Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 91 Evacuation
Carl and several other comrades, each holding a laser gun and standing more than five meters apart, scouted the retreat route.

Meanwhile, around them, some teammates were squatting on the ground with laser guns on their backs, setting up traps.

dong dong dong dong-

Just then, they heard the sound of heavy objects stepping on armor behind them.

Everyone instinctively stopped moving, and then, with a roll or a turn, they found their own cover in a split second, raising their guns and aiming at the direction from which the sound came.

Once their familiar figures and colors came into view, the group stepped forward again, but instead of bowing, they continued their previous actions.

It was Tilt and his group who arrived. They didn't say anything when they saw this, which was exactly what was required during training.

After all, the battle is urgent, and every minute and second is precious time. You're wasting a few seconds to salute!

If the enemy takes the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, wouldn't they all be wiped out?
Therefore, Tie Hui and the others discussed that they would not need to bow to Astartes when they saw him in battle. However, since Astartes was of a higher rank than the mortal auxiliary soldiers, even though they did not need to bow, they still had to obey Astartes' orders.

"Everyone, check your equipment immediately and search for the escape route! Beware of ambushes!" Tilt didn't waste any more words and immediately gave the order to everyone.

Karl and the others maintained their positions but also began checking their weapons and equipment. In just five or six seconds, they had finished checking all their gear.

Everyone stood up, and Tilt and his men followed suit, forming a battle formation. Karl and his men also consciously followed, maintaining vigilance around the area.

Everyone was silent; this was a tacit understanding honed through countless days and nights of training.

The group explored every nook and cranny, conducting the most thorough inspection.

But unbeknownst to them, in some hidden corner, pairs of greedy eyes were fixed intently on this team.

Gers slowly raised the circular shield in the style of Choglius, which was tied to his forearm, to protect most of his chest and throat.

The combination of Lyman's Earl and the sound receiver inside the helmet allowed them to detect even the slightest unusual sounds around the passage simply by hearing.

Tilt didn't say much, and the other brothers continued to advance slowly forward in their original battle formation and state.

However, the mortal auxiliary soldiers around them met the gazes of the Imperial Angels who were turning to patrol the area, and in that instant, they pulled out one hot melt bomb after another from their waists.

"rush!"

At Gels's command, the explosive pistol in his hand suddenly opened fire, and the golden whip he swung lashed directly at the surrounding walls.

The warhead exploded, scattering fragments everywhere. Immediately afterwards, large amounts of blood gushed out. Everyone watching this scene knew something was wrong; there had indeed been an ambush.

Tyr's group was the first to clearly see the figures of the ambushers. A bunch of pure-blooded cunning thieves. Who would have thought they could coordinate so well with the orcs in this pile of wrecked spaceships?

One strategy is to lure the enemy deep into their territory, another is to draw them in from the front, and the third is to encircle them from the rear.

Judging from their level of coordination, the two sides have done this quite often. The reason why this pile of space wreckage is so large is probably because it was a collection of ships that, for some unknown reason, encountered this group of spaceships and were then lured out and killed by this group of gene thieves and beastmen in the same way.

Realizing they had been exposed, the gene-stealers ceased concealing themselves and smashed through their cover, roaring and brandishing their claws as they charged towards them.

Its insect-like exoskeleton and six limbs could easily slice through the terracotta armor's tearing claws. Add to that its gaping maw when it roars, and the barbed ovipositor inside that dances like tentacles.

The horrific and disgusting scene left Karl and his companions, who were seeing the pureblood thief for the first time, with grim expressions.

However, the explosions from the Astartes that were the first to fire caused them to instinctively raise their laser guns and, in coordination with the Astartes, attack the elusive thieves who were dodging left and right.

Tilter was about to curse, for some unknown reason. Even at such close range, communication was becoming increasingly intermittent.

Clearly, some organisms have begun to use unknown abilities to interfere with their communications.

