Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 627 06.0626: "A quick death or a painful one, which one do you choose?"

"Pay the price for your reckless malice! Hostility—eh?"

laugh!
Amidst the billowing smoke, what rushed out was not the knife-shaped bow they expected, but a torpedo.

It was a cover torpedo loaded with chemical smoke, dragging a thick smoke behind it. Under the careful debugging of the technical priest, the speed was deliberately reduced and it slowly moved forward. From a distance, it looked like the Epic struggling forward with the smoke, so real that it could be mistaken for the real thing.

The bombs plunged into the smoke, exploding into blue fireballs that shone brightly.

Although the Epic was not hit directly by the bomb, it was still strongly affected by the explosion. The hull shook slightly, and the items inside the ship were knocked all over the place, making a crackling sound.

"Damn it! We've fallen into a trap!" the Tau pilot cursed, his eyes widening with anger.

On the bridge of the Epic, which escaped disaster.

"Helmsman! Turn the rudder to the right! Charge out!" The captain's voice sounded again urgently, his tone full of anxiety and decisiveness.

"Yes, sir! Full right!" The helmsman gritted his teeth, holding tightly on the fine gold steering wheel that was almost as tall as him with both hands, his head already covered with a fine layer of sweat.

The muscles in his arms were tense, and blue veins popped out on his forehead. He seemed to have used up all his strength to turn the steering wheel, and every turn was filled with the determination to fight to the death.

Taking advantage of the gaps between the Manta fleet dropping bombs, the blazing tail flames instantly dispelled the smoke surrounding the Epic.

The Epic suddenly turned to the right, leaving a hot and bright tail flame behind it, like a burning ribbon passing through the void.

Rapid drum-like vibrations resounded on the bridge, and everyone involuntarily leaned slightly to the right with the sharp turn.

Some people lost their balance instantly, staggered, and almost fell to the ground; others reacted quickly, leaning closely on the equipment around them, holding on tightly with both hands to keep their bodies stable.

"Railgun attack!" The lookout tower saw several light cruisers turning their guns on the high surface and immediately issued a warning of being hit.

"Supercharge our Void Shield! That'll give us another five minutes!" Horatio decided to use his next life-saving trick.

Under the intense operation of the technical priests, the energy supply of the Epic was quickly adjusted from the propulsion system to the void shield generator.

The subspace engine matrix also slowly began to rotate, emitting a low and heavy roar, as if a sleeping giant beast was waking up.

Horatio has already played a trump card. Supercharging allows the subspace engine to directly participate in the energy supply of the void shield. The two engines of the entire ship serve the void shield at the same time, and release the overloaded energy directly into the void around the ship, generating ionizing radiation strong enough to be fatal.

This will allow the Epic to have a nearly indestructible void shield for five minutes, allowing it to survive longer.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
The railgun fired a swift salvo at the Epic, with the shells leaving blue afterimages and hitting the Epic's hull like meteors.

The void shield hit by the shells kept flashing, illuminating the interior of the ship. The interweaving of light and shadow was dazzling.

The shells were as dense as raindrops, as if they were going to pierce the Epic's heart and tear it to pieces.

Inside the plasma reactor compartment.

Sizzle—sizzle—

A plasma-filled pipeline was burning red. It was originally made of extremely heat-resistant materials and had good heat insulation properties, but at this moment it was emitting an ominous red light like a red-hot iron. These manifestations were undoubtedly a dangerous signal - the plasma reactor was seriously overloaded and urgently needed emergency cooling.

But if emergency cooling is performed at this time, the Epic will instantly lose the protection of the Void Shield.

And around her was a group of predators, just like hungry beasts, ready to dismember her and eat her up the moment the void shield dissipated.

To make matters worse, a new batch of Manta-class bomber squadrons sailed out of the aerospace carrier and headed straight for this thorn in their side.

The bombers were lined up in neat rows, like a well-trained army, rushing towards the Epic at a rapid speed with great momentum.

The plasma bombs dropped by the bombers have a relatively low speed and can pass through the void shield without being intercepted by it. Their power is a fatal threat to the slender hull of the Epic. "Ether, we have observed an abnormal situation!"

"Speak." Ether was commanding the screen fleet to encircle the assassin who had just damaged his own ship.

"The hostile flagship that led the charge towards us has disappeared!"

"What do you mean by 'disappeared'?" An ominous premonition crept into Ether's mind: "The enemy fleet didn't enter the asteroid belt or gas cloud, so where could such a large battleship hide?"

"It's not clear, but since the warship that just attacked us has cloaking capabilities, perhaps the enemies have developed a way to make larger warships invisible."

"Then why didn't this battleship do this at the beginning of the battle, so that we would underestimate the enemy and use Montecar to fall into their trap, and then suddenly appear to destroy us?" Ether rejected this possibility.

"Keep a close eye on the movements of the hostile fleet. Perhaps we can infer the location of the flagship based on the behavior patterns of these warships." After Ether issued his countermeasures, he continued to focus on resolving the threat that was so close.

Everything seems to be destined. This young and courageous warship and her equally young and courageous captain will die here today and turn into a speck of dust in the vast universe.

But Epic is not going to accept its fate.

"Torpedoes loaded! Sir!"

"Lock on the two light cruisers! Open fire!"

"Captain." The first captain looked solemn, and quickly stood beside Horatio, lowering his voice and saying, "There are too many enemy warships. Even if our two rear torpedoes hit them, we can't break the situation. Should we perform an emergency escape from the warp?"

"Go and do it." Horatio let out a long breath, a hint of determination flashed across his face, and he quickly immersed himself in the next command.

The Epic was designed to be used as an assassin.

Since he's an assassin, it's normal for me to hit him and then run away.

If you have the guts, come chase me into the subspace, blue-skinned alien.

boom!
Zizi!

Inside the plasma engine compartment, the pipeline in that poor condition finally could not withstand the high temperature and high pressure. The pipeline joints began to melt, making a heart-wrenching sound.

"Attention! The pipeline burst! Quick! The pipeline is about to burst!"

On the command bridge, Leidos hurried over with a panicked look on his face and quick steps.

"Captain!" He swallowed nervously, his voice trembling slightly.

"What's wrong, Leidos? After serving the Empire together for so long, you rarely show such a shocked expression."

Horatio looked at him, his mouth corners slightly raised, snorting and teasing, but he just hoped that this would calm him down. Because Leidos came here, he must have bad news to convey to him.

"The plasma engine is overloading and leaking." He gasped, "We have to shut down the engine for at least three minutes, otherwise the leaking plasma will cause a fire on the ship."

"But we are about to make a warp jump!"

Horatio couldn't laugh now, and instead said seriously, "Can't you hold on a little longer?"

"The leaked plasma would melt a row of engine blocks within five minutes, or even cause an explosion."

At this point, Horatio also realized that the situation was hopeless, and if the damage was controlled immediately, perhaps he would only need to shut down the engine after the battle and replace a set of cables to get the Epic operating normally again.

But if a set of engines is burned, even if you enter the subspace alive, there will be no day to get out, and you will only die in a more painful way.

(End of this chapter)