Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 265 The Spear of Dionysus Pierces Through a Hundred Men

Within the simulated sanctuary, Gabriel grasped the battle situation of the 33rd Expeditionary Fleet in an instant with a thought.

He couldn't help but frown. Not only was one of his capital ships attacked by the Flaoan battlecruisers, but after the Void Shield was broken, the ship was subjected to artillery fire. Even a Void Shield on the port side of the Shadow of the Throne was destroyed by the Aether Cannon.

[Captain Diana Pauline is in charge?]

She was an excellent captain, but she struggled too much against the Flao's fleet.
Just as Gabriel had anticipated, Diana received authorization from the Primarch to command the Void Wars, but the ethereal cannons of the four Flaore battlecruisers posed too great a threat.

As a "spectator," Diana's mental body received a slight enhancement, and her powerful cat further improved her calculation abilities, giving her calculation abilities comparable to a normal Astartes, but still far inferior to the simulated Sanctuary of the "Iron Hand."

The shattering of the void shield on the port side of the Shadow of the Throne put her under immense pressure.

For the first time, the hull of the HMS Shadow of the Throne was bombarded by the guns of a frigate.

Lord Ninglu should immediately assume command.
For Diana, that one long second felt like an eternity.

A flicker of surprise flashed in her blue-green eyes, giving the Primarch enough time to react and issue a command.

[Lord Ninglu did not issue any orders, which means he trusts me.]
The female captain calmed herself down and gave orders.

"Three degrees to the left, take it down!"

Her gaze followed the trailing flashes of artillery fire on the video screen, and only after seeing the frigate torn apart did she open her mouth and utter a soft exhale.

The female captain realized that she could not control the entire battlefield, and that other commanders should be authorized to take charge of local fronts, while she herself should quickly find a breakthrough.

"Lord Jiménez, enemy ships A-1 and A-2, under the command of the Eleventh Battle Group."

"Thomas, I request the help of the think tank to ensure my orders reach every part of the ship more quickly."

“Alsena, I also need your help to process the data and refine the battle plan.”

The think tank director and the Primarch attendant, who stood before the throne, spoke at the same time.

"it is good."

Thomas's thoughts spread, linking the minds of the female captain, Alcena, and other think tanks on the flagship.

The female captain handed over the data on the two battlecruisers, A-3 and A-4, to the "inference trainees" for processing.

The mental body of the "Deduction Trainee" has been enhanced twice. He also has the computational support of the Brain Cat, and his computational ability is close to that of an ordinary steel hand.

Five breaths later, the "deduction student" revealed the deduction results via a mental link.

"A-4 was the most suitable target. It was overconfident after successfully attacking the port side and disabling the Void Shield, and broke away from the escort ship."

"Your reasoning confirms my thoughts."

Diana's eyes lit up as she decided to issue a risky order: to use the Shadow of the Throne as bait to lure the greedy enemy ship A-4.

"Turn to port at 3-9-8, advance at two angles."

"Confirm command, rotate left to 3-9-8, tilt angle two."

The division commander hesitated before confirming the female captain's order, which would have the port side directly facing the Flaoman's bow.

Unlike the capital ships of the Empire, the Flao's battlecruisers did not carry weapons on their port and starboard sides; the ether cannons and other artillery were located on the bow side.

The female captain's order was tantamount to exposing a weakness to the enemy ship, which the division commander could not understand.

"Excuting an order!"

"I speak with authority," the blonde captain said, then turned her gaze to the Flaoian battlecruiser marked A-3.

“I will take care of A-3.” Diana heard the Primarch, who had been silent until now, suddenly speak up.

Ninglu did not take over command of the female captain immediately when the battle turned against him. As long as the situation was still under control, he decided not to intervene.

The female captain did not disappoint him. She decisively authorized the 12th Regiment to attack on its own while luring the enemy ship A-4 to attack. He approved of this plan.

To alleviate the pressure on the female captain and to obtain the potion materials possessed by the Flao people, such as the Dark Night Shards, Nimrod decided to lead the Honor Guard in a boarding maneuver.

"Prepare to board!"

At the same moment that Nimrod rose and headed to the torpedo deck, Jiménez was also issuing a command order: "Per, A-2 is under the command of your fleet."

"Yes, my lord." After the Battle of the Wheel of Fire, Per Koscielny was promoted to company commander of the Fifth Company and commanded a squadron.

On the Sword of Vostonia, Per stared at the holographic image, his black eyes searching through the void.

A few seconds later, his eyes lit up as he stared at the rune marking the dust cloud as H-15.

It is a cloud-like celestial body composed of interstellar dust particles, gas, and metallic particles, located near the stars of the Westgate Galaxy.

Per raised his left hand and swiftly traced five trajectories in the center of the holographic image, then ordered the sound array master to send them to the two frigates and three destroyers under his command.

One of the destroyers immediately sprang into action, charging toward the battlecruiser on the orders of its company commander.

