Since encountering the weird statue, they have not encountered anything special along the way. They have been sailing calmly for five days. These five days were even so peaceful that Soshyan felt weird.
On the sixth day, the driver sent a message that they had left the underground river, but they could not move forward because the bunker in front was unusually strong and seemed to have signs of artificial reinforcement.
So Soshyan ordered everyone to disembark, and eight teams of nearly 100 soldiers quickly assembled in an empty underground cave, including two Terminator teams.
Along with them, apart from Inquisitor Angelica, there was only one mortal, Priest Mechanicus Loken.
In fact, in the past few days, Loken has been secretly "observing" Angelica. After all, among a bunch of muscular men, there is only one woman, and she is a tall, slender, curvy woman. Use "beautiful" This word description is completely a huge underestimate.
Not to mention that the tight black uniform she wore coupled with her fair skin made her figure even more provocative and it was hard not to attract Loken.
"this place--"
After counting the number of people, Soshyan personally checked the surrounding environment. He unexpectedly discovered that the cave might not be natural because he saw many eroded columns and collapsed vents. When he carefully measured it with his feet, The space, half submerged in water, turned out to be a perfect square.
In other words, it was indeed chiseled out, and its purpose was probably a warehouse.
"Perhaps this is part of the underground fortifications dug by the greenskins in the past."
Looking at these prehistoric ruins, Talos sighed softly.
"Hopefully they're all dead."
Soshyan suddenly looked at him.
"You seem to have something in your words?"
"It's nothing, don't worry."
Talos didn't want to say anything, and Soshyan didn't want to ask. He looked at the locator and found that they were now less than 20 kilometers away from the Hades nest, and it wouldn't take long to reach the outskirts of the nest.
"Chapter Master!"
Suddenly, a soldier made a surprised sound.
Soshyan walked over and took a look. It turned out that this soldier had discovered a pile of wreckage. The pile of wreckage was mainly composed of a large number of destroyed equipment parts, and a few bones could still be found.
"This is......"
After looking at it for a while, Soshyan suddenly bent down and picked out something from inside.
"People from the Mechanicus are here."
It was a rusty gear pendant, and only the Mechanicus in the empire would wear it.
After that, everyone searched around for a while and found a lot of wreckage related to the Mechanicus. Finally, Soshyan speculated that a team of the Mechanicus had arrived here a long, long time ago.
But for unknown reasons, they were eventually wiped out here.
In other words, he escaped from here in embarrassment.
"It seems that the front is not peaceful."
After discussing with Talos and others, Soshyan decided to proceed as planned.
"Marching formation, Captain Mark, you lead the second team to the rear."
"yes."
Nodding, Maximilian turned around and led a team of Terminators to the back of the team. Considering that the underground would be relatively narrow, Soshyan chose a two-column march, with the Terminators taking charge of leading and rearing. Firepower to deal with emergencies.
Soon, the team set off, and at the same time the only two mortals were in the center of the queue.
After ten minutes of walking, through the slope of the ground, Soshyan kept inferring the path they might take, but as the angle increased, he began to worry about whether there was another body of water ahead.
But it turned out that he was overly worried. After walking for half an hour, they discovered a canyon.
This huge underground space was much larger than they imagined, and they even saw vegetation, including low shrubs and huge mushroom trees. Considering that it was several kilometers underground, Talos guessed that this area might still be There is a life support system operating.
As they went deeper, darkness completely enveloped the marching queue, and even the light was difficult to penetrate. Soshyan felt as if they were diving into the depths of the sea.
After advancing for more than an hour, he caught a sickly smell of death and decay in his throat, so he swallowed and shook his head.
The stench was so strong that it made his eyes water.
"That is--"
Just in front of the team, a tree fell down, leaving a large clearing under the tree cover. This clearing was almost as big as the chapel of the cathedral. There were some fluorescent things around it, a huge reptilian creature. on the corpse.
This guy was almost twenty meters long from beginning to end. In the distance behind the body, a rock covered with vines could be vaguely seen.
Soshyan quickly made a few gestures to the others, asking them to be on guard around the open space as he approached the body for inspection.
The team carefully readied their weapons and spread out around the open area, scouting for signs of another ambush.
Soshyan examined it carefully and speculated that this should be a native creature. It had almost no eyes and was obviously an underground creature. As for how it died, he guessed that this huge monster rolled down a cliff and died. Yes, a lot of flowers and plants were crushed along the way.
He could imagine how it slipped and fell hard, killing it.
But the problem is, judging from the sharp claws on the limbs of this creature, it should be something good at climbing. It is obviously abnormal to fall naturally.
At the same time, he also saw deep wounds on the creature's abdomen and head, which should have been caused by sharp claws, so it was a hunted person.
According to the laws of nature, hunters will not kill prey for no reason, most of them are based on hunger, which means that they will not let go of the corpse of the prey - because this is the ultimate purpose of their hunting.
As the examination progressed, anatomy expert Talos confirmed his suspicions. Scratches and cracks were all over the creature's mottled skin. There were also two broken claws buried in its body. The coagulated blood covered the beast. Look. It turns out that this monster was chased off the cliff and fell into the forest clearing.
"Then the hunter must not have gone far, everyone, be careful——"
As soon as Soshyan finished speaking, the attack suddenly came.
From under the tangled vines and bushes on the right side of Talos, there was a sudden sound of something erupting outwards. The prophet drew his sword as fast as lightning, preparing to meet anything that came.
I saw a huge fur-covered creature jumping out, jumping on a rock, twisting its body, hissing, spitting on the right side of Talos's helmet, and the armor was covered with The area where the monster's saliva splashed immediately began to bubble.
Although these highly toxic mucus can't really harm the power armor, if this monster is bigger, it will definitely be a big trouble.
The ferocious monster once again hissed contemptuously and jumped up from the rock. It jumped hard on the ground twice and headed straight towards Talos.
Bang bang bang——
Three gunshots were fired, and the monster immediately began to twitch violently, and explosive bullets penetrated its head and body.
Then, it fell heavily to the ground.
"What's this?"
Lowering his storm bolter arm, Soshyan approached the creature as other warriors stood guard.
Talos was also staring at the things on the ground, but his brows were furrowed and his expression was serious. Soshyan rarely saw him like this.
"What's wrong? Do you know this thing?"
"Um."
This monster on the ground is stronger and more savage than a green skin, with long and thick arms, and a long tail like a thick hemp rope behind its butt, with a deadly bone spur at the end. The most conspicuous thing is its hands and feet. The vicious claw tips at the end are each larger than a green-skinned finger and have a vicious shape.
But compared to its head, these features are nothing special.
The thing's head is also very scary, perfectly fitting its role as a predator. The face is flat and hairless. Thick protective skin wraps its skull, with 6 eye sockets and 5 nostrils, and is covered with thick hair. The rest of the head extends to its back, arms and legs.
The wound hit by the bomb was leaking out some foul-smelling pus, which smelled like fruit that had been rotten for many days.
"What is this thing?"
"The Claw Demon."
Soshiyang recalled this name for a moment and suddenly whispered.
"Dark Eldar!"
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