As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

"You don't think your people have surrounded the three of us, do you?"

ps: People say that a short separation is better than a new marriage, but unfortunately, I can't experience this feeling, because I can't bear to be apart from you even for a short time, I just want to see you every day.

Chapter 81 Compromise?

Hearing Zhang Ge's words, the noble girl slowly shook her head under the sword and replied:

"As the conditions have been proposed, I hold no hostility. However, you also know that if we have to go to the last step... the chasm between riding a mount and not riding one in battle is difficult to cross."

After she finished speaking, she added:

"However, they wouldn't have targeted you first. Twenty cavalrymen charged at that traitor at such a short distance and then reduced everything to ash with melta bombs. Without any evidence, are they going to convict the family based solely on something as easily forged as a video?"

"This way, the end result will be the same, it'll just mean a few more deaths in the process... Those cavalrymen are loyal to their family, and my life takes precedence over theirs. Even Sister Amelia wouldn't be able to stop them all at such a short distance."

To be honest, what she said was still very convincing. After all, the noble family's reaction was indeed not slow. They dealt with their own traitor in just a few hours, making it almost impossible for the traitor to be exposed.

The price of one hundred throne coins per head is more than enough for the PDFs to dig deep into the ground and slaughter every enemy who has seen this traitor.

Without any actual evidence, unless it was an extreme case, the Inquisitor would generally not destroy a military noble at the critical moment when the Great Rift opened.

After all, they represent not only a small group of hive nobles, but also the entire military noble group behind them. If the Inquisitor targets a family for no reason today or tomorrow, these noble groups will definitely not stand idly by.

Even other forces might not support this approach. After all, the Inquisitor's power would be too great, and no one would have a good time. The last mortal force that monopolized power caused damage to the empire second only to the Great Rebellion.

But she didn't know Amelia well enough, and even less so Zhang Ge.

Zhang Ge's only goal was to get it over with as soon as possible. Since there was a reason to curb the spread of chaos, with Amelia present, he could take the risk of confronting these twenty or so cavalrymen. Those conditions that were convincing to normal people were of no use to him.

Seeing the current situation, he laughed and said:

"Since the results are the same, let's do it."

Hearing this, the noble girl was already numb. She felt that the person who was negotiating with her was not a normal person, but fighting was indeed the last thing she wanted to see.

The more people you kill and the more forces you provoke, the more obvious the traces you leave behind will be.

What's more, among these three there is a battle sister court officer and a Astra Militarum colonel.

If they had not been crippled by the Chaos invasion and had to temporarily rely on local nobles for reconstruction, if they were fully equipped and staffed, they would be on par with the upper-level bureaucrats of the planet, and the ordinary nobles of the hive city would not be qualified to sit at the table.

If he really killed them, the consequences might not be any less severe than exposing the matter directly. In a fight, he could only try his best to restrict their actions and then destroy the evidence. However, in that case, his own and his soldiers' deaths would basically be in vain.

As the situation evolved, she could only say:

"Since you haven't taken action yet, you must have some demands. Why don't you just say it and we can talk."

Yes, Zhang Ge did have a request, which was to buy time with her under the pretext of negotiation to see if more reinforcements would arrive.

Unfortunately, it looks like this operation only includes these close associates, and no one else will arrive in the short term.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ge raised the grenade launcher in his hand and said:

"Dominica, keep an eye on her."

Amelia was faster than Zhang Ge, and she had already crashed in front of the cavalrymen just as he started to attack.

The first person in the front didn't even have time to react to what was happening. When the silver-white sword light flashed, his head was precisely cut in half. With his brain stem damaged, he couldn't even make a subconscious struggle.

Even this luxurious force feedback armor made of solid materials did not provide any resistance in front of Amelia's sword. Its ceramic steel shell and the flesh inside were easily cut, and various metal parts flew out from the gaps because the integrity of the power armor was destroyed.

