Warhammer 40k: Melee Warriors

Someone got furious, but I won't say who it was.

I've figured it out; you're just like the dried-up corpses on Terra...

The vortex twisted and turned, conjuring a multitude of forces: flames, ice, sludge, and gales...

Koken was momentarily dazzled by the sight, but that didn't stop him from suddenly swinging his longsword and slashing fiercely at the vortex.

The blood, mixed with the blessings bestowed upon Komi, was being pulled out from the wound on his chest and wrapped around his longsword amidst the intense consumption of blood. This allowed Komi to break through the strange and chaotic vortex and move forward step by step.

"Damn it...damn it..." The Myriad Transformations Demon Lord naturally wouldn't be as rude as the Great Demon Shaka in cursing the Blood God's blessing. He secretly concocted another spell bomb targeting the Space Marine's super-strong perception ability, which could be activated instantly as soon as Gu Jian charged in front of him.

He relied on this thing to fight his way out of the Grey Knights' encirclement; otherwise, he would never have had the chance to seek revenge on Shaka.

Komi's blood was still superior; the vortex was suddenly torn open, and the longsword slashed towards the head of the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord.

"Go mad in the infinite details, Markus!"

With a roar, the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord caused the entire world to undergo a dramatic transformation in the eyes of Demas, who was lying in the distance.

The positive is the negative, and the inside is the outside.

Details make up the whole, and the whole makes up the details.

The clear and reliable data writhed in Demas's perception as if they were alive, and as he looked around, he heard countless sounds washing over his soul.

That was land struck by artillery shells; the shrapnel in the craters seemed to be conversing with the rubble about their lives.

That was the hellish factory furnace that had been forcibly replaced, and it was pouring out its molten metal like someone urinating.

Those were pieces of flesh from the Demon's Womb, calling out to their master to come and find them.

A flood of information and anomalies poured into his brain from his eyes, giving him almost no time to reject them as his brain analyzed them. Eventually, even the fearless old man like Demas, who could calculate the production efficiency of the entire factory in a few seconds, was stunned.

The Demon Lord of Myriad Changes believed the outcome was decided. He raised his magic wand at the somewhat stunned Koken and thrust it fiercely towards his last heart.

"Victory is finally mine... Aaaaaah!"

Before the champagne celebrations at halftime were even over, the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord screamed in agony, just as pathetically as when he arrogantly and conceitedly removed his defenses in that dilapidated raider.

His hand holding the wand was cut off, and thick, heavy blood, as beautiful as colored glaze, flowed from the wound. He gritted his teeth and looked at Koken, who showed no confusion or hesitation in his eyes.

"No! That's impossible! As long as your brain is still alive, you can't avoid the effects of this spell! Receiving a massive amount of detail in an instant will make your brain stiffen and freeze!"

Komi responded to the Demon Lord of Myriad Transformations' scream with a nonchalant, "I don't understand."

"Varied..."

The longsword pierced the slightly open mouth of the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord, directly shattering his tongue as he uttered lies. The Myriad Transformations Demon Lord resisted the power of the Ancient Insight, trying to use his spiritual energy to create a barrier within his fragile mouth to prolong his life.

The Demon Lord of Myriad Transformations made a final plea for mercy, "Do you remember that curse? I know how to bypass the lumberjacks in the Bone and Blood Forest to find the axe! You can easily break the curse on you. If you are willing to spare my life, I am willing to tell you everything I know."

"And loyalty? Are you interested in loyalty? I can become your psionic master, I possess far greater power than that unfortunate Word Bearer and the naive navigator! I swear to the Lord of Destiny that I will pledge allegiance to your Legion from this day forward!"

All of this was beyond saving. Koken would not show mercy to demons. His sword pierced through the barrier again and again, pouring deeper despair and the taste of death into the mouth of the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord.

Finally, it pierced through completely and was gouged out with force.

"I curse you! I curse you!" The Demon Lord of Myriad Changes screamed in his final moments, unleashing his curse upon Gu Jian with all his might.

Chapter 156: Most of the curses in this place can come true.

"I curse you to become a living corpse on the throne of the ship! I curse you to be thrown into the blood swamp and left unrescued! I curse that everything you have fought here will be reduced to nothing! I will return! When I gather again in the warp tide, I will utterly destroy you!"

"You talk too much."

The head of the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord rolled to the ground, and his colorful body, filled with the power of conspiracy, turned gray and colorless in an instant, cracking inch by inch like a weathered stone. Then, it was inexplicably swept by a gust of wind to Komi's feet, as if trying to drag him down to hell with him.

After crushing the head of the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord with a single stomp, Gu Jiancai would not tolerate having his body covered with so-called skull trophies, but in the eyes of the Blood God, this was proof of his ambition.

