Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 344 Zaratusa in Despair

In the void, all the Terran bio-ships lost their command. The disappearance of the Norn Queen triggered another mechanism of theirs: to do everything possible to preserve the flame. They began to follow their instinct to continue the Terran swarm. Countless Terran bio-ships stopped attacking the Necromancers and humans in space and instead split into small fleets, fleeing in different directions in the galaxy.

Smaller Tyrannosaurus bio-ships will even actively crawl into the mouths of larger bio-ships, transforming themselves into biomass to grant them the ability to travel through the void for longer periods.

The biological fleet that had just been filling the entire Hades Galaxy has now begun to leave the center of the Hades Galaxy.

Dante attempted to order the fleet to pursue, but Gao Yi stopped him.

The collapse of Tyrannosaurus has retreated in different directions, the enormous tentacles of Leviathan have completely split apart, and the vast warp shadow it created is dissipating and weakening.

There's no need for Gao Yi to weaken it anymore.

It was no longer sufficient to restrict the warp navigation of Imperial warships.

Guilliman learned of the news immediately, and his expeditionary fleet had already assembled nearby. It was up to him, the regent, to resolve this huge hidden danger for the entire empire.

For Gao Yi, killing the remaining Terran bio-ships offered no benefit other than providing the Zerg with some insignificant biomass.

Moreover, the threat in the Hades system has not been completely eliminated. At this moment, the undead fleet led by Zaratusa was quietly floating in the void. They neither retreated nor advanced, but confronted the human fleet among the retreating biological ships.

Zaratusa, sitting on his throne, was at a loss for what to do.
He was just fighting Tyrannosaurus Rex, and now his opponent has changed to a human.
The battle with Tyrande resulted in the loss of a large number of troops. Although the warships were repaired with living metal and the work of the Darkcraft Scarabs, they still suffered some damage.

Although the human fleet was not much in number compared to the Terrans, the Spear of Adun standing at the forefront of the fleet put him under great pressure.

The troops that went to the Grand Prism to try to regain control were also blocked by the Rangers.

The Rangers, who used the interior of the Grand Prism as their base, made the Necromancer warships hesitant to attack, and could only continuously send ground troops into it, but they were unable to gain an advantage.

Seeing the human fleet closing in on him, he reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

Retreating to his own tomb became his only option.

He believed that the tomb world was strong enough for him to hold out for some time.

During the time he was holding out, he could also try to send out distress signals to the surrounding areas. Although he didn't know if any other dynasties could receive them, it was better than doing nothing.

Even now, Zaratuza still doesn't understand why his own kind, who had just appeared, would help those humans.

Logically speaking, shouldn't it have come in response to its own awakening signal?

A dynasty that possesses fragments of the Star God is definitely not a small dynasty.

I wonder what Zarathusa would think if he knew that it was Tarasin who cut off the alarm bells of his dynasty...

But he soon realized that he didn't even have the chance to retreat to the tomb world.
Inside the tomb world of Pertita, the thousand Blood Ravens watched in astonishment as Seth and his Flesh-Tearers wreaked havoc within.
A large portion of these thousand Blood Ravens were selected by the Dynasty. They had little prior contact with other warbands, and were somewhat bewildered when they witnessed the Flesh-Tearers' brutal fighting style.

As Astartes loyal to Gao Yi from the Montgomery dynasty, Gao Yi always told them that if they could overwhelm their opponents with firepower, they shouldn't even think about engaging in close combat. The dynasty had no shortage of their weapons and ammunition; they should just keep attacking.

However, the Flesh Tearers are fixated on tearing their opponents apart in melee combat, and even though they can use ranged weapons, they prefer to use their power swords and chainsaw axes.

At this moment, Seth charged madly at all the enemies in front of him, almost without regard for the cost.

All the Death Company members within the warband were also freed from their restraints.

The potion created by the panacea gave the still conscious Flesh-Tearers a second chance, but these deaths still could not be redeemed. Rather than let them continue to live in pain, Seth decided to let them die in this glorious way.

Perhaps it was the best option for them. The Death Company launched an attack on their most powerful enemy.

Even as scarabs gnawed at their flesh, they continued their charge. When hit directly by Gauss weapons, they would take one more down with them before being completely disintegrated.

One after another, the immortal beings and the enormous scorpion lords were reduced to fragments under the relentless assault of this group of death warriors.

The Flesh Rippers suffered heavy losses, and Seth even stopped Blood Raven from using the nano-healing gun to treat the severely wounded Flesh Rippers trapped in Black Fury.

Although Blood Raven couldn't understand it, he still chose to provide them with fire support from the rear.

In Seth's eyes, only when these chapter brothers, who were completely immersed in the Death Company, died in battle could the Flesh Ripper be truly reborn.

The Tomb World had already lost most of its troops, and its defense system was now on the verge of collapse.

Zaratusa immediately ordered all his fleets to return to his Tombworld, but the Spear of Adun and the Star Pioneer, which warped directly to their side, blocked his path.

The Spear of Adun and all the artillery fire of the Star Pioneer were directed at Zaratusa's flagship.

Even the most powerful space necromancer warships have their limits.

The remaining warships were taken care of by the Holy Blood Angels and their subordinate groups.

The psionic teleportation beams and boarding torpedoes propelled thousands of Astartes directly into its interior.

Black Templars and ghosts also joined them.

Even Dante himself joined the gang.

He also demonstrated the fighting prowess of one of the most powerful Astartes still existing in the Empire.

One by one, the space necromancer warships lost power due to the sabotage by the Jumping Boundary forces.

The battle was quickly drawing to a close.

Zaratusa looked at everything before him with resentment; almost all the warships still putting up a fight were his flagship.

His troops had already suffered heavy losses in the battle with Tyrannosaurus and simply did not have enough strength to counter the boarding.

Most importantly, the tomb world can never be returned to...

Without the support of the tomb world, he simply couldn't maintain his current dominant position...

The Mephistopheles dynasty did not perish; the rulers of other dynasties would have preferred Zarathusa to fall into ruin or even die, so that they would have a better chance of becoming the Dharma King.

If this is the case among people of the same clan from the same dynasty, then people from other dynasties are even more likely to be like this.

No one would accept him; even if they did, they would only treat him as an appendage and a tool.

Seeing that defeat was almost inevitable, Zaratusa did not choose to flee. In his arrogance and overconfidence, he ultimately chose to launch a final attack.

Even in death, he would maintain his final dignity as a hegemon.

(End of this chapter)