As for the second person, Amelia, who had not yet retracted her sword after swinging it, simply bumped into him with her shoulder. Under such kinetic energy, with the muffled sound of metal colliding, his body was thrown backwards without any resistance, smashing the originally stable formation of several people behind him like a human cannonball.

At this time, Zhang Ge had already pointed his gun at them.

But the target was not the cavalry on horseback. Although the force feedback armor looked like a piece of paper in front of Amelia, its defensive effect against conventional weapons was still very significant.

Even if it is replaced with a Space Marine's grenade launcher, its main armor part can still effectively resist for a short period of time.

Therefore, Zhang Ge chose the fragile legs of the war horses under them, or to be more precise, the calf part of the horses' legs.

Accurately aimed explosive bombs flew out one after another amid the roar of the muzzles. Although the war horses had implanted subcutaneous armor, their calves were too fragile. Even after being strengthened, they had no effective defense against explosive weapons.

As for the problem of being difficult to hit due to its slenderness, it did not become an obstacle at all with the passionate combination of Zhang Ge and the grenade gun.

The constantly fine-tuning of the muzzle ensured that the trajectory always remained on the target Zhang Ge wanted to hit. Even the recoil that should have affected the shooting was assisting in aiming, reducing the time he needed to pull the muzzle himself.

The attack was so sudden that most of the surviving cavalrymen only reacted now. However, at the moment of the attack, only two-thirds of the people were still riding their horses.

Although such a close distance allows them to shorten the time they spend approaching the collapsed Chaos Commander, it also makes it easier for certain extraordinary beings to play to their strengths.

However, these people are the elite of the family after all. They are well-trained and have undergone certain genetic modifications. They are not simply killed like chickens.

The remaining cavalrymen close to Amelia soon realized that they would be dead if they got close to her, so the two closest to Amelia attacked at the same time, waving their power swords to buy time for their colleagues in the rear.

Although the result was of course that he was cut in two by a sword in an instant, during this short period of delay, several cavalrymen approaching from behind had already activated the thermal bombs on their bodies.

High temperature and heat swept out, and the roaring explosion reverberated in the room along with the shock wave. The smoke and dust raised along with the bright incandescent molten light obscured Amelia.

ps: To clarify, I don't publish one chapter a day, I publish at least two chapters a day. Don't say I publish one chapter a day anymore. It's TvT, but one of the chapters is published at a fixed time period, and the other chapter is published at a random time after the first chapter.

Chapter 82 You Don’t Want to...

When the light of the melta bomb lit up in front of Amelia, she did not dodge at all.

Firstly, melta weapons kill with concentrated, high-energy bursts, meaning that if they don't hit directly, their damage will be greatly reduced.

Secondly, the spreading scorching white light could not touch Amelia. On her body, the powerful "Rose Rosary" individual force field shield suddenly burst out with a color more dazzling than the hot melt.

This high-end equipment, usually only owned by the Grand Sisters, looks like an ordinary trinket, but it is even enough to neutralize direct hits from most individual plasma weapons.

However, it was obvious that the remaining surviving cavalrymen did not expect that the self-explosions could kill Amelia. Their real purpose was to use the high temperature and smoke caused by the explosion to block her vision.

The few people who were farther away from Amelia had already thrown the melta bombs out of their hands. The force feedback armor that had seemed to be useless since the beginning of the battle finally showed its superior performance. The heavy melta bombs flew out of their hands at a high speed like pebbles.

The target was the Chaos Commander lying on the ground.

However, a few rhythmic gunshots destroyed their final struggle.

Zhang Ge's precise bursts of fire directly picked up several moving targets flying at a constant speed. The explosive bombs penetrated through the middle of the thermite bombs without mercy. The bombs detonated in mid-air created a high-temperature isolation zone, which directly detonated other bombs that were not hit.