When the Demon Lord of Myriad Transformations died, Gu Jian also felt dizzy. The blood had evaporated along with the magic, and he didn't know how he survived that ordeal.

Komi walked towards Demas, whose injuries were extremely severe and required thorough repairs to stand up again.

The damage to the sarcophagus allowed Komi to see Demas's original appearance clearly. His crippled body was not beautiful at all, and his body, which had been immersed in the amniotic fluid in the sarcophagus for a long time, had hardly any muscle.

His chest was deeply sunken, and his limbs had been cut off to fit the size of the stone coffin. His skin had a sticky, grayish-green hue.

"You madman..." Demas's voice was still mechanical. He was amazed that in all his years of life, this was the first time he had ever seen a being other than the Primarch who could single-handedly defeat a Greater Demon.

Faced with Demas's praise, Komi could only manage a wry smile.

This glorious victory had exhausted him; let alone another great demon, even a fart spirit could kill him.

Komi smeared the still-wet blood from his armor onto Demas's mangled body, barely keeping him alive, and began dismantling his sarcophagus, preparing to drag him in along once the Gate of Infinity opened.

Just then, Hong So, who had been silent for a long time during the battle, jumped out with his men. Instead of ordering his guards to approach Komi, he had a warship that happened to be heading there provide air support.

The airdrop capsule landed and the door opened.

Immediately, a large group of monsters emerged, without skin but with the same robust physique as Space Marines.

Koji immediately recognized these as inferior, skinless humans bred by Hongsuo using the Demon's Womb. Judging from the Demon's Womb's scrap rate, these skinless humans were the real products, while the Chaos Space Marines were merely freebies from the 200-pull guarantee.

These skinless men, filled with hatred for Hunsor, underwent a simple modification: their scalps and skulls were peeled off, and they were fitted with a horrific torture device that combined the Butcher's Nail with the electric needles that controlled those giant electric eels.

These poor monsters had no choice but to submit to the control of the torture instruments, madly roaring at Komi and Demas, spitting out lots of white foam.

Hong Suo wouldn't care how many skinless people died; the cost of making the torture devices on their heads wouldn't be much.

These cheap soldiers were not strong in combat. They had the size and strength of Space Marines but not their defense and intelligence, and could only die wave after wave under the bombardment.

However, that was enough to deal with the exhausted Komi. Honso stood cautiously here watching the Skinless Man kill Komi, and then he would hang Demas's sarcophagus under the ship and parade it throughout the Broken Steel Fortress, announcing Demas's utter defeat.

Gu Jian wasn't sure how many more he could kill. He even felt that Antoine's longsword was incredibly heavy at the moment, only held in his hand by the mechanical structure of the Terminator power armor. If he took off the power armor, the longsword would simply slip from his powerless fingers.

Sharon...quickly...quickly open the Gate of Infinity...

Komi breathed softly, waiting for a miracle to happen, while the people on the warship were also putting pressure on Sharon.

Even though Elaine was much weaker, she managed to withstand the onslaught of demonic power, allowing the psionic mark on Komi's body to shine as brightly as ever, while Sharon, despite his long preparations, couldn't utter a single word.

Their pressure was directed at Sharon, who was covered in cold sweat. They were afraid that if they opened their mouths to scold him, it would make Sharon's spell preparations worse and cause this hard-won victory to go down the drain.

Sharon was also extremely anxious. No matter what he did, he could not solidify a stable Gate of Infinity. In the end, he despaired and began to secretly do what he was most skilled at.

Making a deal with the devil... trading a part of myself for the chance to successfully open the Gate of Infinity...

On the ground, Koken was in a slump after killing four or five skinless men. He was being pinned to the ground and beaten by these unarmed guys who only had their fists.

Fortunately, the Terminator's power armor was quite sturdy, otherwise he would have died from this hail of punches long ago.

The scribe hid in the ruins, mocking the passing of the ever-changing Demon Lord. Although this guy would shout that he would make a comeback, once he handed the documents in his hand to Tzeentch, his stupidity and incompetence would make Tzeentch give up his plans to be resurrected.

At that time, the clerk will be promoted to a demon king of all transformations.

What a wonderful future...

As for the fate of Komi and Demas, and the ownership of the Broken Steel Fortress, the scribe himself doesn't care.

The rubble trembled, not from an explosion or collapse, but from a greater being conveying its will in such a subtle way.

The master of fate and change—Jianqi.

The clerk dared not let his mind wander and devoted himself wholeheartedly to deciphering the treacherous intentions.

"Let them leave here... Fate needs more variables, my curse needs this person to continue cultivating it, and the cripple needs to pay the price for His humiliation."

He nodded knowingly and activated a backup plan he had already devised without any questions.

An infinite gate was created effortlessly, connecting the teleportation array and the demon womb area. The fact that he could do this so easily was undoubtedly proof of his near-ascension to the Myriad Transformations Demon Lord.

