Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 451 The Collaboration of the Royal Court Cult Members

Oleksand commanded his first company, and after repelling two waves of attacks, ordered the guards to advance and widen the landing zone.

The sky above the head of the Gardiner was stained a metallic reddish-brown by bombing, and the black combat boots of the Order Shadow stepped on the scorching concrete.

The foundation beneath is very solid, a testament to the architectural achievements of the Gardiners over thousands of years.

Inside the concrete tower, a few cannons, surviving the impact of the rails, stubbornly fired their cannons into the sky.

"Breaching Team!"

Oleksand shouted, and ten guards wearing Mark III power armor strode out of the ranks, splitting into five groups as they ran.

The Shadow of Order unleashed a barrage of bullets at the enemy, suppressing the defenders' firepower.

The explosion roared as the diamond warhead struck the adamantium alloy, but failed to penetrate the solid defense.

Five "apprentices" placed their hands on the concrete tower encased in Adamantium alloy, opening a phantom door.

After the first phase of the legion's development ended and each squad had a royal court monk, the legion began to enter the second phase.

Royal monks, endowed with different abilities by the Father of Genetics, form new squads through various combinations.

The breaching squad is a tactical squad designed for situations where a fortress cannot be breached.

Another member of each group rushed into the restricted area through the opened illusory gate; the "Warrior" and "Hunter" wielded their power swords, while the "Sleepless" and "Arbitrator" activated their power gauntlets.

The warriors were astonished to see the black-armored warriors storm the turret.

They were stunned; the turret had not been damaged in the previous attack.

Suddenly, a crack appeared silently, and the enemy broke in.

The incomprehensible scene shocked their numb hearts.

They screamed and stared in terror at the black-armored warriors, as if they were monsters that had suddenly appeared.

The Shadows of Order swiftly charged, their shimmering disintegrating force tearing the gray armor and flesh apart.

The faint, echoing sound momentarily disoriented those who heard the chanting. The leader of the breaching squad, "Midnight Poet," fired a bomb at the enemy whose eyelids were growing heavy.

After capturing the defensive turret, Oleksandr turned on the communicator and issued the landing order.

Before the first company's armored forces landed, Oleksandr spotted the approaching enemy armored company.

The giant tank was decorated with inspiring slogans, and its cannon barrels were rotating, aimed in his direction.

The massive, super-heavy three-legged walker slowly approached from behind the steel chariot, its heavy steps echoing through the air.

Flanking the armored formation were the ever-present warrior castes of the Gadinars, an endless column numbering over 100,000.

After ordering the armored forces to accelerate their landing, Oleksandr opened the communication channel and sent a request to join the battle to the Voidwalker Titan Legion.

[I didn't expect we'd need to call for help so soon.]
The tank force of the Gadinars was not the reason Oleksandr requested reinforcements.

Although the Black Emperor told them in the pre-war operational meeting that the Gadinar tanks were built on the same standard template as the Rhinoceros and Predator, Oleksandar's company had comparable armored strength.

The reason he had to call for help was that the Black Emperor told them that the Gardiner's walking mechs were comparable to the Titans.

Apart from the "Tiger Eye" Titan Legion that was conscripted to participate in the war, the "Voidwalkers" have always been dispersed into several teams, cooperating with the Third, Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Warbands centered on the Misty Starfield.

Compared to other Titan legions, the Voidwalkers are faster and arrive on the battlefield more quickly.

Oleksand immediately ordered the construction of defenses; he had to hold off the Gadinar attacks before the armored forces could land.

The newly captured defensive turrets have become powerful defensive weapons.

The defensive turrets turned, unleashing a dense barrage of bullets at the gray heavy tanks. Oleksandr marked the enemy tanks in the front row using his divination box, and the turrets' laser fire, guided by the markings, fired dense beams at the targets.

Boom boom boom!
Amidst the explosions, five tanks billowed black smoke, their metal wreckage lying on the concrete ground.

The second gray tank in front crashed into the wreckage that was emitting black smoke, and its speed immediately decreased.

With Oleksand's precise shot, Gardiner's tanks slowed down.

When Oleksand saw the gray tanks clustered together, he immediately marked the bombardment rune in the center, and then quickly marked more than a dozen other locations where enemy troops were gathered.

"Nightmare, bomb the marked location."

The flagship of the company commander, a relic-class warship in orbit, with its replaced power heart, the Punishment-class reactor, in operation, its beams and macro cannons aimed at the ground.

Five "generalists" quickly completed the calculations and locked onto the surface target.

The light spear pierced through the rusty clouds and struck the center of the Gardinar tank formation.

In the blinding light, the gray vehicle was torn to shreds, and the driver instantly vaporized.

Oleksand watched as shells rained down on Gardiner's troops, clearing out most of the area without a single shell hitting the defensive zone.

Gardiner's military vice-consul saw his men thrown into chaos by the enemy's orbital strikes and shouted loudly over the communications network.

“Reorganize your troops. They have less than a hundred men, while we have tens of thousands.”

"Victory belongs to Gardinar, for the High Lord!"

The shackles deeply ingrained in generations of evolution allowed the chaotic warrior castes to quickly quell their fear, form teams, and launch attacks on the defensive turrets.

Oleksand watched as the gray heavy tanks roared in unison, unleashing a dense barrage of bullets at the defensive turrets.

Despite his call for orbital coordination, which resulted in heavy casualties among the enemy, the Gadinars still had nearly two hundred armored vehicles.

Oleksande inspected the communications channel, the landing report of the simulated sanctuary computing.

[First landing force: 30 Vostonia Rhino tanks and 10 Gabriel Predator tanks, estimated remaining standard time: 2 minutes and 13 seconds.]

……

The fourth landing force consists of one hundred Vostokia Rhino tanks and thirty Gabriel Predator tanks, with an estimated remaining time of one hour, five minutes, and fourteen seconds.

Oleksand fully trusts the report's projected landing time; the application of the Mimicry Chamber will allow the Legion greater flexibility in its deployment.

Regarding landing, the order of boarding and takeoff will be adjusted to allow for rapid adjustments.

Precise scheduling can pinpoint the exact ten-second level, allowing Oleksandr to deploy defenses based on minutes.

The leading defensive turrets, with their relentless barrage of dense beams of fire, overheated and became unusable within a minute, destroying four Gardiner tanks.

After the "Hunter" planted the molten metal bomb, the "Apprentice" opened the gate, and the Shadows of Order quickly evacuated.

The enemy's retreat greatly boosted the military vice-consul's confidence, and he loudly issued orders.

"go ahead!"

As the "Apprentice" opened the door on the second defensive turret, the "Hunter" detonated the bomb.

The molten metal bomb detonated the turret's energy core, sending blinding light soaring into the air as flames, carrying with them the adamantium alloy, hurtled outwards.

A dozen fireballs slammed into the oncoming tank, and blocks of Adamantium alloy mixed with concrete crashed into the gray tank body like meteors.

As the second defensive turret was abandoned, black gunboats and landing craft pierced through the rusty clouds and slowly descended.

(End of this chapter)