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Chapter 183: Huh? I fight against the Dark Angels inner circle veterans?

In the blink of an eye, dozens of days passed quietly.

Morse Galaxy. (Note 1)

Since the expulsion of the Randan Alliance a hundred years ago, the Morse Galaxy has been occupied by the Dark Angels Legion, which made the greatest contributions in the three Randan battles.

After extensive transformation, the three Imperial worlds in the system became a Forge World, a Bastion World, and a Special World.

This special world appears to be a hive city on the surface, but its governor, department heads and the so-called planetary defense force are all members of the Obsidian Griffin Chapter of the Dark Angels Legion.

The active personnel of the Black Griffin number about 5000, and they constitute the main force of the local "Planetary Defense Force".

In their daily work, they only have two things to do. One is to train new recruits, and the other is to protect the core facility in the city - the Broken Claw Order.

The majority of the Order of the Broken Claw come from the "Inner Circle" of the Dark Angels - the Wings of Death.

Adhering to the "medieval knightly order" culture of Caliban, the Broken Claw Order operates with the organizational structure of a knight monastery.

This order contains all the records of the three battles of Randan.

Yes, all the records, including top-secret information that cannot be found in the Imperial Military Affairs Department.

The knights in the order patrol day and night, study historical documents, practice combat skills, and guard the Randan technological artifacts and data buried deep in the monastery.

They kept an eye on every inch of space in this galaxy, making sure they could spot the enemy as soon as the Randan Alliance returned.

Doing the same thing for years will inevitably make people feel tired and exhausted, but the knights of the Broken Claw Order will not have such negative emotions.

The genetic modification they underwent removed all the emotion processing functions that shouldn't exist, making them always in a state of high alert, without even a moment of relaxation.

They can complete daily training and patrols calmly and remain extremely vigilant even when resting.

The only things that could cause emotional changes in their cerebral cortex were the three Randan battles that they must always remember.

In the early morning, the first ray of artificial sunlight shines through the monastery's colorful bay windows, casting a brilliant beam of light onto the chapel.

Human figures wearing white power armor stood out in the changing light and shadow.

An iron crown of thorns hangs from the thirty-meter-high ribbed vault, Caliban's knightly prophecy is etched on the surface of the silver stone pillars, and ceramic steel armor is displayed on the walls on both sides of the chapel, quietly telling the story of the war that happened more than a hundred years ago.

The atmosphere was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The knights of the monastery knelt on one knee, took off their helmets and placed them on their waists, lowered their heads slightly, and listened to the routine preaching of the leader.

"At this moment over 150 years ago, the first drop of Randan's poisonous blood soaked the soil of Adeformos. Under each floor tile you kneel before, there are the ashes of 50,000 legionnaires. With this, we became the final winners. But today I want you to remember not the victory, but the price behind the victory."

The head of the monastery, Kronos, paced slowly on the podium, his sharp eyes sweeping over every monastery knight.

"In the first battle, we were torn apart by the enemy's Shadow Blasters, and it was 10,000 Ravenwing warriors who blocked the energy torrent with their flesh and blood.

"In the second battle, the despicable enemy used the Shadow Resonator to drive all creatures on the battlefield into madness. Why did the Dark Angels knights gouge out their eyes? Because they found that only the blind are immune to hallucinations! Children who are responsible for guarding the archives, when you patrol every night, have you ever heard the three thousand pairs of empty eye sockets whispering in the darkness?"

Kronos stopped at the podium. In front of him was a pitch-black pillar, about one and a half meters high, just reaching the waist of the leader.

At the top of the pillar there is something covered by a black curtain.

Kronos lifted the curtain, and a crystal skull shining with black light appeared. Everyone at the scene felt a piercing chill, and a depressing atmosphere quickly brewed.

"In the final annihilation battle of the Randan home planet, we thought victory was within our grasp, but the enemy activated an alien technological creation that we had not expected, namely this skull-shaped shadow force field generator.

