Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 325 Exploration, and unexpected encounters
Keng...Keng...Keng...

The three-finger-thick steel boots, driven by the thick electromagnetic muscles in the steel armor under the control of the servo, carry the weight of nearly a ton of the dreadnought power armor, and trek forward in the passage of the abandoned battleship.

The thick dust and mud moss made it difficult for them to move forward. In the environment where they could not keep a direct view of the deck, they could only turn on the energy supply of the magnetic boots for a long time.

As a result, their pace can indeed be called steady and steady, but the speed of the entire team has become a new problem.

"It's unbelievable that the power supply here is still..."

The incandescent light shot out from the giant's helmet like a sharp sword. After piercing through the smoke and dust raised in the darkness, it was swallowed by the endless darkness again.

Gray Knight Hercules did not rely on the servo observation array, but instead looked through the narrow eyepiece of the crusader's helmet, looking directly at the dust stirred up by his footsteps in front of him.

Although the lighting system inside the hulk has failed, the gravity generator here has been working stably at least for this long period of time just by the dust accumulated over the centuries.

"Our next goal?"

Hercules asked the squad commander, Sergeant Melson, while on the psychic side, he simultaneously encapsulated the collected information in his brain, and then sent it back through the legion's psychic link.

As if sensing the Gray Knight's question behind him, the member code-named Rock Rat in the team explained to the Gray Knight while checking the heavy bolt gun he was carrying:

When the deliberate ambush was discovered, the disciples of Kane decided to change the way of pleasing the blood god and kill the monkeys head-on.

"Understood." Hercules nodded slightly, indicating that he had received the reminder from the other party and the kindness behind it:
An explanation is a very good start. It at least proves that both parties have the intention to cooperate.

"Got it, keep in touch."

"The boss used to be a veteran of the first company in the battle group, and also our tactical instructor. According to the think tank records, he once served in Deathwatch on behalf of the battle group, and he just returned in the last 100 years."

When the team encountered a fatal threat, only Hercules and his companion—another gray knight who hadn't spoken a word along the way—could use their strengths to threaten the enemy.

"Go to the gravity generator first, then the power cabin."

At the same time, a black, surprisingly long and narrow scimitar was blocked and repelled by the shield.

Melson's voice rang in Hercules' ears, and the dry voice dragged him back to reality from the ocean of ether.

After installing both with the intended explosive device, the team proceeded according to the blueprint in hand.

And the location that forced it to emerge from invisibility was just above the back of the sergeant's head.

As evidenced by the short lifespan of Hercules, he swore that when these works of art appeared in a battleship full of steel and gunpowder smoke, he felt that the designer of this battleship definitely exceeded the upper limit of human understanding of art.

All psykers understand how dangerous it is to lose the landmarks of reality and the warp, and the reason why the Gray Knights have maintained their absolute purity for thousands of years is precisely because they may not be the most powerful psykers, but they are definitely the most powerful psykers. Can control the strongest one.

Melson lifted the power armor from the joint locks of the crouching stance, and the whole body stood up from behind the thick jump shield.

The sergeant in front and the brother in the rear's answer arrived almost at the same time, and the double information of reality and ether was almost indistinguishable.

When this heavy cannon poured an arc of barrage at the opponent at a terrifying rate of fire, these races known for their agility had to pay a heavy price for their previous contempt.

The heavy aura cannon in the hands of the cleanser Harpocrates, when giving up physical ammunition to shoot with psionic energy, its non-physical projectiles have a speed that the body cannot avoid.

At this moment, all the gray knights on the entire space hulk stopped, and the strength of the legion's will was revealed here.

They immediately noticed the situation of the brother in front, and also witnessed and supported that brother's call for the willpower of the group.

However, due to the problem of the enemy's distance, the large-scale gun line caused by short-range shooting cannot be closed, so the killing efficiency of the target is extremely low.

"Retreat! Shrink the defense! Plan C! (Self-protection is the first priority, and retreat in a sheltered manner to reduce the gap between firepower.)"

Hercules also spotted this detail and understood its meaning:
They are running out of time and need to speed up their exploration.

He hardly paused, and even responded directly to Sergeant Melson with body language, while still receiving the information stream in the public channel through the psionic link.

"Mantra - bless!"

But Hercules was able to adapt to this because of the blood in him, and because he was inspired by something hidden in his genes.

Facing these assassins who are leaping and holding knives while taking advantage of the complicated environment, there is really a limit to what the entire team can do in such a short moment.

There are not many large corridors that can be passed normally in the damaged battleship, but in the case of not intending to recover the ship, taking the maintenance passage and occasionally breaking the wall, the team quickly reached the combination of the hulk and other hulks department.

