The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

"It's time to act, warriors of the Scarlet Blood Blade."

【Photo: Kashejin】

(I was dragged out by my family to do some errands one day and didn’t get home until after 9 o’clock. I will definitely update soon Orz)

Chapter 56 Who wants to hear a story?

"For the Emperor!"

With a battle cry, the Cadian assault force rushed towards the heretic's defense line. The Cadians wanted to pour all the anger accumulated during this period on the traitors.

"The Ancient Spirit has granted us wisdom and strength. Now is the time for us to sacrifice ourselves, fellow citizens! Let the false emperor and his followers perish!"

The heretics would not sit idly by and, shouting blasphemies, they launched a counterattack against the Imperial Guard.

These cultists mixed with PDFs showed a certain level of combat proficiency, but how could they compare to the Cadian Shock Troops, one of the finest legions of the Astra Militarum?

Under the cover of Chimera armored personnel carriers, the Cadians quickly attacked the cultists' positions. In close combat, the Cadians' laser guns continued to shoot and kill the cultists, and those who rushed up would fall under the bayonets.

"At this rate, this area will be captured soon." The Lord of the Black Templars assessed the situation on the battlefield. If the heretics were only at this level, there would be no need for the Astartes to appear.

"That's not necessarily true." Apoo disagreed with the Lord of the Black Templar. "After abandoning their faith in the Emperor, what would be left of these guys?"

"The answer is madness."

With their equipment and skills inferior to those of the Imperial Guard, the only thing the heretics can offer is the same madness as the fanatics.

The heretics retreated into the blocks and buildings of the Lower Nest, and most of the Lower Nest's anti-aircraft firepower was under enemy control, so the Astra Militarum's air support could not directly bomb the entire area.

The Imperial Guard could only split the troops into small teams and started a street fight. The whole battle began to enter a white-hot stage.

Explosions rang out one after another in the lower nest. This was the counterattack of the heretics. They were not as powerful as the Imperial Guard, but as long as they could exchange lives for others', they would be considered successful. The value of the Imperial Guard was not comparable to that of these cultists who were transformed from civilians.

If this continues, even if the Cadian assault force can capture an entire area, it will suffer considerable losses.

Now is the time for the Astartes to appear.

The Nebula Hammer and the Black Templars' Astartes joined the battlefield, which was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Imperial Guard.

The Astartes have the support of their warships' auspexes, and they can quickly grasp more detailed information than the Astra Militarum, and the enemy's position is clear to them.

A Black Templar warrior ran straight into a building, and the heretics inside were blown to pieces by explosives before they could even raise their guns. The warrior advanced quickly, and after clearing out the enemies in front of him, he punched through the wall beside him, grabbed the head of the heretic hiding behind the wall, and crushed it with the grip of an Astartes.

"Traitor, die!"

The soldier shook off the debris on his hands and walked out of the building to reunite with his team and continue advancing. He heard the sound of a bomb exploding deep in the area, but no one in his team reached that location.

"The Nebula Hammer is so fast."

In an operation, there is both cooperation and competition between chapters, and the Astartes will not throw the honor to others.

The Black Templar warrior sped up, continuously reaping the worthless lives of the heretics. Suddenly, a force of impact knocked the Black Templar warrior away.

The warrior fell to the ground and stood up quickly, coughing up blood into his helmet. There was a dent in his breastplate, but fortunately the injury was not serious.

The warrior looked in the direction of the impact. He did not see any weapons that could threaten him. In the distance, there was a panting man among the heretics. There was an unnatural ice phenomenon around this heretic.

There is only one way for mortals to pose a threat to Astartes without possessing powerful weapons or undergoing any modifications.

"wizard!"

The warrior determined that this was a heretic psychic, and he raised his gun and shot at the psychic.

The heretic in front of the psychic blocked the bombs with his body, and the few that missed were also blocked by the shield beside the psychic. As long as the psychic is given enough time, his next spell will be able to kill the Corpse King's filthy creation.

The soldier dropped his bolter as soon as the magazine was empty. He moved his position so that the psychic could not lock on to him, and at the same time he was slowly approaching the psychic's position.

The heretics sensed the warrior's intention, and everyone except the psychic surrounded the warrior. The warrior used his chainsaw sword to hack at the heretics who surrounded him, but his movements were still slowed down, which gave the psychic a chance to lock on to him.

The psychic released a spell, and the huge gravity pressed the warrior to his knees, and the heretic who was within the range of the spell had his eyeballs squeezed out by the gravity.