Seeing the gene stealers rushing up, they were now surrounded and unable to spare anyone to notify Tie Hui and the others.

The round shield fitted to Gels' wrist blocked a claw swung by a gene stealer. Although it blocked the claw, the sharpness of the claw left a cut on the round shield that was almost enough to pierce through it.

With a powerful thrust of his arm, he pushed aside the attacking claws, and with his other hand, the roaring chainsaw cleaved upwards, severing the other swinging claws. This heavy blow caused the gene-stealer to stagger. Seizing the opportunity, the chainsaw continued its downward slash, cleaving the gene-stealer in two at the waist.

"We must inform the captain and the others!" Gers shouted to Tilt in the distance after killing another cunning thief who charged at him.

“We’re surrounded!” Tilt said, holding a bomb pistol in one hand and a chainsaw sword in the other.

"Sir, I'll go!" Just then, a young man's voice rang out among them. Those around glanced over and saw that it was a young man with a slightly dark complexion.

He was wearing the worn-out uniform of the mortal auxiliary army, holding a laser gun and firing fiercely at the sneaky thieves who wanted to rush up.

At the same time, he kept saying, "I'm fast, I can give it a try!"

Neither Tilter nor Gers expected that a young mortal auxiliary soldier would take the initiative to do such a thing.

"Your request is granted!" Tilter didn't hesitate; in the current situation, considering the pros and cons was pointless. He then drew his plasma pistol from his waist and tossed it to Karl, who was about to turn away.

"Cover!" Gers turned around, drawing his explosive pistol, carrying a chainsaw sword in one hand and an explosive pistol in the other.

At the same time, most of the nearby firepower was also redirected in this direction, and their lines began to contract further inward.

Without hesitation, Karl picked up his laser gun, bent over, and charged forward. At the same time, he reached for a stun grenade at his waist.

The raging bomb fire behind him formed an invisible shield in front of him. Any cunning person who tried to rush forward would be turned into a pile of minced meat, scattered around.

They were only about a mile apart. The distance wasn't far; in fact, some firearms could fire at distances far exceeding that mile.

But now they were inside a wrecked spaceship, and the passageway wasn't straight. After running about 200 meters, he pulled out a stun grenade from his waist and threw it towards the corner ahead.

With a loud bang, a huge flash of light erupted and disappeared in an instant. At the same time, Karl had already pulled out a molten bomb from his waist and, before taking two steps, threw it directly at the wall around the corner ahead.

The molten metal bomb slammed into the wall, creating a ricochet, followed by a massive explosion accompanied by a agonizing scream.

Meanwhile, Karl had reached the corner, his laser gun already fitted with a monomolecular bayonet. As per Tie Hui's instructions, the bayonet was specially thickened, with deeper blood grooves carved into the blade, extending directly through the handle to the hilt.
Upon reaching the corner, Karl slammed on the brakes, unleashing a barrage of fire from the laser gun at his waist, sending the sneaky thieves who were still trying to charge back in waves.

As his shooting became more accurate, his attacks even managed to hit the eyes of those cunning thieves.

Karl felt a surge of excitement, an unparalleled, exhilarating excitement. It was the same feeling that an old man who had ingested a neurotoxin derived from industrial coolant had described to him when he was still forging the world.

A cunning thief brandished his tearing claws, leaving afterimages in the air, the tips of his claws aimed directly at his head. This strike would surely turn his head into a huge, viscous goblet of blood.

Then these cunning scoundrels drank it to their hearts' content!

But for some reason, after imagining this scene, he suddenly had the idea of ​​turning the cunning scoundrels into that blood-stained goblet.

"For the Emperor!" Karl roared, dodging the attack with a sidestep. Then, gripping the laser gun in one hand, he plunged it effortlessly into the cunning man's head. Blood gushed from the specially modified blood groove, spraying all over his body like a fountain.

This left him completely soaked in blood!

Without a second thought, he drew the plasma pistol from his waist with his other hand. The plasma pistol that Astartes used now moved with incredible ease and precision in his hands.

