Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Flames ignited along with explosions, and countless ratmen wailed in pain in the flames that could not be extinguished alone, and eventually turned into ashes.

The rats, who always liked to use human wave tactics and huddled together, became the best targets for artillery shells. Having never experienced the baptism of modern artillery, they were in chaos, but because they stood too densely, they could not successfully escape the bombing range.

Those rat leaders who survived the first wave of bombardment had completely ignored their panicked subordinates and the mission of the Council of Thirteen, let alone issuing orders to reorganize the attack. Most of them chose to escape with their own guards.

However, Zhang Yi and his team would never let them leave so easily.

Boom--boom!

After the shelling ended, the tall tanks pushed down the trees in front of them with a roar. A large number of Astra Militarum soldiers appeared along with the tanks and blocked the escape routes of most of the ratmen.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of various types of guns firing rang out, like cutting wheat, turning all the panicked rats into piles of minced meat.

The tank's main gun was aimed at the huge but slow rat-man siege equipment. With a loud roar, several [Dimensional Lightning Cannons] that were still slowly turning were directly blown into a pile of scrap metal, and a secondary explosion occurred.

The heavily armored [Storm Rats] and the huge [Rat Trolls] wanted to counterattack this suddenly appeared human force, but under the firepower of heavy bolter machine guns and laser guns in the hands of the Astra Militarum, they didn't even have a chance to get close, and they were all knocked down or directly burned to charcoal by the laser guns.

Heavy metal armor? Muscles strong enough to resist small cold weapons acquired through mutation? They were useless in the face of technological weapons that far exceeded the local level.

Seeing this, some of the ratmen who were still relatively rational turned around and ran towards the city, trying to escape through the holes dug there and into the underground.

At this moment, several spindle-shaped metal objects fell from the sky and smashed directly into the city of Itaza, and then giants in blue armor appeared from behind the metal plates that were bounced out.

"For Macragge! Kill these filthy xenos!"

The Space Marines of the Ultramarines, who were known as demigod warriors, joined the battlefield, making the situation of the ratmen even worse. Some ratmen who tried to attack these giants were directly crushed to death by them like chickens, and those who chose to continue to flee away could not escape the accurate bullets fired by the Space Marines.

Just like chasing ducks, the rat people were completely unable to organize an effective counterattack. Their cowardly and fearful nature made them choose to flee as soon as the mutation occurred.

Seeing the sudden turn of events, [Master of Death] Snikch couldn't believe his eyes, but he had to believe it.

In just a few minutes, the battle situation, which originally held a huge advantage for them, was reversed amid the explosions, the roar of metal machinery and the roars of those giants. This made everything he had just said seem like a joke, and he was the clown telling these jokes.

Around him, the elite [Eshin Three Rats] and rat assassins, who originally had some morale, all became confused and began to flee in all directions after witnessing what happened, completely ignoring Snikch, their leader.

He (Snikch) also wanted to run, but under the watchful eyes of the [Temple Guards] and the [Great White Lizard] Gorok in front of him, he could not escape at all costs.

This situation continued until a man, a giant, came.

He held two power swords flashing with electric light, his blue helmet was decorated with golden eagle wings and laurel wreaths, and there was an Ω symbol on his shoulder armor.

[Ultramarines] Captain of the Second Company of the Chapter - Cato Sicarius.

"A giant rat wielding three weapons at once. I don't know if it's a good idea to put your head in a trophy room."

"But, give it a try, there won't be any problem."

Looking at the Temple Guards who were making way for him and the blue-armored giant who looked down on him, Snikch's heart was filled with anger, fear, and despair.

He knew that his only chance of escape was to kill the heavily armored giant in front of him, although he knew just by looking at him that this was almost impossible.

But he couldn't give up, and after staring at the giant for dozens of seconds, he pounced on him with a scream.

brush!

110. What kind of war needs fighters like you?

How many ratmen were involved in the siege of Itaza?

do not know

Looking at the corpses of ratmen that almost covered the entire outskirts of the city, as well as the large number of broken weapons and destroyed siege equipment, no one could come up with an accurate answer.

Moreover, a considerable number of ratmen still escaped, including some leading units. There were simply too many of them. Although only a small number of them escaped, their number was still over ten thousand.