Seeing this, the few remaining cavalrymen could only desperately try to charge at the commander, but it was obvious that Amelia, who broke through the smoke, would not give them this opportunity. Several corpses that struggled in vain fell to the ground helplessly after she passed by.

She even had the leeway to deliberately control her strength when killing the last cavalryman, so that the sword only penetrated from below his neck, crushing his head, but without destroying the integrity of the entire force feedback armor. It was obvious that she wanted to leave it for Zhang Ge.

Fortunately, Zhang Ge was quick-witted and quickly said that the power armor might have a built-in self-destruction and positioning system, which allowed Amelia to attack again.

It was a close call. Fortunately, Yolanda was not brought along, otherwise Amelia would have done it.

At this time, corpses were scattered all over the room.

More than twenty cavalrymen were already dead. Some of them were left with only a few broken corpses, while others had been completely torn into gas and charcoal by the thermal bombs. A large number of broken decorations and metal fragments were scattered on the ground, and blood and internal organs were flowing everywhere, making a fishy smell fill the air.

Those tenacious biochemical horses were also being killed one by one by Amelia, and their neighing gradually faded away.

The last mercy she could show these people was to kick a few corpses that were too far forward to the back, so that their blood would not mix with the flow of those Chaos traitors.

Zhang Ge turned his head and looked at the noble girl behind him who had given up struggling under Dominica's gun. He was not interested, but decided to give her some more stimulation to see if she could produce some more soldiers.

"I have an idea. What if I took off your clothes and accessories, and then swapped them with that Chaos traitor who looks almost identical to you, and then let her appear in front of others? What do you think will happen?"

"Even until now, everything I have done can be considered as a tribute to the Emperor. I believe you will not do that to me."

"Come on, if you really think that, you should report it to the Inquisition immediately and let those professionals decide to what extent your family must be loyal to the Emperor in order to prevent this corruption from spreading further."

Seeing Zhang Ge approaching, as if he was really going to do this, she finally began to panic and forced a smile:

"Don't do that! I can do anything, but please don't let my family be implicated because of me. Besides, the threat of Chaos hasn't been resolved yet, and the Hive City still needs the family, right? If there's no way out, maybe the whole family will really..."

After hearing her say this, Zhang Ge realized that it seemed to be true. It was not uncommon for people to be forced into a desperate situation and then directly turn to Chaos.

Tsk, now that she has said it, she can no longer continue to claim that she ignored it.

Squatting in front of her and staring at her for a moment, Zhang Ge asked Amelia:

"Is there any way to safely preserve the Chaos Commander's flesh and blood sample for a short period of time?"

"At this level, it's okay."

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

After saying this, Zhang Ge turned around, looked at the noble girl, and stretched out his hand to her chest - the golden pendant in front of her.

After examining this magnificent creation for a moment, he continued:

"To be able to obtain something like this, you must be very respected by your family... Go back and tell your family members that if you don't want this to be exposed, you know what to do."

The latter breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly to indicate that he understood.

For Zhang Ge, there are two possible outcomes. First, the noble family will really obey because of the threat. Second, they will obey on the surface but secretly prepare to kill Zhang Ge.

Considering the reckless military spirit of their subordinate PDF, Zhang Ge felt that the latter was more likely.

Seeing Amelia on the other side had already collected the sample and destroyed the traces, Zhang Ge patted the noble girl on the head and continued "gently":

"I don't think you need me to contact someone for you."

"No, no need."

After finishing all this, the three of them left the building. At the intersection in the distance, the guards had already cleared the threat on the left and were guarding the intersection.

After confirming their friendly identities, Zhang Ge returned to his car. Isis was already sitting in the back seat, but his armor was no longer spotless like before. Instead, it was stained with blood, and it seemed that he had been in the front a lot.

As for the entire defense zone, after losing the psychic communication command from the commander, the remaining Chaos rebels were no longer a threat. After being divided and surrounded by highly mobile forces, they were cleared out area by area by a large number of PDF infantry.

