Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 16: The Corrupted Rogue Trader
Will looked at Gao Yi beside him. He had never been to the bottom cabin before, and even this was his first time on this warship, but he knew the route here very clearly.

It seems that Damon and his team are exploring the way ahead, but whenever it comes to choosing a route, Gao Yi will make the decision without hesitation.

As we went deeper, we began to hear sounds in the dim passage.

The soft whispering sound is particularly obvious in this environment.

And Will, who had served the traveling trader for more than ten years, vaguely recognized the owner of the voice.

"Is this Master Ludwig's voice?"

Just as Weier was about to step forward, he was immediately stopped by Gao Yi.

"Master Gao Yi, that's Master Ludwig's voice!"

"Maybe it's his voice, but I don't know if the owner of this voice is still Ludwig."

"Master Gao Yi! What do you mean by this?"

"What I mean is that the Rogue Trader might have been corrupted!"

"Impossible! This...how is this possible?"

"This is why I didn't bring anyone else with me. If others saw the Rogue Trader's depravity, the news would inevitably spread, which would have a huge impact on the dynasty!
Unless you choose to silence everyone."

Weir obviously still didn't believe Gao Yi's words. After all, he didn't know Gao Yi's ability to read memories.

Maybe what he was thinking at this moment was that Gao Yi wanted to kill the Rogue Trader to replace him! Gao Yi was only the acting captain now.

"Attack formation! Commander, stay behind us! This is an annihilation mission. No one needs to be rescued, no civilians, all targets can be killed! Switch to deglazed ammunition! Forward!"

Damon immediately began to make arrangements. Will wanted to stop him but was pushed against the wall by Gao Yi.

Feeling the huge force coming from his chest, Weil found that he was unable to break free from Gao Yi's hands!

"How can his power be so great!"

The team headed towards the direction of the sound, and all kinds of blasphemous symbols representing chaos appeared on the walls along the way.

The metal bulkheads were replaced by living, throbbing flesh.

When they opened the airtight hatch that had lost power, Ludwig, who had been missing for a long time, was found inside.

"Lord Ludwig!"

Will's call seemed to wake up Ludwig, who was kneeling with his head down.

At this time, Ludwig was soaking in a pool of green liquid. The source of the subspace corruption of the entire battleship was the liquid in this pool, and the bubbles that kept emerging were bringing out deadly viruses.

"Will...it's you...why are you here!"

"Sir, your body..."

Hearing Will's words, Ludwig also looked down at himself.

His lower body had disappeared from the waist, replaced by a pile of foul-smelling flesh and blood. Seeing this scene, Ludwig seemed to have his consciousness awakened.

"What's going on! No! This is not what I want!"

"He's beyond saving! Kill him!"

Gao Yi gave the order to open fire.

Dozens of C-14s fired bullets, and fire bats also sprayed flames towards the deformed flesh and blood.

A large amount of pus and blood suddenly burst out from the hit area, and the attacks of Gao Yi and others seemed to awaken the entire cabin of flesh and blood.

The squirming flesh and blood spit out monsters one after another, and the pool of thick soup began to boil, with rot flies flying out of it. These humanoid monsters were still wearing the armor of the dynasty guards.

These elite soldiers who accompanied Ludwig down also became sacrifices at this time.

Their proliferating flesh and blood directly burst their carapaces, but they still knew how to fight back with their grenade launchers. "Ophelia? Gaspar? Why did you become like this?!" Will also recognized several of the monsters.

Now the original fire suppression suddenly turned into a passionate shootout.

The combat uniforms cannot withstand the power of the explosive bombs. Even if the impact of the explosion is blocked, the soldiers inside will not feel good.

Several explosive bombs attacked Gao Yi, but fortunately they were blocked by the force field shield.

In Gao Yi's psychic vision, Ludwig's soul was no longer his own.

"Demon host? The demon resides in her body?"

Gao Yi still remembers the feeling of being tortured by the demon host when he first played Dark Tide. Although he killed it with a few hammers in the end, it was really disgusting in the early stage. If you disturbed it, one or two people would probably die.

Gao Yi also saw clearly what kind of demon was living in Ludwig's body. It was not just one demon... but a group of them.

Dense swarms of Nurglings piled up and occupied Ludwig's body.

They chattered and laughed as if this was all a game, and didn't care at all about being discovered.

This type of demon is the most common in the Garden of Nurgle, and its number is endless. One Nurgling is not scary, but a group of Nurglings is enough to kill his opponent.

As the incarnation of Nurgle and his beloved children, they often represent Nurgle's gaze to mortals.

The greatest wish of the Nurglings is to do everything they can to spread the gospel of their loving father. The fact that demons will return to the warp after dying in the physical universe also makes them not afraid of death at all.

The extremely harmonious atmosphere in the Garden of Nurgle, and the fact that there is no need to worry about being punished by Nurgle after failure, allow these Nurgler spirits to try things without restraint.

But behind every invasion attempt by these Nurglings there is often a more powerful Nurgling demon.

Gao Yi was really envious. If he didn't grow strange things or rot all over his body, he really wanted to join Nurgle.

Gao Yi really likes this kind of corporate culture! Where can you find such a good boss? He really treats the demons around him like his own children!

"After all this time, it was a group of Nurglings who caused all this?"

Ludwig's body is a channel. As the energy of the subspace becomes more and more abundant here, Geller's position of protecting the battleship begins to become unstable.

The truly powerful Nurgle demon behind the Nurgling is trying to enter this battleship.

After seeing this scene, Gao Yi knew that he could not wait any longer. You know, this battleship is sailing in the subspace. If the demon really came in, God knows what would happen!
And here he is the only one who can withstand the baptism of psychic energy!
Gao Yi activated the power sword and pulled the trigger of the fine-crafted grenade launcher in his hand at the two corrupted guards in front.

Fortunately, the huge recoil was offset by the Marauder's armor, and the guards who were hit were blown into pieces in the explosion.

Gao Yi, whose body had been strengthened, burst out with incredible speed even while dragging a heavy combat suit.

The explosive bombs fired at him were blocked by the stand shield. After knocking away several guards who were blocking his way, Gao Yi raised his power sword and stabbed at the completely corrupted Ludwig.

Looking at Gao Yi leaping high, the Nurgling in Ludwig's body sneered.

But they immediately realized something was wrong.

Their strength is being weakened... The great power belonging to the kind father is actually being sucked away by the guy in front of them?

Even the disgusting flesh and blood around him began to shrivele, and the highly corrosive plague in front of him could not stop Gao Yi at all.

"Die! Demon, this is my battleship!"

The power sword pierced Ludwig's flesh unhindered, and it was only then that the Nurgling began to truly become afraid.

The bodies they were staying in collapsed, and they should have returned to the garden of their loving father, but they found that the creature in front of them was actually devouring their souls!
They tried desperately to escape, but the terrifying suction sucked Nurglings one after another into Gao Yi's warp projection.

When the last Nurgling was devoured, the corrupted guards turned into corpses again.

At the same time, in Nurgle's garden, a Great Unclean One of Nurgle looked at the closed passage in confusion.

It doesn’t matter that the channel is closed, it’s just another insignificant failure, but why haven’t any of the Nurglings come back?
Then the Great Unclean One scratched his huge butt and stopped paying attention to the matter.

(End of this chapter)