After a period of comfort, feeding and treatment, a Triceratops whose hand was not seriously injured began to try to pull away a [Hell Pit Abomination] that was attached to the city wall; the Skink Lizards and Lizardmen on the wall kicked the corpses off the wall one by one.

An engineering bulldozer, under the control of the Astra Militarum, piled up the corpses and body parts on the ground; soldiers carrying life detection devices, led by a small number of Lizardmen, searched under the piles of corpses for possible living enemies or comrades; a huge pit had been dug out, and a large number of ratmen corpses were piled in it, and then a raging flame was ignited.

The Lizardmen won the victory and, with the help of Zhang Yi and others, defeated the seemingly endless ratman army.

However, about half of the Lizardmen defenders were killed, a section of the city wall collapsed, and many nearby areas were contaminated by the plague and dimensional stone brought by the ratmen.

Despite this, when the Lizardmen saw at one point that the most sacred temple was emitting the familiar powerful force again, they felt that it was all worth it.

Despite paying an extremely heavy price, that person was successfully awakened.

It’s all worth it

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Zhang Yi, feeling somewhat weak, sat down on the ground, and the fragment (Son of the Stars) in his body also felt somewhat weak.

Not long ago, the fragment used the limited divine power from the Emperor to awaken the most powerful magic toad priest ahead of time and return to the world.

The price of doing so is that the fragments in Zhang Yi's body need to sleep for a while to recover their strength, and Zhang Yi... has been in the same position for too long, and his legs are a little numb...

The return of Master Kroka has given great encouragement to the Lizardmen. Even though he is still in the state of a mummy, Master Kroka's powerful strength allows him to move freely like a living creature even in this state.

At the same time, a group of members of the Mechanicus also began to conduct research and purification on the largest incubation pool in the city of Itaza.

Master Kroka led Zhang Yi and a group of imperial guards who followed and protected him out of the temple. Outside, Master Kroka's most loyal guard, Gorok, led a group of [Temple Guards] whose bloodstains had not yet been washed off, and knelt down in front of Master Kroka who had walked out.

"You did well, Gorok."

“It’s all about you, it’s all about the big plan.”

Zhang Yi did not pay too much attention to the communication between the two, but looked at a Skaven assassin who was being escorted.

Zhang Yi actually had no idea about the big rat, and he was not obsessed with Furui. The reason he noticed the ratman was because... This was a female ratman assassin...

"...So female rat assassins really exist..." Zhang Yi said, looking at this female rat who was obviously different from other male rat assassins, with a body that was obviously more human-like, with a curvy figure. "... MD, after being single for so long, even rats look pretty..."

Generally speaking, among the Skaven, the extremely rare female ratmen will either become the breeding machines of the entire clan, and after a large amount of mechanical transformation and drug input, they will become a giant and deformed meat ball and give birth to ratmen until death; or they will be favored by some ratmen leaders with a certain status and become their personal property.

But as far as Zhang Yi knows, some female ratmen with extremely high talent and luck may become small leaders or ratmen assassins.

He also heard that there was at least one case where a female ratman went to the surface and seriously fell in love with a human... It was really eye-opening...

Because of Zhang Yi's gaze, the lizardmen escorting the surviving female ratman also stopped, allowing Zhang Yi to observe this rare female ratman assassin up close.

"...There's a reason why some people like this..."

The female ratman assassin, who clearly felt Zhang Yi's gaze, made a move that surprised him - while being bound, she stretched her best and showed off her charming human figure to the human in front of her (Zhang Yi).

"I have to remind you, Mr. Nameless, that the Emperor has set rules for the selection of your first few wives. They must be human, or at least a friendly subhuman recognized by the Empire." A guard behind Zhang Yi whispered in his ear. "This alien is obviously not on the list of choices."

"Is it okay for me to just take a look? It's normal, or female ratmen with human-like shapes are rare, okay?!" Zhang Yi was furious. "Don't talk nonsense to me! I'm not a fan of Furui!"

In response to Zhang Yi's answer, the imperial guard just retreated silently without saying anything.

"What do you mean? Please tell me clearly and I will tell you..."

The ignored female ratman was taken back to the dungeon, while Zhang Yi was still chattering at the imperial guard.

