Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 48: Enchanted Warrior
The loyalists launched a counterattack with the help of the Rangers, and the seriously injured soldiers returned to the battle after being quickly treated by the medics.

Gao Yi was flying in a shuttle above the battlefield, constantly paying attention to the development of the battle. This battle was no longer a battle involving tens of thousands of people like the previous ones.

Hundreds of thousands of loyalists and traitors were engaged in an offensive and defensive battle surrounding the entire Upper Nest.

However, the dynasty's decline was halted! The enemy began to be pinned down and unable to advance.

There was only one direction that made Gao Yi frown.

The nervous roars of officers at all levels came from the communicator.

This direction was exactly the Pilgrim's Square that was attacked by the Word Bearers and the Demon Engine.

"It's Chaos Space Marines! Focus! Focus on them now!! Marauder Squad, cover fire! Don't let them get close!

Machine gunners, switch to armor-piercing ammunition!"

"Ah? There really are cans?!"

Loyalists and traitors engaged in a tug-of-war in Pilgrim's Square.

It can be said that this is unexpected yet not so unexpected news. The only thing that made Gao Yi frown was that this time there was no longer only one like at the beginning of the game, but a full ten.

The heavy firepower composed of the Loyalists and the Demon Engines fired passionately at each other on both sides of the square. As more and more fixed firepower was repaired by SCVs, one Demon Engine after another was shot up.

The Chaos Cultists, having lost their minds, leapt out of cover and charged, unable to survive even a second.

The dense barrage of bullets made it almost impossible for either side to charge.

But even so, Gao Yi found that his rangers continued to die.

Gao Yi could see that his Rangers also felt a little fear when they saw the Word Bearers.

The power of the Astartes penetrates deeply into the hearts of the Warhammer humans, otherwise ordinary humans would not be called mortals, and the Astartes would be called angels.

And these rebellious Astartes have indeed demonstrated strength to match their status.

What makes them powerful is not just the power armor and weapons they wear, but also the Astartes' modified bodies and the combat experience they possess.

And when it comes to belief, the Word Bearers are the best among the traitors.

Faced with the counterattack of the loyalists, they remained calm and responded and fought back.

The battle distance between the two sides was very close, only one kilometer. This distance was completely sufficient for the Astartes to hit the target every time. The grenade launchers in their hands could accurately penetrate the bodies of the Rangers, and being possessed by demons also increased their resistance to physical weapons to a certain extent.

When they discovered that their explosive bombs could not shatter the Rangers' ceramic steel combat uniforms in one shot, they immediately changed their tactics.

Then one Ranger after another fell down, and all of them were hit in the most vulnerable places, namely the tactical mask on the helmet and the joints.

Even a medic can't save a person who's hit in the head, and a broken limb can't be regenerated with a medical gun.

Even under such firepower, the Word Bearers continued to advance, using the ruins in the square to push forward.

But no matter how strong you are, I have endless good brothers.

As the battle lines stabilized, more and more Rangers gathered towards Pilgrim's Square.

It wouldn't be a loss for Gao Yi to exchange 100 or even more Rangers for your life. Human life is worthless here, and in Gao Yi's eyes, combat uniform is not as valuable as that of a veteran.

"Vill, have the pilot land. Ian, I need you to join the battle. Your psychic powers will surely limit the advantage of these traitors! My soldiers are suffering heavy casualties."

"As an Inquisitor, I will fight with all my might against Chaos!"

The shuttle landed behind the position.

Gao Yi, Will, Damon, and Ian walked out of the fighter plane one after another. When Will and Ian headed towards the position, Gao Yi spoke to the air beside him.

"Norris, go around to the back and find a chance to kill a few Astartes."

"understand!"

When the soldiers saw the Rogue Trader arrive at the battlefield in person, their morale rose again.

"Servants of the God-Emperor, warriors of the dynasty, those Chaos Astartes are not that scary! The God-Emperor protects us, for the sake of the dynasty, kill these traitors!" Gao Yi also picked up the grenade launcher and started shooting.

The Word Bearers also realized the seriousness of the problem.

The human counterattack on the opposite side became more and more fierce. Their ten-man combat team was unable to break through the defense line of the humans in front of them. What were those things that looked very similar to power armor? They had never seen such a model before.

Are the combat suits they wear almost as strong as the power armor they wear?
They clearly saw their target's armor being shattered, but soon it was intact again and continued to shoot at them.

Originally, they thought this was just the capital world of a dynasty of wandering merchants that was already a candle in the wind. There were no Astartes sent by the loyalists to garrison here, no elite Astra Militarum legions, and it was not an important stronghold of the Mechanicus.

As a result, they were pinned down here in conventional positional warfare, and it was obviously impossible to break through using conventional offensive methods.

One Word Bearer was even incapacitated by the concentrated fire of an entire group of Marauders.

The amount of ammunition they carried was not enough for them to sustain a long-term positional battle.

When Ian arrived at the position, he put on a psychic shield for himself. As an inquisitor, he also had a small force field shield. He raised the psychic staff in his hand, and lightning appeared out of thin air from his hand. The psychic lightning containing destructive power was released towards a Word Bearer.

From this tremendous power, it can be seen that Ian's psychic power level is definitely not low.

The ruins that served as shelters were shattered.

Immediately, the psychic energy broke through the protection of the Word Bearer's power armor and reached his desecrated body. Although the psychic energy came from the warp, the same psychic energy had a miraculous effect on these guys affected by Chaos.

The first true casualty of the Word Bearers had appeared.

Ian's presence also attracted the attention of other Word Bearers. Even the Astartes could not underestimate the powerful psyker.

They fired at Ian in a volley, but the bombs were blocked by the psychic shield and force field deflection and could not advance an inch.

"My brother, release the rage in your heart! Let the power of the Dark Gods fully descend upon our bodies and completely destroy the enemies ahead."

The three enchanted warriors in the Word Bearers' ranks looked at each other.

And the voice of the demon possessing their bodies also sounded.

"Quick! Give me control of your body! I sense the presence of psychic magic. I'm going to chop off his head and offer it to the great Blood God! Blood sacrifice to the Blood God! Skull to the Skull Throne!"

The devil's whispers also rang in the minds of the other two enchanted warriors.

In this life-or-death moment, the demon began to replace the Word Bearer's own consciousness, and control of this powerful body was completely handed over to the demon.

The demons began to further erode their physical bodies.

More and more demonic features began to replace their already limited human bodies.

"roar~"

Accompanied by a roar filled with raging rage, all the Word Bearers rushed out of their cover to provide fire support for the enchanted warriors. The enchanted warriors, who were completely controlled by the demons of Khorne, rushed out like crazy, with only kill, kill, kill in their minds!

All the Chaos mortal traitors no longer hid behind cover, and rushed out with the help of the enchanted warriors who attracted most of the firepower.

After being completely controlled by the demons of Khorne, the Word Bearers' resistance to all ranged weapons was greatly improved.

It actually crashed into the loyalists' defense line like a Leman Russ at full speed under concentrated fire.

The claws in their right hands could not be stopped even by ceramite battle suits, and the chainsaw axes in their left hands could easily cut a person in half. One of the possessed warriors was targeting Ian, a psychic.

"Use melee! Use fire! The damage of long-range weapons to Khorne demons will be weakened!" Ian shouted to the soldiers.

Hearing Ian's reminder, the rangers and PDF drew their chainswords and slashed at the enchanted warrior.

Ian's voice also attracted the Word Bearer who was carrying out his own massacre.

The bloodthirsty and crazy eyes were fixed on Ian.

"Psychic... I will offer your head to Him!"

(End of this chapter)