The destroyer's trajectory was not a straight line, but a zigzag pattern, using its speed to evade the attacks of the Flao fleet.

It skimmed past one side of the dust cloud region, drawing the fire of the Vladians.

As Flao's fleet focused its fire on the destroyers, the Sword of Vostonia and four other warships bypassed the dust cloud from the other side and launched an attack on Flao's fleet from the flank.

The two ether cannons of the Sword of Vostonia fired simultaneously, accurately striking the two enemy ships. A hail of light spears then slammed into the two enemy vessels.

The Flao people's fleet immediately changed course to pursue them, and the five ships seemed to be startled and immediately dispersed.

As expected, the battlecruiser Flao targeted the Sword of Vostonia, a capital ship with a relatively slow speed.

Like a bloodthirsty shark, it launched a series of attacks on the Sword of Vostonia.

The ether beams flashed with blinding colored light, launching wave after wave of attacks on the Sword of Vostonia.

Per remained calm and composed, directing the Sword of Vostonia to make erratic turns to evade attacks.

"Turn to starboard 1-5-6, advance at four-way angle."

"..."

The other five warships, according to Per's plan, returned from different directions and attacked the Flao warship.

The Flao battleships, which were not equipped with ether cannons, were inferior in performance to the Astartes ships. By the time the commander of the battlecruisers realized what was happening, he had already lost all his escort ships.

He frantically tried to retreat, only to find that all other directions were blocked, leaving only the dust cloud area.

After being bombarded, he had no choice but to order a retreat from the direction of the dust cloud.

Upon seeing the holographic image of the Flao battlecruiser slowing down due to increased drag and electromagnetic interference, Pell issued an order.

"Prepare to board!"

His goal was to capture the battlecruiser.

Jiménez's flagship is the Relic-class battleship Vostochny Retribution, which has just been fitted with Ether Cannons at the Vostochny shipyard.

After exchanging fire with the battlecruiser Flao, the Vostonia Punishment used the range advantage of its other guns to launch a fire attack on the enemy ship.

Diana's decoy tactic also worked; the overzealous cruiser Flao was met with fierce attacks from the Queen Glory-class battleships.

When the 33rd Expeditionary Fleet gained the upper hand in the Void War, Nimrod led his honor guard into the upper deck aboard the battlecruiser Flao, marked A-3.

Governor Flao led a thousand Ether Masters dressed in purple and gold robes to block the assault team.

As soon as Governor Flao raised his staff, Nimrod infused the Spear of Dionysus with psionic energy, activating the artifact's latent power.

The Dionysian Spear, once "thrown," flew to Governor Flavio, who was leading the troops, in an instant.

Governor Flao stared at the spear, seeing its blinding, colorful light and sensing the immense power within it, which filled him with both disgust and fear.

His face was stern as he shouted loudly.

A thousand ether masters raised their staffs, and the etheric tide surged.

The entire bridge was covered in frost, and the members of the Honor Guard felt as if cold tentacles were caressing their souls.

Aetheric energy gathered at the tip of Governor Flao's staff, which he then swung out with a mighty swing.

boom!
The Dionysian Spear struck the psionic shield with a deafening roar, causing the ears of the Shadows of Order to ring.

Frao's warriors and servants bled from their eyes and noses, and their bodies fell limply to the ground.

Just as Governor Flao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had blocked the terrifying spear, he suddenly heard a sound like glass shattering.

To his astonishment, he discovered that the psionic shield he, who controlled the supreme ethereal mysteries of Flao, had built in conjunction with a thousand ethereal masters, was actually...

Broken.

The spear flew to him in an instant, and the force field shield that Governor Flao had hastily raised was shattered in a flash.

After the Dionysian Spear pierced through Governor Flao, its momentum did not diminish.

The powerful force of the "throw" attached to the spear propelled it through more than a dozen Aether Masters and dozens of Flao warriors.

With a single blow, the Spear of Dionysus pierced through a hundred Flaomen before finally embedding itself in the deck.

The Flao people looked at the spear in horror, as if it were a terrifying and evil weapon from mythology.

Nimrod flapped his golden wings and charged into the midst of the Vladians.

He was not yet able to control the Burner's Star God Essence freely, and to avoid damaging the spoils, he did not unleash the flames.

With golden wings spread, the activated metal wings were as sharp as knives, shattering Master Ether's psionic shield upon contact, and then being cut in half.

Golden light flashed, leaving afterimages in the air.

As the Flao people fell in droves, and the shadow of order swept across the battlefield, there were no enemies left standing.

“Ignore it.” Ninglu pointed to the Spear of Dionysus.

He then drew his Vaal Sword to hunt down his enemies and carried the spoils of war, such as the Shards of Night, to the "Land of Chaos".

In the simulated sanctuary of the flagship of the 52nd Expeditionary Fleet, Gabriel's worries subsided only after witnessing the complete victory of the 33rd Expeditionary Fleet.

(End of this chapter)