Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 572 The Ultramarines Who Lost Sikaran and the Shadow of Order Who Possessed Sikaran

The Shadow of Reigns, Primarch Office.

Ninglu looked at Bukayo Arshavin in front of him and asked.

"My Dark Lord, how many Sikaran battle tanks have you brought?"

After Nimrod arrived in Piraeus, he used materials such as the Triangular Nightfall Stone to concoct the "Requiem" potion.

As Bukayo advances to Sequence 6, he will replace Guilliman and hand over the completed Sikaran Battle Tank STC, along with Fenus and the Martian portion, to the Dark Lord.

The Third Battle Group excels at assaults, and the entire group is fully armored.

Modian's production capacity is focused on armored vehicle manufacturing, and it is capable of completing the experimental production of the Sikaran combat tank.

"My lord, as of now, there are one hundred and four vehicles."

"Fifty-two cast decks are currently being assembled."

Ning Lu nodded slightly and lightly tapped the C-11 area of ​​the holographic star map with his finger.

"The Sixth Battle Group has established a landing zone. Lead your battle group to conquer the alien front."

"Follow your will."

Bucayo received the order, and at the same moment he gave the landing command, cobalt blue Predator tanks and Macado heavy tanks rolled off the deck.

One by one, grotesque creatures clad in black leather and resembling humanoid domestic pigs emerged from the fortifications built into the mountainside, extending their weapons.

The strange weapons on their heads were tightly fitted to the long, narrow, backward-facing pig ears.

Three shimmering coils spun at high speed, sending up blinding beams of light.

Amidst a buzzing sound, streaks of electricity shot out and struck the cobalt blue car body.

Amidst crackling and popping sounds, lightning tore through the Predator tank's hull, and the Macado heavy tank's body rapidly turned charred black.

The electric light went out, and the alien raised its energy weapon, shooting blinding light towards the charred tank group.

The heavy logging guns on the sides of the Makado heavy tank emitted a piercing, sawing sound as they swept across the mountain.

A barrage of bullets rained down on the gray fortifications.

Occasionally, stray bullets would strike the alien's weapon on its head, producing a crisp popping sound.

The gun barrel of the Macado heavy tank rotated, aiming at the aliens on the mountain.

Dozens of laser cannons hissed as they spewed out dazzling beams of light.

The blinding beam of light collided with the leaping electric arc.

The blinding light illuminated the rocks as if it were daytime.

Boom boom boom!
As the electric arcs surged once more, Macado heavy tanks, along with the Ultramarines inside, were torn to shreds within the electric grid woven with psionic lightning.

Marius Gage gazed into the distance as the first armored charge launched by the Ultramarines—forty Predators and one hundred Macado heavy tanks—was routed by the Xenomorphs.

He said to his adjutant beside him, "The aliens' attack frequency is faster than that of the Macado heavy tanks."

"We need more tanks to conduct area-of-effect fire."

"Dispatch ten squads of Rhino troop carriers to clear the mountain."

The Second Ultramarines, like tightly wound gears, swiftly completed their deployment according to Gage's orders.

The Predators and Macado Heavy Tanks stopped outside the alien's attack range, their roaring firepower keeping the alien from showing its face.

The cobalt blue Rhino troop carrier sped toward the repeatedly plowed hillside, and when they were a hundred meters away, all the Ultra Warriors surged out almost simultaneously.

As the torrential barrage of artillery fire ceased, the aliens launched their own attack.

The explosions roared, and electric arcs surged.

Amidst the crackling of electric arcs, a dozen cobalt blue figures were torn to shreds, leaving only ominous black shadows.

bang bang bang...

The projectiles were torn apart by the hissing psionic field as they approached the alien.

Brilliant yellow beams pierced through the Mark III power armor, tearing flesh to shreds.

An Ultramariner rolled to dodge the barrage of beams of light, raised his chainsaw sword, and slashed at the alien inside the fortifications.

The motor roared suddenly, the saw teeth spun rapidly, and the trajectory of the sword in the Ultra Warrior's hand changed abruptly, spinning and churning in mid-air.

He quickly gripped the chainsaw sword with both hands, trying his best to control it.

Just as the chainsaw sword came to a stop in its spinning loop under his superhuman strength, the alien pulled out a broken blade from behind and stabbed him in the thigh.

