The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3460 The Most Painful Betrayal

Second Company Commander narrowed his eyes, gazing into the distance. He vaguely saw a red line, expanding and devouring houses and buildings.

Then the red line became a red streak, and finally, a wave of blood.

The rushing entity finally drew closer and closer, until Agesta could clearly see the terrifying existence beneath the surging crimson waves.

It wasn't a wave at all, but an entire mass of churning crimson mist, vast as a sandstorm, composed of hundreds of twisted, physically amorphous forms. Grinning skulls and chilling, alluring claws reached out from this immense tide of blood, screaming and howling in rage.

With their arrival, the air turned frigid, and white frost condensed along the ground and buildings, crackling and creaking. All the firepower directed at them was silently swallowed by the red mist.

tai wan xiao shuo wang → 🅣 🅦 🅚 🅐 🅝 . 🅒 🅞 🅜

As they approached the buildings lining the road, the soldiers stationed inside jumped out of the windows in terror, but many were caught mid-air by sharp claws, torn apart, and crushed, becoming part of the bloody mist.

Agesta felt a chill run through his entire body. He had fought the Necrons before, but he had never seen this form of Necron. What were they?

With a strong sense of unease, he immediately led his company towards that direction. The defense forces had already established a position at the edge of the plaza, and the soldiers nervously crouched behind cover, watching the approaching tide of blood.

"Sons and daughters of Sotha! Repel these loathsome aliens! Let them know they have come to the wrong place!"

The Space Marine's voice echoed across the position, giving courage to many. But Agesta didn't notice the malicious, ill-intentioned gazes, nor did he hear the faint screams and gunfire from within the Senate.

"Run! Run! They're coming!"

Civilians were desperately fleeing, but the aliens were fast, constantly seizing the slowest.

A woman holding a baby cried out as she ran, but her skirt hindered her steps, and the cold claws were about to touch the back of her neck.

"Emperor! Astartes! Save my child!"

At the moment she was about to be torn apart, a large hand grabbed her clothes, throwing her backward, while roaring in fury.

"Foul alien filth!"

The massive scythe swept down, with the arc of the disruption field, splitting the Flayed One in half.

The Flayed One shrieked in rage, its claws flashing towards the Space Marine's head, but a barrage of bolter rounds struck its head and body, forcing it back into its phase state, dragging its mangled body into the red mist. But Agesta noticed the hatred mixed in the red eyes of the Flayed One.

It would return. These things were very troublesome. Once they phased out, they were almost invulnerable.

"Fall back behind the line!"

To cover the remaining civilians, Agesta ordered the company to form a temporary defensive line.

"Form two ranks, fire at will!"

The first wave of aliens was stopped by the bolter fire. Their metal bodies and the flesh cloaks draped over them tumbled in the ash and sludge, dragging strands of pus in the air.

But Agesta knew it was hardly effective. They were still charging forward.

However, he did not intend to fight the aliens to the death here.

"Alternating cover, retreat!"

Wielding the scythe in one hand, Agesta aimed and fired with his bolt pistol.

"Maintain formation!"

As the Space Marines retreated, the aliens advanced, staring at the living with hatred, but their speed slowed.

Until Agesta and the others retreated back to the line.

"Fire! Fire everything!"

What followed was a feast of firepower. Tens of thousands of weapons of all sizes fired madly at the tide of blood. The artillery in the rear also began to roar, and huge shells stirred up a wave of debris in the street while destroying nearby buildings. The tide of blood constantly showed gaps under the impact, but would quickly heal.

The two sides seemed to fall into a brief stalemate.

Then, the blood mist dissipated. In just a dozen seconds, they vanished without a trace, leaving only the smoke-filled ruins.

"This…"

Agesta frowned under his helmet, unsure what the aliens were up to, but still ordered vigilance, then turned around.

Suddenly, a weak voice sounded. He looked down and saw the young woman he had saved earlier, clutching the baby in her arms, wrapped tightly in swaddling clothes, timidly looking up at him.

zui ⊥ xin ⊥ xiao ⊥ shuo ⊥ zai ⊥ liu ⊥ 9 ⊥ shu ⊥ ba ⊥ shou ⊥ fa ！

"Thank you for saving me and my child. Are you Lord Agesta?"

Agesta lowered the weapon in his hand and nodded.

"I am. You're welcome. It is our duty as sons of Sotha—"

Suddenly, a burst of white noise came from his helmet, followed by intermittent calls, the signal coming from the Storm Eagle.

"Company Commander! The Shield Wardens have rebelled! The Sotharan Council… Gene-stealers… Be careful!"

"Huh!?"

Just as Agesta widened his eyes in surprise, the woman suddenly revealed a ghastly smile and raised the swaddling clothes in her hands.

"For the Four-Armed Emperor!"

"Damn!"

Agesta's mind was shaken, and he instinctively swung his arm. At the moment of crushing the other party's body, the swaddling clothes exploded!

Boom—

The close-range explosion instantly blew Agesta away. His lenses shattered, and the power armor on his body issued a piercing alarm.

It was as if he had fallen directly from orbit, his whole body burning, as well as his flesh and his spirit. He fell, bounced, and fell again, finally stopping when he hit something. The whole world was receding from him…

He did not know how long it took, but he slowly regained consciousness intermittently, but his limbs were heavy and unable to stand up, until a pair of armor-clad hands lifted him up.

"Company Commander! Company Commander! Are you alright!"

The voice of Company Sergeant Menelaus reached his ears, sounding like a distant echo. Agesta struggled to open his eyes, seeing a world stained red with blood.

If he could choose, he would believe it was a hallucination.