Warhammer 30k and the Great Tomb of Nazarick

Chapter 18: Firefight Resumes
M30.890. June 6, 3

ten o'clock in the morning
The soldiers of the Empire did not get a good rest, especially the Agaro militia, who were the most exhausted. As soon as they arrived in this world yesterday, they began to dig trenches and lay barbed wires. Although these militiamen who were workers were already accustomed to hard work, such a heavy workload still made them exhausted.

The fortifications hadn't been completed yet when the Sorcerous Kingdom's alien blasphemous army attacked. Fortunately, the Battle Empire behind them had always been in an overwhelming advantage and successfully annihilated this blasphemous army. This greatly boosted the morale of the Agaro militia, and the food in the evening was also very rich, all natural grains and vegetables, and even unlimited meat, real meat.

The meals were divided into two groups, half of the people ate while the other half were prepared to deal with emergencies. The meals were also taken place in the trenches.

The native bishop John, now the temporary special logistics team leader, led his men to set up large pots in the rear to cook food. After the food was cooked, the nuns carried large buckets and distributed dishes such as peas stewed with lamb or beef stewed with potatoes, along with soft white bread, to the soldiers.

John wanted to send wine to everyone, but the Space Marines thought that this was not allowed during war, so they banned the sending of wine. However, facing such delicious food, although it was a pity for everyone to have no wine, it didn't matter.

In the rare quiet time, the soldiers enjoyed the hard-earned delicious food. Some ate until they were sweating and kept asking for more rice. Some were burned by the hot dishes and kept breathing hard but couldn't bear to stop. Some ate until tears welled up in their eyes. Some even directly dragged the nun sister to propose marriage (the soldier had been kicked hard on the buttocks by the military discipline officer and was whipped). This scene puzzled the Christians led by John. Although they, the natives who still stayed on the land, had no idea what the human empire, a powerful political entity spanning the galaxy, was, they still knew that the human empire's combat power and technological level were far superior to theirs.

In John's understanding, the living standard of the residents of such a mysterious and powerful empire must be much higher than that of the natives, but now it seems that the eating habits of the Agaro militia are just like the villagers from the poorest areas of the kingdom. Even Jim, the Duke of Agaro, is constantly adding dishes. The elite soldiers known as the auxiliary army performed much better, but they also ate enthusiastically, and the Space Marines also showed obvious joy when eating.

John looked puzzled but didn't dare to say anything. Barn saw his doubts and said to him with a smile, "We have been away from Holy Terra, the ancient homeland of mankind, for too long. Now we are scattered to different worlds. It is really difficult to taste this kind of food with the flavor of ancient Terra in these worlds."

Is that so? John felt that Barn seemed to have left something unsaid, but he did not dare to ask, so he quickly said yes. In fact, Barn did not tell the whole story. In most places, the living standards of the middle and lower classes of the human empire ranged from the poor in modern society to the serfs in ancient times.

After the two groups had distributed the food, John personally took a group of nuns, put on protective clothing provided by Barn, and went to deliver food to the other side of the portal.

The portal has now expanded a lot and is almost touching the ceiling of the basement. If it is to be expanded further, the upper floor will probably need to be removed first. This portal will continue to expand over time, and Barn and his team have been looking for ways to expand it.

John carefully put on the strange mask and led the men through the portal with the sealed barrel.

Although he had been here before, John still felt his heart skip a beat when he saw the scenery on the opposite side. He felt that his poor literary knowledge was unable to describe all that was incredible.

The scenery on the other side of the portal gave people the most intuitive feeling of desolation. There was no vegetation, no water source, no signs of life, only a wasteland. There were no clouds in the sky above, and the bright stars were clearly visible. A blue celestial body that should be the sun was hanging in the most conspicuous position in the sky. John also knew that there was no air here, and it was extremely cold. Without these special protective suits, he and others would either die of suffocation or be frozen to death.

John subconsciously thought that this might be the realm of the Dark God among the six great gods, which was like the Jedi of life.

There were two huge metal ships docked in this forbidden area. These two ships were so huge that they were beyond John's comprehension. In his eyes, they looked like two huge mountains, and they were incredibly made of unknown metals. Perhaps all the metal produced by mankind would not be enough to build any of these huge ships? There was no other suitable word to describe them except miracles.

John was almost in despair after the death of six Space Marines, but when he saw these huge ships for the first time, he realized that as long as the portal was expanded large enough to allow these ships to attack Ainz Ooal Gown, everything would be fine.

John delivered all the food and met with Astrology Qianli who stayed here. Astrology Qianli's state has changed a lot now. He no longer looks gloomy and desperate as before, but seems much more optimistic.

After dinner, everyone began to rest in an organized manner. The Empire requisitioned a lot of bedding and pillows for the soldiers to use. The way to sleep was to divide everyone into three groups. Each time, one-third of the people rested, and the rest continued to guard. Even though the Agaro militia were workers who were used to working night shifts, they were not used to sleeping in such a battlefield environment.

Many disaster victims also came over at night, and Father Otto used the Servo Skull to discover several hidden monsters that could transform into humans. These monsters were all destroyed by the prepared Space Marines. Of course, this episode still affected the soldiers' news.

At the same time, the undead from all over the country were constantly gathering towards the battlefield, and they did not stop all night. After dawn, the entire horizon was filled with various low-level undead, with a number of more than 100,000, and still increasing. Under such circumstances, it was obvious that not many people could sleep well.

After daybreak, the undead did not launch an attack but continued to gather. The strong stench made the delicious breakfast a little difficult to swallow.

After 8:30 in the morning, Aura and Mare entered with more elite troops.

The elite troops lost yesterday were automatically refreshed at eight o'clock this morning. Aura and Mare originally wanted to come at that time, but Ainz firmly believed that as a good leader, he should let his subordinates have breakfast and get enough rest before going to work, so he delayed the time to half past eight.

Considering the poor battle situation yesterday, Ainz directly sent all the elite skeleton monsters below level 30 from the Great Tomb of Nazarick this time. A total of 3000 Nazarick senior guards, 2000 Nazarick experienced guards, 1000 Nazarick master guards, 500 dead magicians (not summoned by Ainz, but automatically refreshed by the Great Tomb), 50 death knights, death cavalry riding soul eaters (the level and combat power of these two are similar to those of death knights), plus more than various low-level undead gathered from all over the Theocracy, forming today's huge coalition.

This time, Aura and Mare learned their lesson and moved the command center ten kilometers away.

There was nothing that needed to be communicated between them. To the Empire, aliens and heretics meant death. Aura, on the other hand, was still angry about yesterday's embarrassment and wanted to completely eliminate these enemies.

Following its order, hundreds of thousands of low-level undead cannon fodder on the front line began to charge under the leadership of the Death Knights.

(End of this chapter)