Gage stared at the battlefield on the mountain. His soldiers were affected by the electromagnetic field, and their weapons were constantly going out of control. After updating the intelligence, he quickly came up with a new solution: the decomposed force field should not be affected by the electromagnetic field.

"Organize a new charge, dispatch chapter champion swordsmen, and wield power swords."

During the third assault by the Second Ultramarines, the Stormbirds, escorted by Lightning fighters, calmly landed in the landing zone.

One after another, black Sikaran combat tanks drove off the deck.

In the lead black tank, Bukayo saw that the special oracle device—the energy scanner—that Lord Ninglu had chosen for the Sikaran battle tank suddenly lit up with dazzling runes.

Energy scanners can detect energy release and indicate the location of devices such as vehicles, machines, functional equipment, and weapons, but they do not detect energy released from ordinary daily life functions.

Most notably, this instrument can detect psionic energy.

"At two o'clock, 61.5 meters."

"After firing, maneuver to avoid the enemy; do not stop."

"11 o'clock..."

The black battle tank hull, with its neutron laser projectors much shorter than the two cannons, shone with a blinding light.

A blinding beam of neutron light shot towards the rocks like a spear.

Sting, sting, sting!
The beam of light, capable of easily cutting through armored vehicle bodies, cleaved through rocks like a blade. With a deafening roar, the neutron energy beam penetrated the psionic electromagnetic field and slammed into the pig-shaped body.

Realizing they had been discovered, the aliens immediately launched an attack down the mountain.

Arcs of electricity shot up and flew down the mountain.

The lightning crackled and popped, scorching the ground black.

Amidst the rumbling, the Bucayo Guard's "Nightmare" pilot rapidly spun the steering wheel.

The high speed of the Sikaran tank allowed him to narrowly evade most attacks.

Three arcs of electricity grazed the vehicle, leaving marks as wide as sword blades, and the vehicle was charred black.

Bukayo reviewed the tactical data and, having thoroughly understood the performance of each tank model, thought to himself.

The Sikaran combat tank integrates component technologies from various tank types, such as the Rhino and the Rand Raider. Its defense is 15 percent weaker than the Macado heavy tank, but its agility is 95 percent that of the Rand Raider.

It combines firepower, defense, and mobility.

A high-performance combat tank.
After making his assessment in his mind, Bukayo quickly calculated the location and defense data of the alien fortifications, the loss rate of the neutron beam, the maneuverability, and other data, and then issued the order in Vostonian language over the communication channel.

"Maintain a distance of 100 meters and engage in high-speed combat evasion."

The communication channel was turned off, and suddenly the vehicle swayed.

Crackling sparks of electricity, with wisps of aftershock entering the vehicle's interior.

Bukayo looked at the video screen and saw an alien fortress at the foot of the mountain, built between the mountains. Two neutron beams from his side were shooting at the protruding gray metal fortifications.

They act like two shields, blocking the narrow fortifications in the middle, which are only wide enough for one alien to launch an attack.

The "Requiem Master" lay back in the chair and closed his eyes.

Fourteen tanks were rapidly spinning among the mountains in front of the area.

Numerous beams of neutron light swept across the mountainside, rapidly shredding the sturdy bunkers constructed by the alien creatures.

The spirituality of the "Soul Master" spreads, and when he is a "Nightmare," he can "forcefully pull people into dreams," making it impossible for him to touch his enemies.

But now his range has reached 150 meters, enough to reach the fortifications of the shield guards at the foot of the mountain.

Above the alien's head, an electric arc had just risen.

The three electric needles that had been spinning suddenly slowed down a little.

The spinning speed slowed down, and the pig-shaped alien released its weapon, its head drooping limply.

Several Sikaran tanks were immediately able to approach the foot of the mountain and gradually eliminate the enemy's fortifications from bottom to top.

The "Requiem Master" continuously pulls the enemy into dreams, silencing the firing fortifications.

Huge, cave-like holes are growing rapidly in the mountains.

Bucayo climbed to the top of the mountain and looked down at the burning wreckage of two black tanks.

[Without the Sikaran combat tanks, my chapter would have suffered at least ten times the losses from encountering this newly emerged alien.]

It can certainly be deployed on a large scale as a main battle tank.

Our lord and Lord Phenus worked together on the development; only our two legions possess the standard construction template.
As he pondered, he turned his gaze to the rolling mountains shrouded in mist.

(End of this chapter)