Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 511 06.0510: "Benign Mutation"

The Shaper Chieftain looked at the human rushing towards him with his ferocious and fierce eyes, and he sensed something strange.

As a race that follows the path of genetic evolution, the Shaper Chieftain is the leader who determines the direction and path of the clan's development. The Kroot are very susceptible to the influence of ingested genes, and the Shaper is the only individual who can fight this nature, so it is up to him to decide what the tribe eats and what they don't eat.

Although the human in front of it did not look special, it could feel a surging power within him. This power did not come from his sophisticated equipment, but from his body and some kind of essence.

This was a power that had never been seen before, and it was completely different from those genetically modified warriors called 'Astartes' - his genes were natural and pure, without the unique trauma and ruggedness of the genetically modified warriors.

"Kill this human! I want to devour his flesh and blood! This is exactly what our people need!"

The chief brandished his war club and pointed his spearhead at Horatio.

The personal soldiers who were originally fighting with Valina nearby roared after receiving the order, gave up their defense, and rushed towards Horatio at the cost of casualties.

brush!
A flash of cold light passed by, and Brother Korchagin appeared from the shadows. He stabbed a tactical knife directly into the forehead of an alien, and swung the corpse with the silver-armored arm of the Death Watch, blocking the dense pulse gun blades that were hitting him.

"Ha!" The silver steel chain rattled, and he shouted loudly, using the chain wrapped around his arm to twist the oncoming blade, and then he swung it with both strength and skill, and several pulse guns flew out of his hands and hit the cabin wall.

The sudden attack took the aliens by surprise. Their eyes could sense heat, but they had not noticed any trace of this black-armored genetically modified warrior before.

But Horatio could see that Brother Korchagin's target was actually the Shaper Chieftain, but in order to cover his assault, he temporarily changed his battle plan and attacked in advance to clear a space large enough for him to duel with the Shaper Chieftain.

Moreover, Brother Korchagin's Raven Power Armor is specially designed for concealment, and has a layer of experimental paint coating on it that he carefully maintains - this can help the surface of his power armor automatically adjust to the temperature difference according to the ambient temperature.

Just like the coating of Horatio's stealth fighter in his previous life, this special processed material is valuable and difficult to maintain, and the manufacturing process is a secret of the Raven Guard.

At least from this point, it can be judged that Brother Korchagin must have been from the first five battle companies of the Raven Guard before joining the Death Watch, rather than an ordinary soldier from the sixth to tenth companies.

"Thank you, Brother Korchagin." Horatio jumped behind the monk and slashed at the Shaper Chieftain with his sword.

The chieftains of this group of man-eating aliens are the best-eaters and most highly evolved leaders in the entire clan. All enemies defeated by this clan have been devoured by them.

Therefore, it has eaten some flesh and blood that other members of the tribe have never tasted, and has gained corresponding evolutionary abilities.

Horatio slashed down with his sword. Although it looked panicked, it smiled slyly inside and the double-headed stick in its hand spun accordingly.

The chainsaw sword roared as it collided with the war club, but was bounced back as if it had hit pure gold and steel.

Horatio's iron hand quickly grabbed hold of the chainsaw sword to prevent it from bouncing away, but the chief took advantage of Horatio's backward movement and slashed at his throat with the knife.

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The deadly attack triggered the Omen Shard's passive, and he raised his pistol and aimed at its head, forcing it to deflect its war club and return to defense.

He did just that, and the club that was aimed at his throat spun around and knocked his pistol away.

But in the next moment when the war club spun and knocked his bolt pistol away, the blade at the end of the double-headed war club also swept towards Horatio.

Noisy!
It did, and the blade inevitably slashed towards Horatio.

Cold sweat broke out on Horatio's back, just when he thought he was going to pay the price for this.

At this moment, the rose rosary that Horatio had been wearing on his body and that the Sisters of the Holy Rosary had given him after the Battle of the Cathedral of the Goddess of Heaven shone with light.

A light yellow energy wave surged in the air, like a lubricant that made the blade that was scratching his armor "slide away".

