Chapter 243: The Runaway Glory of Macragge
"What, Kor Phaeron is dead!"
A Space Marine of the Word Bearers looked at Erebus, whose face was covered in smoke and dirt and looked like he had fled from the battlefield in a panic, with a look of disbelief. ơɱ
Although this Word Bearer was not bald, he had a buzz cut, almost the same, and there was a hideous knife wound next to the corner of his eye.
From the special standard Terminator power armor on his body, it can be judged that this man is also a senior member of the Word Bearers.
Since the number of warships of the Word Bearers is very large, they are divided into several groups of warship commanders at one time, and Kor Phaeron leads the main fleet.
The guy in front of him is also one of the commanders of the Word Bearers, Fedral, a senior member of the Word Bearers who ranks at the top of the sequence, and a very iron-blooded general.
Fedral expressed doubt about Erebus's words.
Although he was very unhappy that Kor Phaeron, a relative, could always suppress him and bully him, but now he is indeed stronger than him, so there is nothing he can do.
Kor Phaeron gained unimaginable strength growth by virtue of his good relationship with Chaos.
The original guy might not be able to defeat Fedral even if he underwent Space Marine surgery, but with his rapidly improved psychic level, he suddenly ranked among the top three in the Word Bearers.
He firmly established his position as the captain of the first company of the Word Bearers.
"How could such a guy die so easily?"
According to the chief priest, Erebus should also be the commander of one of the branch fleets, but he was pulled over by Kor Phaeron to protect the sage of the Mechanicus, so he did not serve as the commander of the fleet.
Erebus, a bald man with tattoos all over his head, said anxiously.
"Yes! Kor Phaeron is dead."
"He was beaten to death by Robert Guilliman."
When he saw Erebus looking at him with a look of mental retardation, he realized that his explanation might not be complete.
After all, how could a psychic be beaten to death by a warrior? It was equivalent to an elephant being trampled to death by an ant.
How ridiculous.
Erebus immediately continued to explain
"It was Robert Guilliman. That guy used some unknown power to restrain all of Kor Phaeron's psychic powers.
"Without his psychic powers"
"Okay, I get it."
Ferdrar interrupted Erebus directly and said in a serious tone.
"There is no time to feel sad for Kor Phaeron, my friend."
"What we should do now is to quickly get rid of all the Titans of the [Ultramarines] on various planets."
"Then gather all the troops to hunt down the main ship of that blue bastard, [Macragge's Glory]. "
The Ultramarines' positions were too scattered, so the Word Bearers could only assign a number of warships to each planet and attack them point by point.
The death of Kor Phaeron means that the Glory of Macragge, one of the most powerful warships in the history of the Empire, is about to join the battlefield.
This is quite fatal to the scattered Word Bearers, and it is easy for them to be defeated one by one. After all, its main gun is enough to tear apart the void shield of any Word Bearer warship except the "False Emperor".
Speed is of the essence in war, so Fudlar can only gather as many warships as possible to fight a space naval battle with the Ultramarines.
And what's more fatal is that the "False Emperor" seems to have fallen into the hands of the enemy.
"I will give you all the command of the western theater, and I will command the rest."
"Oh, I see. "
Hearing the arrangement of Fudlar, Erebus agreed directly.
But as soon as the bald man left, Fudlar could no longer control his emotions.
"Waste, all waste."
"Kor Phaeron is, Erebus is too!"
"These two big wastes have ruined all my good situations."
Erebus gritted his teeth and punched the desk hard. A huge dent appeared on the table made of special alloy.
But Lord Lorgar believed that the two big bald guys were far better than him, otherwise with his military influence, the position of the captain of the first company in [Word Bearers] should have been his.
"You can't even do such a small thing. ”
Such a high-level psychic was beaten to death by the enemy commander.
It would be a joke if he told others about it. What a waste.
It took a long time for Fudlar to suppress the anger in his heart. Otherwise, he would be angered to death by those two bastards sooner or later.
Without Kor Phaeron, does it mean that he has the position of the captain of the first company?
This question is still unknown, but there is one thing that Lord Lorgar will definitely be furious.
Not to mention the identity of Erebus's first company captain, it will be considered a success if he is not implicated by the responsibility.
"Why pretend if you don't have the ability?"
