Warhammer 40 A New Hope

625. Dusk Begins (Part )

Zhang Yi is no longer the pretty boy who was pinned to the ground by Gorgon, Sophia and Ling... (in fact, he was still 'down there' most of the time).

Just like now, Zhang Yi, whose right arm was held by Yang, seemed very calm (Slaanesh was not calm). He even compared the size of the other party and the Gorgon - none of them was bigger than the Gorgon.

Having said that, although Zhang Yi himself does not want to be the superior of the human empire (no one wants to come to this shithole), at least for such a long time he has not yet completely regarded himself as a superior (in the Warhammer world, some superiors have to take the lead), and he has never thought about using this power to do anything, but now...

"Hmm..." Zhang Yi pondered, as if thinking about something.

"Don't you have anything to say about the beautiful girl's confession, uncle?"

"It's not that I don't have anything to say, it's just that... I have to organize my words..." Zhang Yi responded. "By the way, I can't get rid of the title of uncle, right?"

"I know this. Although Uncle Zhang looks very young, he may actually be...several thousand years old?" Ruby suddenly asked. "So we should call him grandpa?"

"You should just call me uncle." Zhang Yi said. "So girls, are you ready to be princesses of the empire?"

What responded to Zhang Yi was an awkward silence from the four girls.

"Well, I feel a little stupid myself..." Zhang Yi covered his face. "The old man infected me."

"Oh, yes, Uncle Zhang Yi is the emperor of the human empire."

"Can you forget something like this?"

"Don't blame Ruby, I don't have this awareness either." Zhang Yi said. "(mumbling) Whoever wants to be the emperor can be the emperor..."

"Let's start with the girlfriend, uncle." Yang said. "We haven't made a final decision yet."

"Besides, you already have three wives, and you're still not satisfied, uncle?"

"this..."

"Uncle, that pink circle on your arm is flashing again."

"...I'll take care of it..."

Then Zhang Yi turned around and took advantage of the Mark of Snea.

"NTM! NTM! You are so excited! You can be excited just because there is a female standing in front of me, right?! (Slaanesh: Don't talk nonsense! I also dodged males! Just like Dante, Nero and Vergil!)"

． ． ． On the other side ． ． ．

"This reminds me of the time when I was in Little Siles... the time when I beat the men until they carried the women away..." said O'Neill, who was hiding his presence with psychic power. "What are you waiting for? They all agree, right? Just go ahead!"

"Do you still need me to teach you?!"

"..." (The imperial guards beside him silently and temporarily turned off the external sound reception)

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God of War World - Human Empire Station

Leman Russ, who had already put on the Primarch-level power armor, was checking the weapons and equipment he was carrying, while the entire base was on alert.

If what Leman Russ had experienced before with the local gods was just a minor fight, then the following battle to kill Balder, the Norse god of light, was an out-and-out war!

In order to find Kratos and Atreus, Balder blew the horn that could summon the World Serpent, and then relied on his immortality to beat the giant snake that was said to be able to circle the world.

Afterwards, this god, who had been tortured to madness by his mother's blessing, joined Kratos in an all-out attack and collapsed several surrounding mountains. In order to stop the fight between the two sides, his mother Freya even summoned the corpse of the dead giant Thormur to try to stop the fight between the two sides.

This battle is inevitable. Balder is determined to kill Kratos and take Atreus away, and Kratos naturally cannot hand over his child. Freya, a mother who dotes on her child, tries to stop the fight between the two sides at all costs.

"This battle is just a chaotic one." Leman Russ confirmed the original plot again and burned the information in his hand to ashes. "But this is what makes it interesting."

"Tip: The plan requires you to obtain biological samples of the divine creature named 'Badr' within the possible range." Kabas, the mecha monk stationed in the God of War World, reminded. "If possible, it would be best to obtain his corpse."

"Come on, I don't want to be hunted by that woman." Leman Russ directly rejected Kabasi's request. "Besides, Balder is not that easy to deal with."

"Suggestion: You might be able to use Subject 73."

