Chapter 1240: Star Sea Crazy Shark
In the darkness outside the empire
In many forgotten planetary worlds
In the mouths of many traitors and alien collaborators< br>
There is such a legend, about a group of exiles——
They have been sent from the first day of their exile into the darkness of Outland, to wreak vengeance on humanity's enemies, until finally atoning for their sins and the forgiveness of their Forsaken, to defeat the traitors, xenos and turncoats. , and torture them with their own strength.
Their long hunt spanned the entire history of mankind and lasted for a full 10,000 years.
And now, their hunting continues.
"Target found, Area 12."
Bel Shire said, looking at his scanner and found a red biological signal approaching them.
This warrior wears a set of armor that looks ancient and messy. Most of it is Mark IV type, and a small part is composed of multiple types of power armor, but it does not look cheap under the careful decoration.
The shoulder armor part of the power armor is bronze, with a white ancient Terran ocean predator with its body hunched above it, and on the main body of the armor, the Outcast is engraved on the dark gray surface. The honor marks are even more intricate - they cover the armor's metal gloves, vambraces and greaves in a swirling shape, and the joints adopt an interlocking design.
The relief in the center of the breastplate is a skull and a pair of lightning bolts - they are the ornaments of the ancient Terran war and the first honor of the ancient ancestors.
And his helmet is a modified Mark III helmet. The communication uplink line is decorated with towering jagged ceramic ornaments along the top, and the visor around the communication antenna is painted open white. Big Mouth, a blood-red shark sickle mark is engraved on the left temple of the helmet, which is a symbol of his role as the chief predator of the chapter and the captain of the third company.
In the metal glove of the dark armor in his right hand, he holds a huge two-handed chain saw axe. The adamantine ax handle is engraved with ancient symbols. The trumpet-shaped weapon head has no sheath and a spinner. The sharp metal teeth on the edge glowed menacingly, and in his left hand was an ancient finely crafted bolt gun.
Behind him were 64 void brothers, including the strike team, and twenty recruits, walking carefully in the hulk.
Originally, his company had 79 experienced void brothers, but the company suffered heavy losses in the battle between the planet Zarak and the Night Lords, and even after several rounds of recruitment, it still has not returned to its original size. .
But numbers would not sway his resolve, and their oath to the Void Father would not be shaken by loss.
This is the meaning of the existence of the Shark Chapter.
However, this operation is different from the past. Originally, the sharks would not directly accept employment from others, because they are Astartes after all, loyal to humanity and the Empire, not mercenaries. But this time the price offered by the great sage was indeed too high. The battle loss of the battle group in the darkness outside the territory was extremely huge. Although the manpower could be replenished through blood tax and gray tax, the large amount of equipment and equipment required for the war was Cutting-edge technological products cannot be obtained through conventional means.
In other times in the past, they usually exchanged the salvaged technological relics with the Adeptus Mechanicus for the products they needed, but recently the war group had not gained anything in this regard, so when the Martian sage found them, he offered a very considerable After paying a price, Chapter Master Tiberius agreed to the Magus of Mars' request.
Ciel understands this decision. Although protecting the empire is their first task, the survival of the Chapter is equally important. Without enough material to support their eternal war, they will not be able to continue.
However, they will not receive any tactical guidance from other parties during the operation, nor will they cooperate with another helper called the Malicious Warrior from Mars.
It’s not that they have any prejudice against the Malicious Warriors. In fact, the philosophy of the Man-Eating Shark is not much different from that of the Malicious Warriors. They are both highly pragmatic and supremacist, and everything is about heroes based on results. , as long as victory can be achieved, the sacrifice of mortals is not worth it.
Their real disagreement is that the man-eating shark believes that even the smallest mortals have value, even if it is only a few hours or even minutes. The behavior of the malicious warrior is too "wasteful" and the emperor's gold coins should not be It is only right to squander the last bit of their value. This is also the reason why the man-eating shark has become more ruthless after wandering in the darkness for 10,000 years——
Because nothing is lacking, nothing is wasted. "Target found, Area 8, Area 9, Area 11——"
Todor, a veteran of the strike team, suddenly opened his mouth and said, with a bloody mouth painted on the Terminator helmet. The muzzle and the pure white plate armor of the Terminator's main body form a very strong contrast to this.
But the veteran's words were quickly interrupted by another person.
"Targets were found in almost all scanned areas."
Dicko said eagerly.
"The surrounding enemies are multiplying exponentially!"
"They finally decided not to hide anymore."
Ciel whispered, his aiming prism constantly Looking for the figure moving through the shadows.
The action patterns of these gene thieves are obviously more cautious than before. They always use bunkers to hide themselves when moving. Once his searchlight illuminated a smooth head and chitinous carapace. But other than that, he never saw the alien with his own eyes.
"Keep a tight formation. If they charge, we will drive them back. No matter what happens, this time we will push forward all the way and never take a step back."
Nikla Pious, the company's flag bearer and chaplain He raised the broken flag, and the more than sixty battle brothers and recruits around him immediately shrank into formation. The recruits were all wearing reconnaissance carapace, and the veterans' helmets all had red arrow-tooth marks in the center - they were red scars. , a emblem that can only be obtained after going through at least ten battles.
The structure of the Devouring Sharks is quite different from that of the Holy Code. They do not have a dedicated recruit company. The effective strength of each combat company is about one hundred to one hundred and twenty combat monks and twenty to thirty It is their ancient tradition to be a scout.
Ciel checked the data of the detector again, constantly memorizing the enemy's location.
They surrounded the Third Company from all directions, as if the intelligence guiding the aliens had seen through his thoughts from previous battles and was therefore preparing to cut off their retreat route.
Ciel stared into the darkness in front of him, trying to discern the enemy's intentions.
What are they waiting for?
Soon, he knew the answer.
A series of intertwined and malicious thoughts suddenly appeared in the company master's mind, torturing his consciousness, and the soldiers around him also held their heads tightly with both hands, feeling the sudden pain. His face was twitching, suffering from the torture inside his body.
Although Space Marines have a strong will and determination, this does not mean that their spirits are truly indestructible. In fact, some powerful forces can still affect their minds.
For example, psionics.
(End of this chapter)