Chapter 1166 Expedition Scavenging
“The empire in the early days of the Great Crusade was still a new country, and its covenants and oaths were not yet mature and untested. Even though the territory of the empire had extended beyond the solar system, the territories it had conquered Often accompanied by questionable stability and loyalty, attempted rebellions were common, and the Empire suppressed most of them quickly and without publicity. However, for the Emperor, some incidents deserved a different response than in the past. Simple conquest is of no use, what they need is punishment.”
“Punishment.”
Sablin chewed on the word, feeling the cruel implications.
"Venori is an urban enclave on Terra, formerly part of the Pan-Pacific Empire, built on either side of a rift deep underground, the last territory that the tyrant Nathan Doom fell to. First, the plains around the crack are covered with buildings that stretch for more than a hundred kilometers. Those buildings are close to the edge of the crack and extend downward for several kilometers. Whether it is the light of the sun or the moon, it always only reaches the deepest point when it reaches the deepest point. There is only a glimmer of light left. The shackles of the empire are not recognized by the people of Venori, but in the years after Doom's defeat, they had no choice but to silently surrender in front of their own situation. , until the arrival of the Scarlet Walkers changed everything."
"Crimson Walkers, what is that?"
"The Crimson Walkers are a secret society of psykers, genetically enhanced warriors, and warlords who served the last tyrant in the history of the Age of Strife, the Emperor. In the process of unifying Terra, the emperor overthrew many kings, queens, chiefs and tyrants. The reputation and deeds of these men and women have become lingering memories in the minds of many people. At that time, they were the monarchs who ruled the old night, Monsters who enslaved billions with lies, fear, and cursed arcane knowledge. Their atrocities forged in genetic knowledge, blood, and spells symbolized their time, until the Emperor shattered their rule and brought Redemption in the world But in the shadows, the traces of the old night have not been erased. Over the years, many traitors have been purged, but some have survived. The survivors have formed alliances to survive and fought to regain the Emperor's throne. Desperate for the things they took from their hands, they did not hesitate to use hatred to make a contract with the devil. They gradually gathered many followers and resources, and spread a secret network on Terra. The stronghold where they came back to make a big splash was Venori. "
"Those people gathered followers and allies who truly relied on them in the canyon city, and began to build a new fortress of despair. The ancient nightmare reappeared in Terra: Flesh Forge, Wiccan societies and pagan worship, and even more frightening are the people who follow the Scarlet Walkers after they take power. They are like loyal beasts returning to the care of their masters, obeying them instead of running away from them. The past was so horrific that the few who resisted became the fuel for the evil art of the Scarlet Walkers. The rising military power seemed to be about to drag Terra back to the ancient nightmare. When the Emperor heard that the threat had emerged from the cocoon and was reborn, he He just responded with one sentence. "
"What is it-"
Facing Sabourin's uneasy expression, Talos said that sentence with bright eyes-
"Send out the Eighth Legion!"
Faced with the Emperor's order, the Eighth Legion did not respond immediately. At that time, they had only more than 500 soldiers stationed in the solar system.
It is true that for the Astartes, 500 people are still a large army, but it is not enough to defeat an urban enclave with tens of millions of people in one fell swoop. But this fact was not important to the soldiers of the Eighth Legion at that time. They knew why they were called to fight and what they must do.
Gradually, Sablin was attracted by this dark, bloody but incredible story.
"The war started with flames falling from the night sky. The ancestors opened fire on the countryside of Vennoli, using supercharged lasers to turn the night into day. The bombing lasted for six hours. When the bombing ended, the fused metal and The soil has formed a kilometer-long ring around the urban enclave! Tens of millions of people are looking at the night sky, their minds filled with longing for the scene after dawn, but the dawn has not arrived, and the light on the horizon is blackened. Clouds shrouded, and then it started to rain, a heavy downpour, but it became more turbid due to the chemicals spread by the clouds. People began to feel dizzy and felt the place where they stood began to tremble. At the same time, they were aware of everyone around them. The perception of a sound and every moving object in the corner of the eye seemed to be amplified. It had been raining for a whole day. Although the sunset was not used to distinguish the alternation between day and the coming night, it formed a faintly visible ghost. The people trapped in the darkness began to cry. "
Talos walked up to Sabourin and put his hands on each other's shoulders. Their faces were only a fist apart, and their dark eyes were staring straight. Stare at each other.
“Can you imagine the despair of those people at that time?”
Through Talos’s eyes, Sabourin seemed to be able to see the blood flowing that night and the darkness that filled the air.
But for some reason, he felt his blood vessels surging, and the idea that it was a perfect hunting ground actually came to his mind.
"But those people didn't know that death had already lurked around them. As early as the ships in orbit lit up the night sky with flames, the soldiers of the Eighth Legion had already airborne from the border of the void, wearing dark midnight blue armor. And descending, right up to the rift in the center of the enclave, by which time all the guards' eyes were drawn to the flash of light in the sky. They only triggered their jump packs to abort their descent at the moment they strayed from the light above their heads, in the darkness below the city, They have been waiting for the real night to fall, clinging to the rock wall like creatures in a cave, until the lightless day passes. When the time is right, they will ride on the fire and drive upward from the abyss. They Go deep into the lower reaches of the suspended city, intercepting anyone who gets in the way, and planting explosives to make parts of the buildings spin in the darkness."
"Soon, screams are heard throughout the canyon. The horrific screams during the battle echoed in the minds of everyone on the surface. The mental defenses weakened by the drug collapsed in one blow. Most people immediately collapsed to the ground, trembling in fear; others fled one after another to avoid the increasingly fierce attack. Howl. In response to the Eighth Legion, the Scarlet Walkers unleashed an army of monsters: including suture golems with dozens of human limbs, swarms of inhuman beings with glass eyeballs and stimulation probes embedded in their brains. The brain-men, and the spirit slaves who filled the air with the foul stench of the warp, the pulses of guns and the flashes of warp flames illuminated the abyss, but the Eighth Legion still charged to the forefront, and the help of jump packs allowed them to survive among the wreckage. Flying around, using lightning claws to dismember the abomination, they sang a symphony of the voices of the dead during the battle, and the speaker grille released the recorded torture, pain and despair. The abyss of that night was like a myth! Burning like the mouth of hell, the airdrop pod descended from the night sky, and the legionnaires who came to rescue gathered in the rift valley, dividing their forces to kill and search for the enemy in the city."
(End of this chapter)