"Source: Moon World."

"Codename: Death of Honor."

. . . . . .

Woo--!

A long trumpet sounded above the [Lake of Nine Realms], and the [World Serpent] appeared.

Kratos and his son, who were inside the giant snake and preparing to get out, felt a violent vibration shortly after hearing the trombone sound, so violent that they could not stand steadily.

Outside, Jörmungandr, who was awakened by the trombone, was being beaten unilaterally by Bender. With his immortal body, he completely ignored Jörmungandr who crushed him in size.

Suddenly, accompanied by a flash of ice-blue light, a layer of frost appeared on Balder who was raising his fist to hit, and his actions inevitably came to a standstill.

boom--!

Relying on his huge body, Jörmungandr knocked Balder to the ground with one direct collision, causing a large amount of gravel and dust to rise.

After knocking Balder away, Jörmungandr looked in the direction where the light came from and saw Leman Russ, wearing power armor and holding an unknown gun, standing on a cliff.

However, the next moment, Balder suddenly shot out from the ground and hit Jörmungandr's chin directly. The giant beast, whose head and tail could not be seen, fell to the ground after a wailing.

"I was originally only looking for this big snake, but you actually found it yourself." Balder said as he fell from the sky, looking at Leman Russ in front of him. "Don't think you can get away so easily this time!"

"Run, why should I run?" Leman Russ said to Bender in front of him. "But you..."

"You can finally die, are you happy?"

. . . . . .

Kratos and his son, who had finally escaped from Jörmungandr's body, fell from a high altitude and were badly knocked unconscious.

When they stood up, they saw the fallen snake. This sudden situation made them realize that something bad had happened, but based on what they saw, they could not tell what had happened.

At this moment, accompanied by an eagle's cry, Freya transformed into a golden eagle and appeared in the air. After circling for a while, she landed on the ground and turned into a human form.

Freya, who rushed here because of the appearance of the World Serpent, didn't know what had happened. She told Kratos and Atreus that she planned to talk to her children and ask them if they knew anything.

The two people who had just come out of Jörmungandr's belly naturally had no idea that the next moment Leman Russ, wearing power armor, dropped from the sky and slid past them.

"Uncle Leman Russ!"

"Hey, little one." Leman Russ stood up and greeted. "You and your father better get ready, there's a guy coming for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Balder fell from the sky and smashed a pit on the ground. At the same time, he saw Freya and Kratos father and son.

"Mother?"

Balder was somewhat surprised and... delighted to see Freya, but it was not the kind of surprise that came from seeing his family again. Instead, it was a kind of surprise filled with madness and disgust: he could finally tell the woman who had made him like this about the humiliation and disgust he had experienced over the past 100 years!

Yes, there was no feeling at all. Balder had already gone mad. He was thinking all the time about revenge on his mother and killing the woman who made him suffer!

Kratos, who has a good relationship with Freya, naturally would not sit idly by and watch this happen. He stood between the two.

"I know what you've been through, but you must know that revenge will not bring you any peace."

"Tranquility? I don't care if I feel better after revenge, I just want to kill her now!" Balder said, looking at Kratos who was blocking his way. "I'm not in a hurry to deal with your problem now, after all, 'family comes first'."

Bang--!

Balder, who tried to bypass Kratos and attack his mother, was pushed away by Kratos, and the fight between the two began.

Several magical arrows hit Balder's body, but just like before, they did not cause any substantial damage to him. Balder did not even want to pull out the arrows in his body, and directly crashed into Kratos like a train running at full speed.

Bang--!

Kratos unfolded the round shield in his hand to block the attack, but he still inevitably slid several dozen meters before stopping.

Kratos, who was about to stand up and continue fighting, was suddenly entangled by several vines that emerged from the ground, and the same happened to Balder on the other side.

"Please listen to me! You don't have to..."

"Then I'd rather die!"

Balder roared, and used brute force to pull the vines that were entangled with him out of the ground, and then rushed directly towards Kratos who was still bound.

