Warhammer in a box

Chapter 13 The Role of Faith

Zhang Heng could still feel weak when he walked out of the door. He couldn't help but hold on to the wall.

"It seems that there is a price to pay for bringing these pawns back to life..."

Previously, his sudden burst of energy made Zhang Heng wonder if it was related to the world in the box. After resurrecting the chess piece, Zhang Heng was 100% sure.

Some unknown power in the box is affecting him. He guessed that this power is the so-called power of faith. After all, the source of power for the Emperor of 40k who sits on the Golden Throne is the countless human beings in the universe who believe in him.

Zhang Heng first forced himself to go to the gold shop, where he handed the small gold beans and other gold products to the shop.

After testing, it turned out that the gold was all real and of high purity. After weighing it and finding it to be more than 3 grams in total, Zhang Heng chose to sell it without hesitation.

Zhang Heng checked the balance of his bank card. Without this money, he might not even be able to afford the chess pieces.

After getting the money, Zhang Heng went to the nearest figurine store.

"Boss! Do you have any Warhammer chess pieces here?"

"Wow! It's rare to see a customer wanting to buy this! Which camp do you want?" said the boss.

"Imperial! Astra Militarum, Astartes, preferably with Titans!" Zhang Heng said immediately.

"Yes! We have them all! But the Titan ones are a bit expensive... a set should be at least a thousand dollars, and I have to place an order. Not many people buy them!"

"What? Over a thousand?" Zhang Heng only got over a thousand from selling the gold...

"Forget about the Titans... give me a set, urgently, urgently, of the Ultramarines! And another set of the Astra Militarum! I don't want the original ones! I want the painted ones!" After looking at the prices, Zhang Heng realized that he could only afford this much. The rest had to be kept for his living!
"Dear customer, would you like to consider the Tyranids? They are great!" the boss said.

"Tyranids... forget it..." Zhang Heng thought about the scene where Tyranids appeared in the Middle Ages and quickly shook his head. He didn't want to add another terrifying race to Warhammer. He was afraid that they would all be eaten up.

Holding two boxes of chess pieces, Zhang Heng immediately returned home. On the way, he did not forget to buy some food. One was to fill his own stomach, and two was to provide supplies for the little men. Don’t mention that these little men ate very quickly when they were full of food!

When Zhang Heng opened the box again, he found that groups of orc troops had appeared at the edge of the fog.

Seeing the number and types of these orcs, Zhang Heng knew that it was just as he guessed. It was impossible for the humans in Terra City to stop them. The goblin general who was leading the group and looked like a lord was not comparable to the previous Laguk.

The armor on this lord was very thick, and he was obviously a heavy armored unit. Even his body was much larger. Zhang Heng really doubted whether archers and crossbowmen with low armor penetration could break through his defense.

As for the trolls in the orc army, Zhang Heng felt that they could directly tear down the low walls of Terra City.

Looking at the orc army, Zhang Heng once again started to have evil thoughts!
It seems that these orcs are still far away from Terra City. Why not just kill them myself, just like I killed that Laguk? Wouldn’t that be much easier?
Zhang Heng did what he said. He raised his finger and pressed towards the orc leader Tuk, but Tuk didn't know what he was about to face.

Just when Zhang Heng was about to see the orc leader being easily defeated by himself, he found that he could not directly cause damage to the life in the box. No matter how many times Zhang Heng tried, it still didn't work. After changing several targets, the result was the same.

When Zhang Heng's fingers reached into the world in the box, he found that his fingers were also covered by a layer of faint golden light, but this golden light was obviously insufficient and intermittent.

"Does it take faith to directly affect the world in the box?" Zhang Heng immediately opened a pack of chess pieces and placed one in an uninhabited area. Sure enough! This time the chess piece did not change. The plastic was still plastic and had not been given life. "Sure enough, these are not without cost. All the magic comes from the faith of these villains!"

Zhang Heng deduced the law of faith. The more solid the double-headed eagle symbol on the head of the little man, the higher the power of faith he can provide. If calculated based on the current little man population, 2000 little man believers can support him in summoning a group of 10 star soldiers.

And if you want to summon more chess pieces, you obviously need more believers.

In addition to giving life to chess pieces, the power of faith also allows Zhang Heng to directly carry out dimensionality reduction strikes. This is similar to the military skills in Warhammer Total War, which ignore distance and are launched directly on the battlefield, but have a number of uses.

The inability to send in more reinforcements made this war, which Zhang Heng originally thought he could win, become confusing again. How to make good use of the only ten Star Army soldiers and the weapons in their hands is the key to victory this time.

"It seems that as long as we win this war, we must prioritize the development of believers! Faith has suddenly become the top priority."

At this time in Terra, Marcus had also arrived in the city. Marcus and Ludwig stared at each other. Marcus' reaction was much better than Ludwig's. After all, there are many feudal medieval planets in the world of 40k. He was not surprised by Ludwig's decoration and the style of the city he lived in.

But Ludwig was confused.

"The weapons in this armor and this hand, the Empire also has guns, but why are these guns so weird?"

"Hello, I am Ludwig, a follower of the Emperor. Are you the reinforcements he mentioned?"

"Yes, I am also a believer of the Emperor, but we come from different worlds!"

"Different worlds?" Ludwig obviously had no idea what this meant. He could only continue to ask, "From the looks of you, you must have just been through a battle, right?"

"Indeed, I didn't expect there are so many dirty greenskins here. My comrades and I killed nearly a hundred greenskin cavalrymen." Marcus sounded like he was describing something very normal. After all, the orcs here are much easier to deal with than those orcs in 40k who can open combat moons.

"How many? Ten of you killed a hundred?!" Ludwig even suspected that he had heard it wrongly. If it was true, it would be a great help, as the orc cavalry would not be too many.

"Yes, that's one hundred, but I estimate there will be many more orcs coming later. We can't let our guard down. Ludwig, I hope I can participate in the defense of this city!"

"Ohhh! That's great! I couldn't ask for more!"

Marcus and the other Cadian shock troops quickly got into the state. They were worthy of being the template of the Imperial Astra Militarum. Although they had no special features, they were all pentagonal warriors with no shortcomings. They surveyed the terrain and began to set up positions in suitable locations.

Zhang Heng's voice also rang in Marcus and Ludwig's minds.

"The Orcs are coming in large numbers this time! Get ready for a fight!"

Zhang Heng told the two the number of orcs he saw from the God’s perspective.

After hearing the specific number of orcs and the composition of the troops, Ludwig's face turned ugly, and Marcus still looked stern. Could he be more scared than the tide of Chaos Demons? However, Ludwig soon returned to normal.

"With the Emperor's blessing, no matter how many enemies come, we will definitely win!" Faith helped him regain his courage.

(End of this chapter)