Warhammer Inquisitor

  Chapter 71 End Yan Era: Shrine World

  The world of shrines, as the name suggests, means that the whole world is a giant shrine, which is the territory of the state religion and the holy place of faith.

Legend has it that there used to be a living saint here. He was blessed by the emperor in a great battle many years ago. It is said that the great power of the emperor himself descended on him, allowing him to kill demons and bring The terrible warp nightmares are driven back to their dark lairs.

  In the end, the living saint died gloriously after the great battle. When the power of the God-Emperor faded away, his remains turned into a golden statue, solemn and sacred, which still contained the mighty power of the God-Emperor himself.

  In the great mausoleum where the holy remains are stored, the light from the Golden Throne still shines, and that light makes it impossible for all monsters and monsters who are not loyal to evil to even look at it.

  As early as many generations ago, the state religion took over the management rights here from the Ministry of Government Affairs. They built a lot of construction here, building magnificent temples and monuments, and they used this to commemorate this great living saint.

  Night and night, countless believers prayed, prayed and praised here every day. They hoped that the light of the emperor's truth would be enough to shine here. Their devout beliefs cast this magnificent shrine world after dozens of generations.

  Pilgrims from all star regions arrived here day and night. They walked and prayed around the Holy Coffin. In the past, countless high Gothic chants echoed around the entire Temple of the Holy Relic at every moment of every day.

  Bachman doesn't know whether this story is true or not, but it is true that the Great Sanctuary where the Holy Coffin is stored is indeed standing strong, but perhaps it is not because of the light of faith, but because of the battle nuns guarding it.

Those crazy women held bolt guns and scattered the invading zombies and Nurgle like a group of lunatics. Now they still guard and protect the Great Sanctuary, defending the golden hall between the bombs and flamethrowers. Inside.

   But it's not a good thing, I mean, yeah, it's not a bad thing that the Great Temple isn't lost, but Bateman thinks it might be better if they get out of there and help themselves and their brothers.

   Sergeant Bateman sat behind the long marble dais, scattered laser gun shots flashed around, and the Cadia Star Militia infantry company that was defending the Pilgrim Avenue was already struggling to hold on.

They have been guarding here for several days. For several days, those endless plague zombies and the terrifying demons of Nurgle have launched rounds of attacks. Today, their defense finally couldn't hold up.

Huge hordes of abominations broke through the defenses, and the firepower was captured by the demons of Nurgle with their huge bodies and thick skins. Heavy bolters smashed the monster to pieces, but the horrible creature would be enough before it died. The twisted beast was sent to the firepower point.

  As the firepower points were pulled out one by one, the Cadia infantry company lost its position. They kept retreating backwards, retreating along the main road and trying to intercept these monsters again.

Sergeant Bateman poked his head out. He looked at the walking corpses with distorted and ferocious smiles on their faces. Their bodies were rotten and bloated, and they walked slowly with staggering steps. The zombies were killed to the end, but more monsters followed one after another.

The tall, festered and pus-covered Nurgle walked among them, those little Nurgles laughed and played on the demons, and these monsters shook their little bells one by one, how creepy they were bells.

Under the leadership of the demon, a large number of zombies are constantly surging forward. The surviving Cadia soldiers around the sergeant are fighting back as much as possible. The laser guns are still aiming and shooting, but the slightly sparse firepower cannot stop them at all. .

   "Sergeant Bateman, we must evacuate here and join the battalion headquarters." The young soldier wearing a steel helmet said, he was holding a laser gun, and the energy magazine that had been emptied proved his contribution, but obviously it was of no avail.

Bateman cursed and tore off the grenade, he pulled out the insurance and threw it towards the zombie crowd. An explosion sounded among the walking corpses, and the shattered corpses were blown to pieces, and their flesh and blood splashed onto the statues and exquisite decorations on the side of the road .

   But as far as I said, it doesn't help, the zombie horde is still advancing, and the Cadian soldiers can't stop them, they have to retreat.

  Bateman looked towards the Great Temple not far away, maybe where they can retreat? Withdraw into the Great Sanctuary, and then stand there with the Sisters of Battle troops, waiting for the support of the regiment headquarters or other brother troops.

But when Batman was struggling with his choice, there was a violent and continuous explosion among the densely packed corpses. Batman raised his head in surprise, and the young soldiers and all the Cadians looked at the firepower above their heads. source.

It was a Thunderhawk and several Valkyrie transport planes. These flying raptors loaded with heavy rotating bolt guns fell from the sky like flames of vertical propellers. open fire.

  Intensive bombardment of explosive bombs, honeycomb missiles howled and smashed into those monsters, sea of ​​fire and explosions swept around, blasting those abominable things into pieces.

