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Chapter 146: Mortals' Battle

Garrisoning the starport is the 7th Regiment of the Defense Force, a regiment composed primarily of light infantry and heavy weapons squads.

Although they were assigned armored vehicles, it was still inconvenient to use heavy vehicles in the starport.

Even though the wide passages inside the starport are fully capable of accommodating the passage of Leman Russ tanks or Chimera armored vehicles, this regiment still mainly uses squad weapons and laser guns in combat.

Of course, there are also some regular explosives, such as fragmentation grenades and armor-piercing grenades, as well as thermal bombs.

If armor-piercing grenades are used properly, even canned food can be killed.

If it were somewhere else, even if this regiment was wiped out today, it would not be able to stop the Khorne warband's attack.

The Seventh Regiment had a total of 7,000 people, and suffered nearly 1,000 casualties in today's battle.

Over two-thirds of these were killed in raids by this Chaos warband.

Although this was just a nameless Khorne warband, with less than seventy Chaos Astartes in total, and their equipment was just ordinary stuff, and they didn't even have any Khorne blessings on them, they still slaughtered more than seven hundred people of the Seventh Regiment in less than half an hour.

Fewer than three hundred casualties were inflicted during battles between the 7th and the cultists brought by the Khorne warbands.

The result of this battle was tragic, but it was also the result of the Ash Knights joining the battle at the first moment, blocking most of the Chaos Space Marines, and the Blood Angels releasing the Death Company to kill most of the Chaos Space Marines in a short period of time.

If it were only the 7th Regiment, they might have won the battle with difficulty, and more than half of the entire 7th Regiment would have suffered casualties, or even more.

Of course, in the second half of the battle, Chen Xi had already joined the battle with the Battle Sisters and even grabbed the heads of two Chaos Space Marines.

Now Chen Xi can also be said to be someone who has killed Astartes in a battle.

The only price paid was the death of four battle sisters.

Although they also wear power armor, and in many cases the combat capabilities displayed by the Battle Sisters are no worse than those of the Astartes, it must be said that the Battle Sisters themselves are still just mortals.

Although they will also receive a certain degree of physical enhancement and can indeed fight much better than the average big head, they are still mortals.

Even though the Battle Sisters of the Order of the Holy Rose can wield the Emperor's divine arts and perform miracles, they are still no match for the Chaos Space Marines.

If Chen Xi had not used his psychic power to imprison the group of Chaos Cans that attacked them in time, more nuns would have died in the battle.

However, even though Chen Xi imprisoned the five cans and directly killed two of them, four combat nuns were still torn to pieces the moment they came into contact.

(Khorne canned food, no mutation, the rabbit is the most prominent feature)

(Jakhals, literally translated as jackals or minions, those with chainsaw swords are already elite)
(Chaos follower, serious noob)

These four combat nuns are not Chen Xi's pawns, they are living people in this world.

Perhaps it was because of this that Chen Xi was unwilling to watch the survivors of the Seventh Regiment being directly executed by Khadgar.

Although he also knew that doing so would leave a huge hidden danger, especially when the Great Rift opened in the future, these survivors of the Seventh Regiment would be more likely to fall than others, and they might even become rebels directly.

But now, Chen Xi didn't want to kill them so simply and brutally.

Lives are the Emperor's currency, they should not be wasted like this.

The consecrated wine was brought over by the combat sisters under Chen Xi's order. Because there were many survivors in the Seventh Regiment, Chen Xi asked the combat sisters to get about 500 bottles of "Loyalty".

On average, each person can get about one cup.

This amount is sufficient for both normal drinking and identifying heretics. Chen Xi has conducted some tests, hoping that the consecrated wine can directly purify heretics. A cup, approximately 150ml, is the minimum dosage.

What the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment are given now is only about this small cup.

But this was simply a surprise to these soldiers.

Although the Rostov II produces consecrated wine, it is not something an ordinary soldier can afford.

An Astra Militarum soldier's monthly salary is only fifty throne coins, while a bottle of consecrated wine costs twenty thousand throne coins. An Astra Militarum soldier would need to go without food or drink for four hundred months to afford one bottle.

Four hundred months is almost thirty-four years, which is more than twice the service period for the Astra Militarum.

A normal Astra Militarum soldier can retire after fifteen years of service to the Emperor.

Of course, you can also apply for an extension of your retirement and serve the Emperor for another five years.

If you can be promoted to an officer, you can stay in the Astra Militarum for a few more years.

But thirty-four years is still a long time, enough to span the life of an Astra Militarum soldier.

It is conceivable that a bottle of consecrated wine worth 20,000 throne coins is something that these defense soldiers who are not even members of the Star Army will never be able to afford in their lifetime.

All the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment were flattered as they held the small cup that they could hold in one hand and watched the Emperor's daughter pour wine for them.

The rose-red wine was filled with a rich aroma, a sweet fragrance that these soldiers had never smelled in their lives.

Although the grape plantation is on the planet below, these defense forces cannot get close to it, or in other words, no one except the combat nuns and special personnel can get close to the plantation where the blessed grapes are grown.

Anyone who approaches casually will be warned and authorized to be shot. If the other party ignores the warning and breaks in, the State Church and the Inquisition will jointly authorize and confirm that this person has betrayed the God-Emperor and can be shot on the spot.

The maximum number of people allowed to be killed even includes Governor Chen Xi.

Theoretically, even if Chen Xi wanted to enter the vineyard, he had to first find the senior nun of the convent and could only enter the vineyard with her or other nuns accompanying him.

As for these defense soldiers? Sorry, they don't even qualify to apply for a visit.

Being able to see the green from afar near the valley where the vineyards are located is the closest they are allowed to get to the blessed grapes.

The rich fragrance of the fruit is a taste that these defense forces will never be able to experience or imagine in their entire lives.

Even though the Rostov II was planted with plants created by Ovelia and the urban environment was comparable to that of the 3K era, they had never smelled such a pleasant smell.

Especially since they knew that this was wine blessed by the Emperor.

Chen Xi raised his glass under the gaze of all the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment Defense Force. His glass also contained the consecrated wine.

Beside him were the Blood Angels, Death Watch, and Ash Knights who had rushed over, and they also had wine glasses in their hands.

"Everyone, today you have used extraordinary courage to repel an invasion of traitors, including a fallen Astartes who betrayed the God-Emperor! This is an incomparable honor. You have faced powerful enemies with the fearless courage of mortals. Your glory deserves this cup, so please drink it full. I toast to you." Chen Xi did not say much. He just used simple words to describe their glory today and then drank the wine in his cup.

The soldiers of the Seventh Regiment looked at each other and carefully poured the wine in the cups into their mouths.

A golden flame ignited at the scene.

(End of this chapter)