The warrior tried to force himself to stand up, but this only made the pressure on his body even greater, and the psyker was not feeling well either. It was not easy for a low-level psyker to kill an Astartes, and his body could no longer bear it.

There were still ten seconds left before the rest of the Black Templar team arrived, and both sides had reached their limits.

A burst of plasma blew the psyker's head apart, and the gravity on the soldier disappeared, but the soldier remembered that no one in the team was equipped with plasma weapons.

The warrior looked over and saw an Astartes of the Nebula Hammer jumping down from a great height with a plasma pistol in his hand. The other party came over and pulled him up from the ground.

"Get up, brother. The battle is not over yet."

The Black Templar lost this round.

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In the Black Templars' battle barge, three Chapter Masters were watching the battle from the bridge. The outer area on the lower nest side had been captured by the Imperial Guard, and apart from a very small number of heretic psykers, they had basically encountered no obstacles.

Koslo listened to the castle lord's report. The quality of the Nebula Hammer warriors exceeded his expectations. While the Black Templar team was still advancing, others had already fought their way back.

"Your warriors are excellent, Chapter Master Uldren."

"Thank you for the compliment, Marshal Koslo."

Brother Ou was holding back his laughter. The Nebula Hammer was now using Gloria's latest artificial human Astartes. Its combat performance was a little weaker than that of the mecha period, but its overall performance was more than one level higher. There was no risk of being discovered, so it was simply perfect.

"Such outstanding warriors, I believe you must have many stories, Chapter Master Uldren." This short action made Elio even more curious about the Nebula Hammer. Such a powerful chapter should not be unknown.

However, Elio wanted to hear more about the past experiences of the Nebula Hammer. Because of the chapter culture, the Celestial Lions loved stories. They liked to hold a storytelling session before the battle and tell the stories they knew to the imperial soldiers fighting side by side. In return, those who visited the chapter and listened to their stories would also tell the Celestial Lions about their travel experiences and the legends of their hometown.

"Our story is not worth recounting, Chapter Master Elio, but if you wish to hear it, wait until this war is over."

"That's a deal, I'll look forward to that day."

Back to the topic, the frontal battle has come to an end, but problems have arisen on the other side.

"All teams are unreachable? What's going on?"

The four teams of twenty Astartes sent by the Black Templars to the Lower and Lower Hives lost contact with the headquarters almost at the same time.

"Was there any fighting in the area they were heading to?" Koslo asked the castle lord.

"There was no sign of any fighting. It was as if they had disappeared out of thin air."

Koslo was silent for a moment. The four teams he sent out were not new recruits, but these soldiers disappeared silently without even being able to send the final message.

"It was the traitors who took action." Ou Ge said to Koslo. Judging from the strength shown by the mortal cultists on the front line, they would never be able to make the fully armed Astartes reconnaissance team suddenly disappear, but the Chaos Astartes hiding in the dark could.

"What's the situation with the Nebula Hammer reconnaissance team?" Koslo asked.

"I'm asking my captain, Precious, to report on the reconnaissance team."

After saying this, Brother Ou immediately switched to closed communication and discussed with Apu whether or not to tell the truth. After all, all the people in the Black Templars were missing, and it would be a bit strange that there was no one on his side.

There was really no one missing from the Nebula Hammer side. Perhaps because they were not using the Imperial communication method, Gloria was still able to control the movements of each team.

The two discussed it and decided to make up some "loss". After all, missing doesn't mean it was really sent.

"We've also lost contact with a lower nest team here, but everything else in the bottom nest is still normal."

"Can you let your team go look for my warriors? I want to know whether they are alive or dead."

If it was really a traitor who did it, Koslo would not expect to be able to recover the gene seeds, but at least he would want to see the warrior's body.

"No problem, I'll arrange it right away."

"Thank you. I owe Nebula Hammer a favor."

At this time, Koslo didn't know that it would be difficult to repay the favor owed to the Nebula Hammer.

"What about the Tianshi Regiment?" Brother Ou asked Elio.

"Everything is normal. My soldiers have arrived in the city and are heading towards the nearest underground entrance."

The mission of the Celestial Lions Legion is to go to other cities on Isil. Allen had sent reconnaissance teams to search these cities, but Luochen believed that mortals might not be able to detect the traitors' hiding methods, so he needed to let the Astartes search again, and the team sent must have a think tank.

