Chapter 2820 The Soul of the Mourning Hero Has Exhausted (1)
When Malakin stood at a loss in the sea of blood and corpses, a huge, carapace-covered dragon slowly poked out from the red cloud. It was ugly and huge. Its head, its weird eight eyes seemed to be staring at the tiny figure standing on the bloody ground.
Suddenly another spasm passed through his body, and a pair of lifeless eyes appeared in front of him.
“Get away!”
Malakin roared and waved his hands, but those eyes remained.
It was his own gloomy face, the armor on his body turned black, and a pair of uncoordinated wings grew behind him. The left side was withered black, and the right side was red with blood dripping from it.
". Sanguinius needs blood and wrath. The abyss you guard needs to be liberated, Warden of the Abyss, otherwise the Lamenters will usher in their demise. You have not only failed the people here, but also failed them. I failed the emperor and failed to live up to the blood on your body."
Malakin turned around sharply.
"No! No! This will drag us back into the darkness! We represent the goodness and redemption of Sanguinius and must not-"
"So you will Failure again, just like the past, will continue to haunt your soul with disappointment and despair"
"Failure. No! I won't-"
"Chapter Master! Chapter Master!"
Malakin slowly opened his eyes and saw the anxious expression of the Holy Blood Priest. Face, after shaking his head, he sat up with difficulty.
"Chapter Commander"
Beside Malakin were the Chapter's Second Company Commander and Fifth Company Commander. They all looked at their Chapter Leader worriedly.
At this time, the Chapter Leader of the Lamenters also looked in a miserable state. The originally gorgeous armor on his body was full of scratches and corrosion marks. One side of the shoulder armor was directly shattered, revealing the damaged server inside. At the same time, There is also a huge cut in the belly of his armor, but it has been temporarily repaired with filling material.
"I'm fine. How is the situation? How many people have been evacuated?"
They are now located in the largest transport port on the planet and one of the main evacuation points. More than 100 million residents have evacuated from here. The evacuation has therefore become a key area for the insect swarm to attack. Malakin was seriously injured in a fight with a ferocious insect nest tyrant and was carried out of the line of fire. At this time, the rumbling gunfire and Tyranids could still be heard outside. That chilling roar.
After hesitating for a moment, the second company commander said softly:
“Most of the stranded residents have been evacuated, leaving only about 200,000 people, but a message was sent from the fleet not long ago , their strength has been used to the limit. Most of the ships have been sunk or damaged to the point that they can no longer move. They can only use the Mother of Tears to conduct the last orbital assault. So, why don't you retreat to the flagship first? Here Leave it to us.”
Malakin shook his head, stood up, took a breath, and said slowly:
"That is to say, we only have the last chance to evacuate. Let's organize the residents to evacuate quickly. If only one can leave... One, where are the other companies?”
“The first company and the seventh company have withdrawn, and the sixth company followed the last transport ship back to the track.”
Malakin frowned.
“Where is the third company?”
Hearing his question, the second company commander showed a painful expression, and tears fell from his face covered with ashes and bloodstains. He and the third company commander Sullivan were in the same batch to undergo transformation, and they had fought side by side in the same company for nearly a hundred years. , can be said to be the brother among brothers.
It was obvious what the situation was that could make an Astartes hero cry, and Malakin's heart dropped to the bottom.
"The third company. There is only one boy with the company flag. Sullivan asked the boy to tell you that the third company has not failed the blood of Sanguinius."
Malakin's face froze at first, The next second, he spat out a mouthful of black blood, and his body began to shake. He was about to fall down at any time. The Holy Blood Priest quickly supported him. "Emperor, why."
With tears streaming down his face, Malakin murmured weakly:
".Why is this happening?"
After closing his eyes and panting for a few seconds, he asked:
"Other companies. What are the losses?"
"Each company has basically lost more than half of its brothers. The sixth company is in the worst situation. There were only 17 men left when they were evacuated. Now the whole regiment has only about 250 soldiers capable of fighting. About ten people.”
Malakin said nothing more at this time and just waved his hand.
"Go immediately to organize the evacuation of residents, and the company will also evacuate."
