Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 36 As long as the Thirteenth Prince launches an expedition, everything will be fine

Ten sharp claws were like steel knives, and the metal skeleton wrapped in tattered human skin had a pair of scarlet ghost eyes. It rushed towards him, carrying with it dried blood and a stench.

If this scene were a horror movie, it would definitely become a childhood trauma for many people and a classic in film history.

But for Chen Xi at this moment, he just raised the power sword in his hand calmly and blocked the skinner's claws with the blade.

Then, accompanied by the chanting of 'The Emperor has given me the Holy Flame Sword', the disintegration force field on the blade was lit up.

With a flash of blue lightning, Chen Xi simply twisted the sword and the skinner's claws were instantly cut off.

As the second line of "The blazing flames will burn the invaders and slay the heretics" was chanted, golden flames blazed on the blade of the holy power sword bearing the mark of purity.

Chen Xi simply placed the sword blade flat, then held the hilt with both hands and swung it smoothly. A stream of sword energy composed of flames shot out, and in just a breath of time, the skinner in front of Chen Xi was cut into two pieces.

The flaming sword energy that flew out affected the other two skinners, igniting their broken skins and burning their bodies.

At this time, Guterres also used his arm wrapped in ceramic steel gloves to pull off the head of a skinner, squeezed it into a ball and threw it aside.

"Is this your holy sword?" Guterres looked at the power sword in Chen Xi's hand with a rather envious expression.

Although he used a question mark, Guterres was very sure of his judgment.

After all, there is nothing else that can have such a special effect except the holy weapon.

While asking this, Guterres swung the cast axe in his hand and chopped the head of a skinner, smashing the human skull fixed on its head together.

"It's a master-grade, finely crafted power sword called the Oath of Holy Flame. It can release sword energy composed of holy flames when it is swung. It has miraculous effects on any non-human targets and heretics. It doubles the damage to Chaos and doubles the damage to Fallen Space Marines." Chen Xi briefly introduced the holy relic in his hand. Although it was not as powerful as the holy sword used by the emperor himself in the hand of the Thirteenth Prince, it was still a very powerful weapon.

As he spoke, Chen Xi struck a sword-stroking gesture. The holy flame on the blade burned fiercely with the support of the spiritual energy he injected. Then Chen Xi waved his hand and fired it out, hitting a Skinner in the distance.

This is a move developed by Chen Xi by combining psychic energy and the holy sword, using psychic energy to adjust the shape and launch method of the holy flame sword energy.

Judging from the current results, the effect of this move is quite good, turning the original area damage into point damage.

After hearing Chen Xi's introduction, Guterres's face showed even more envy, but the helmet hid it from him.

While using the mechanical arm mounted on his backpack to control the bolt gun to fire, he said with admiration, "The relic is truly extraordinary. If you want to obtain this kind of equipment normally, I'm afraid only special people like the chapter champion can get one, and it's not as good as yours.

To be frank, if I told a warband that I was willing to exchange a sacred sword for help, I'm afraid that warband would directly send a company to permanently station on this planet."

Relic-level weapons and equipment are extremely rare, especially fine-crafted weapons. If calculated solely by value, Chen Xi could even exchange the relic sword in his hand for a cruiser.

"That's true, but even if you're willing to trade for something like a holy relic, no one would dare take it!" Chen Xi said as he extinguished the flames on the holy sword and hefted it onto his shoulder. He knew the preciousness of holy relics in the empire, but precisely because of this preciousness, almost every holy relic in the empire was registered, and any loss, damage, or change of ownership was well documented.

Want to trade a holy relic? You'd probably face excommunication from the Inquisition the moment you meet your client.

"That's true. Let alone holy objects, precision weapons and power armor are all rare items. What you have is a set of holy objects. If people really knew about it, I'm afraid even Brother Abad would pay attention to it." Guterres nodded.

Although the Chaos Warmaster is not short of holy relics, he doesn't mind having one more. It is not impossible for him to send his Black Legion war gang to snatch them.

Although it is very likely that it is just a small, unknown Chaos war gang that is thinking of desecrating the holy artifact in exchange for the blessing of the Four Chaos Gods.

"By the way, won't it be a problem if you just leave this set of holy artifacts in the state church? The state religion of this planet shouldn't be able to protect the holy objects, right?" Guterres pulled his forged axe out of the sunken chest of a skinner, his tone slightly concerned and curious.

Because holy objects are so rare, there may usually be only one or two holy objects on a planet, enshrined in the largest church there.

This is not only an acceptance of the believers' prayers and worship, but also a protection of the holy objects.

The Rostov II is relatively lacking in this aspect and does not have enough strength to protect the holy relic.

Regarding this issue, while the battle sisters were using their bolters to deal with the remaining skinners, Chen Xi said to Guterres, "There's no rush for this issue for now. We'll just have to wait until the Sisters' monastery is established.

With a monastery of battle nuns, the defense of the planet is on track.

By then, we just need to improve the PDF's training level, and we'll have no problem protecting ourselves before the rift opens."

Although there are only thirty years left before the Great Rift opens, this is still a very long period of time for mortals. Whether in the 3K era or the 40K era, it is a long time that is enough to last for two entire generations.

Of course, if the time scale is extended to the entire Milky Way and the human empire, then a mere thirty years is just a blink of an eye.

Chen Xi focused on self-protection before the big rift opened, and Guterres didn't think there was anything wrong.

He simply asked Chen Xi, "So what happens after the Great Rift opens? Although there's thirty years left, and we might have already developed by then, we should still have some long-term plans, right?"

"Building a planet is one of them. Rostov II is the capital of the sub-sector we're currently in. Although this sub-sector is almost undeveloped, it also means that we can do whatever we want with it." Chen Xi had certainly considered how to deal with the galactic-level super-catastrophic event of the Great Rift opening in the future: "This time, Mai Mai went to discuss cooperation with the Forge World, and I asked him to find a way to get a forge back.

When the stuff arrives, you and Sage Olivia will manage the forge together. Although it may not produce too many things, it should be enough to support our initial development of the current galaxy within 30 years.

Combined with the improvement of our own strength, the entire sub-region should be able to take shape within thirty years.

By then, we just need to hold out for the period when the Great Rift opens and wait for the Thirteenth Prince's Indomitable Expedition to arrive, and the rest will be no problem."

(End of this chapter)