Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 502 06.0501: "The epic tower defense party has begun!"

"Captain, this is Brother Korchagin." The voice coming from the communication was a bit noisy, and Horatio could also hear the sound of the tactical knife stabbing into the flesh.

"Please go ahead, Brother."

"According to my reconnaissance, the aliens are not gathering and heading towards the church. I think... 'Gah!'"

After a burst of strange screams, the communication was interrupted.

But just as Horatio was feeling anxious, the affected communications were soon restored.

The first sound that entered Horatio's ears was the snapping sound of a neck, and then Brother Korchagin's voice came: "I think their next move may threaten your warship."

"My battleship?!" Horatio's eyes widened at the shocking news.

"Yes, Captain. I believe your ship is at risk of being attacked, and the attack on the cathedral may be a diversionary tactic.

Chief Kroot's real goal should be to seize your warship. But I'm sorry, I can't explore their attack movements in depth. The pilgrimage ship is a huge structure with a complex interior. I have already engaged in battle with the patrol team outside their tribe."

"Understood. Thank you for the information, Brother Korchagin. Please continue to move freely. I will organize the defense immediately."

"Understood, Captain." The monk cut off the communication.

Horatio frowned as he looked at the Kroots whose offensive momentum had weakened.

He had a bad feeling before, and after Brother Korchagin's report, he knew in which direction he should work towards.

In order not to accumulate the corruption of Iron Hands and get rid of his dependence on the Omen Fragments, he used this skill much less frequently than before, and often forced himself to use only his own experience and wisdom to judge the enemy's movements.

But when the situation requires, you should use it without hesitation.

Without further ado, he immediately activated the omen fragment.

He first saw three fragments of images. The first scene showed the Kroot people gathering for drinking water at a place with 13 statues of saints and a fountain.

The second scene shows the Kroots breaking into the docking corridor and rushing into the Epic ship.

The third scene has Chief Kroot rushing to the command bridge and trying to drive the Epic away.

[These beasts are quite cunning. The clan ball exploded. I thought they would fight to the death in the cathedral, but I didn’t expect that they would actually seize the ship and escape.]
As the captain of the Epic, Horatio would never allow the final scene of the Omen Fragment to happen.

Although he ordered all crew members to board the ship and fight, as the captain, he naturally had another trick up his sleeve.

First, there was a row of sailors guarding the docking station between the Epic and the Pure White Mayflower.

Secondly, he did not mobilize the Tech-Priests and Skitarii troops.

Lati-EB2A1 and her technical team remain stationed on board the ship.

A small but elite group of Skitarii, numbering only a hundred or so people, is on duty 24 hours a day near the bridge and the rear hangar. If the Kroot want to make trouble on the Epic, they must first get past the Skitarii and the Castellan mechas.

The situation is critical, but still within control, and Horatio still holds the initiative in this game between the enemy and us.

"Sister Arabella." He shouted to Arabella, whose face was covered in blood and sweat.

"How can I help you, Captain?" She wiped the sweat and blood from her head, making her beautiful but haggard face look a little embarrassed.

"Where on the pure white Mayflower are there thirteen saints and fountains?"

"That's... the holy water altar." Arabella thought for a moment and immediately said, "That's where we baptize believers. Captain, do you need the coordinates there?"

Horatio nodded. "You are as smart as ever, Sister Arabella. The channel authorization code has been sent to your power armor. You can encrypt and transmit the coordinates to me."

Arabella raised her arm and quickly entered the location of the holy water altar into the buttons above.

With the access and conversion of information.

Soon, a gray area appeared in Horatio's dark vision. Although it was shrouded in the "fog of war", the terrain could be seen. Thirteen gray saint sculptures and the holy water fountain were clearly visible. This place was located in the middle of the lower part of the pilgrimage ship's bridge, a little distance from the cathedral. No wonder the Kroot's offensive weakened. It turned out that they were gathering there.

"Thank you, Sister. You have done me a great favor. I owe you one."

"No need to be polite, Captain. We already owe you a huge favor for coming to support us."

Horatio smiled and immediately used the communication device of the power armor to contact his first mate.

Because they were all wearing Hell's Edge power armor, there was a default encrypted communication channel between him and these officers, which was very convenient.

Taking into account the time interval between the three acts of the previous Omen Fragments and the current location of the Epic crew, Horatio believed that if the Kroot really wanted to force their way into the ship, it might not be too late for him to lead the team back to defend.

In this case, we might as well adopt the "瓮城" tactic and catch them all in one fell swoop.

"Archie."

"Captain, I'm here."

"Let all the armed sailors at the rear of the team withdraw to the docking port."

"Withdraw? Captain, don't you need support?" Collingwood's tone was full of surprise.

"This is a trick used by the Kroot to lure the tiger away from the mountain. They want the two platoons at the end of the team to withdraw and reinforce the defense of the garrison platoon."

"Captain, since this is a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, why don't you let all the crew members go back?"

“I’m afraid the last two platoons at the end of the team won’t be able to make it before the Kroot charge into our warship.

In this case, I want the crew of the Epic to be divided into two groups. One group will go to the coordinates I sent you, the holy water altar, and cut off their tails.

The armed forces at the end of the team immediately rushed to the docking station.

Tell the platoon currently guarding the docking point to retreat immediately to save their strength if they cannot stop the attack. The incoming Kroot are powerful and are all young and experienced. Tell them to find cover immediately to protect themselves and block the advance of the Kroot as their first priority, rather than killing the enemy. "

"What if the Kroots break into the Epic?" Collingwood sounded a little anxious.

"Archie, I know you're anxious, but don't be hasty. There are still Mechanicus troops in the Epic. Although these crusaders are few in number, their strength together with the Mechanicus priests should not be underestimated." Horatio narrowed his eyes and stared fiercely at the adult Kroot who were retreating in panic in the cathedral.

As a time traveler, he had heard that the Mechanical Priests could directly take over the bodies of the Skitarii soldiers, just like playing a first-person shooter game, and use their amazingly responsive brains after mechanical ascension to manipulate the Skitarii soldiers to kill.

Moreover, the Mechanical Priest itself is a unit of amazing combat power.

Anyone who has not killed hundreds or thousands of enemies of Ohm Messiah in his hands cannot become a technical priest.

"Understood, Captain. I'll arrange it right away."

Finally, Horatio gets through to Letty's comm.

"What can I do for you, Captain~Fufufu~Didn't you go boarding the ship? How come you still have time to contact me? Could it be that~hmm~you have thought it through?" The familiar female voice teased in a tone full of erotic hints.

"..."

[Is Lati a nympho? I feel a little confused. What is she obsessed with? Does the technical priest really have physical needs? This is not a romantic trap.]
After a brief period of "malicious speculation", Horatio sighed speechlessly and decided to tell the truth in the most formulaic sentence:

"Father Lati, the enemy's elite main force may try to raid the Epic. I remember that you have mobile weapons and equipment such as the Wolf Spider Battery. You can start deploying defenses now. You must not let the Kroot spread out after rushing into the ship. They must all be encircled in one area!"

"Ah, ah, captain, you don't have to worry about this." Letty raised her tender and delicate arm and gently turned the prosthetic eye on her right eye, causing it to emit a terrifying red light.

"The Epic is my masterpiece, and I will never let these aliens mess with my masterpiece. Let them come. I just want to test my carefully designed 'internal defense protocol'."

After that, she raised a cold and terrifying smile: "The tower defense game party has begun."

(End of this chapter)