"Now everyone is dead."
Before his death, Kor Phaeron said that Robert Guilliman would be no problem for him.
Now he was beaten to death by random punches.
Erebus, who didn't know how to report to Lord Lorgar, felt a headache and ordered his soldiers.
"Pass the order down and shrink the front line."
The battle line was stretched so wide before, and Fudlar originally wanted to wait for Kor Phaeron to behead Robert Guilliman. At that time, the head of the Primarch of the [Ultramarines] would definitely be a great encouragement for the [Word Bearers].
It was also a very tragic blow to the confidence of the [Ultramarines].
But now it has all become a bubble, and Fudlar, as a commander, is under great pressure.
If Robert Guilliman participates in the battle, it will have a very large incremental effect on the morale of the [Ultramarines].
As for the news of Kor Phaeron's death, Erebus thinks that it is not necessary to report it to Lord Lorgar for the time being, at least when he personally cuts off Robert Guilliman's head.
Now that there is no result in the battle, reporting to the Primarch is not a death wish. At that time, Erebus and others who really do things will be the first to be held accountable.
Ferdrar was in a big headache.
Suddenly, the warship he was standing on was shaken violently, and he had difficulty standing up, as if the warship was under a violent attack.
"What happened!"
Ferdrar pressed a button on the table and called the warship command directly.
"We were attacked by the [Ultramarines] fleet. The left rudder was damaged by 35% and is on fire."
"Our warship has activated the void shield."
When Ferdrar heard the battle damage report from the communication radio, his eyes went dark immediately.
And the battle data updated immediately confirmed his guess.
"Report to the Shiloh, the Gess. The other four frigates are all silent."
The people in the command center also didn't believe the data found on their detection radar. Four warships were all lost at the same time.
How could there be such a ridiculous thing?
Unlike those new recruits who joined the Word Bearers in the late stage, Fudlar had experienced battles of all sizes, and had been following the Emperor in his expeditions almost since before the Great Crusade.
So Fudlar knew that if the attack power of the Queen of Glory-class battleship was calculated, one battleship was enough to fight against the entire fleet, which was true.
It almost destroyed his main ship at the same time. Then it destroyed four frigates in succession. This kind of terrifying firepower can only be possessed by the most outstanding creations of the Mechanicus of Mars.
"It's the Glory of Macragge."
Fudlar hugged his head with both hands, showing great despair.
The scene that he least wanted to see happen actually happened as he imagined, and it happened almost as soon as Erebus left.
"Waste!"
Fudlar cursed again in his heart, Kor Phaeron, this beast is really incapable of success and more than enough to cause trouble.
"The bald man is a traitor to the country."
And he suspected that Erebus was followed when he came back. Otherwise, as the only remaining command center of the Word Bearers, the fleet of Fedral was so hidden that how could it be the first target to be attacked?
"Other warships provide cover, and our warships will evacuate the system at full speed."
Fedral is a man of iron, but his mind is not all iron-willed. A real man is one who can bend and stretch.
This is all to preserve strength. The tentative attack has almost destroyed half of his escort formation.
To be singled out by the Queen of Glory class battleship, it must be at least the tonnage of Kor-Fallon's battleship "False Emperor", but this battleship has also been captured by the enemy and has become a tool to fight them in turn.
Fedral must first assemble his troops before he can fight them to the death. How can he fight with only the remaining seven or eight warships? He can only retreat first.
"Report, the enemy warship wants to evacuate."
Just as Fudlar imagined, the one attacking their fleet was Robert Guilliman's [Glory of Macragge].
"Don't let them escape, follow them all, and destroy all the frigates that are blocking them."
Isayama Kenmei shouted on the bridge, and the [Ultramarines] below were quite obedient.
As early as when that bastard Erebus escaped, his lifeboat had been locked by the [Glory of Macragge].
Robert Guilliman saw his enemy, and he was even more jealous, and immediately ordered his warship to be destroyed.
He was stopped by Isayama Kenmei, who told him not to rush, wait and see, maybe there will be unexpected gains.
Isayama Kenmei suggested not to sink Erebus first, and this was the reason why this guy could catch a bigger fish when he returned.
When he returned to report, he would naturally need to report the battle situation to the headquarters that also had command power.