This is also the reason why the Celestial Lions were sent there, because there is no think tank in the Black Templar.

"My soldiers will keep in touch at all times and report any abnormalities immediately."

There is no place to hide on the surface of the city, so the Tianshi Corps will go directly to the underground passages of the city. Despicable traitors like to hide in dark environments.

"I'll have to trouble the Tianshi warriors."

There was no further news about the several teams for the time being, and the three men's attention returned to the front battlefield.

"Next..."

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In the bottom nest, a swift figure was shuttling through the dark alleys and dilapidated buildings. The Kashejin veteran named Bayar carefully avoided the patrolling cultists and returned to the abandoned basement where he was hiding.

As soon as he entered the basement, a Riza-type Hell Gun, which was more powerful than an ordinary laser gun, was aimed at him. This powerful individual weapon, connected to an energy backpack and only issued to elite troops such as stormtroopers, could even penetrate the power armor of an Astartes when charged.

There was no room to dodge at this distance, so Bayar could only raise his hands and say to the gunman:

"Lani, it's me."

The female Storm Tadashi, whom Bayar called Lanny, stepped out from the shadows and put down the Hell Gun after confirming that she was a companion and there was nothing wrong.

"How's the situation outside?"

"This is bad. Heretics are guarding every exit. What about you? Can you contact headquarters?"

"Neither."

Lanny shook her head. She had tried using the communication equipment many times during this period.

"These damned heretics."

Bayar and Lanny were both members of the elite reconnaissance team sent by Allen before. Their team was discovered by the heretics after sneaking into the bottom nest, and their contact with the headquarters was cut off at some point.

During the transfer and escape, Bayar was separated from the team. Fortunately, he found an abandoned basement to hide, otherwise he would have been killed by the heretics.

Then Bayar left secret codes of the Astra Militarum around, hoping that his surviving teammates would come to him after seeing them, but Kashejin's teammates didn't wait for him. Instead, they waited for a Storm Loyalist, and no one came to him after that.

The two have been in the bottom nest for more than a month. In addition to looking for ways to leave the bottom nest, they are also continuing their reconnaissance missions. The two have also discovered some important information, but if they cannot get out alive, this information will be meaningless.

"We are running out of food. If this continues we will starve to death here."

The two men had long finished their military rations, and the only reason they were able to survive was by eating the corpse starch and fat rats they found nearby. Bayar was the first one to eat them. If any abnormality appeared in his body after eating, Lanny would kill him directly.

"It is better to die of starvation than to die at the hands of a heretic."

"Indeed, even starving to death is better than having your soul tainted by heresy."

Bayar had seen the rituals performed by the cultists. If the two fell into the hands of these heretics, there would be no chance for them to return to the Golden Throne.

After resting for a while, Bayar wanted to continue contacting the command center using communication equipment, but Lanny stopped him.

"Shh, there's a sound."

The two of them fell silent and could hear a faint sound of footsteps approaching them.

"Have we been discovered by the heretics?" Lanny asked softly.

"I don't know. Let's hide and prepare for a fight. The worst that can happen is we'll die together with them."

Bayar picked up his Cadian Hell Gun and hid in the shadows of the basement. Lanny also hid on the other side. If an enemy came in, the two would use cross fire to shoot each other.

The entrance to the basement was opened, and a tall figure jumped into the basement. His body, which was over two meters tall, fell without making much noise.

"I see you, come out." Xianyu said to the two people in the shadows.

Bayar and Lanny also saw the identity of the visitor. The person standing there was not a messenger from Hell, but an angel of the Emperor.

"Ahaha~ Astarte! We're saved!"

Chapter 57 Demonic Host

Bayar didn't know whether he and Lanny were lucky or unlucky. They had been living in the bottom nest occupied by heretics for more than a month. They thought they were going to be trapped to death here, but they didn't expect that someone would come to rescue them, and it was not an ordinary person.

Good news, it was Astartes who came to rescue them.

Bad news, it's Astartes who comes to rescue them.

The two knew that their superior for this operation, Inquisitor Allen, had called in a regiment of Astartes, but logically the Astartes would not take action unless it was a critical moment. Now that the Astartes had come to the base nest, they couldn't imagine what the fighting was like up there.

Moreover, the paint on this Lord Astartes is not the same as the regiment summoned by Inquisitor Allen. Doesn't that mean there are two regiments on Isil?

Emperor, what will become of this planet?

But before I sacrifice my life for you, let me finish this meal.

"Slow down, there's more."