A plasma attack burst directly from the muzzle, piercing through several cunning individuals in its path.

After delivering the blow, he yanked the laser gun out of the already dead scoundrel's head.

"Hahahaha! By the Emperor!" Karl was now somewhat deranged. He felt an inexhaustible power surging within him like a stampede of horses.

He felt that he was favored by the emperor!
Through the dense cluster of cunning heads, they could see the battle commander slowly retreating towards them from the other end of the cave entrance not far away.

He stuck out his tongue and licked the smear of cunning blood from his lips. He let out a long sigh, looked at the cunning men eyeing him menacingly, assumed a fighting stance, and charged forward.

"For the Emperor! For Iron Glory!"

Upon seeing this, the gene stealers roared and brandished their claws, charging towards the scene.

Just as the two sides were about to make contact, several fragmentation grenades were thrown into the group of thieves ahead. The explosions halted their charge, and he seized the opportunity to once again pick up his fully charged plasma pistol and melt a path through the group of thieves.

Then he dropped the plasma pistol and gripped the laser gun in the middle with one hand. He turned and assumed a javelin-wielding stance.

He now felt an unparalleled power, a power that made him confident he could kill these scoundrels with his fists alone!

The next second, he threw the laser gun in his hand with force. With a bang, the explosion of air and the air turbulence caused by the gun cutting through the air made his military uniform rattle.

The laser gun, like a cannonball, pierced through the body of the first thief, then through three more, finally pinning two of them together before stopping its charge.

Boom boom boom boom boom——

The dense barrage of explosive fire instantly wiped out the swarm of cunning individuals in front of Karl. This startled Karl, who was ready to unleash a massacre, and he suddenly blushed, as if he were holding something back.

Ironhide and Quillstein, one carrying a bomb gun and the other a flamethrower, were clearing out the group of sneaky thieves behind them.

Iron Glory had actually noticed Karl the moment he shouted "For the Emperor!" At the same time, Quelstein, who was beside him, also noticed the scene. Then, he subconsciously turned around, wanting to protect the mortal auxiliary soldier.

However, Tie Hui stopped him with a gesture; communication had already been attempted earlier. It was intermittent and practically impossible to get through. He had expected one of his brothers to come and deliver a message, but instead, it was just an ordinary mortal auxiliary soldier.

Whether it was his own request or an order from Tyrto and the others, the sheer courage to carry it out already surpasses that of most mortals.

However, Tie Hui had witnessed the entire battle. This made him wonder if the guy was possessed by Khorne.
Is he that good at fighting?

Meanwhile, Karl, seeing the Chapter Commander Iron Glory watching him from the end of the cleared passage, quickly suppressed his frustration and ran over to give a Eagle Salute.
But the moment his eyes met the red five-pointed star on Tie Hui's chest, his eyes, which had been filled with desire, regained the clarity that a young man should have.

Meanwhile, in the warp, the cold sun gazed at the trembling, blood-red warp creature before it.

A golden burst of spiritual energy swept across, annihilating it from the world.

"What is it?" Tie Hui took in the whole scene and couldn't help but admire the Emperor's awesomeness once again.

"Sir! The road ahead is blocked by those gene stealers, and we can't break through..." Karl quickly explained what he needed to say.

Tie Hui nodded, then turned to look at the group who had already reached the cave entrance. "Speed ​​up and get through the cave. Pull out the tripwire for the booby trap!"

Upon receiving the order, the group quickly gathered at the cave entrance and began to cross it in an orderly fashion.

Karl had retrieved his laser gun. He then pulled out the tripwires of the pre-placed active-triggered booby traps around the cave entrance, connected the detonators, and began to retreat with the Imperial angels.

Boom boom boom boom boom——

A violent explosion rang out from behind, and raging flames surged towards them in the narrow passage like a furious fire dragon.

Carl and his companions hurriedly dropped the detonators they were holding.

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(End of this chapter)