Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but Warhammer 40k

But Cass's rest period was destined to be short-lived.

The adjutant, who had just left, rushed back in as if he had seen a ghost.

He ran so fast that his military boots slipped on the floor, and he fell forward, only managing to stay upright by bracing himself against the desk.

It's hard to imagine that today's settlements are supported by such waste.

Cass felt inexplicably sad.

"Sir, they're back!"

"Who?"

"That knight... Henry!"

……

Meanwhile, in front of the elevator platforms on the upper and lower levels.

The atmosphere was slightly awkward.

It seems that every time Henry comes here, he goes through the same thing.

Even if you have tried your best to prove to others the purity of your soul, that you are the enemy of chaos.

But no one paid any attention to the explanation of the humanoid Oglin.

More than a dozen laser rifles were pointed at him, and countless red dots moved across his body...

Balu, on the other hand, only received a gun muzzle, albeit in a rather awkward position, right in his groin.

...It seems that there are some acquaintances of Balu among the garrison.

Henry and Baruch obediently raised their hands and walked into the light.

Balu squinted and glanced at the opposite side, then suddenly grinned.

"Hey, Thomas! It's me, Balu."

The young man opposite, who was holding a gun, paused for a moment, then released the safety that was still on the gun.

"...Why bother?"

Balu quickly tried to get on his good side.

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"It's been a while, and you've become a regular soldier... Well, it seems you're not that regular."

He muttered to himself that the soldiers guarding the opposite side didn't even have a complete set of uniforms; they were wearing leather vests over their bulletproof armor.

They were mostly mercenaries who had been temporarily pulled to the front lines, and they weren't even provided with a set of standard equipment that fit them properly.

This scene is inevitably heartbreaking.

In just a few days, the garrison on the front line was replaced by a new batch of soldiers, and the fate of the soldiers who had previously been stationed there was predictable.

Balu stepped forward, wanting to have a proper talk with them.

Click.

Several guns on the other side simultaneously cocked their bolts.

"stop."

Thomas Jr. gritted his teeth and stared intently at Balu.

On this ship, Balu is definitely a mercenary with a good reputation. He's good to his friends and doesn't have any quirks.

Aside from his habit of refusing to pay back debts and his incessant rambling about the origins of his injuries, there's nothing particularly annoying about him.

In normal circumstances, people would be willing to give him a break.

But things are different now.

Most of the mercenaries currently guarding the passage are locals who volunteered to do so.

They were the group of people least willing to leave this ship. They had grown up on this ship since childhood and had never been away from it for too long.

Their families, lovers, and friends were all on this ship.

They had become loyal subjects of the empire, half voluntarily and half involuntarily, and there was absolutely no way they would let in someone whose background was unknown.

"Baru, you have to understand us."

Thomas Jr. swallowed hard.

"You and that knight, we can let you in for inspection."

"But the guy in the hazmat suit behind me has to take his clothes off first."

"It's not that we don't trust you, but we're also afraid you'll be scammed."

Balu glanced back, scratched his bald head, and whispered a negotiation.

"My buddy's a bit shy, his face is burned, it's disgusting... Can you guys be lenient?"

However, the opposing mercenaries made no further statement.

Balu knew it was hopeless.

He sighed and slunk back to Henry's side.

"Henry, let's leave the doctor here."

"Otherwise, we'll be labeled as heretics sooner or later."

However, the doctor behind him reacted rather strongly after hearing this.

A strange noise came from inside the hazmat suit, like a draft, mixed with the sound of liquid churning.

"I have a name! My name is...A...Anastasius."

"Anas? What? Aren't you just called Doctor?... Who gave you such a stupid name?"

"Two-word names are stupid... not including Henry."

"This medicine is amazing. I actually came back to life, but for some reason, I feel like there's a dead rat in my throat... and my speech is a bit strange."

The doctor continued talking to himself, unaware that Henry and Baru both had somewhat subtle expressions on their faces.