"It is recorded in the public data that we fought for seven days on Randan's mother planet. This is a lie. The real duration was seven months and seven days. The knights trapped in the shadow force field were covered in wounds, but they could not get any support. In the end, they could only helplessly watch Randan's mothership leave the mother planet."

The captain drew the force-field sword from his waist and used the cold blade to strike the shoulder armor of the first row of knights one by one, sparks flying on their resolute faces:

"Now tell me, when you take turns guarding Ran Dan's war weapons, do you dare to relax even a little? When you sort out Ran Dan's technical data, do you miss half a blueprint? Those idiots who drank and made noise on Victory Day will never understand that Ran Dan has never really perished - they are dormant in every sealed technology, every neglected inspection link, and every self-indulgent celebration banquet!"

The leader raised the force field sword in his hand and pointed it at the memorial wall behind him.

The memorial wall is made of gold and is engraved with the name of every soldier who died in the Battle of Randan.

There is a row of spotlights above the memorial wall, illuminating the names on the wall with holy white light.

"In the name of Broken Claw! With Watch as our blade! We will remain vigilant until the end of time! Our mission will not end until Ran Dan is eliminated!"

Kronos swore loudly.

The knights knelt on one knee, staring at the memorial wall and repeating the oath of the leader:

"In the name of Broken Claw! With Watch as our blade! We will remain vigilant until the end of time! Our mission will not end until Ran Dan is eliminated!"

The daily routine preaching ceremony is over.

Kronos sheathed his sword, turned around and gestured to the knights:

"Everyone, get up. Remember, when the spotlights on the memorial wall switch from white to red, it means that the Auger Matrix in the monastery has discovered traces of the Randan Alliance in this galaxy. From this moment on, we will enter a state of war. Did you hear clearly?"

"Yes, Captain." The knights responded in unison.

Kronos nodded imperceptibly:

"Go to work, I'll check each of you..."

Before he could finish his words, the knights' expressions suddenly changed, and golden light was reflected in their eyes.

Kronos turned around and saw the memorial wall illuminated by golden lights.

The red spotlight represents Ran Dan’s invasion.

What do the golden spotlights represent?
Kronos frowned, quickly flipped through the monastery's manual in his mind, and immediately found the answer:
"Aliens have invaded our galaxy! Enter level 2 combat readiness immediately! Sound the alarm! Seal off the archives! Locate the aliens!"

Kronos shouted.

The knights took action and went to their respective posts according to the instructions in the manual.

Kronos strode towards the main door of the chapel and activated the internal communication to contact the Mechanicus Sage in the monastery:
"Lucart, tell me the location and number of the enemy."

Lukat is the exclusive mechanical sage of the Broken Claw Order.
His portrait was projected in front of Kronos through a holographic device.

The face of the Mechanical Sage in the picture is obscured by a breathing mask and a sound array device, making him look like a crazy man whose mechanization has almost reached the maximum level.

This is indeed the case. Lucat transformed his spine into a twelve-order encrypted transmission shaft, specifically used to protect the alien data in the archives.

"The enemy is at the edge of the system, the coordinates are BXS-1213.4139-N1-AEE-58992. They have two ships, one is a frigate and the other is a barge. Judging from the style of the ships and the scanning signals, they are two Onyx ships."

"The Ounye people? Those bastards who run the cold trade in the hazy star field?" Kronos paused and asked in confusion:

"You just said that there was a barge among these two ships?"

"Yes, that is a barge without a power source, relying on the towing of the frigate to navigate the warp. According to my prediction, the probability of these two ships being lost in the warp is as high as 90%. They left the warp at the wrong time and accidentally entered our system."

"I agree with your judgment, but we can't take it lightly." Kronos activated the monastery's broadcast communication channel and issued a series of combat orders.

In the planet's low-ground orbit, a cruiser belonging to the Broken Claw Order and three cruisers belonging to the Obsidian Griffin Regiment quickly set out.

This temporary fleet of four ships moved in and out of the subspace quickly with precise short-distance jumps, and arrived at the edge of the Morse system in a flash, facing the two ships of the Oune people.