Seeing this, Leman Russ walked forward with the [Winter Axe] in his hand and attacked with all his strength, stopping him halfway. Kratos happened to be freed at this moment, and he chopped Balder down with the [Leviathan Axe] vertically.

But soon, Balder, with two axes on his body, stood up despite the force of the two men, and then swung his fists to knock the two men out.

"I originally wanted to deal with my 'family affairs' first." Balder's wounds healed quickly, and he looked at the two people who were knocked away and said, "But since you want to die first, I will kill you first!"

"Welcome to God's judgment!"

626. Dusk Begins (Part )

Squeak—whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The automatic machine gun on Leman Russ's shoulder rotated at high speed, firing hundreds of metal bullets in a few seconds.

Half of the bullets hit Bader, the target, but none of them caused any effective damage to the target.

Ding——click!

The energy shield lit up, and the next moment it was shattered by Balder's punch. The flaming Chaos Double Blades flew over and hit Balder's shoulders directly, and then he was thrown up by Kratos.

Squeak—whoosh!

The electromagnetically accelerated projectiles hit Balder in the air, but they failed to cause much substantial damage to the target, and even failed to knock Balder away.

As soon as Balder landed, several thick branches broke out of the ground and instantly tied up Balder tightly. The same happened to Leman Russ and Kratos on the other side.

"You three, stop it!"

"Then you have to make him stop first!"

"I would rather die than listen to her!"

"You don't have to fight each other, it's simply..."

"enough!"

Balder exerted force suddenly and forcibly broke several of the ropes that bound him, then pulled out a huge rock from the ground and smashed it at Freya who had been interfering with the battle.

"Now, no one will come to disrupt the situation!" Balder stretched his muscles and walked towards Kratos in front of him.

At this time, Atreus stood in front of his father with a dagger in his hand.

"Wow, our 'little hero' wants to protect his father," Balder said teasingly. "But the question is: what can you do to me with this little knife in your hand?"

"If you dare to touch him, I will definitely..."

"What will happen? Kill me?" Balder said. "I look forward to it~"

boom--!

A merciless punch hit Atreus directly in the chest, and he flew backwards and hit Kratos. The next moment, Leman Russ, who had broken free from his restraints, stepped forward and stabbed a small golden knife into Balder's right shoulder, cutting off a small piece of flesh.

Unlike before, Balder took a few steps back, holding his right shoulder where a piece of flesh had been cut off. The expression on his face was a little distorted due to the sudden severe pain, and there was also some disbelief.

"What... is this?" Balder looked at the blood on his hand, the right shoulder that had been cut off, and the mistletoe arrow that had been inserted into the back of his right hand, feeling confused and surprised. "I feel... pain?"

Balder, who had been without any feeling for a hundred years since being cursed by his mother Freya, now clearly felt the pain from the wounds on the back of his hands and right shoulder, the chill brought by the cold wind blowing on his body, and the warmth brought by his own blood flowing.

"Haha... I feel it... I feel it again!"

"ＮＯＯＯＯＯ--!"

Unlike Balder who was ecstatic, his mother Freya screamed because it meant his child would face possible death again.

Amid Freya's screams, the fallen giant's body stood up and grabbed Kratos and others with his hands.

"We are moving!" Mimir's head spoke at this time.

"Got it! Do you have any other useful information?!" Leman Russ said loudly.

"I remember what Balder's weakness is. It's mistletoe. That plant can break the spell on him."

“We know this too!”

"Freya cast a spell on me to prevent anyone from breaking it, so I temporarily forgot this. I just remembered it now!"

"So Balder is not immortal now?" asked Atreus.

"Obviously, but it won't be easy to defeat him. That woman won't let us lay a hand on her precious son!"

At this time, the giant hand that grabbed Kratos and others opened and took them to a place they had never seen before. The surrounding area was full of thick tree roots, as if trying to stop them here.

"Don't do it, I can convince him."

"That's impossible. You know Balder won't just stop like that! He will kill you!"