Kor Phaeron is dead, so the second-in-command of the Word Bearers headquarters needs to command the remaining warships as soon as possible.
As expected, the signal intercepted later will be decoded as
"shrink the front line."
Kenmei Isayama played a long game and really found the enemy's hidden headquarters.
So it is said that the king should be captured first, and all the warships over there were directly destroyed, which really isolated all the Word Bearers warships in the Calth system.
I was like a fly being hit by the head. Wouldn't it be difficult for the Ultramarines to deal with the Word Bearers at that time?
Kenmei Isayama directly replaced Robert Guilliman to give orders to the Ultramarines, and also experienced the power of a commander.
When he was an Inquisitor before, he didn't feel so powerful.
After all, the power of the Inquisitor cannot supervise those honorable chapters, especially those sub-companions that made indelible contributions during the Great Heresy and had to be disbanded for the second founding of the army.
[Ultramarines] is even more valuable. Due to its large number of people, it is almost the top military strength of the Warhammer world.
With only such an elite force, it can be boasted for several years.
Isayama Kenmei gave orders without the Primarch, which was also tacitly approved by Robert Guilliman.
Grandpa Lan has taken stimulants now, and the effect of the drug has not yet worn off. Now the whole person feels light and fluttery. All his thinking and judgment are issued in anger, so there is no effect of careful consideration.
In this case, it is difficult for him to make the right judgment.
In short, he is now impulsive and all judgments are missing.
So a commander who can always remain calm is what [Ultramarines] really need at present.
And this equally famous Martian Mechanicus sage is very suitable for this identity.
"His orders are my orders."
With Robert Guilliman's words, who among the Ultramarines would not listen to Kenmei Isayama?
"Let the False Emperor destroy all those warships used for delay, and we will go after that warship."
"Next, I will be in charge of the operation of the fire control system of the Macragge's Glory."
The dozen tentacles behind Kenmei Isayama all pierced into the special supercomputer in the main control room. A large amount of data flow was displayed on a screen, but other systems were not affected at all.
"As a student of the designer of the Queen of Glory class, Sage Catherine, I know what hidden functions these antiques can be opened."
"For example, the mobile output frequency of the warship is controlled in order to save energy."
"But as long as the limiter is unplugged, it can burst out 300% more propulsion power than before."
At this moment, the rear of the invisible thruster of the Macragge's Glory suddenly began to flash bright red lightning, and the crackling sparks were quite dazzling.
"Gentle driving will not show the true charm of the Queen of Glory."
"No, brother, you are fine, I am not talking about operating the fire control system."
The sudden huge acceleration almost made Robert Guilliman fall to the ground, but he stuck the power sword in his hand into the ground and held it firmly in his hand to avoid making a fool of himself.
"Why are you suddenly studying thrust?"
The [Glory of Macragge] suddenly changed from the original blue propulsion firepower to red, which was an angry raging flame. Such a huge ship can actually leave an afterimage and drag a long tail of about ten kilometers behind.
It is conceivable how terrifying the true strength of [Glory of Macragge] is.
"Did you get rid of them?"
As the command center, Fudrar must not let the enemy destroy it, otherwise their entire [Word Bearers] communication system will collapse and all intelligence will not flow.
He personally sat in the command room and asked the remaining warships whether they had completed their tasks well.
But Fudlar found that the observer could not hold the instrument in his hand and dropped it to the ground.
"Damn it, you can't even hold this thing?"
"My lord."
It was not that the new recruit of the Word Bearers was nervous, but he really couldn't believe what he saw on the radar.
He began to stutter.
"Report the enemy's main ship, the Glory of Macragge, is only 20 kilometers away from our ship."
"Ah, are you blind, or am I dreaming?"
"No, it can be observed visually."
Fudlar stood up, grabbed the instrument, and pointed it at the camera inside.
He almost vomited blood at the first sight.
During the time he and his men were arguing, the Glory of Macragge had completely surpassed their warships, faster than they were, and walked ahead of them.
Fudlar's eyes widened and he could directly see from the glass of the bridge that a huge warship was passing by them at a very fast speed.
"Good fellow, so arrogant."
The flames burning at the tail alone melted the void shield of their warship.
It was the runaway [Glory of Macragge]!