Chapter 264 Never Surrender
"No, this is just a residue, made of the energy left behind when the source of corruption left. We have been fighting the echoes of the enemy we really have to face."
The priest pointed to the wreckage.
"So, if this is not the source, then where should we go to find the real evil."
"This place."
Soshyan turned to the remains of the table, scraps of vellum and shattered data pads mingled among the rubble.
He saw faint ripples in the subspace on the parchment - as if destiny lurked somewhere here, contained within the most mundane of things.
At his command, the Astral Knights began their search.
But this place has been obviously damaged, and all voyage records, personnel records and captain's logs have been lost.
Eventually, beneath a relatively intact piece of wood that had been the desktop, Farzad found a still-working dataslate.
Soshyan examined it and found that it was a list of relics.
He glanced at the names and descriptions of the relics, but didn't see anything unusual until he turned to the last page - which contained an unknown sacred scripture of the state religion.
Its presumed origin has been revised and questioned, and more interestingly a red icon added to the entry in recent days indicates that it was stolen.
"A relic of unknown origin has recently gone missing."
Soshyan put down the dataslate.
"This can't be a coincidence."
"I think so too."
At this time, the priest also found the captain's almost completely burned log.
Most of the records on it were destroyed, but something could still be seen on the latest pages. He put the book on his right arm, the small diary and his Big hands don't fit well.
“It has been in Valedo’s atmosphere.”
Soshyan approached the priest and looked at the records.
“The holy book was also listed as missing shortly after entering the atmosphere.”
Speaking of this, while he felt certain, he also felt that an indescribable trap was about to be triggered. uneasiness.
“I think we have found our prey.”
“Where is the prey?”
"On Valedo."
"That's all."
The priest didn't sound surprised, as if he had known it for a long time.
After all, its traces are so obvious, it is impossible for everything that happens in orbit not to happen on the surface of the planet.
Soshiyan took a deep breath.
"Let's leave here and prepare to land on the ground to see what happened... If necessary, find the Inquisitor."
Not long after the Astral Knights team left the flying Tallan, Unbound A flash of light erupted from the bow of the Soul, and then a dazzling huge spear penetrated the hull, blasting the entire ship into pieces in an instant——
916.M41, Valedo, Ninth Parish, 4337th Infantry Regiment Defense Area.
The roads are already full of cultists.
They jumped towards the Chimera in front, and the song of pain echoed in the streets.
More enemies pursued the retreating armored convoys, and still more surged up from behind the positions, poured out of alleys, and jumped out of windows and doorways.
There were more and more indescribable things, and Yarick didn’t even dare to look at these things anymore. Instead, he aimed the heavy explosive bomb on the roof of the car at them.
He kept shooting, kept shooting, and didn't dare to stop for a moment.
Blurryly, he saw unclean flesh and fire on the streets, but he was unwilling to stare at these things because he realized that these things might bring evil corruption.
But he will not be seduced, and he will never be corrupted.
The armored convoy, consisting of more than a dozen Chimeras and more than twenty trucks, was assembled from troops retreating from the station.
The station was still lost. He never thought that the enemy would get the Sentinel Mecha, and not just one, but five!
They had to leave behind those soldiers who had not been able to get into the car. There were too many enemies, and their offensive was too fast and too strong.
In the minutes before the situation spiraled out of control, Alex thought maybe he could regain control of the situation.
But then, the enemy's sudden appearance from the sewers completely tore his troops apart, and he was unable to regroup her troops again.
Had his troops been prepared for this battle, perhaps an effective counterattack could have been organized, but chaos has engulfed the area. The remaining troops must now retreat, and the best he could hope for now was to save as many of his men as possible - they had only lost half of their defensive positions, and the other half was still under the control of friendly forces, the 4211th Infantry Regiment.
A river flows from south to north, dividing their defense area into two. After occupying the station, Yaric had ordered the demolition of all bridges.
Now he and the troops around him are heading to the last one.
As long as they cross the bridge, they can temporarily stabilize their position and unite with 4211 to resist the enemy's attack - although this will only delay the time of destruction.
"Political Commissar..."
Suddenly, the communicator on the Chimera rang, but the sound was difficult to identify.
Yarrick tried not to imagine the situation on the other side of the communicator. His heart was so nervous that it almost burst.
"Miller?"
"Commissar, I'm sorry..."
The chimera swerved to avoid a cultist strapped with explosives, which nearly threw Yarrick through the turret hatch.
The guy was knocked down by the laser gun and failed to detonate the explosives in time, and then the left side of the chimera crushed one of his legs.
But he didn't scream. Instead, he grabbed the guardrail of the Chimera and started to climb up.
Yarrick regained his balance, turned the heavy blaster, and aimed it at this hateful guy.
Then he pulled the trigger until the bomb turned the thing into mist.
"Accelerate! Use the fastest speed! Don't stop! Don't look at those things!"
Although the driver's answer could not be heard, the roar of the engine became louder, and the Chimera rushed forward, as if Even the machine spirit itself is desperate to reach the bridge.
Only then did he have time to deal with the situation on the other end of the communicator.
"Miller, where are you?"
Miller and his team were sent to destroy the station's power system, and Yarrick left a Chimera specially for them.
"Did you blow up the transmission equipment?"
"It's destroyed, but we're trapped here."
Gunshots rang out in the background.
"We can't break through, we..."
His voice was hoarse, and when Miller spoke again, he was not speaking as an Astra Militarum lieutenant, but as a fragile of mortals.
Faced with the horror before him, he collapsed in despair.
"Commissar, I saw...what are they?"
"Our enemy, Miller."
"No, it's much more than that!"< br>
Miller howled in pain.
Ari frowned.
His entire military career so far has been spent most of the time fighting alongside Miller, they have saved each other's lives more than once, he believes in him, believes that he is a rock, believes that he can be steadfast The land is loyal to the Emperor.
But now Miller howled, and Yarrick heard the agony of his soul.
The crying did not stop, it seemed to tear the communicator into pieces.
Arrick could have turned off the communicator, but he didn't. He did his best to witness what happened to his best friend.
The gunfire on Miller's side had stopped.
The screaming continued, but began to change, becoming rougher and more musical.
It turned into song, mocking laughter.
Miller... no, it is no longer human, even though it is so familiar with humans.
Arrick knew that Miller had been swallowed up by evil, and he also knew where those indescribable things came from.
They erupt from human bodies or are transformed from humans.
“No, never!”
Yarrick kept firing with his heavy bolter.
Even if everyone else gives in, he will never!
(End of this chapter)