The eyes of the Shaper Chieftain turned scarlet, and his irises turned black. He watched this magical scene with great interest, and instead of being discouraged, he chuckled. [Saint Arabella's rosary... a holy relic with a three-fold error tolerance.] Horatio reacted and let out a sigh of relief.

"I will kill you, eat your flesh, and become even more powerful!"

Chief Crute said as his muscles swelled strangely, and Horatio was drawn back to his attention by the strangeness in front of him.

"Tsk..." Brother Korchagin made a faint displeased sound through his helmet, and Horatio noticed this.

"Brother Korchagin, as an experienced Death Watch soldier, do you have any understanding of the current situation?" Horatio raised his chainsword again and took a defensive stance.

"..."

Brother Korchagin did not speak immediately. The two imperial warriors, who were in the enemy group, fought back to back.

"I think you know more about these Kroot than I do."

"I know more than you think." Brother Korchagin thought for a while, then said reluctantly in a low voice: "This is the secret of our chapter. This Kroot seems to have merged the genes of the 'Super Raven Guard'. But I'm not sure."

"'Super Raven Guard'?" Horatio was a little surprised. "Please forgive my curiosity, sir. I remember the records in the 'Unofficial History', but there is no such thing as a Super Raven Guard."

"..." Brother Korchagin snorted: "I don't know, this is one of the things I'm investigating."

"It seems that you have some personal reasons for boarding my warship." Horatio smiled knowingly.

[I'm just saying, which Space Marine would be so kind as to be a bodyguard unconditionally?]
"Let's find a way to kill this guy first, Captain. But it would be better to leave an intact body, which will facilitate Inquisitor Thei's autopsy." Brother Korchagin said, holding the combat knife in his backhand.

[Is Thei also related to Brother Korchagin's mission, the 'Super Raven Guard' project? Hmph, it seems that the Alien Court sent her here for a purpose that is not simple. What do they want to do?]
"Captain!" Valina swung the demolition axe and cut a gap in the alien's guards. "Leave these guards to me! Louise and Military Supervisor Hood have also arrived. You and Brother Korchagin can focus on dealing with the enemy leader."

"Thank you, Chief Petty Officer Valina. Brother Korchagin, please bear with me in the rest of the battle."

"You know, Captain. You may not need my 'indulgence'." As the instructor who practiced with Horatio on a daily basis, Brother Korchagin obviously knew Horatio's true level very well and responded to his polite words.

The two men immediately took up their stances, and Chief Kroot, whose body had expanded to twice its original size, roared, with sonic waves and air waves that hurt Horatio's eardrums.

It wielded its war club and launched fierce attacks with extremely ferocious speed and power. Facing such a lightning-fast attack, ordinary people would have been chopped into pieces like melons and vegetables, and ordinary Astartes would have found it difficult to parry.

But Brother Korchagin still used his skilled fighting skills and in-depth understanding of the aliens to block them one by one.

However, an inch longer is an inch stronger, and the combat knife, which is particularly short compared to the war stick, makes it difficult for the monks to counterattack at close range.

Horatio took advantage of the opportunity when the chieftain was pinned down by Brother Korchagin and swung his long Holy Blood Chainsword at him.

Its black animal eyes keenly spotted the opponent attacking from the side. The Holy Blood Chainsaw Sword was coming at an extremely fast speed. Chief Kroot gave up the strategy of looking for an opportunity to counterattack during the diversion. He retracted his war stick and swept across with it like swinging a Fang Tian Hua Ji, regardless of whether there were any of his own Kroot people around.

Horatio and Brother Korchagin quickly dodged back, and two Kroot soldiers who were fighting hand-to-hand with the imperial sailors were also cut off at the waist by this sweep.

"In order to survive, they will do anything they can." Brother Korchagin gritted his teeth.

"We can't get close. The opponent's weapon is too long. If our combat power is similar, the initiative is in its hands. We have to think of a countermeasure."

Horatio narrowed his eyes and spoke as he used the neural plug connected to the power armor to drive the servoskull developed by Lati to approach the Shaper Chieftain while taking advantage of the chaos.

(End of this chapter)