Chapter 156 The Blade of Freedom
Baron Olga, the last knight of the Dubondrin family and the pilot of the Knight Mecha Scorpion Stinger, cursed the rune panel on his right that flashed from amber to red.
Ammunition is out——
The melta cannon has also used up its last fuel, turning the surging Ork tide into blood mist.
As they had done all day, they climbed the position and he destroyed the enemy.
He guarded the landing field all night because he had to.
The thunder glove on the knight's left arm has been activated, and the air beats for the powerful fist enveloped in the aura of blue lightning.
The damn greenskins have entered the fortress, surrounding his feet, using simple axes and machetes to hack at the family's sacred imperial knights.
But there is no Astra Militarum to drive them away. The last Imperial army died almost half an hour ago.
The sentries on both sides of him were also torn apart by the alien torrent. It’s been in pieces for a long time,
All friendly forces were almost wiped out, and he was left alone.
But there is still a steady stream of Oaks.
He struck with one foot, crushing a swarm of evil aliens with a terrifying crushing force.
Backhand swinging his glove to kill three or more who had scaled the parapet, their roars lost in the thunderous crackle of the terrifying energy discharge from their fists.
Another backhand smashed the other two Orks.
As powerful as he was, Olga knew he was not invulnerable.
The armor of his Imperial Knight was in pieces due to damage, and the family's purple crest was full of cracks and craters.
The knight's pain flowed into his consciousness through the neural circuits of the driver's seat, and a dozen fresh scars and countless cuts stung his mind.
However, this is nothing compared to the proud battle rage of the Machine Soul.
He will die here, when the sun sets, but until his death he will fulfill his family's duty - to purify mankind of its enemies.
Because he is the blade of freedom, the sword of the Emperor.
The Imperial Knights are the steadfast and reliable protectors of mankind. The highly skilled warriors drive these towering mechas into the battlefield.
The weapons equipped by the knight mecha can easily drive away large numbers of enemy troops. They stand side by side and fight among the human army.
Thousands of years before the rise of the Empire, the fleets of the Martian Mechanicus had already traveled among the stars and established colonial strongholds in distant worlds. Among the many colonial equipment, the Knight Mecha was widely used as a war machine. Revered, they stood as protectors between the colonists and anything that might threaten them.
Thousands of years later, the pilots of these mechas have extended their own rich culture and established a noble council sworn to protect their home world.
The first world of knights was founded when mankind spread among the stars. They survived the Age of Strife and returned to humanity during the Great Crusade.
Each Knight World is a concentrated and powerful army, loyal to the Imperial Ministry of the Interior or the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Due to different loyalties, these knightly worlds have taken different paths.
Those who are loyal to the Emperor are called Imperial Knights. They just need people from the Adeptus Mechanicus to maintain the Knight Mecha for them.
Others who serve Omnissiah are called Mechanical Knights. Although they also fight for the Empire, in fact they absolutely obey Mars' orders.
Some of the exiled family knights, or the last nobles of the family, are called the Free Blades.
Although these wandering mercenaries no longer have affiliated forces, they are still fighting for the empire, but they sometimes show strange characteristics or accept employment from some imperial forces.
Although they have different affiliations, the world of imperial knights and the world of mechanical knights still have something in common - these planets are ruled by one or more families, and all knights are loyal to the supreme ruler of the planet, usually called the Supreme King. Or the High Lord.
Everyone in the world of knights lives in a feudal society. Serfs work to support the nobles, and the nobles protect the serfs from attacks by aliens, beasts, and heretics. Everyone is surrounded by layers of rituals that have been passed down for thousands of years, and the reason why many nobles are willing to go to war is to escape from these rituals.
The world of knights occasionally suffers from civil wars or duels of honor, but these losses are quickly replaced by rapid Imperial support.
Another thing the knight worlds have in common is that they have a kind of technological priest called a relic caretaker. These people are responsible for maintaining the knight's body.
These people have been trained by Mars and are proficient in various knowledge of knights, which can ensure that knights continue to fight.
Many accounts speak of the importance of the relic keepers in the world of martial knights, and their ability to keep reactors and weapons running.
Therefore, after the war, the knight put the machine body into the servo repair device. It was very common to see the relic caretakers swarming in. They would spend a lot of time touching up the paint on the knight's armor and repairing various damages.
A very interesting point is that according to the Knight Code, knights must not only be able to fight, but also have good looks.
While the Imperial Knights may seem strange and ancient to the average person, they still make great allies.
The Knight Titan is a super-large war machine that towers over the battlefield. Supported by powerful servos, it rushes into the battlefield, kicking over tanks or grinding soldiers into mud on the ground.
The fragile parts of their limbs and joints are covered by thick and solid adamantine armor plates, and an integrated ion shield is installed inside them to respond to the noble pilot's thought control at any time.
Since the Horus Heresy, knights have also been in greater demand.
From the fortresses of the Sun Sector to the fortresses of the Ghoul Sector, from the white-hot battlefields of the Cadian Sector to the fringes of the Far Eastern Sector
, there are Imperial Knights fighting.
Because they know
the meaning of these wars: the destruction of humanity if the Empire fails, and standing over the corpses of traitors and aliens if the Empire wins.
The nobles gave up everything and joined the battle for glory.
For the same reason, Olga, as a Blade of Freedom, accepted the invitation of this expeditionary force to participate in the clearing of the Green Skins of the Ferron System.
But what he didn't expect was that after experiencing so many failures, the alien seemed to have learned a little wiser.
They did not huddle on the surface of the planet and wait for destruction. Instead, they established several artificial satellite fortresses in the orbit of the main star of Forlon. Each of these fortresses is as huge as a natural satellite.
At first the strike fleet group thought these were just ordinary satellites, but when the landing force opened up a landing site above, these satellites suddenly showed their fangs.
The huge rail guns caused serious chaos and losses in the fleet. At the same time, the greenskins who had been hiding inside the satellite also swarmed out, divided, surrounded and eliminated the landing force.
Olga's location was already the first and last landing site. If it fell, the costly landing operation would completely fail.
So he is still holding on, hoping for reinforcements that will probably not arrive.
In fact, he knew in his heart that the fleet was already overwhelmed and would not be able to send reinforcements for a while.
"With our blood, we will create great achievements for eternity."
Olga picked up the family crest on the side, kissed it, and then planned to use a desperate attack to let these aliens know the truth of human beings will.
Suddenly, a communication disturbed his thinking.
He hesitated for a moment, but still opened the public communication channel - he was afraid that what came from it was a voice announcing failure. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of failure.
But what sounded inside was a new voice, no longer a weak mortal correspondent, but a deep and powerful male voice.
"Hold on, the knights of House Dubondlin, the Astral Knights Chapter have arrived."
(End of this chapter)