Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Why do you want to make magic tools?" Nero asked straight to the point. "And why did you come to Nicole?"

"To kill the devil." Zhang Yi also responded directly. "As for why you are looking for Nicole..."

"The only craftsmen who can make better magic tools are Nicole and his father."

"You know my father?"

"Well, Agnes, 'Dr. Fly'~" Zhang Yi replied. "After he performed the so-called 'ascension ceremony', he looked like a large fly."

Hearing this, Nero's face looked unhappy. It must be said that Zhang Yi's description of Agnes was very appropriate.

"I have seen your people. Even without magic tools, I think they can pose a considerable threat to the demons." Nero continued. "With such a number of people, equipment and technology, you can't be just an ordinary person or an ordinary organization..."

"Why do you hunt demons?"

Nero was born into the Magic Swordsman Order. He had to be careful with Zhang Yi, the leader of an unknown organization that suddenly appeared. After all, "accidentally aiding and abetting evil" once was enough.

"Because most 'demons' deserve to die." Zhang Yi said, looking at Nero in front of him. "Besides, I can help you save more people, better face the demon tree, and better achieve your goal."

"Then what is your purpose?" Nero changed the subject again. "Since you know Nicole, the devil, and me, you should know more."

"Why are you helping us? Why are you hunting demons? Why do you want to create magic tools?"

Nero's caution was expected. In response, Zhang Yi snapped his fingers, and groups of Pathfinder Space Marines walked in from the gate, carrying in a pile of gold bricks and a large pile of books.

"If you want to understand why from the beginning, it will take... a lot of time." Zhang Yi opened one of the books and said. "Of course, you can also listen to me finish explaining it. The actual time it will take should... not be very long."

"The human world shouldn't become a demon world because of the demon tree."

[Pathfinder] The Space Marines had not yet stopped moving the books, and piles of books taller than them were placed in the store.

"Let me see... Let's start with the origin of the Ancient Saints, and then..." Zhang Yi muttered as he looked at the book in his hand, and then looked at Nero who looked unhappy in front of him. "Do you want to think about it again?"

"I can assure you that I'm not a bad person. Of course, you can continue to ask questions."

"..."

582. Nero enjoys army-level logistics for the first time

Three days later, on June 15, at 4 a.m.

[A large number of demonic life forms' signals have been detected. It is recommended to slow down and wait...]

drop--

Without waiting for the broadcasting device in front of him to finish speaking, Nero turned off the sound, then opened the car window to disperse the smell of smoke in the car.

"Can't you just stop smoking that stuff?" Nero complained to Nicole who was driving. "The smell in the car is already pungent enough."

"You were the one who was in a hurry to get on the road. The interior of the new car has not yet been deodorized."

"Do you really have to be so 'excellent' in this kind of thing? It's better to put a gun on the roof than to put these things on the car."

"You asked for an antique record player yourself."

Having said that, Nero stood up from the passenger seat, walked to the spacious rear compartment, and turned on the antique record player that Nicole mentioned.

The vinyl record was grabbed by a mechanical device and placed in the singing area, and powerful music sounded.

In the end, Nero gave up listening to Zhang Yi talk about the Warhammer world from the beginning, and chose to temporarily believe Zhang Yi, in part.

As mentioned before, he needs help now. It is difficult for him and V alone to complete the subjugation of the demon tree and Yurizen in it - they do need money.

What happened afterwards made Nero very glad that he chose to agree - because this guy was extremely rich!

Nicole led several armored giants to sweep the nearby black market for buying and selling demon-related materials. She bought almost everything that could be bought with money.

Of course, there are also all kinds of the latest and best manufacturing tools, from large vises to small screwdrivers. It can be said that after this experience, everything Nicole has in her hands has been replaced with new ones.

Nero also failed to withstand the 'corrosion of money'. A group of red-robed weirdos dismantled his weathered van, and then used a series of techniques and methods he had never heard of to renovate it from the inside out - if Nero hadn't stopped them, they would have even wanted to install a heavy machine gun on the car!

That’s right, Nero was sure that the caliber was definitely a cannon, not the gun they were talking about!

Jillie's bakery was also renovated. Although she repeatedly said that she didn't need it, Zhang Yi said it was a gift - the cost of renovating this place was not even a fraction of the cost of refurbishing the car and purchasing various materials.

In short, because of the help of Zhang Yi and others, Nero and Nicole can concentrate on preparing to conquer the Demon Tree without having to worry about their livelihood - Nero has to admit that it is really nice to have someone to clean up their messes for them without limit.

As agreed, under Nero's instructions, Nicole also taught these people some limited knowledge on how to make magic tools.

To be honest, Nicole was very panicked when a group of strange-looking red-robed weirdos and bearded dwarves surrounded her and listened to her lecture.

