In the darkness outside the realm of empire
Among the many forgotten planetary worlds
In the mouths of many traitors and alien collaborators
There is such a legend circulating, about a group of exiles——
They have been sent from the first day of their exile into the darkness of Outland, to wreak vengeance on humanity's enemies, until finally atoning for their sins and the forgiveness of their Forsaken, to defeat the traitors, xenos and turncoats. , and torture them with their own strength.
Their long hunt spanned the entirety of human history, lasting a full 10,000 years.
And now, their hunting continues.
"Target found, Area 12."
Bel Shire said, looking at his scanner and seeing a red biosignal approaching them.
This warrior wears a set of armor that looks ancient and messy. Most of it is Mark IV type, and a small part is composed of multiple types of power armor, but it does not look cheap under the careful decoration.
The shoulder armor part of the power armor is bronze, with a white ancient Terran ocean predator with its body hunched above it. On the main body of the armor, the honorary mark of the exile engraved on the dark gray surface is even more intricate. ——They cover the metal gloves, arm armor and greaves of the armor in a swirl shape, and the joints adopt an interlocking design.
The relief in the center of the breastplate is a skull and a pair of lightning bolts - they are the ornaments of the ancient Terra wars and the first honor of the ancient ancestors.
His helmet is a modified Mark III helmet. The communication uplink line is decorated with towering jagged ceramic ornaments along the top. At the same time, the visor around the communication antenna is painted into an open white mouth, a blood-red shark. The sickle mark is engraved on the left temple of his helmet, a symbol of his role as the Chapter's Chief Marauder and Captain of the Third Company.
In the metal glove of the dark armor in his right hand, he holds a huge two-handed chain saw axe. The adamantine ax handle is engraved with ancient symbols. The trumpet-shaped weapon head has no sheath, and the sharp metal teeth on the edge of the spinner are menacing. is glowing, and in his left hand is an ancient finely crafted bolter.
Behind him were 64 void brothers, including the strike team, and twenty recruits, walking carefully in the hulk.
Originally, his company had 79 experienced Void Brothers, but the company suffered heavy losses in the battle between the planet Zarak and the Night Lords, and even after several rounds of replacements, it still has not returned to its original size.
But numbers would not sway his resolve, and their oath to the Voidfather would not be shaken by loss.
This is the meaning of the existence of the Shark Chapter.
However, this operation is different from the past. Originally, the man-eating sharks would not directly accept employment from others, because they are Astartes after all, loyal to humanity and the Empire, not mercenaries, but this time the man-eating sharks The price paid by the Great Sage is indeed too high. The battle losses of the battle group in the darkness outside the territory are extremely huge. Although the manpower can be replenished through blood tax and gray tax, the large amount of equipment, equipment and cutting-edge technological products required for the war cannot be passed through. obtained by conventional means.
In other times in the past, they usually exchanged the salvaged technological relics with the Adeptus Mechanicus for the products they needed, but recently the war group had not gained anything in this regard, so when the Martian sage found them, he offered a very considerable After paying a price, Chapter Master Tiberius agreed to the Magus of Mars' request.
The Charr understand this decision. Although protecting the empire is their first task, the survival of the Chapter is equally important. Without enough material to support their eternal war, they will not be able to continue.
However, they will not receive any tactical guidance from other parties during the operation, nor will they cooperate with another helper called the Malicious Warrior from Mars.
It's not that they have any prejudice against Malicious Warriors. In fact, the philosophy of Man-Eating Sharks is not much different from that of Malicious Warriors. They are both highly pragmatic and supremacist. Everything is based on results. As long as they can win, Mortal sacrifice is worthless.
Their real disagreement is that the Man-Eating Shark believes that even the smallest mortals have value, even if it is only a few hours or even minutes. The behavior of the malicious warriors is too "wasteful" and the Emperor's gold coins should not be so squandered. It is only right to squeeze out the last bit of value. This is also the reason why the man-eating shark has become more ruthless after wandering in the darkness for ten thousand years——
Because nothing is lacking, nothing is wasted.
"Target found, District 8, District 9, District 11——"
Todor, a veteran of the strike team, suddenly opened his mouth and said. The bloody mouth and nose painted on the Terminator helmet and the pure white plate armor of the Terminator's main body formed a very strong contrast.
But the veteran's words were quickly interrupted by another person.
"Targets were found in almost all areas scanned."
Dicko said eagerly.
"The surrounding enemies are increasing exponentially!"
"They finally decided not to hide anymore."
Ciel whispered, his aiming prism constantly looking for the figure moving through the shadows.
The movement patterns of these gene stealers were obviously more cautious than before. They always used cover to hide themselves when moving. Once his searchlight illuminated a smooth head and chitinous carapace, but other than that he No more alien sightings were seen with my own eyes.
"Keep our formation tight and if they charge, we'll drive them back. No matter what happens, this time we're going to push all the way forward and never take a step back."
Company chess player and chaplain Nikolai raised the broken flag devoutly, and more than sixty battle brothers and recruits around him immediately shrank into formation. The recruits all wore reconnaissance carapace, while the veterans all had red arrow teeth in the center of their helmets. Marks - they are red scars, emblems that can only be obtained after fighting at least ten battles.
The structure of the Devouring Sharks is quite different from that of the Holy Code. They do not have a dedicated recruit company. The effective strength of each combat company is about one hundred to one hundred and twenty battle monks and twenty to thirty scouts. The old leader New is their ancient tradition.
Ciel checked the data of the detector again, constantly memorizing the enemy's location.
They surrounded the Third Company from all directions, as if the intelligence guiding the aliens had seen through his thoughts from previous battles and was therefore preparing to cut off their retreat route.
Ciel stared into the darkness in front of him, trying to discern the enemy's intentions.
What are they waiting for?
Soon, he knew the answer.
A series of intertwined malicious thoughts suddenly appeared in the company master's mind, torturing his consciousness, and the soldiers around him held their heads tightly with both hands, twitching in front of the sudden pain, and endured Torture from within the body.
Although the Space Marines have a strong will and determination, this does not mean that their spirits are truly indestructible. In fact, some powerful forces can still affect their sanity.
For example, psionics.