Although it would take some time and casualties to completely wipe out these rebels, for the convoy, their defeat basically meant that the road ahead was unobstructed and they were only one step away from reaching the target reconnaissance area.

However, this finishing touch will obviously not be easy.

As the convoy got closer to the void shield control area, the subspace infection readings were rapidly rising. The scene seen in the town before reappeared. Even the moonlight that should have been bright white was dyed pink, and the screams and wails of countless souls echoed around everyone.

A corner of the dark thousand-year cruel war is being revealed little by little as people go deeper.

P.S.: Two chapters a day isn't enough for you? Damn it, these rubbish readers are so unsatisfied.

Chapter 83 Outer Blocks

Although the Chaos Lord himself would not have come to this remote hive specifically, the current situation should not be underestimated. The enemy's ability to deploy a full complement of Chaos Space Marines, including Terminators, likely indicates that there is a Chaos traitor present who is capable of rivaling a Space Marine Captain.

Even with Amelia's current state, it is hard to say whether she can confront an enemy of that level head-on. If the three elder sisters were still there, there might be a chance, but now... maybe she can only wait for Olivia to come up before she can find a way to deal with him.

Zhang Ge, sitting in the car, looked around.

As we get closer to the core battle zone, the boundary between the subspace and the real universe becomes more and more blurred.

The enemy rapidly advanced the progress of the sacrifice with the large amount of materials on the battleship and the large number of humans killed after it crashed to the ground. In just a few hours, the degree of distortion of the subspace here had approached the interior of the previous town.

Artworks made of blood, human corpses, and bones can be seen everywhere, and a large number of blasphemous symbols have been graffitied everywhere by crazy people who were suddenly infected by the subspace.

On both sides, a large number of buildings have been either decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye, or being rewritten into different forms. Some have even quietly opened their doorways on their own, preying on any life that strayed into them.

The originally noisy and dense sound of gunfire now became a little more familiar. At least compared to the painful wails and crazy laughter that filled the ears at all times, those sounds were still within the range of human brain's understanding.

In such a situation, it goes without saying that you will be attacked every step forward, and even if you are just in this environment where the subspace is seriously infected, those strange whispers will surround everyone's ears at any time.

Fortunately, faith in the Emperor and military equipment with strict control over every production step protected the Guards at this time, so that they did not have to face this terrifying surreal phenomenon alone with their own will.

The convoy moved along the road towards the target location, along the window of opportunity for the battle.

Since Chaos lacked core forces and was unable to control the massive hive spire, the enemy chose to establish circular positions around the landed Chaos warships, and then concentrate their forces in a certain direction to launch attacks on the targets they wanted to attack.

Between these circular defense lines are the window areas where Chaos lacks control. Here, they simply allow the demons that escaped from the warp and the infected crazy humans to occupy and fight each other, and they do not actively deploy troops to occupy them.

With the information provided by Amelia, the convoy constantly corrected its route and gradually explored a road that could get as close as possible to the starting point of the enemy's attack on the Void Shield area.

During this process, the constant attacks drained everyone's energy.

But before everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit, the target location finally appeared in sight.

It was a tall bell tower.

This type of clock tower that displays real-time Terran time is very common in the spire area. It allows people to correct time in a timely manner after traveling through the warp at faster-than-light speeds, and also allows people from different planets to use the same timekeeping method.

Although the top of this bell tower, which was once over a thousand meters high, has been blown off, the remaining part is still a little higher than the surrounding buildings and can be used as a commanding height for reconnaissance.

Of course, Chaos would certainly not miss such a commanding height - but Amelia had already taken the lead and flew over before the team could see the target clearly.

She didn't need to clear the entire clock tower by herself. She only needed to occupy the highest point, clear out the scouts there, and then install electronic and psychic jamming equipment. At the same time, she would snipe the cultists who tried to escape from the tower to prevent the enemy forces in the tower from transmitting information to the rear.