Chapter 475 The Final Phase
“Victory or defeat depends on maneuvering in the unfolding phase.”
Huron said while watching the Astartes fleets clash with each other:
"If one side occupies a favorable position, and the other side's commander is smart enough, he will know that it is better to retreat than to be annihilated in a hopeless battle."
Kelkus Watching what is happening on the 3D display is like watching something mysterious and mythical.
"They won't retreat, my lord."
"They certainly won't. This is another chance. Helmsman, prepare to obey my orders and pass through this passage."
"Go through it directly like this?"
Kelkus said in a deep voice;
"But my lord..."
"You are worried about the retreating Imperial warships, right, Kelkus."
Huron closed his eyes and breathed deeply and slowly.
He maintained this state for a while, and finally said without opening his eyes:
"The time when the first light spear is launched is... now."
After Huron finished speaking, several personal bodyguards wearing Terminator armor immediately turned their heads and looked at the projector as the weapon fire sign appeared.
"The leading battle carrier, bearing the mark of the Lamenter, will be the first to be hit by the light spears of our defense line...now."
Huron opened his eyes, and he knew all of his predictions It would come true, and Hamadria
who was lying at his feet then burst out into a sinister laughter.
Hamadria is a "pet" kept by Huron. It is a subspace creature with an unstable shape. Its appearances include reptiles, birds and mammals.
It can give Huron spiritual power and help Huron read minds. It is said to be a reward for Huron's deal with the Four Gods of Chaos, but its power does not stop there, at least its claws His abilities go beyond gouging out people's eyes and tearing apart flesh and blood. It is said that he can tear apart souls.
Under the orders of the tyrant, the machines in front of the console and the officers at their posts entered a state of frantic busyness.
"There is an Astral Knight strike cruiser closest to us, isn't it?"
"Yes, Master!"
An officer answered immediately.
“It’s so easy to predict, and these loyalists have a poor grasp of tactical doctrine.”
Kelkus grunted in agreement, but said nothing.
"Fire the light spear."
Just at the moment when the weapons officer was about to tell the Astral Knight cruiser that the Astral Knight cruiser had entered the range of the light spear, Huron gave the order.
"The light spear is firing, master."
Before the ship began to shake due to the first wave of impact, Huron had already turned his eyes back to the display screen.
The data shows that the battleship's shield is intact and 6% of the energy has escaped.
"The shield is intact! Seven percent of the energy has escaped!"
An officer called.
"Weapon array group, ready to listen to my orders."
"Weapon array group, ready!"
The bridge shook again, indicating that the Astral Knights strike cruiser Starfire was attacking.
In Huron's vision, it was this ship that would become the rear force for the retreating Imperial fleet.
The other party has completely entered the scanning range of the Destruction Ghost. Based on the existing intelligence, Huron guessed that these warships must be very fragile. There is nothing inside the hull and there is no Astartes to protect the ship.
Because most of the Astartes must have followed Soshyan and joined the Eyes of Hell.
"Launch the boarding bay."
"Damn!"
On the Starfire, the bridge lighting dimmed, then failed for a few seconds, and the fleets released a violent barrage at each other as they crossed each other.
The damage tolerance of small battleships like the Starfire is far inferior to that of heavy battleships like the Destruction Ghost.
"Shield collapse!"
An officer called out, the impact rocking the ship.
"Sir!"
A weapons officer said:
"Sir, the enemy's flagship, the Ghost of Destruction, has launched its boarding cabin." Brother Lothar on the bridge let out a sigh that might have been sound.
"All weapon arrays, aim at the landing facility and fire."
Soon, two of the eight runes were the first to disappear on the display of the hologram projector, and the others rushed towards their target ship, and then two more disappeared, and finally four hit the Starfire.
Losa calmly asked to open the ship's communication network, and an officer in front of the console nodded to him.
"Priest Loken, this is the bridge. There are twenty to forty red pirates who have just used the assault cabin to invade the ship. The impact location has been sent to you. Find those traitors and kill them all. "
"Yes, I will give them a surprise."
Huron did guess right, there is only one Astarte on the Starfire.
But what he didn't guess was that there were a hundred castle-level battle robots waiting on the ship!
Lotha stood up from the command seat and dragged heavy steps to the observation deck. Through the porthole, he could see the gray sphere below representing the new Badab.
"Damage report."
"Minor structural damage, mainly on the starboard side."
"The engine room begins to discharge plasma gas from the reactor, discharging the energy directly Into the void.”
"Sir?"
His human bridge officer hesitated.
“Do as I say, mortal.”
“As you command.”
“Communications Officer.”
"Yes, sir."
"Send an emergency signal to the Unbound Soul to inform the other party that Huron has taken the bait and the plan can proceed to the next step."
When the confused communications officer Obeying, Lothar faced the helmsman.
"Have we exhausted the plasma gas? Scan the Starfire's self. Do we look like we are losing blood due to a broken reactor?"
The helmsmen leaned over and stared. Display console.
"Yes, my lord."
One of them replied.
"Then start to retreat."
"The enemy ship is retreating! A large number of plasma air masses were scanned, and it is speculated that the enemy ship's power system has been damaged."
"Okay, Leave it alone.”
At this time, Huron had already boarded his own Thunderhawk, the Hatred.
“Report on the situation of Hell’s Pupil.”
“Hell’s Pupil has not raised its shield yet, but the signals from various departments are interrupted, and there are constant shuttles and mines in the emergency escape area. Eagle leaves."
"Where is Adnus?"
"Lord Adnus is unavailable."
Huron snorted. He didn't think the Blood Forest would die so easily. Whether it was the Astral Knight, the Ranger Warrior, or the Weeper, unless Malakin himself took action, he didn't think anyone could defeat the Mantis Warrior. Former champion of the Chapter.
In his mind, the only one in the empire who could fight him was Malakin.
As for the mysterious master Huron, he vaguely guessed that he might not be with the Empire. As for the identity of the other party, after seeing the beacon of the Dark Angel, he probably had several goals in mind, but they needed to fight Check later.
Others like Soshiyang, in the eyes of the Black Heart King, are nothing more than local chickens and dogs. They were able to kill Copras and high-level possessed warriors, probably because of think tanks, luck, or the number of people.
So he estimated that there was a high probability that Adnus might still be hiding and seeking with the Astral Knights in the Star Fortress.
This is a good thing, as it can at least contain some of the enemy's strength.
“All set out, take back the Eyes of Hell, and throw their heads into the cesspit!”
With Huron’s roar, a large number of landing pods and Thunderhawks emerged from the Red Pirates The fleet swarmed out, like a swarm of bees leaving the nest, pounced directly on the star fort without any defensive action.
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(End of this chapter)