As the distance between the two sides shortened, more intelligence was scanned by the Auger Matrix and transmitted synchronously to Lucat and Kronos.

"The tractor of the frigate is broken, and the Onye people on the ship are repairing it."

Lucat tapped the keyboard with his metal fingers and said:
"Our fleet has thrown the Onie people into a panic. They seem to want to abandon the barge and drive away in the frigate. My lord, I suggest that we intercept them in a more gentle way. There may be alien technology on these two ships that deserve our attention." The Dark Angels like alien technology.

As a member of the Legion's Inner Circle, the Broken Claw also enjoys xenos technology.

Lucat's suggestion was exactly what Kronos wanted, and the latter immediately ordered to abandon the long-range bombing and instead launch a surprise attack on the two ships of the Oene people by boarding.

Before the boarding ships were ejected from the four cruisers, the Onye people sensed something was wrong and hastily cut the towing ropes of the frigate and the barge. The crew on the barge were urgently transferred to the frigate via shuttle.

When the boarding ship appeared, the Oune frigate maneuvered and turned, and the subspace signal coming from inside the hull became stronger.

"Lord Kronos, the Ounian frigate wants to open the subspace entrance. If we launch a boarding attack on this ship now, there is a 75.6% chance of an accident. According to my further calculations, the success rate of the Ounian people opening the subspace entrance will drop to 53.4% due to boarding, and the probability of the boarding personnel losing contact due to following the Ounian people in the subspace navigation is 41.1%. After comprehensive consideration, I suggest that you give up the boarding operation against the frigate."

"I refuse to accept your suggestion. Failure will never hinder our progress, but cowardice will." Kronos ordered in a deep voice:
"Continue the boarding operation and do your best to control the two ships. I have a hunch that this is a revelation from the Primarch."

Lucat wanted to persuade him further, but when he heard Kronos say that this was "the revelation from the Primarch", he decisively swallowed his words.

The Primarch of the Dark Angels was Lion El'Jonson.

This Primarch did not master psychic powers and could not predict the future, but he possessed extremely high tactical predictive abilities and could predict the enemy's actions based on the slightest clues.

Kronos's genetic purity is over 99%, and he almost perfectly inherited the original body's tactical prediction ability.

It is this tactical prediction ability that gives Kronos the ability to predict the future. Although he does not know what the result of the "prophecy" will be, he will never go wrong if he follows his intuition.

The eight boarding ships accelerated in the void, nimbly avoiding the barrage of bullets and laser beams fired by the frigates.

Three of the boarding craft arced toward the stranded barge and easily penetrated the upper deck of the barge.

The other five boarding ships encircled the frigate from the left and right sides, coordinating with each other to attract the frigate's machine guns and laser arrays to cover their companions' boarding operations.

A boarding craft successfully punched through the frigate's outer armor plating, piercing deep into it like a ricepecker's beak.

Coincidentally, the subspace signal strength reached its peak at this moment.

A subspace entrance filled with magical light appeared in front of the frigate. The frigate accelerated with the boarding ship inside it, and at the same time activated the subspace navigation force field developed by the Onie people.

A purple-black barrier covered the entire ship, and the frigate took the boarding ship into the subspace.

This scene surprised Kronos:
"These Onyx people are crazy. Their ships have been pierced by boarding ships, and they dare to enter the warp?!"

Lucat analyzed:

"My lord, they have successfully activated the warp navigation force field. Theoretically, with this force field in place, the ship can still navigate in the warp even if the outer armor plate is damaged. I think the more likely scenario is that our boarding crews will use force to control the ship, successfully leave the warp, and contact us. The probability of this happening is 85%."

Kronos put away his surprise and said in a deep voice:
"Watch for any communications with trusted identifiers. Also, tell me if there's anything on the barge that's of interest to us."

"Yes, sir. Please wait a moment. I will connect you to the communication signal of the frontline combatants. They have a lot to share with you."

