Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 61 The Fall of Delerhan
"Tiberius! Your madness ends here!" Delerhan's holographic projection suddenly appeared in the command room of the Nidhogg. Chaotic energy seeped from the cracks in the former Chapter Master's power armor. In particular, through some gaps, one could see a dark, inky crystal sphere with a pale green glow that occasionally appeared in the center of the throne behind him. It was constantly releasing visible ripples, and even Tiberius, with just a glance, felt a faint, inexplicable tremor deep within his soul.

His voice seemed to come from the sea of ​​souls, mixed with the almost desperate roars of hundreds of souls: "Join us...you will become the blade of the new god...nutrients...immortality! We will divide up everything that the planet below possesses!"

"Ha, coward! Scoundrel!" Tiberos responded calmly to Delerhan's temptation, accompanied by the buzzing of his fists, a mixture of hunger and thirst. He then deactivated the holographic projection and turned to leave.

This highly sarcastic response stunned Delehan for a moment. But then he erupted in fury!
Clearly, Tiberius had touched a raw nerve—the wound in his heart caused by the false accusation and massacre of a loyalist family on his home planet.

Tiberius was also incredibly shocked. After all, Delerhan was the former Chapter Master of the Astral Knights.

However, he had previously framed and incited members of the warband to massacre a family loyal to the Empire and devoted to the Emperor.

The reason given was the suspicion that they had been corrupted by chaos!

Although the final result was the execution of the former Chapter Master, Delhan, and the entire Chapter had already been wiped out in the Battle of the World Engine at the end of the 41st century.

But now... not only has the former Chapter Commander Delehan mysteriously resurrected as a minion of Chaos, but the entire fleet has also become a creation of Chaos.

This made Tiberius feel uneasy!
"Hurry up and expedite the reinforcements!" After thinking for a moment, he gave this instruction to everyone in the command room, then turned and left.

At this moment, the Pale Wanderer's psionic matrix was operating at full capacity. Through the shark totem pool and the Abyssal Codex in the flagship command room, he injected his consciousness into the warp and forcibly distorted the energy flow of the Entropy Engine.

The enormous shark in the pool was now restlessly twisting and thrashing its tail fin, causing the entire bridge to shake violently.

At the same time, three Firestorm strike cruisers had already crashed into the enemy fleet formation.

"Boarding combat!"

With a shout from the captains, the boarding torpedoes roared out. Ignoring their targets, dozens or even hundreds of torpedoes were fired rapidly from any direction where there were enemy ships.

The boarding torpedoes, mixed with real torpedoes, crashed heavily into the flesh-and-blood warship despite the enemy's anti-aircraft fire.

As the boarding began, one of the Firestorm-class strike cruisers, already damaged by the Soul Furnace attack, instantly became the target of the Astral Knights fleet's concentrated fire.

In just a few moments, the terrifying firepower of the macro cannon and the light spear turned the strike cruiser into a space firework.

However, the mission of these three ships has been completed, and a large number of Astartes from the Shark Squadron have stormed into the various ships of the Astral Knights Squadron.

Some of the Astartes, clad in shadow armor, were hidden in twos and threes in the darkness, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the Chaos enemies who went to provide support in various places.

Meanwhile, the Deathwing landing craft, carrying a large force and heavy firepower, crashed into the enemy ship's armor plating.

However, during the landing process, several Deathwing landing craft were corroded by the green smoke from the torpedoes blasted by enemy anti-aircraft fire, turning them into thin, brittle iron coffins in space.

As the assault ramps of the landing craft slowly opened, the gun turrets of the Dreadnoughts that had been hidden and ready to fire on the ship immediately spewed out molten shells.

In the blink of an eye, the four Astartes who were about to leap were vaporized, with most of their bodies evaporated. Their wounds were charred black and wisps of white smoke rising from them.

"Traitors of Chaos! A bunch of cowards!" On the ground battlefield, as the space warships departed, the terrifying support firepower of the orbital strike also dissipated in an instant.

Countless hidden demons surged forth once more, forming a tidal wave.

The Astartes of the Shark Legion roared furiously. Even in some of the more difficult-to-defend lines, they didn't hesitate to pull out various explosive weapons.

The Shark Chapter, having long operated outside the Imperium's borders, held a position where the Scriptures of Astartes, while not as essential as toilet paper, were still a kind of everyday tissue for wiping their noses.

Therefore, they have used every means at their disposal to develop their own battle group.

This includes, but is not limited to, one-on-one fights, threats, picking fights, and most notably, ambushing others, commonly known as "robbery"!
If you don't believe it? Then take a look at the pair of relic weapons in the hands of Chapter Master Tiberius!
If you still don't believe it, you can go to the chapter leader of the Ash Claws Chapter and say, "The Manhunter Chapter are all good people!"

Therefore, there are even more Dreadnoughts and Terminator armors than some warbands with ample supplies backed by Highlords.

As it has evolved, the number of Astartes has far exceeded the number of sacred texts, now numbering in the thousands.

But so what?
Even for many warbands, the chainsaw sword and power sword, which are comparable to relics, are almost always found in a five-person squad with two or three of them.

If a five-person squad were fully armed, each person would essentially be equipped with a plasma pistol, two thin-bladed weapons, and a Terminator suit. Each member would also be issued a chainsaw weapon, a chainsaw sword, or perhaps a chain fist and a chain axe. The Terminator would even be equipped with a Thunder Hammer.

If the fighting intensifies, the force will be deployed to ten people. This will be accompanied by a Dreadnought equipped with a macro plasma incinerator and a Gatling gun. They will also have bolt sniper rifles, carbines, heavy bolt sniper rifles, or even plasma incinerators, as well as a number of thermoelectric weapons, along with Rand assault boats.

In addition, Tiberius emptied his coffers for this battle.

More than 1600 Astartes, over 70 Dreadnoughts, and over 90 Terminator armors. It's a complete spree, a direct assault on a single target!

More than 1000 Astartes, over 60 Dreadnoughts, and nearly half of the Terminator armored vehicles were deployed on the ground.

With the addition of nearly a million mortal auxiliary troops, the firepower of the position was simply terrifying!
Even now, the fleet in orbit around the planet is at war with the enemies of Chaos and has no time to support them.

But thanks to their sudden burst of firepower, they managed to bring the demons' tidal wave of charge to an abrupt halt, as if it had crashed against rocks.

Even some of the new recruits who had just joined the company looked at the ammunition being poured out like water on the battlefield with a pained expression.

Having fought in the dark regions beyond the empire's borders for so long, they had long since developed the habit of being self-sufficient and saving wherever possible!

Therefore, with their hoarding tendencies like squirrels, they feel extremely heartbroken when they see their hard-earned possessions disappear like a waterfall.

Some even went mad, grabbing heavy bomb guns and unleashing a frenzied barrage of fire at the enemy. They even threw their helmets aside, their faces contorted with grief, shouting, "Your Majesty, I can't take this anymore!"

Their terrifying firepower allowed them to firmly hold back the attacking demon army outside their lines.

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(End of this chapter)