  Bateman looked at the several fighter planes roaring above the city buildings above his head, some of which were slowly descending, and the deck hatch of one of the blue Thunderhawks slid up and down, and four figures jumped off the deck.

The meteorite-like figure fell around Batman and the young soldiers. They looked at the four space warriors in amazement. Electric arcs shot from him, knocking the demon of Nurgle among the zombies to the ground.

  The moment the demon fell to the ground, intensive artillery fire concentrated on his bloated body. In the flames, Nurgling collapsed and shattered, and its demon's filthy flesh and blood splashed everywhere.

  Bateman looked at the four angels of death. They were aiming and shooting in an orderly manner. Another figure jumped off the blue Thunderhawk. The voice was not loud, but it was enough to attract the soldiers' attention.

They looked in amazement at the man in front of him, with a chainsaw sword in his belt and a bolt pistol in his hand. He dropped the landing ropes from the Valkyrie transport planes behind him, and the stormtroopers slid down one after another, almost Start firing as soon as it lands.

   Their more powerful laser guns smashed the advancing zombies, and several fighter planes hovering overhead also supported them with their devastating firepower.

  The Stormtroopers spread out around the Astartes, their lasguns aiming and firing, methodically but with utmost precision, firing fire to kill the abomination army in front of them.

Apparently the men they led were holding bolt pistols and killing the zombies one by one. Under the cover of dense firepower, the army of zombies on the street was soon blown to pieces, and the rest of them broke up and scattered. A viscous avenue of broken flesh and blood remained.

These unexpected reinforcements launched a line of defense, the stormtroopers watched their surroundings vigilantly with their guns in hand, and the Astartes obviously did not intend to say anything to the Cadians, but instead focused their attention on observing the surroundings Those damaged buildings and possible enemies.

  One of the Astartes, who was holding a power sword, almost raised his gun, and smashed a zombie on the ground that hadn't died completely, and its collapsed flesh and blood splashed everywhere.

  The Stormtroopers also began to look for the undead zombies, and the one who seemed to be ready to talk to him was the leading man. He put the bolt gun into the holster and stood on the rubble after the collapsed street building looked down at him.

"I am Inquisitor Vito Constantine. These are Astartes Brothers of the Deathwatch Chapter. We are here to support you." After the Inquisitor finished speaking, Batman immediately stood at attention and saluted. The young soldiers beside him Also stood up straight.

   "Sergeant Bateman Horneus, nice to meet you, sir."

Vito looked at the non-commissioned officer who was standing among the ruins and rubble and returned a salute, "Where's your superior?" Vito's question followed Batman's slight turn of the head, and he followed his gaze in the field full of zombies chopping up corpses. On the street, I saw a zombie wearing a Cadia uniform missing half of his body.

  Vito smiled and looked at the stormtroopers not far away, "Captain, you are in charge of commanding them, as well as all the surrounding imperial forces." "Obey, sir."

  The captain responded by waving a gesture to the Valkyries above his head, and several Valkyries flew away with the Thunderhawks, and they were heading to places where they were needed.

   "Sir, where are the nuns in the temple over there? I don't think they will listen to us." The captain asked, Vito looked at the temple and then at Batman, "Sergeant, do you know Inquisitor Lilith?"

   "Of course, sir, I saw her a few days ago. She was an excellent judge. I saw him kill several Nurgle demons and a large number of zombies. She didn't even break a sweat."

  Vito smiled jokingly, his hand clutching his belt, "So, do you know where our Judge Lilith is now?"

The sergeant shook his head, but immediately pointed to the Great Temple, "I don't know, my lord, but I'm sure the head nun must know that she has the only remaining command communication channel in this war zone. Where can you find out the answer? .”

  Vito smiled, and the space warrior behind him fired another shot, killing a zombie wandering among the ruins like a wild duck.

   "Very well, captain, you go to the temple with us, I will make sure that the crazy woman there obeys your command, and I will also find out where dear Lily is." "Yes, sir."

  Bateman looked at the judge who walked down the ruins, and the four space warriors followed behind him. The huge figure followed the judge towards the direction of the temple, and the storm trooper captain followed them.

  Bateman looked around at the stormtroopers who were building a defense line, nodded slightly to the young soldiers around him, and then jumped onto the ruins with a gun in his hand.

  During the passing of the order, Cadia soldiers also began to rebuild the line of defense. This joint force is skillfully establishing firepower points and roadblock bunkers.

  Bateman looked at the half-broken zombie crawling on the ground in the distance, picked up the laser gun, and pulled the trigger.

   And on the ruined street leading to the temple behind him, Vito glanced at the silver dagger on his waist, the gift he brought from his dream.

  He pulled out the dagger, remained silent for a moment, then inserted it back. He looked at the shimmering golden gate of the temple, hoping that there would be no one here who could find out what this thing was.

  (end of this chapter)