The gate wasn't open on the ground, but rather formed beneath the ruins, creating a deep, collapsed pit that caught Hongsuo's attention.

The next moment, a shrill and furious roar came, and the Imperial Fist veteran who had been rescued by Komi led the Skinless Man out of the pit. They had completely destroyed the Demonic Womb District and all the Chaos Space Marines they had seen. After seeing the Iron Warrior features on Honso, they charged straight at him.

The sudden turn of events left Honso somewhat bewildered. He ordered his men to open fire on these unexpected enemies. However, under the influence of the scribe, another conspiracy that led to the rebellion of Demas's men began to unfold around Honso.

The demonic uterus that Hungso has currently researched is also riddled with various deadly problems that have yet to be solved.

The breeding of Chaos Space Marines in those demonic wombs is quite unstable. The mixed raw materials from corpses make each birth unique and bizarre, and it is not uncommon for a single Chaos egg to be born.

Therefore, a sufficiently stable genetic sequence is needed to enhance stability. Those Imperial Fists who have a blood feud with the Iron Warriors became the best raw materials. They greatly stabilized the form of the fetus in the demon womb and ensured that the new warriors could quickly adapt to the Iron Warriors' lifestyle after birth.

The scribe knew that the Myriad Manifestations Demon Lord had instigated the rebellion by activating the Imperial Fist genes within these warriors, which fueled their instinctive hatred for the Iron Warriors. Now was the perfect time for him to try something similar.

Faced with the roar of the Imperial Fist veterans, the soldiers who were loyal to Honso's orders were deeply shaken. Even the skinless men who were on top of Komi rolled on the ground in pain, resisting the control of the torture devices on their heads.

A gunshot rang out from behind Hong Suo. He turned around in disbelief and saw a pair of eyes filled with hatred.

He recognized those eyes all too well; when he massacred an Imperial Fist fortress, the Imperial Fist guard had looked at him with the same eyes.

Chapter 157: Becoming a Ship Girl... Ship Lord?

Before the traitor behind him could empty his magazine, Honso swung his hammer. The hammer, equipped with a disintegrating force field, instantly shattered the Iron Warrior's armor and flesh upon contact, leaving them with nothing but a large mass of black sand rippled with blue.

This feels more like the right way to handle it; powered weapons should be unstoppable, not something that can be blocked by two chainsaw swords.

Filled with rage, Hongsuo vowed to kill all the soldiers who had betrayed him, and then, upon returning to his base, to order the barbaric morticians to improve and upgrade the Demon Womb, so that such a shameful betrayal would never happen again.

Komi propped himself up and looked at Hongsuo, the war blacksmith who couldn't beat him. He could easily tear apart all the skinless men who rushed up, and with the strength of his Terminator power armor, he forced his way close to the soldiers who were firing, piercing their chests with his mechanical tentacles.

A gate made of psionic energy unfolded behind them. Sharon had finally completed his spell, and Komi breathed a sigh of relief. Taking advantage of the time when Hongso was delayed by the skinless people, he dragged Demas's sarcophagus into the gate, while Hongso could only roar unwillingly at Komi's back.

Back on the battleship, the ship finally broke free from the spell's influence, concentrating all its energy on its engines and void shields, searching for an opening to break out of the encirclement.

The light spears and cannons bombarded the Void Shield, but unfortunately, the largest of the attacking enemy warships was only a heavy cruiser. Such low-frequency firepower was not enough to break through the Void Shield's defenses.

The battleship launched numerous torpedoes from its stern launch bays at the pursuing enemy. These powerful but slow-moving weapons were spotted by the close-in weapon system before they could get close, and only a few managed to get past the Void Shield and explode with a deafening roar.

Komi almost collapsed to his knees as soon as he stepped onto the deck of the bridge. He released Demas's sarcophagus, staggered forward a few steps, and leaned his heavy body against the railing.

Bennett rushed over and administered various combat drugs from the Iron Warriors' reserves to Komi. Painkillers, blood-generating injections, and relaxants were administered simultaneously. Komi's pupils contracted repeatedly, and after fifteen heartbeats, these excessively potent drugs were pumped into every corner of his body.

With his weakness subsiding, Komi finally felt like speaking. With Bennett's help, he straightened up and gave a thumbs-up to Elaine, who was soaked in sweat, and Sharon, who was pale.

"You two did a great job."

Elaine continued to bow to Komi without uttering a sound, but her raised eyebrows and relieved expression revealed her immense joy at receiving Komi's praise.

Sharon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his lips pressed tightly together, unable to utter a word, his expression one of deep emotion.

"Demas...Company Commander Demas..."

The Iron Warriors surrounded Demas, pessimistic about the terrible state of his sarcophagus. They saw that the rough smear of blood was only keeping Demas alive, not nearly enough to restore the severely wounded and disabled veteran to full life.