Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 65: Death Cult

Five days have passed since the attack on the lower nest.

"Lord! As of now, the recovery of the lower nest has been completed by 65%.

With your weapons and equipment, our casualties are very low, and many workers have now returned to the factory and resumed production!

However, the only thing that is worrying is the loss of the population of the Lower Nest. Those who have become traitors, those who have been killed, and those who have died unnatural deaths under various circumstances. It is estimated that by the time the Lower Nest is completely recaptured, the population loss may be close to 40-50 percent.

Rebecca didn't feel any emotional fluctuation when she said these numbers. She even felt that the loss of these people would just ease the pressure on food.

Planting has resumed in Omiron, and the genetically modified crops with an extremely short production cycle will take another month to plant before the first round of harvest.

If the hive still has the same population as before the rebellion, it might have to worry about food again.

The attack on the cultists went smoothly, and the gangs in Xiachao welcomed the arrival of the dynasty soldiers and took the initiative to surrender to the dynasty.

But they did not enjoy the treatment they imagined as surrenderers.

Gao Yi had no intention of keeping these gangs. Regardless of whether the other party had any connection with Ji Zei, Gao Yi's capital world did not need the existence of such scum.

Just as the leaders of these gangs were preparing to maintain their rule after the lower nest returned to normal, they were greeted by the guns of the Rangers.

The Rangers began to capture the leaders of the surviving gangs according to the list provided by Ian. As expected, the gangs on the list behaved abnormally at this time. Although they gathered the survivors of the lower nest, they changed their once tyrannical character and no longer exploited people.

Would they even go hungry themselves before sharing their food with others? The atmosphere in the area protected by this gang was exceptionally harmonious. This was all done by these cunning people in order to recruit believers, which was completely contrary to the normal underground gang.

In case all members of any gang on the list were executed, Gao Yi knew that there would be many innocent people, but he had no choice but to use their lives to ensure the safety of the dynasty.

And those gangsters who use the lives of survivors to protect themselves have no right to live.

As the SCV began to repair the damaged equipment and machinery in the lower nest, the communication system that had been out of service for a long time was restored.

“Norris, received a reply.”

Gao Yi tried to contact Norris, who had not been heard from for a long time.

A moment later, Norris's vague and weak voice came from the communicator.

"Master Gao Yi, I can't explain the current situation."

"Can't tell?"

"Including me, there are a total of four forces fighting in the area where I am."

Gao Yi could hear Norris's painful gasps, but before Gao Yi could continue asking, Norris immediately turned off the communication device and no longer made even a sound.

He put his hand over his abdomen. There was a cut on Norris's combat suit. Although it was only a small wound on his abdomen, Norris kept feeling that there was a spiritual energy eroding his body at the wound, causing him to continue to feel severe pain.

Fortunately, psychic energy can offset the pain, otherwise Norris might not have been able to hold on. However, the continuous output of psychic energy also made Norris feel unprecedented fatigue. The consumption of psychic energy even made it difficult for him to maintain the invisibility of his combat suit.

He used his psychic power to activate his invisibility again, and a moment later, four hunched figures seemed to be following the scent and approached Norris.

If Gao Yi were there, he would definitely be able to recognize that these people were the Holy Inquisitors among the cunning ones, and Norris's wounds were caused by the other party when he killed two Holy Inquisitors.

A few days ago, a large number of thieves began to appear and attack Chaos Space Marines, and Norris, who had been following the Word Bearers, was accidentally targeted by the thieves.

The Inquisitor seemed to smell the blood flowing from Norris's wound and slowly approached Norris.

Seeing that he could not escape, Norris stretched out his hand towards the psychic light blade and prepared to fight them to the death.

Phase transfer was activated, and he suddenly appeared behind a Holy Inquisitor. When the psychic energy was injected into the light blade, Norris could no longer squeeze out even a trace of psychic energy to maintain his invisibility.

