Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 36 Beheading Successful
"Everyone, chant the name of the Holy Machine and pray to it. It will heal our damaged bodies and repair our broken souls!"

The members of the order inside the Golden Horn heard Pavian's cry.

Prayers in the name of the Holy Machine began to echo within the warship, slowly becoming more regular.

The SCVs scattered throughout the battleship also started moving. Without receiving any orders, they took the initiative to repair the damaged mechanical bodies of the priests and technicians.

Gao Yi's projection in the subspace also brought down his own power, the power that could purify and devour the energy of the subspace.

The power of the subspace that supported the infinite proliferation of waste code began to slowly transform into the psychic crystal in Gao Yi's pocket.

Gao Yi was surprised by the psychic crystals he had harvested. 5? A full 5?
When Gao Yi harvested the psychic crystal, his body was a little unable to adapt to the surge in power. Looking at the alloy armrest that he had crushed, he realized that the physical strength he gained this time was much greater than all the previous ones combined.

While the waste code was multiplying and dividing, it also copied the power of the subspace.

A snippet of code might only have a few, but when countless replies accumulate it becomes quite significant!

The waste codes that had lost their ability to multiply and divide also began to be deleted.

For these priests, this time is long.

In their consciousness and data world, they rely on the power of the Holy Machine to fight against these useless codes.

Sections of blasphemous code were deleted, and the priests' egos began to take over.

The blasphemous knowledge in their minds began to dissipate, and the indescribable picture began to shatter.

The real world appeared before their eyes again.

Until the last piece of junk code was deleted, their consciousness successfully returned to their bodies.

Looking at the SCV standing in front of them, the priests knelt down, their faith becoming stronger. The branch of the Mechanicus, which was originally just a prototype, was truly born at this moment, and the priests strengthened their faith.

Gao Yi also discovered that these priests could actually share vision with the warp units!

However, it seems that it is not all good. Originally, Gao Yi's subspace projection was not powerful in the endless subspace, and no evil god discovered his existence.

And as he confronted Vashtor, this lesser evil god of the Warp also discovered his existence.

Gao Yi knew that this guy had his eyes on him...

And according to the law of conservation of smiles that applies to all worlds.

The smile doesn't disappear, it just shifts.

If Gao Yi laughs, someone will start to cry.

Zesta collapsed. He clearly felt that the waste code he had created had begun to replicate and multiply, successfully invading the processors of these priests.

But why? All the codes disappeared, and the power from Vashtor also left him.

At this moment, his mind was full of thoughts of escaping from here, and he went straight towards the elevator without even saying a word to Cantodo.

And Cantor seemed to realize something.

"Zesta! I curse you!"

Cantor pulled out the bolt pistol from his waist. If he's not having a good time, then neither should you!
But before he could pull the trigger, he discovered that all the prosthetics implanted in him by Zesta had stopped working.

Now he couldn't even blink.

"I installed these powerful implants in you. Do you think you can use what I gave you against me?"

Zesta pierced Kantor's head with a laser, and Kantor had lost his value to him.

When the soldiers of the Sureyas Dynasty on the warship saw their wandering merchants being killed, they immediately took out their weapons and attacked Zesta.

However, the fired bullets and lasers were blocked by a layer of position deflection shield.

And every counterattack of Zesta was fatal.

Arc weapons directly electrocuted the victims into charcoal, and soldiers holding chainsaw swords were melted into nothingness by the heat. The most painful thing was that those who were cut in half by axes could only wait for death in agony.

Soon there was no one left alive on the bridge except Kantor.

"Such fragile flesh and blood."

Just as he was about to kill Kantor and then leave on the shuttle that had been prepared long ago.

A bullet hit Zesta's stance shield.

Then the bullet unleashed a burst of energy. Under this energy shock, the stance shield was actually rendered ineffective?

"My stance shield?"

Just as the stance shield disappeared, a locking bullet hit his body again, and he found himself fixed in place like Cantor before.

Norris removed his invisible state and appeared in front of Zesta.

Looking at the corpses on the ground and the two people who were unable to move, Norris said in the communicator.

"Captain, mission accomplished. Cantor is dead. The enemy warship has completely lost its command capability. There's also a priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus here. He killed Cantor. They had an internal conflict. I sense corruption in him."

Norris had been lurking here before Zesta took action. He only chose to take action when he saw Zesta kill all the crew members.

Otherwise, you might have to use up some of your hands and feet.

Zesta looked at Norris in front of him. He didn't even notice that the other party's combat suit was actually flowing with psychic light.

When did the empire produce such warriors?

Zesta didn't want to give up. As the effect of the locking bullet gradually decreased, his body began to move slightly.

But Norris didn't want to give him any chance. He put away the C-20A, drew out the psychic light blade and walked to Zesta's side.

"Don't move, wait for the great captain to arrive."

Norris then removed Zesta's mechanical limbs.

On the lower deck, Damon's battle was over. They delayed the forge demon, and more and more rangers came to support.

Under the attack of a bunch of melta grenades, even a powerful demonic machine like this could only die on the spot.

"It's over! Canto is dead!"

"died?"

"Yes, and the source of Chaos corruption was captured alive."

Ian was incredulous. It had only been a short time. There should still be a lot of soldiers on the other side's warship, right?

Ian originally thought that the boarding team sent out by Gao Yi were abandoned pawns. After destroying important facilities, they would be overwhelmed by the large number of soldiers on the opposing ships. In the end, the outcome of the battle would be determined by the warships. But you tell me that those boarding teams are the force that determines victory?

How many could be sent in? There must be at least thousands of soldiers in the enemy warships. Not only did they win, but they also beheaded them?

At this time, Gao Yi and his dynasty had risen several levels again in Ian's evaluation.

He had already planned to re-evaluate the Monget dynasty in his report.

[Even if it costs a certain price, we must win over]

"Ian, can you help me with something?"

"Want me to help?"

"That's right. Use your status as an Inquisitor to help me persuade the remaining enemy warships to surrender. Their Rogue Traders have been subdued, and I don't think they have much will left to fight."

"The Inquisition cannot meddle in disputes between dynasties."

"This isn't a dispute between dynasties anymore. I'm not asking you to speak in my name, but in the name of the Inquisition. You need to tell them that their Rogue Traders have violated Imperial law and come into contact with heretical knowledge! Make them give up resistance and accept investigation!"

"If that's the case, I can help you!"

Gao Yi knew that if he spoke up, those loyal to the dynasty on the enemy's warships might still resist.

But if these words were said by the judge, the nature of the words would be different.

Gao Yi didn't want to fight any more meaningless battles. Instead of chasing and destroying the enemy's warships, he wanted to capture them. Each warship was worth a lot of money. Not to mention those frigates, the Tyrant on the opposite side was enough to make his strength skyrocket.

Every cruiser is an invaluable asset to the Rogue Trader Dynasty.

Few dynasties could afford the loss of a cruiser.

Sure enough, when the communication request was sent to the enemy warship, the crew inside saw that it was the Inquisitor and temporarily chose to believe it. A newly emerged dynasty like Suarez that lacked inheritance also had fewer death warriors.

Only one stubborn frigate chose to resist, but it could neither escape nor defeat the enemy, and eventually sank into the void.

"What a shame! It's a frigate after all!"

(End of this chapter)