Chapter 458 Approaching the Center
After clearing the hall, Soshyan counted the casualties. Only four soldiers were killed, but thirteen were seriously injured or dying-including Farzad.
The power of the bloodline of the Undead Army was once again highlighted.
After leaving a team and a pharmacist to take care of the wounded, Soshyan decided to divide his troops into three groups.
He led the way, mainly the First Company and the Honor Guard, including the nuns, straight to the center of the Star Castle.
The other team was led by Thor, mainly Farzad's third company, and went to control the star fort's void shield array.
The third team, the second company led by Ustad, went to control the armory of the fortress.
Although dividing the troops at this time is not the best strategy, Soshyan has to do this. He must control the key systems of the entire star fort in the shortest possible time.
After the division of troops, Soshyan led the streamlined team towards the star fort center at high speed.
As he turned the corner of a passage, a stream of bolters hit his shoulder armor.
The Chaos Space Marines formed a temporary fire network on the opposite side of the passage, firing volleys at the Astral Knights who had just turned the corner.
A rain of bullets passed through the team, and the bombs that were deflected by the armor hit the surrounding bulkheads. Sparks flew across the passage several meters wide.
Soshyan, who stood out from the crowd in his Terminator, became the main target. Explosive bombs hit his body, forcing him to retreat continuously.
Behind him, Armin picked up a rocket launcher and pressed the launch button.
An armor-piercing rocket spiraled into the air dragging a black smoke, and suddenly began to tilt, zigzagging into the narrow passage, and rushed into the temporary bunker built by the red pirates.
The explosion shook the deck, and flying broken metal rained down on the Red Pirates.
Taking advantage of this opening, other warriors tumbled toward doorways and behind abandoned vehicles for cover.
They did not expect the Red Pirates to terminate their retreat so suddenly, and the salvo caught them completely off guard.
Soshyan also hid behind a huge metal pillar because he saw heavy explosive bombs being moved out from the opposite side.
Then he looked around, checking the back of the team in case they were surrounded, but fortunately they were still safe behind them.
In this case, Soshyan activated a secret communication channel.
"YT-001, break the enemy's defense from the side."
"Received, execute."
While the Red Pirates continued to suppress the Astral Knights' team , and started laughing and taunting, when their side channel bulkhead suddenly exploded.
Amidst the flying flames and metal debris, a slender ghostly figure broke into their sight, and then rushed through the torn bulkhead like a storm.
YT-001 raised his arm, the twin bolters attached to it and the heavy laser on his shoulders spraying out fury.
Behind it, there are thirty castle-level battle robots arranged neatly.
The Red Pirates' front collapsed almost instantly in front of the awesome bullets and flaming firepower of the battle robots. ,
YT-001 also launched several cyclone missiles, which went directly over the bunker and exploded among the huddled Chaos Space Marines.
Soshyan turned around and signaled to his team. The warriors quickly stood up and joined the assaulting battle droids, increasing their firepower with volleys of bolters.
The remaining red pirates only lasted for more than ten seconds before they were completely finished. Except for the three who escaped, the others turned into smoking corpses lying on the ground.
“Forward!”
Leaving this passage, the team’s position is only 500 meters away from the star fort center
And between them and the star fort Between the fort centers is a complex functional area, where many key components are concentrated, such as the center's cooling module, oxygen circulation module, and air purification module.
These facilities and modules are separated by forked roads, like an interconnected metal mountain range, and have the unique chaos of imperial machinery. In order not to damage these important facilities, Soshyan asked the soldiers not to open fire unless absolutely necessary.
He believed that the other party would do the same.
Sure enough, he just turned a corner and saw a large group of people rushing into the main road from the dim path.
They were humans - or had been humans, muscles melted and broken, shambling slowly through the streets.
Everyone has the mark of the evil god on their body - which turns them into slaves of darkness, and there seem to be many of them.
They kept coming, spilling out of the alleys or stumbling closer from the far side, as if there was no limit to their number.
Grumbling, the men surrounded the Astral Knights amid a sea of heretics and buzzing machinery, firing shotguns and pistols.
"Chapter Commander, what should we do now?"
Armin asked, feeling sick in his stomach while raising his bolter.
“Living in the realm of demons can have unfortunate effects on people.”
Soshyan added, taking a step forward in his massive Terminator armor.
“Don’t use bolters, use melee weapons.”
“The Fallen shall be destroyed.”
Adrienne Velez shouted her declaration.
Still, her stomach lurched with nausea as she drew the power sword.
The depravity of these people made her even more angry.
Not long after, in the depths of her mind, a soft singing voice like a silver bell washed her soul again and again, making her settle down.
"We will fight side by side, Chapter Master Soshyan."
She whispered, raising her power armor sword in one hand and a flat-ended bolter in the other, and strode out of the heretic barrier. .
Soshiyang smiled slightly and issued a new order on the communication channel.
The combat robots strode forward, the weapons on their arms switched to small-caliber multi-barreled machine guns, and fired bullets at the swarming infidels, suppressing them while opening a path for the team.
“This——”
Adrienne Velez looked at all this in surprise. She was born in a noble family in the hive city, so she naturally had a lot of experience. The battle robots of the Mechanicus She had seen it before, but she had never seen such an efficient harvesting method.
The guns on their arms flashed and fired at the infidels again, but the gradually thinning crowd did not disperse. The infidels continued to move forward, unconsciously stepping into the tangle of battle robots. Nets of fire, and fell in pieces.
“Time waits for no one, move forward!”
Soshyan began to run, followed closely by Adriana Velez, slashing at the heretics blocking his path with her power sword, killing dozens of them in an instant.
The warriors also drew their weapons one after another, cutting down the surrounding pagans like they were trekking through the jungle to cut off miscellaneous trees, cutting off limbs with chain swords, and smashing skulls with gun butts.
The Astral Knights were unstoppable, and the cultists cried as they fell deep into the gaps in the deck - the splashing sounds of the corpses falling to the bottom of the ravine could be heard clearly.
As the rear force, the battle robots followed the charge of the Astral Knights.
The brief light that bloomed from time to time on their arms illuminated the grotesque and twisted features of the pagans who were shot away.
(End of this chapter)