so you'd better see it with your own eyes."
"Keep going."
Marius hesitated for a moment, but quickly made a decision. In other words, he actually had no good decision to make. After all, after arriving on this ship, they only had one choice left.
That is to fight in and see what the hell is going on with this ship.
The metal door slowly opened, and a dark and gloomy corridor appeared in front of everyone. Blood was flowing on the floor, and there were traces of filth everywhere. When Marius saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown. Then he looked upward, and then his eyes widened in surprise - he saw densely packed bodies hanging one after another on the ceiling. Judging from the tattered uniforms on their bodies, they should have been the crew of this battleship during their lifetime, but now, they looked like chickens hanging from the ceiling, with blood flowing from all sides of their bodies. Turned into blood drops and fell to the ground.
"This is..."
"Sacrifice, rituals, except for these little things, the cultists can't come up with anything new."
Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer and strode in, with Lorena following closely behind. Seeing this, Marius didn't say much. He quickly calmed down and made a few gestures to signal the first The company's soldiers followed.
The entire scene inside the Bell Tower was simply like hell. Marius thought that as one of the four champions of the Primarch, he had seen a lot. He followed Guilliman to destroy alien races and also destroyed orcs, but the atmosphere in this battleship was still weird beyond Marius' expectations. They walked carefully through the corridor and then came to a door. .
"Get ready to fight!"
Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer at this moment and assumed a fighting posture. In fact, needless to say, Marius also noticed from the violent shaking and footsteps on the ground that a group of enemies were charging towards them crazily. Come. He immediately raised the bolter in his hand, aimed forward, and formed a defensive formation.
The next moment, the door opened, and then dozens of huge, bright red, wild dog-like monsters roared out and rushed towards the prey in front of them.
"Fire!!"
Gunshots rang out, and bullets penetrated the bodies of these strange monsters, tearing them into pieces. The combat qualities of the extreme warriors were fully demonstrated at this moment, although these warriors did not know what they were facing. Things, but they still instinctively follow the patrol process, just like a weapon or a machine, no matter what happens to them, they will still operate according to the rules.
A large number of blood dogs were knocked to the ground, and those who managed to get close would be smashed into pieces by Duanmu Huai wielding his war hammer, but this was just the beginning. Soon, gunfire also rang out from the opposite side. Then Marius and others saw several weirdly dressed guys holding imperial weapons and firing at them.
Against these men, the Astartes did not hesitate at all. They opened fire again, blasting away the struggling mortals with precise and ferocious firepower. Then Marius led his men straight into the hall and rushed forward.
However, at this moment, a tall figure suddenly emerged from the side, holding a battle ax high in his hand, and struck Marius head-on.
At this moment, Marius felt that the blood all over his body had solidified.
This was not because he was afraid, but because he clearly saw the appearance of the other party. He was wearing armor that was almost exactly the same as his, except that the armor was dyed bright red at the moment. He didn't know whether it was the color of the paint or the blood seeping through it. , Not only that, Marius has even seen the Astartes wearing this armor, and he also knows his name.
But now, this Astartes no longer looks like what Marius remembered. His skin is bright red, and a pair of horns emerge from his head, piercing upwards. The expression on his face is ferocious and twisted, and his eyes are What burned in his eyes was the anger and hatred that almost destroyed everything.
Normally Marius would have been able to escape quickly even if he was attacked, but this time, his brain stopped thinking. Although he had heard the truth from Loken, Tarvitz and others, Marius still didn't know what to do when he actually faced an attack from an Astartes warrior. The military manual written by the Primarch Guilliman covered almost every aspect, but he did not write about what to do if one Astartes was attacked by another Astartes.
After all, the Astartes have always been as close as brothers, and they would never point their weapons at another Astartes.
Not only Marius, but also the soldiers of the first company behind him were also stunned by this completely incomprehensible and imaginable situation. At this moment, they were just like ignorant children who had no idea at all. How to deal with the situation at hand.
But fortunately, not everyone will be shocked by this.
The roaring thunder war hammer swung past Marius and hit the Astartes directly, knocking him away. Then Duanmu Huai appeared in Marius' eyes carrying the war hammer.
"What are you still doing? Look out, this is your enemy."
Then, Duanmu Huai spoke.
(End of chapter)