On the other hand, Nero did not give up his suspicion of Zhang Yi and others. He once entrusted Dante's middleman, Morrison, to find out who he was.

But the result was nothing, nothing. Zhang Yi and his subordinates seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and Morrison could not find any information about them at all.

This increased Nero's suspicion, so he found V, who had previously commissioned Dante and his men to defeat Yurizen. The other party did not know the existence of this person, but he said, "The reappearance of the demon tree will attract the attention of a large number of demons and other beings. Perhaps Zhang Yi is such a being," and then asked him to be careful.

Well, that's the same as not saying anything.

After three days of rest and improvement, Nero and Nicole drove back to the Red Tomb City occupied by demons, ready to enter the demon tree again to challenge Yurizen.

What’s different from the original plot is that this time it’s not just them who arrive in this city...

A roar sounded above the heads of Nero and others, and an AC-220 Vulture that was purchased and modified from the "Halo" world appeared in the air, firing towards the ground.

"I remember they said they would give you one of these things, why didn't you take it?" Nicole looked at the gunboat in the air and asked Nero who was sitting back in the co-pilot seat.

"We're not going to war."

"But some of your commissions are more serious than war."

"If we really get this thing, we'll park it there..."

"Ask him for a big house."

"You were completely captured by their gold bricks, right..."

"They said so themselves, spend as much as you want." Nicole shrugged. "I just spent as much as I want, they didn't ask for anything, if you don't take advantage of a good deal, you're a jerk."

"I'm afraid their purpose is not that simple."

This movement obviously attracted the attention of the demons around the demon tree, and a large number of flying demons attacked the gunboat.

And when they took off, they were greeted by a swarm of missiles.

Boom boom boom——!

A series of explosions sounded, and a large wave of attacking demons were turned into dust.

From the CG of ordinary human soldiers fighting against demons at the beginning of the original plot, we can see that even without magic power and magic tools, ordinary modern weapons can kill small and medium-sized demons, but the effect is not good (in the plot, a demon was knocked down by continuous rifle fire).

Demons with magical powers can use magic to strengthen themselves and thus resist all kinds of purely physical attacks (physical resistance). Some powerful demons can even make physical attacks of a certain power ineffective. This is why most previous weapons cannot deal with the demons in this world.

But this also means that a weapon is not effective simply because it is not powerful enough - this happens a lot in the Warhammer world, and this is how weapons with excessive power come about.

If the power is not enough, increase the power; if the small bullet is not enough, change to a big bullet; if the small power battery is not enough, use a big one - for the soldiers in the Warhammer world, any problem that can be solved by increasing the amount of gunpowder is not a problem! They are very familiar with this kind of thing!

Near the demon tree, when Nicole drove her new car and brought an unlucky demon here, several Space Marines were covering the retreat of ordinary people trapped here, and the sound of grenade launchers continued to ring out.

The bullet shell, which was as big as a baby's fist, fell to the ground, leaving the local soldiers who were squeezed in the rear to evacuate ordinary people stunned.

Ordinary Empusa Demons are completely unable to cause much impact on the Space Marines at the front. In the Warhammer world, these demons are probably at the same level as the Flesh Hounds (maybe even weaker). As long as you are careful, they will pose no threat to the Space Marines.

However, due to safety considerations and Zhang Yi's orders, they did not advance recklessly, but only diligently intercepted the attacking demons.

Suddenly, a dark green vine with thorns broke out of the ground, and then more vines appeared, surrounding the Blood Raven Space Marines who were intercepting the demons.

The Space Marines with superhuman perception were well prepared for this. A few seconds before the tentacles of these demon trees broke out of the ground, several melta grenades were thrown to the location where they appeared and exploded a few seconds after they appeared.

'All beings are equal under the molten metal', this sentence is not without reason. As long as you don't have any special resistance, or are ridiculously strong, you will be skinned alive no matter who you are if you are hit by the molten metal at close range.

Perhaps some powerful demons have the ability to withstand the molten heat, but the tentacles of these demon trees are obviously not among them. The hard tentacles were directly melted off, but more tentacles appeared, forcing them to retreat.

"You did a great job." Nero got off the car and patted the shoulder armor of the retreating Blood Raven Space Marine. "Let's leave it to the professionals next."

"..."

Although Nero may not have as much experience in fighting demons as some veteran Space Marines, he is indeed a professional in this world.

The Qliphoth Roots, which is the root node of this demon tree, is at the end of this road. Nero relied on himself to kill the endless stream of Empusa demons and a large number of tentacles, and then destroyed the Qliphoth Roots, which is the root node of the demon tree in this area.

The Blood Ravens Space Marines who observed the entire process through drone equipment had to admit that even if they wanted to cross this area to destroy the Qliphoth Roots, which were the root nodes of the demon tree, it would not be easy and there was a high probability that they would suffer losses.

[Front-line D squad heard this, please reply, what is the situation there?]

