Chapter 364: Apologies, But This Time It's the Dark Angels
Are the Dawnbreakers terrifying?
Yes, absolutely terrifying.
After the 'Cadian Gate Self-Defense Counterattack', everyone with any knowledge of the war gained a profound understanding of where the Dawnbreakers stood in the ecosystem of this stagnant Imperium.
Their willingness to communicate verbally with individuals or groups attempting to oppose them within the Imperium was not a venting of anger or a lack of power.
It was charity.
Charity given to humans who had been immersed in a corrupt world for too long.
But when your actions crossed their bottom line, you would witness what a furious dragon looks like, what high-efficiency action beyond the reaction speed of this rigid universe looks like.
At that time, you'd better pray you can prove you are still human. You'd better pray that the Ultramarines or other Chapters under Romulus's direct command within the Dawnbreakers' public structure come for you. At least that would prove that in the eyes of the Dawnbreakers, you are still salvageable.
But if the Wardens of Steel come?
Ultima Segmentum, Northeast of the Incaladion Sector, Forge World Atlas
"I think the most fitting thing about this place for you is that it is as despicable as you are."
Facing a room where smoke and decay were fused together, Kay stretched his neck, his armor sparking as it isolated the stasis field.
He looked at the Mechanicus Magi frozen in place, wearing expressions of horror like insects sealed in amber, and a mocking smile appeared on his face.
"Unfortunately, your despicableness has led to our arrival."
He sheathed his sword and walked to the core of this stronghold.
In this wide room, many bullets, plasma bolts, and even light beams were frozen in the air. Blood, components, and coolant broke free from the constraints of time during brief contact with the Dark Angels, creating large ripples in this static space-time.
Only dappled light spilled onto the armor of the Dark Angels, turning them into countless staggered artistic scenes.
"This facility does not look like it was built by humans."
Kay walked leisurely through the static statues posed in countless actions, nerves tense. Only after the pre-teleportation program completed another round of verification, ensuring he could teleport the troops out of combat at any time, did he choose to approach and examine these technological creations.
It was not the style of any human generation from the Dark Age of Technology to the present, though its size and layout were barely usable by those Forge Lords who had transformed themselves into behemoths.
He glanced back at the accompanying Techmarine. The other party understood immediately. The energy field wrapping around the Dark Angel quickly permeated the interior of the instrument. Then, the Techmarine held up a scanning device and inserted it into a data exchange platform installed by the Mechanicus.
"Nor is it any design I am familiar with."
He questioned.
The Emperor wished to wipe out xenos civilizations in the galaxy because He knew these aliens could become threats to human hegemony, and their artifacts were as dangerous as they were.
And as they could see with their own eyes, the Emperor could no longer stand up to punish those humans who committed blasphemous acts.
However, the Dark Angels could not be said to be completely ignorant of xenos technology.
The armory of the Dark Angels' flagship, the Invincible Reason, preserved some of the most dangerous relics since the Age of Strife, ready for deployment by the Firewing in extreme situations.
For example, the stasis field they were using now.
In the instant of activation, the anchored space would be sealed in amber. The creatures inside could only watch the Dark Angels' actions helplessly, unable to change anything themselves.
The advantage was distinguishing friend from foe, allowing friendly forces to operate in this area, perfect for raids in confined spaces.
The disadvantage was high consumption and low stockpile of field generators. With insufficient power, compared to stasis bombs that could freeze a fleet, it could only cover a range of tens to hundreds of meters. A single round of artillery fire from the frontal battlefield could overload the field, so it could only be used in narrow areas.
Transported from the Invincible Reason a few years ago.
Due to certain unspeakable reasons, many warehouses on the Invincible Reason had not been unlocked for ten thousand years, preserving many armaments from the Great Crusade era.
"For us who destroyed countless xenos civilizations during the Great Crusade, this is indeed rare," Zahariel on the Silent Vow admitted via comms.
"But I can still find some clues from my memory."
"..."
Kay's face darkened.
I know you followed the Lion through the whole crusade while I was rotting on Caliban, but do you have to show off every day?
"Relics of the Khrave. I didn't expect their traces to be this far."
Zahariel sighed on the other end of the comms.
"?"
"The Khrave, a race as ancient as the Eldar, one of the earliest to master warp travel. They possess psychic talents for mind enslavement; three or more are enough to match a Primarch. They mastered extremely powerful warp rift weapons, capable of tearing warp shards directly in realspace for beyond-visual-range projection."
Zahariel explained:
"Back then, the Lion had to drop a large number of Exterminatus devices to completely eradicate them."
Seven Exterminatus devices could suppress a Primarch in a short time.
The false Lord of the Eighth Legion had verified this.
Kay turned green.
How many battles did he miss during those years of exile?
Damn it, life on Caliban was a waste of my life!
"Alright."
Before Kay could continue to complain about the Lion's poor judgment and demand the Lion be responsible for his wasted time, Zahariel's voice sounded again.
"Destroy the relics, proceed to the next area."
No research value. Dorn's relic, the 'Soulspear', wasn't here either. This ruin was useless except for cultivating the next ambitious schemer.
"Received."
Kay raised his hand. In less than a few seconds, the Dark Angels, who had completed explosive placement and hazard removal, quickly assembled and silently withdrew from this static space-time.
In the next instant, everything in the world resumed its flow.
Then, the entire ruin turned into colorful fragments.
BOOM!
Amidst the silent screams and shouts of souls, an area of several square kilometers seemed to be chiseled open directly, turning into an elliptical cavity.
Violent chain explosions spread, twisting reinforced concrete into a pile of miserable skeletons. These areas, with their domes completely blown off, curled outward like hands reaching toward the sky from the smoke of purgatory.
Then came the lances.
The ships that had hijacked the Mechanicus fleet lowered their orbit. Crimson torrents penetrated thousands of meters into the strata, turning everything within into boiling magma.
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