"Yes!"
After the two company commanders left, Malakin looked at To the Holy Blood Priest.
"Kali, how is the gene seed recovery going?"
"Basically everything that can be recovered has been recovered, but unfortunately not even one-third of the fallen soldiers. This battle has broken our spines, Chapter Leader."
"I I know, I know. But how can we turn a blind eye to these civilians struggling under the alien's maw? Do you still remember the battle we participated in two hundred years ago?"
The Holy Blood Priest first said He was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
“Of course I remember, Slaughterhouse Star 3”
Slaughterhouse Star 3 was a battle that took place in the Corinthian Expedition. In 698.M41, a team led by the Raider Ska WAAAGH led by Geer! ! ! Pushing the power into the Empire and occupying the world of Corinth and establishing his stronghold there, Calgar, then Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, led a small expedition against the Greenskins under the authority of the High Lords Council. The expedition consisted of 6 Space Marine Chapters and 50 Astra Militarum Legions. The Lamenters were also a participant, sending a strike group of 300 warriors and the battle barge Stormmaiden and its escorting ships.
At that time, Malakin had already served as the commander of the second company and was also the commander of the Weeper operation.
The expeditionary force soon advanced with great success, and the greenskins were defeated step by step. However, at this time, Malakin noticed a world, which was Slaughterhouse Star No. 3. This world was originally a mineral world, and was destroyed by the greenskins. After the skin was captured, this group of cunning aliens did not simply destroy, but took possession of it for themselves. They threw all the previously captured humans into the mine, which was like a bloody mouth. Tens of millions of humans, regardless of gender, old or young, They all became green-skinned mining slaves, working day and night with almost no food. Under such extreme oppression, their average life span was only 4-5 weeks.
After learning about the situation, the Lamenters were touched by the unfortunate experiences of these imperial people and took the initiative to liberate the world. However, Calgar, the leader and commander-in-chief of the Ultramarines Chapter, was not willing to do so because of this unimportant matter. The world disrupted his strategic plan, and he reluctantly agreed to Malakin's request out of human kindness, but the condition was that the expeditionary force would not give them any additional reinforcements, and they could only use their own strength to "do good things."
Malakin did not hesitate and quickly attacked and eliminated the greenskin defenders on the planet. At this time, there were still millions of refugees controlled by the greenskins on the planet. The arrival of the angel gave everyone hope. .
But soon, Malakin discovered a problem embarrassingly. The fleet did not have the tools to transport so many refugees. All their aircraft combined could only transport a few hundred people at a time. The expeditionary force headquarters did not Deploy any large transport aircraft and transport ships to them, and it will take a long time to move this little ant, but the greenskins will not give them such time.
Since the planet was located behind the green-skin-controlled area, it soon attracted a large-scale counterattack by the green-skin. Malakin had to stay on the planet with three hundred weepers to fight for the millions of imperial refugees.
Wave after wave of Greenskin reinforcements poured into the planet. Fierce battles broke out in orbit and on the ground at the same time. Facing millions of enemies, the numbers were sparse and there was no cooperation from the Astra Militarum. The Lamenters could only fall one by one, and within a few days there were less than two hundred people left, and their fleet was reduced to only battle barges.
At this time, the captured residents of the empire made a surprising decision. They were not willing to sacrifice the angels in vain, so they all voluntarily returned to the mines. After praying to the emperor for the last time, A signal was sent to the Daughters of the Storm - their last request was not to be slaves to the ugly aliens, but to die gloriously for the Empire as free people.
With the arrival of another wave of greenskin reinforcements, Malakin had no choice but to accept the result, and ultimately chose to drop deadly torpedoes at the location of the mine.
At the end of the battle, there were less than 100 warriors and a few successfully launched greenskin ships carrying a small number of surviving people back to the scarred Stormmaiden battle barge. After nearly a week of hard work, After the battle, less than 300,000 refugees were actually rescued. For the Weeper Chapter, this was a tragic failure. More than two-thirds of the expeditionary warriors were lost in one operation, and only a few were rescued. Less than one tenth of the people.