"Team D here, we have completed our cover mission, Nero has also arrived at the target location and has destroyed the nearby root nodes." The leading Blood Raven Space Marine replied. "The demon's offensive has been temporarily suppressed."

[Cover the survivors' retreat. You should be aware that the demon tree grows by absorbing human blood. Try to slow down its growth. After completing this task, return to the base and meet up with the others.]

"clear."

On the other side, the small force led by Zhang Yi has advanced to the vicinity of the demon tree and is consolidating the defense line while collecting as much demon-related materials and data as possible.

"Based on the game time, it will take about a day for Nero to return to the Red Tomb City, kill the entire demon tree, and then perform the 'fatherly love and filial piety'." Zhang Yi analyzed. "The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has been released, and it will soon find the location of several bosses."

"In addition to the two big demons transformed by Letty and Tracy, there should be two or three bosses that we can try to defeat and kill, and the most valuable among them..."

"This is it."

"Gilgamesh."

583. Impact Steel

Gilgamesh, which translates to impact steel or Gilgamesh, has the same name as Babylon's death from overwork. It is also the name of Dante's new toy in the fourth generation - a set of amazing leg and arm armor (but judging from the fifth generation, he should have sold it to pay off his debts).

But this is also the name of a kind of metal substance unique to the demon world. After this metal is assimilated into organic creatures, its flesh becomes strong and can release a powerful impact force when attacking, hence the name.

This strange metal can change its appearance according to the will of the user, and its hardness can be changed by modifying the amount of magic power input. This is how Gilgamesh was formed, and Dante doesn't care whether Gilgamesh is a magic tool or not.

In Devil May Cry 5, this is the name of a giant demon that looks like an insect. In fact, it is not a demon from the demon world, but a product of Yuri's use of the properties of impact steel and the roots of the demon world tree Qliphoth, a demon-like automatic machine.

In other words, apart from its interior and joints, this entire thing is made entirely of impact steel, a metal material unique to this world. Upon hearing this news, the Mechanicus and the accompanying ancient dwarves were stunned.

But according to the images sent back by the surviving small automatic drones, their target has begun to wander around the industrial area of ​​the city, and its size is much larger than expected - but this also means that it has more impact steel on its body!

"Slow down! We haven't even started yet! Why are you so anxious?" Zhang Yi shouted, standing between the shouting Mechanicus and the Ancient Dwarves. "Put away your weapons!"

"You bastards are just watching a show! Come over here and help!"

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June 15, 6:35 AM

Nidhogg

Although the name sounds grand, this thing is actually a parasite on the demon tree Qliphoth. While it can steal the power of the demon tree, it cannot leave the demon tree - have you ever seen a parasite that can run around after leaving the host?

As a minor boss, he was quickly defeated by V, the human side of Virgil, and his nightmare contracted beast, but as several roots disappeared in the area and the roof collapsed, the wandering Gilgamesh discovered him.

"Oh, this is not good." Griffon, the most talkative of all V's contracted beasts, began to chatter as he watched Gilgamesh steadily walk towards them. "Uh... eh? Hey, where are you going? Are you trying to run away?"

"For me now, that thing is a little bit beyond my ability to deal with." V said, pointing at Gilgamesh who was attacking them with a metal cane he had picked up from an antique shop.

V is the human side of Vergil that was separated using the Yama Blade. Although he possesses all of Virgil's knowledge, he has become weak and fragile. At the beginning, he couldn't even use magic to strengthen himself (in the comics, he ran out of magic within a second).

Even after what he had gone through and after contracting the three-headed nightmare, he was still not very strong, and his body was close to collapse within a month.

Gilgamesh's body is almost entirely made of impact steel. Not only is he tough, but he's also huge in size. V can beat him if he really wants to, but then he'll have to think about where to bury him (he's run out of magic power).

Gilgamesh approached slowly and fired several energy bombs in the direction of V. However, at this moment, a white portal appeared between the two.

"Let me check the location and see if there is any..."

Boom boom boom--!

The incoming energy ball landed right near the portal, and the huge explosion stirred up a cloud of dust.

"Wow, was there an unlucky guy who got killed just after leaving the house?" Griffon, who witnessed the scene, said. "We'd better run fast, or we'll be the next one."

However, V, who had said he was going to run, suddenly stopped and looked towards the location where the portal had appeared before.

"What's wrong? Don't talk about you... oooh! (mouth pinched)"

"shut up."

More energy balls came, but when they got nearby, there seemed to be a transparent barrier in the air that blocked this round of attacks.

"Boss, were you beaten just now?"

"you shut up!"

The smoke and dust dissipated, and Zhang Yi emerged unharmed from the smoke and dust. At this time, a Pathfinder Space Marine also half poked his body out from the white portal.

"All personnel armor-piercing shells, one round of attack, fire!"