The fatal blow killed one of the Holy Inquisitors on the spot.

But the other three judges immediately rushed towards Norris.

Just when Norris didn't know how to respond, two people in black tights suddenly appeared in the shadows and attacked the Holy Judges.

"With this death, I honor the God-Emperor. With this blood, I establish his sacrament. I hold this blade and bless you!"

The two men shouted cruel declarations and slashed at the three Holy Inquisitors with the long swords in their hands.

Norris was momentarily attracted by the fighting skills of the two men. They were like a constantly jumping dancer, constantly moving around the Holy Judge and constantly swinging out deadly blows.

It turns out that ordinary humans can achieve this level of combat skill. Norris immediately joined the battle.

The Holy Inquisitor's blade, which was filled with psychic poison, pierced the bodies of the two men, but the pain that Norris could not bear seemed to have no effect on the two men. Norris did not feel any pain on their faces at all.

The two men's attack was completely about exchanging injuries for injuries and lives for lives, and they didn't take their own lives seriously at all.

Under Norris's incredible gaze, the two men actually beheaded the three Holy Judges on the spot.

But both of them are already at the end of their strength.

Deep wounds that could be seen to the bone were all over the bodies of these two people.

Norris heard the other party shouting the name of the God-Emperor and also moved closer.

"Are you okay?"

When Norris got closer, he saw that all the skin exposed outside the clothes of the two men was covered with various scars.

The two of them couldn't help but tremble because of the severe pain.

But Norris could not see any pain on their faces.

"Are you a soldier of the Rogue Trader?"

"Yes! Who are you?"

"Tell the Rogue Trader that the High Priest of the Death Cult wants him! Tell him to go to the sewage area in the Lower Nest, where someone will take him in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two Death Cult assassins raised their swords and cut their throats.

Although there was no expression on their faces, their bodies had reached their limits. It was just that long-term self-harm had made their tolerance for pain terribly high.

The blood splattered from the two men's necks splashed all over Norris.

He even saw satisfaction on their faces, satisfaction with his own death.

"The Death Worship Cult... is indeed as crazy as the rumors say..."

Norris had also heard of this extreme sect in the landing port. They also existed in the landing port, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. However, from time to time he would hear that someone had been killed by the Death Cult.

Norris opened the communication system again and told Gao Yi the news, but just as he finished speaking, the sound of continuous shooting from a grenade launcher was heard not far away.

Norris knew that the sound of battle was definitely made by the Word Bearers who had been following him. Only that group of Word Bearers would use this kind of heavy grenade launcher.

At this time, Norris was not the only one being hunted in the Lower Nest. The two powerful Word Bearers also became targets of hunting.

Norris once again moved stealthily closer to the direction where the sounds of fighting came from.

He slowly approached and hid in the ruins of a building not far away. At this time, the two Word Bearers were completely surrounded by a large group of thieves.

Even if they could hit the target every time, they could easily kill the approaching chicken thieves with their own fighting skills.

But even powerful Space Marines have their limits.

Their power armor was riddled with bullet holes, one Word Bearer even lost an arm, and another's helmet was blown off.

The face with even the skull exposed was revealed.

Even these traitorous Chaos Space Marines still retain their hatred for the aliens.

"Alien! Die!"

They killed one thief after another, and the morale of both sides was locked. As a result, there was only one possibility: one of the sides would be completely killed.

In the end, the cunning one won. The cunning one called Killer had been looking for opportunities in the dark. From a high place at the back of the battlefield, he shot a high-energy laser that pierced the head of the Word Bearer without a helmet.

Without the protection of his companions, the remaining Word Bearer was unable to take care of attacks from all directions.

A plasma blast from behind destroyed the Word Bearer's last functioning heart.

After getting rid of the two Word Bearers, the remaining chicken thieves quickly began to clean up and take away the bodies of their companions, while the Aberration Overlord carried the body of the Word Bearer and walked towards the bottom nest.

(End of this chapter)