"You have no idea what I saw before... It was a dream the Emperor gave me."

"Don't mistake the emperor for someone else; maybe the one who appeared to you in your dream was just a mouse."

The doctor was speechless, feeling that something was amiss.

He was about to retort when his nose suddenly started to itch.

He couldn't help but sniff through the gas mask.

"puff--"

A small clump of green slime was sprayed directly onto the inside of the mask's lens.

The doctor was startled and instinctively tried to lift his sleeve to wipe it.

Before his fingers even touched the mask, a wet, green tentacle, about the thickness of a thumb, suddenly emerged from inside the lenses.

With a "snap".

The tentacles swept away the clump of slime and even licked the lens clean.

The air freezes.

Balu's eye twitched, and the mercenaries opposite him fell into silence.

The doctor froze.

A long time passed.

He then realized why Henry and Baruch hadn't told him what had happened to him.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

A bloodcurdling scream, like a pig being slaughtered, came from inside the mask.

The doctor crouched down, clutching his head, his voice trembling:

"What is that thing?! Why is there something like this in my body?!"

The tentacle seemed to be startled.

He quickly shrunk back into his clothes, pretending nothing had happened.

But everyone present saw the tentacles, and the mercenaries' eyes grew increasingly hostile.

However, due to Henry's presence, they hesitated to fire.

Baru quickly tried to smooth things over.

"It's a misunderstanding, it really is a misunderstanding. He wasn't like this before..."

"Nonsense, who used to have tentacles!" another mercenary cursed.

Just then, the confused doctor suddenly stood up.

"Believe me! I am truly human! I am the Emperor's purest subject!"

He staggered toward the nearest human, his left leg twisting several times into a pretzel shape.

Finally, one of the new recruits couldn't handle the pressure.

"Die, monster!"

A series of red lights illuminated the dim passage.

Henry drew his sword on instinct.

The chainsaw sword deflected several lasers, sparks mixed with high temperature scattering wildly in all directions.

However, one laser still managed to slip past the edge of the chainsaw and hit the doctor on the shoulder, burning a fist-sized hole in his hazmat suit.

The doctor stood frozen in place, stunned.

He stared blankly at his shoulder, where a piece of flesh was missing, and the broken bone was even visible in the charred wound.

"I...I'm going to die...I'm going to die again?"

His mouth slowly opened wide, and tears welled up inside his mask.

But before he could finish speaking, a large patch of green granulation tissue suddenly sprouted from the wound.

They writhed and twisted like a swarm of frightened earthworms.

The severed muscles reconnected, and green pus began to flow again.

The doctor blinked and reached out to touch his shoulder.

"I'm... all better?"

A disturbance broke out among the mercenaries; some were already feeling fear.

The veteran next to him slapped the recruit to the ground, took his weapon, and shouted at Henry.

"Knight! We don't want to be your enemy, but we also hope you won't shelter this monster corrupted by chaos!"

"Wait, wait, wait!"

Balu quickly spread his arms to block the middle.

"He can still be saved!"

"What guarantees do you have?! Balu, you've been bewitched too!"

The two sides are deadlocked.

The doctor finally couldn't hold back his tears.

"I really don't want it to turn out like this!"

He squatted on the ground, crying his heart out.

"Will I never be able to find a wife...? What girl would want to marry a guy with tentacles?!"

The more he thought about it, the more upset he became, and his sobs sounded muffled inside his gas mask.

Perhaps sensing the host's sorrow, two tiny tentacles quietly emerged from the gas mask, one on the left and one on the right, thoughtfully wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

The doctor cried even louder.

"They even comfort me! Henry! What have you done to me?!"

Balu turned around and comforted him.

"At least you're much healthier now than before... You were able to bounce around even after being shot."

"Shut up!"

The doctor roared, his voice trembling with tears.

"Is that the point?! The point is that something lives inside my body! I'm a monster now!"