Chapter 12 Black Pyramid
The team led by Sosh Yang passed through several dim passages and small mausoleums and halls along the way, but did not encounter any enemies.
Occasionally they can hear gunshots and explosions coming from afar, but due to the special environment on the World Engine, they are unable to judge the direction and source of the sound, and can only ignore those subtle movements. keep going.
The bird fortune teller is still silent as always. Axel has been complaining that the things in his hands cannot play its role. Soshyang really wants him to shut up, but if he is not allowed to speak, this guy will It is very likely that he will take the time to crush the auspicious bird under his feet.
So he would rather endure this complaint.
"Wait!"
After walking for another minute, just when Soshyang began to consider whether he was looking in the wrong direction, Axel held his shoulder.
“This piece of junk finally made some noise!”
“Aksel, I have to remind you, don’t let the forging master hear this, he will give it to you with an axe. Learn a lesson.”
“I’m serious!”
Sosh Yang took a look, and it was true.
The flapping light spots on the oriole revealed that there were several comrades less than 500 meters away from them.
But the question is, who will it be in this position?
“Come over here!”
Zachnas struggled through the main control hall. The ground made of black stone shook under his feet. A small group of aliens had already fallen under the bolter. Down.
A noise that would have brought an ordinary man to his knees irritated his eardrums, but the captain of the 8th Company suppressed the discomfort and moved closer to the enemy.
He cut down an advancing undead, severing its sternum and decapitating it with a sweep.
The roar of bolter fire was metallic, echoing through his helmet.
The creatures swarmed everywhere and soon surrounded him.
The intermittent flicker of muzzle flash from his weapon illuminated the horrific destruction he wreaked, and the scream from his chainsword led a din of metal-ripping din. A high-pitched chorus.
He walked with difficulty among this despicable mob, approaching its source, and it happened to be approaching him, and he felt the pressure on his mind increasing.
So he quickly called one of his comrades.
"Garlin! Do you hear that?"
Garlin had just shaken off an alien that was holding his arm and smashed it to pieces with his weapon, the power sword slicing like air. Through the fragile metal bones.
“Hear it! Company Commander!”
With that, he pointed his bolt pistol at the other and squeezed the trigger, blasting the creature into a shower of metal shards and silvery liquid.
Then the warrior pounced and crashed into the third one.
Its smooth head collided with his battle helmet, and his entire face was dented in an instant. Some metal fragments blocked his vision. Garlin wiped the helmet clean with the back of his armored hand.
With its head destroyed, the alien creature seemed to lose control of its body and collapsed, collapsing to the ground.
They were just a simple puddle of metal. Garlin had fought against more powerful enemies, but such a large group was draining his energy, even his genetically enhanced muscles. burning in the battle.
For every three Astartes killed, six more rushed up, like a colony of ants pouring from the ground.
Realizing his anxiety, Garlin chopped down another one, but he was gradually forced back.
During the melee, he caught a glimpse of Carlo. The adjutant of this company was also suppressed. He was surrounded by metal fragments flying from his violently flying chainsword.
He couldn't see his comrades from other companies, and Garlin could only assume that they had been swallowed up by this group of metallic nightmares.
"Garlin! Come closer to me! Everyone, you saw it!"
"Yes!"
Just as Gallin was about to go to support Carlo, suddenly there was a tormenting soul and earth-shattering sound of tearing and dislocation. Gallin felt the deck under his feet tilt. It seemed like it was twisting its body.
In the blink of an eye, a large piece of the floor that was torn off seemed to be bitten by invisible jaws, and it broke apart, and the fragments tumbled and slid into the void.
A towering black alien-shaped pyramid just appeared, as well as a vehicle that looked like a giant scorpion, carrying a whole team of undead. They looked much more difficult to deal with than these cannon fodder.
"Garlin!"
Zahnas fought his way through a horde of undead toward the entrance to the main control hall, where the surviving members of the company were gathered. His armor had been scratched and dented by their claws, and his body was trembling from exhaustion. At this time, his strong body could no longer save them, and he could only maintain the rigor of his mind.
“What happened!”
“Company Commander, a strange... black pyramid, it blocks our way to the energy node."< br>
He said calmly through the helmet communicator.
According to the previous plan, the company commander would lead a group of soldiers to attract the attention of the undead, while Garlin and another adjutant would lead a combat team to destroy the energy nodes.
Everything went well at first, but as the number of undead increased, they found that they had misjudged the opponent's reaction, and the eight companies divided into two fell into a hard fight. In the end, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, they just Several uncritical secondary nodes were barely destroyed, and the most critical primary node became an elusive goal.
At this time, there were only twenty-one soldiers left in the Eighth Company.
“Find a way to solve it!”
In response to these words, the top of the alien pyramid began to gather light beams, and then fired them towards a point, and all the energy was poured into the company. on the adjutant.
In an instant, the infused energy seeped out from every joint and gap in the power armor. The adjutant didn't even have a chance to cry out in pain, and was just wiped away without leaving even a trace.
Rage gripped Zahnas, and the only thing he could do was kill more, keep fighting until he became the next target.
"Team 5, move forward!"
As if magic soldiers descended from the sky, a team suddenly burst out from the right side of the pyramid. The leader of the warrior held a bolter in one hand and waved it in the other. Using a chain saw, he headed towards the undead vehicle that was loading and unloading soldiers.
Feeling that an enemy was approaching, the suspended vehicle began to turn around, but just as an undead was about to jump off, he was disturbed by the sudden shaking of the vehicle. Half of his body slipped sideways, causing him, the ground and The vehicle formed an angle, causing the machine to shake violently and unable to turn around smoothly.
"Drop a bomb!"
Such a great opportunity, the emperor's warriors of justice will naturally not let go, and several grenades fell in arcs around the Necron vehicle.
Boom~!
A storm of fire shot straight into the sky, instantly clearing away all the dead souls. Then Soshyang raised his hand and fired another round of shooting towards the top of the pyramid.
The explosion penetrated the window at the top of the building, and the node exploded with sparks. The circuit on the front side of the pyramid flickered for a while and then fell silent.
But it didn't die, energy was still gathering.
"Eighth Company! Forward!"
Zahnas saw the opportunity and dropped the soldiers to launch a surprise attack. They fought all the way towards the pyramid, knocking over all the undead like stones on the way.
“Kill it!”
After realizing that the pyramid had gathered energy to a dangerous level, Soshyang signaled to the team’s heavy weapons hand, who immediately raised his heavy bolter. Aim for the target.
Only a roar was heard, and the top of the pyramid withstood a storm-like bombardment. As the circuits on all sides continued to go out, the pyramid eventually became completely silent.
"Captain Zachnas, I am from the seventh company——"
"Sergeant Soshyan, I know you."
While other soldiers were still While resisting the counterattack of the Necrons, Zahnas came to Soshyan with a melt bomb in his hand.
“Thanks to you this time.”
The company commander took off his helmet and forced a smile on his face.
"The Chapter Leader is in that direction. You can find him by going here, but I have to remind you that that is the core area of the alien fortress, so be careful."
" But here..."
Soshiyang hesitated. He saw that there were very few soldiers left in the Eighth Company. The corpses all over the ground here were enough to prove how fierce the earlier battle was. So he How can I bear to leave?
"This is our mission, soldier, you should complete your mission."
After patting Soshyan on the shoulder, Zahnas limped towards the flashing energy node.
“Let’s go.”
Looking at the opponent’s back, Soshyan turned around and led the team members towards the direction Zahnas pointed previously. At this time, he noticed It seems that this so-called world engine is trembling...
(End of this chapter)