And just when the team had a normal atmosphere of cooperation, Hercules, who sensed something, suddenly raised his head.

"Going to the location of the gravity generator, I want to see what makes the machine still function.

That's not all, several other similar weapons also appeared next to the team members at some point; if it weren't for the vigilance and protection of the priest, the team might have lost more than half of their manpower in the face of it.

Thus, with extremely high efficiency, the gravity generator of the hulk and the spare plasma reactor that kept working were found.

Their defensive firepower is too slow and rudimentary for these beings, and even under the entanglement of Sergeant Melson giving up the defense, it can only exchange for the enemy's wounding instead of killing.

He didn't even have time to stop Melson, who had just landed on the Eldar warship, and only had time to point the scepter in his hand forward, and shouted the law in his mouth:

The sound of the explosion and the high-temperature shock wave in the small space make people have nowhere to hide. When the giants face the shock wave, even if they have a full set of armor protection, the steel boots under their feet will inevitably make a tooth-piercing friction sound.

Several black-clothed assassins were harvested by the psychic cannon in the vertical and horizontal mid-air, and the substantial blow effect was immediate, making the opponent's arrogance stagnant.

boom!Sigh...

With the help of the battleship bird divination instrument, they successfully identified the structure of these ancient battleships belonging to humans.

Hercules' psychic lightning came first, and once again freed the neck of the comrade in front from the opponent's scimitar.

The shield that appeared in the space appeared instantly after passing through the supposedly lengthy incantation ceremony.A platinum bell stand loomed over the front of Sergeant Meyerson, and indeed the entire squad.

It was a gorgeous space, and the design of the equipment and ships in it obviously exceeded the scope of being a war machine.

And with the end of the outer layer detection, the more distorted internal structure exceeded the capability limit of the instruments on the battleship. (Anti-detection devices are a common configuration of warships, and most of these devices work passively and can work for a long time with very low energy.)
Troop projection on the fleet continues:
The first landing force consisted of 25 Hercules/Melson-like teams.

Tom!Tom!Tom!Tom!Tom!Tom!
The intensive shooting of the storm bolts tore out a large number of hideous and terrifying bullet marks in the narrow space.

Fortunately, he didn't fight alone, he also had his own partner, and the entire army behind him.

The team members behind him also shook their heads slightly to expel the discomfort in their bodies.Hercules at the end of the line was the least affected. When he raised his head and looked forward, the place where the dust settled at the end of his vision was a completely unfamiliar environment.

Except for the five support and reserve troops who remained at the landing point, the remaining [-] teams quickly broke through the outermost wreckage of the battleship during the half-hour exploration process.

"Tsk! Troubled monkey!"

"Law! Flog heretics!"

The reason for going to the power cabin is the mission requirement, to install enough explosives on the key nodes of the hulk before evacuation..."

Sergeant Melson shouted loudly, obviously he has enough awareness of these existences.And his choice in milliseconds is already the best choice for the current situation.

The existing efficiency seems to be very high, but it is actually based on the data support of the auspicious array on the battleship.

If there is a sign of life maintaining the equipment, then find it and kill it;

Sergeant Melson explained his purpose in the team channel, and by the way, he would turn off the magnetic field generator on the sole of the boot after the lower deck began to be a little cleaner.

The masters of these scimitars gradually emerged from the air, their slender, tall bodies were at least two meters high.

The Astartes fired wildly in the confined space, just to block the approach of the enemy, thus giving the whole team a chance to breathe and adjust.

There was no way for the opponent to dodge, and while he howled and turned into ashes, his tragic end diverted the dangerous eyes of other assassins to him.

The voice of Sergeant Melson gritting his back molars relieved Hercules from his doubts. Aside from the gnashing of teeth and hatred in the sergeant's mouth, the team commander obviously had enough profound knowledge to recognize the waste in front of him. The origin of the ship.

The Golden team at the rear landing point in the psionic link gave a clear response.It's been a long time since this paladin was honored as the Primarch's Guard. If this operation wasn't important enough, it would be difficult for you to see him in normal battles.

It's a pity that the incident happened suddenly, and the narrow and long position of the team made them take advantage of the disadvantages of the terrain.

"Spiritual Race..."

The deadlocked Assassins wanted to fight again, but their leader clearly felt the approach of the other Gray Knights nearby.

"What a...disappointing hunt."

She put down the terrifying, huge bone helmet, and faced Hercules with a tattooed face.

"Ugly monkey, we have plenty of time to spend together. Don't worry, take your time..."

(End of this chapter)