Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 483 06.0482: "It Must Die"

"Kan#feng! We have lost any trace of the hostiles." reported the navigator on the Merchant-class cargo ship.

This caused a panic in the bridge.

There was a gas cloud in front of them, and the attack ship was inside it, but they could not find any trace of her in such a large gas cloud through the existing detection methods. Even if they continued to try, from the most optimistic point of view, it could only be called a gamble.

The biggest problem right now is that this hungry wolf will never let them go.

It will surely regroup quickly and launch another attack.

Faced with the established facts, the Tau crew members became terrified.

Many people whispered to each other, blaming the captain for his audacity.

Such conversations became more and more frequent and louder, even to the point where the question of whether this was against the highest good was raised.

The captain of the cargo ship was also sweating profusely at this time, and his luxurious robe was soaked by the sweat full of blue molecules and dyed green.

The hand holding the scepter began to tremble and at one point it became unstable and was about to fall to the ground.

"Turn, and increase the radar search frequency to maximum! Don't let go of even the meteorites!" The Air caste captain barely managed to calm himself and gave the order.

"A signal wave suspected to be from an enemy ship has been detected!"

"Crash it over!"

At this time, the merchant-class cargo ship's decision to try to increase its power again was exactly what the leader of the wolves wanted.

The signal waves they discovered were emitted by the towed 'Diviner' Meditator array released from the stern of the Epic, which was both a detector and a decoy.

Taking advantage of the buffer time needed for the engine to warm up before the afterburner, Horatio lowered the brim of his hat and gave a cold order: "Launch the torpedoes."

"Oh no! It's a torpedo!" On the cargo ship that decided to speed up again, the Tau radar operator stared at the rapidly approaching cursor on the screen and shouted in horror.

Accompanied by screams at the top of their lungs, the merchant ship's cargo hold was finally torn apart by the raging thermonuclear explosion.

The Epic did not hesitate and quickly left the airspace after ensuring that the high-value cargo inside was destroyed.

"There are only 20 minutes left. The enemy's light cruiser fleet is coming."

"Captain." Intelligence officer Lina reminded seriously, "According to intelligence, there are three transport ships in this merchant fleet that are carrying heavy vehicles, Hammerhead Shark tanks. The Macragge Command requires that these precious heavy equipment of the enemy be destroyed at all costs.

The infiltrated spies have sent us the characteristics and code names of these three ships. During the battle, I have confirmed that two of them have been destroyed, but one survived. The relevant intelligence information has been sent to your Cogitator array via encrypted wire transmission."

Horatio observed the number of remaining merchant ships of the enemy. There were only six ships left in the fleet of more than 30 ships. Four of them were intact, one was hit by a torpedo in the cargo hold and was still burning, and the last one had its engine damaged. It was desperately chasing the pace of the other four friendly ships.

Horatio compared the data sent by Lina, and these characteristics matched the lone cargo ship with damaged engine.

Unexpectedly, such a 4.4-kilometer-long cargo ship can transport hundreds of hammerhead sharks.

Horatio had also heard that the Tau Empire had a type of giant cargo ship called the 'Traveler' class, which was the size of a battleship and nearly twenty kilometers long.

When the close-range defense turret opens fire, it is like a hedgehog on fire, which is very difficult and scalding for the attack ship. However, due to its high cost, it is relatively rare in the current Tau Empire.

If it was such a large ship, it would be able to transport an entire legion of the Tau Empire's troops at once, with all kinds of heavy equipment, from hammerhead sharks to XV104 'Riptide' battle mechas.

Horatio had a premonition that as the intensity of the commerce raiding war increased, he would definitely encounter this opponent in the near future, a super transport ship that exceeded the specifications of a battleship.

After confirming the intelligence comparison, he issued the order.

"Telegram the other attack ships to leave the combat airspace. The E-96 Epic will be responsible for the rearguard action."

"Yes, the retreat order has been issued. The other attack ships are leaving in an orderly manner."

"Louise, let the torpedo department prepare, we will seize the opportunity to reap the last victory." But Horatio did not hear the sonorous and timely reply.

"Louise?" He turned to look at his Cardinal lover.

Louise was seen standing in front of the operations department's display console, her right hand stroking the nerve plug behind her, her eyes tightly closed, breathing heavily, creating a mist in the colder air.

If you look closely, you can see electric current flashing across the neural embolism.

"Louise." He was startled by the strange behavior of the female officer.

After a brief blank in his mind, he immediately recalled what Louise said, that after she was injected with the experimental drug on the plague ship, she became a kind of "artificial untouchable". Although it had some conveniences, it also caused the problem of repulsion with the implanted machine soul.

She maintained a rigid posture, suddenly lowered her head to gasp, then turned her head palely and saluted: "Sorry, Captain, I was a little uncomfortable just now, but I have adjusted now. I will execute your order immediately!"

Although the air temperature in the command bridge was less than ten degrees, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down her forehead, slid down her beautiful face, and dripped onto her chest.

"Don't force yourself. Maybe you should go see the ship's doctor now." Horatio, who had been fighting for more than 30 hours, moved his cold fingers and reminded in the same breathless voice.

"No problem! Thank you for your concern. I will go after the war. I have already arranged the alternate command sequence for the post. Please rest assured, Captain, my condition will not affect the combat!

Torpedo No. 2 has been preheated and is awaiting your instructions!" She said resolutely, expressing her decision with her actions.

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Horatio looked at her determined eyes that flashed with brilliance and nodded.

"The Emperor affirms your loyalty to duty."

The two looked at each other, and everything was said without words. The female officer turned her head and immediately returned to her job.

Horatio sat back in his command throne, his brow furrowed in thought.

Given Louise's situation, what will happen if she becomes a captain in the future?

As someone with a golden finger of organic soul affinity, I have such a hard time taming and training the machine soul. If it were Louise, it would be very dangerous.

I have to find a way to help her, but who should I turn to... It can't be Lati again, right? Thei may also know something. After all, there is a widely circulated saying that "there are no secrets in the eyes of the inquisitor."

There are so many unspeakable things recorded in the Inquisition archives that it is possible that the research content of Louise's parents is also included.

But we can only talk about this later.

Although Thei seemed willing to help him, this girl was too cunning. He did not dare to fully trust the Inquisitor, and he could not see clearly her goals and ideals.

Because the goal she stated was too simple. Is it true that someone would join the Alien Inquisition just because of their almost morbid desire to explore the life in the galaxy? …

In this unknown situation, what if she kept jumping back and forth on the line and really harmed Louise and herself?
And Lati was even less clear.

These two people are similar in that they are a mystery in every situation. Perhaps you can let them fight with each other so that you can deepen your understanding of them through the exposed situations.

Horatio took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the distracting thoughts along with the foul air.

The captain then stood up and issued orders to the bridge.

"Cheer up! In the last twenty minutes, the enemy's vanguard fleet of light cruisers will arrive. We must seize the opportunity to destroy the transport ship carrying heavy vehicles!
We are His Holy Navy and we will do our duty!"

"Roar!" Although the volume was much lower than before, the people on the bridge still raised their arms and cheered.

As the surrounding attack ships sped away, E-96, who was hiding in the gas cloud and still quietly approaching the battlefield, had become the only lone wolf left in the entire field.

Everyone held their breath as the enemy fleet's search radar wave signals were getting closer and closer.

"Captain, the enemy has released a group of carrier-based aircraft." Harvey reported, covering his earpiece: "The signal waves have become chaotic, like a swarm of bees."

(End of this chapter)