The Imperial Guard responded by... temporarily shutting down the reception of external sound sources on their helmets...

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Near Itaza

boom!

A slave rat was blown away like a cannonball and hit a tree heavily.

On the other side, a recently dead, gutted ratman was hung upside down on a tree. A ratman warlord wearing heavy armor who witnessed all this was huddled in a ball, terrified.

"Now, do you want to say something?" The tall [Wanderer] Nakai said as he looked at the ratman warlord of an unknown clan who was blocked and captured by them. "To be honest, I really want to see the skinning skills of this hot-blooded creature."

"A rat-skin rug. That needs to be cleaned before use."

Next to Nakai, a Catachan soldier holding a large dagger was looking at the ratman warlord with great interest, his skin as thin as a sieve, with fresh blood on the blade.

"Why, are you taking such a big action recently? What do you want?!"

"The Great Horned Rat Oracle." Under pressure, the rat warlord finally spoke. "The Thirteenth Council, I received the oracle..."

"Chaos, they are silent, which is not a good thing!"

"The comet, the double-tailed comet we created, is gone!"

"From beyond the sky, from beyond the sky, something big, something big is coming!"

"We have to survive! War! We must start a war!"

"Stock up on food, attack, capture new territory, kill, kill the lizards! Kill everything that's not a ratman!"

boom!

Seeing that the other party had told him almost all the information he knew, Nakai simply smashed its head with a powerful punch, and then looked at Catachan beside him.

"This matter needs to be reported to all the magic toads." Nakai said. "On my way back from the Chaos Wasteland, I also saw a lot of strange sights..."

"I don't know what's going on, but..."

"It's definitely not a good thing..."

. . . . . .

Dozens of days later

Old World - Medieval World, Human Empire - Altdorf

The head of a beastman [Cyclops], the head and wings of a [Lion-tailed Scorpion], and the head of a [Beast King]

The head of an orc warboss that was obviously much larger was placed together with other green-skinned orcs, the corpse of an abyss siren, and the corpse of an abomination from the hell pit.

Dragged by gigantic traction machinery, these jaw-dropping trophies were placed beneath the walls of Altdorf, along with a gigantic Emperor's Baneblade super-heavy tank, hundreds of Stormtroopers, and all the Space Marines of the Salamanders.

When this army, whose origin was unknown but extremely powerful, appeared and put the defenders under great pressure, the messenger immediately reported to His Excellency the Emperor, Karl Franz.

As the defenders, spearmen, shieldmen and musketeers were on full alert on the city walls, they were looking at the wounds on the corpses of the giant beasts and thinking - what kind of weapons and power could cause such wounds and kill these giant beasts that they had never even seen before.

This army of unknown origin finally stopped outside the city gate. Then, a man who looked like an ordinary person walked out, protected by two giants in golden armor.

The next second, a sacred and gentle light emanated from his body, and almost the entire city could feel it.

"This... this is a miracle!"

"Sigma? No, this is..."

"God bless humanity! God bless Altdorf!"

The fanatical people and believers began to make a lot of noise and showed signs of rushing towards the city gate.

【Stop】

The majestic yet gentle voice rang in people's ears, calming their somewhat restless emotions and preventing possible bloodshed.

Not long after, Karl Franz, the current emperor of the Medieval Human Empire, arrived at the city gate riding on a Death Claw, accompanied by a large number of guards, magicians and church priests.

Squeak——!

The heavy door was opened, and Karl Franz and Zhang Yi, who was controlled by the fragment (Son of the Star), began to look at each other.

In those eyes wrapped in white light, Karl Franz seemed to see a lot.

He saw the final battle of this world, where countless heroes fought against the army of Chaos, and...

ending...

The solution to this world, the fate of intelligent races, the fate of humanity...

A dark ending

However, the appearance of this person (God?) in front of him broke the destined destruction.

The emperor of the medieval human empire, who witnessed all this, took a long time to recover and looked at the man in front of him (Zhang Yi) again.

Under the gaze of everyone, he placed the war hammer in his hand on the ground, leaned on the hammer handle, and knelt on one knee towards him.

"What kind of war is it that requires fighters like you?"

"Another hell..."

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