Lucat's holographic head disappeared, and busts of several boarding crew members emerged.

They wore compact MK3 power armour, with the same armour decoration as the standard power armour of the inner circle of the Dark Angels, except that it was painted white instead of black.

The leading Space Marine was a veteran NCO with a white cone-shaped visor on his helmet.

He held a heavy bolter and had an exquisite two-handed power sword hanging behind him, showing his fierce style:

"Captain, we have confirmed that this is a barge used by the Onie people to salvage space ruins. The warehouse on board contained the remains of the Onie people's standard weapons and equipment. It is worth noting that we found a star map in the bridge, which records the spatial coordinates of the Onie people's home planet."

Kronos' eyes sparkled and he raised a barely perceptible smile. The wrinkles and scars on his face became more obvious:
"Send the space coordinates to the monastery. You continue to search for the barge and don't miss any clues."

"Yes, sir."

"Lucart, tell me the credibility of this string of spatial coordinates."

The holographic screen flickered and switched from the front-line team to the Mechanical Sage.

At this moment, Lucat was searching for the destination pointed to by the spatial coordinates within the empire's territory. The crackling sound of static electricity came from his head continuously.

After a few seconds, Lukat responded:

"My lord, I have found the destination of this string of space coordinates. It is a remote area in the northeast corner of the Midrak Expansion. It has not been explored by the Empire's expeditionary fleet or the Rogue Trader Dynasty, so detailed information about this area has never appeared in the database. The probability of predicting that this place is the home planet of the Onyx is 50%. We need more information to verify the credibility of the space coordinates."

"Then let's wait." Kronos waited in the command room of the monastery.

The Onies were nothing more than a roving band of privateers, and there was no way they could stand up to the Dark Angels' boarding crews.

What's more, the warriors who successfully entered the frigate were a team of 13 veterans of the Broken Claw Knights.

With such a team, let alone a small frigate, even if an Ounye cruiser came, they would have to surrender control of the ship.

Wait, wait a little longer.

Within half an hour, you will definitely receive a communication request.

In a blink of an eye, 30 minutes passed and the Broken Claw Order did not receive any communication signals from the outside.

Another 60 minutes later, the Onie barge was brought back to low-Earth orbit for a comprehensive inspection.

Another 60 minutes passed and the barge was inspected. Apart from the spatial coordinates recorded in the navigation log and the wreckage of a ship, no valuable loot was found.

Kronos ordered the Mechanical Priest to check the communication signal over and over again, and the local Star Language Court also monitored the Star Language messages at all times.

Gradually, Kronos felt a little uneasy, and a bad idea arose in his mind.

Why is there still no news about the 13 veterans?
Could it be that the frigate that was pierced by the boarding ship was accidentally scrapped during its voyage in the subspace?

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scrapped?

You must be kidding.

The green-skinned man's craftsmanship is much better than that of the purple-skinned man and the oil man.

The ship built by the oil man cannot enter the subspace if it has a small hole in it, but the green-skinned uncle doesn't care about this. As long as he turns on the subspace navigation force field, he can go wherever he wants.

There is of course a reason why the 13 Broken Claw Knight veterans have not returned yet.

Inside the green-skinned frigate disguised as an Oni frigate, Li Nuo was on the bridge, watching the battle scenes on the surveillance video in silence.

In the long and narrow steel corridor, 13 strong men wearing MK3 power armor were fighting with the Blood Crow boys.

The two sides fought fiercely and fiercely, and neither side could do anything to the other in a short period of time.

Normally, the orcs would not be able to defeat the veterans of the Dark Angels' inner circle.

There are exceptions to everything.

A barrier composed of a cationic force field runs across the middle of the corridor, separating the two warring parties.

When electronic devices pass through this barrier, the positive ions will break down the circuit lines and cause them to shut down instantly.

It was the existence of the cationic barrier that stopped the 13 power-armored tough guys.

Li Nuo never thought that he would fight with the veterans of the Dark Angels, but this scene just happened, which really made him feel upset.

(End of this chapter)