Chapter 971 Bloodsmoke Swordsman
Arterial blood spurted from the torn throats of the cult followers, dyeing Li Lin's shoulder armor with the same blood color.
The man who was close to being beheaded staggered a few times and plunged into the ground, dipping the soil into scarlet.
Without pausing to catch his breath, the Scout Squad Leader lashed out with his Sword Master, and at the fork two more cultists sought revenge for the slaughter of their companions.
In terms of brutality, Sablin is comparable to Li Lin. The mountain of corpses behind him extends to the bombing zone on the edge of the village - just a few minutes ago, the Thunderhawks used artillery fire and missiles to destroy The outer area was scrubbed.
Although it is not convenient for this company to appear in the public eye, Soshyan will not let this force idle in his hands, so they have been performing the task of clearing out the enemy's hidden strongholds, and every time they leave no survivors.
“This is really boring.”
Li Lin said coldly as he walked through three robed attackers:
“It’s just a large-scale slaughter. , these heretics attack us with sticks, and we fight back with cold steel and explosive shells. Why do we have to waste our energy here?"
"Because this is our mission."
Sabourin replied simply, waving his sword mechanically, limbs and mutilated corpses scattered around him like raindrops.
"We are the Astartes. Who we kill or what we kill is irrelevant."
"But we can obviously kill more valuable enemies."
In anger, Li Lin used his armored fist to punch the nearest cultist. The facial features were so deeply dented that no one could identify its gender.
"The glory lies in destroying the heretics of the Black Legion."
In the center of the village stronghold, a wizard still stood on the altar, surveying the slaughtered followers.
Now it held a pole blooming with blue energy, lightning crackling along the pole, and a huge open eye darting unnaturally at the top, trying to determine the fate of the Space Marines. Location.
When Talos focused on this terrifying yellow sphere, his sword arm was only dancing in muscle memory. He could sense the destructive power gathering on the opponent.
This guy is trying to get a demon to possess him.
"Company Commander! To your left!"
Suddenly, Sabourin reminded Talos loudly that the young scout's armor was soaked in blood, and the metal on the blade was covered with bruises and was being struck by waves of flesh and blood.
Talos turned his head and resisted the urge to look into the eyes of the staff. Less than a hundred meters away, a cultist raised a laser rifle and seemed to be aiming at this person. The commander of the 11th Company fired. .
The prophet's right arm was still wielding the power sword, while his left hand bent down and drew the pistol in one smooth motion.
At the same time, the muscles in the cultist's hand twitched, pressing against the firing bolt of the laser rifle and releasing scorching energy.
The bolt hit the cultist's head, and the bone fragments and brain exploded like a shower, while the energy impacted Talos's carapace pauldrons which were washed with blood.
The prophet glanced at his shoulder armor. It was almost impossible to tell that it had just been hit. Apart from the scratches and wear caused by the years, even the blood-stained surface was still wet. There was no sign of being scorched or dried by a direct hit by a laser weapon. .
“Bahram, have you seen that thing above?”
Hearing Talos calling him, Bahram, who was chopping up the cultists, turned his head, only to find that the company commander was no longer there. Beside him.
Corpse writhed and broken before him as Talos cleared a path for the altar, those who had not yet been killed by his bolter being swiftly jabbed with his fists and power sword. .
“If you see it, go up and deal with it.”
Drawing the blade from a slain cultist, Talos nodded to Bahram.
After killing the nearby cultists, Bahram immediately started taking action. Realizing that their master was threatened, the cultists went mad and began to stop the Astartes' advance at all costs.
Stepping on the corpses left behind by the bloody path Talos opened for him, Bahram flew towards the Chaos Sorcerer. The bolt pistol in his hand tore apart all obstacles in front of him. Behind him, two heavy bolters fired at anything that was still moving.
Soon, there were almost no living cultists left, and the entire team turned to look at the figure in power armor on the altar.
Bahram was close to the demon wizard, and he fixed his pistol to his thigh, choosing to face it with the sharp blade in his hand.
Taros stood there for a while longer, seeming to observe something.
"Company Commander?"
"Just watch, don't interfere."
Sablin stopped him from going up to help, the sword blade in Talos' hand flashed , tearing apart three cultists foolish enough to come within range of the sword.
"Do your own thing."
Bahram had begun fighting the demon-possessed wizard, and when the wizard swung his staff to meet the Space Marine's blow, the staff transformed into a giant With two-handed swords, the thin human body turned into a scarlet giant nearly three meters tall and covered in bone spurs.
The two weapons collided in a blinding, unnatural spark, as blessed and sheltered steel met the twisted power of the Warp.
Subsequently, both parties separated at the same time.
At this time, the distortion on the monster became more intense, and the originally human head quickly turned into a canine beast's head.
Bahram raised his bolt pistol and fired at the monster, swooping forward with his blade in tow.
But the opponent didn't even notice where the bullet came from. The demon raised a claw and melted the bullet in mid-air, then grabbed the sword with both hands and rushed forward, just like a space warrior using combat Swinging the sword with one hand as easily as a dagger.
Bahram almost completely dodged the blow, but the demon's sword tip scraped his power-armored thigh, tearing the ceramite.
The demon then spun the blade towards the damaged part of the power armor, but Bahram deflected it at the last moment.
Sparks rained down on the floor of the square, small fires igniting where they landed, and Bahram fought his enemies as if in hell.
Bahram is not a skilled swordsman like Robin, but he has excellent combat wisdom and can find a fighting method that is beneficial to him in an extreme time. It is just a pity that his opponent is not an ordinary enemy.
Despite being surrounded by Space Marines, the Daemon fought with ease, every strike and dodge being simple and smooth.
The giant blade in its claws would require even the largest Space Marines to use both hands to wield it, but the daemon wields it with one hand, switching its blade arms at will to create the best attack and defense angles.
Sabrin frowned at all this, realizing that if he faced such a skilled opponent in battle, he would be lucky to last even one minute.
“Child of the curse, tell me your name, the bloody swordsman will not kill the nameless person!”
Suddenly, the devil roared out a very standard Gothic language.
Bahram did not reply, but continued to slash with his sword, but Talos frowned.
"Bloodsmoke Swordsmen. Why are they here?"
The Prophet once heard a rumor in the Eye of Terror. There is a unique group in the realm of Khorne. Their number Rare, mostly created by arrogant and powerful swordsmen and swordsmen who became demons during their lifetime. Different from the madness of most demon princes of Khorne, they are more focused on extreme swordsmanship, and only like to defeat powerful enemies rather than harvest worthless skulls. , so the individual strength is extremely powerful, but they rarely show up, and they can only be seen during the Chaos War.
The members of this group of demon princes are all dubbed the Bloodsmoke Swordsmen. It is said that only Khorne himself can directly command them. In their eyes, any other great demon is just a sword under the same sword. enemy.
Due to their overly arrogant character and disdain to even enter the physical universe, Talos only heard rumors about them in the Eye of Terror.
(End of this chapter)