Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 261: Phantom in the Forest
"The enemy's camouflage ability is beyond the scanning range of our auspicious instrument. We use our eyes and intuition to lock the target."

Hill immediately made a judgment that neither the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft they released into the dense forest nor the scanning equipment such as the micro auspicious instruments carried on their power armor had much effect on the Eldar.

The human empire rarely encounters this situation, which means that the enemy's stealth technology is superior to theirs.

However, considering that the enemy is the Eldar, a race with a history of tens of millions of years, this is not surprising.

The Space Marines were accustomed to using their power armor to capture the enemy's position, and this inertia of thinking caused them to encounter difficulties when facing the Ark Eldar.

The reason why the Astartes created by the Emperor are so powerful is not just because of their power armor.

Upon receiving the reminder, the Extreme Marines immediately ignored the ineffective reminders of the power armor and instead used their superhuman senses and honed war instincts to fight against the Eldar.

The sixth sense and instinct are more reliable.

The roar of grenade launchers and cross-shaped gun flames launched a counterattack, and more than six hundred Ultramarines veterans exchanged fire with the Eldar in the dense forest.

They even changed their shooting posture, using their wrist guards to block the goggles of their tactical helmets as much as possible to avoid being shot in the head by the enemy through the goggles again.

"Knight mechs and super-heavy tanks lead the way, close to those damned enemies, everyone pay attention to infantry-tank coordination."

Hill's order urged the Extreme Marines to close the distance with the enemy. A mere 1 kilometer distance only took tens of seconds for the Space Marines.

Hill, who was good at summarizing experience, found that it was a mistake to fight with the Eldar in the dense forest. They could perfectly adapt to the dense jungle and hide themselves by relying on natural cover.

Even the battle-hardened red-helmeted sergeant felt that the bushes began to speak the Eldar language, and his ears were filled with the terrified screams of the mortal auxiliary troops in the rear.

Armored vehicles and heavy machinery were destroyed by unseen enemies, and vehicles loaded with supplies and ammunition were destroyed by psychic bombs, the resulting explosions killing the mortal guards.

"They, they are coming! Emperor, they are invisible ghosts..."

The screams of terror stopped abruptly.

Hill realized that a mortal officer of the Ultramar Auxilia had been killed. The communicator carried the extremely faint noise of a jet bike and the low sound of a sharp blade piercing a human body.

The damn Eldar were waging a harassment war, bypassing the sentries, sabotaging machinery, destroying supply vehicles, and secretly assassinating key commanders. Although the mortal auxiliary forces remained on the utmost alert, they were still unable to prevent the decline of the team's cohesion and morale.

The enemies seemed to be everywhere, but they could not be found anywhere. Even Hill felt his energy being rapidly depleted by such difficult enemies.

Finally, he and his guards sensed a noise approaching. Hill instinctively rolled forward from his original position to dodge, and the next moment an almost invisible Eldar jet ski appeared beside him.

The Ark Eldar sitting at the back of the jetboat was wielding an extremely thin, curved long sword in his hand. It exuded a warm luster like the bright moon, but its destructive power was so amazing that it was even enough to leave shallow scratches on the adamantine armor.

They wanted to raid and behead the Ultramarines' commanding officer.

Hill understood the enemy's intentions. He would have made the same choice. Surprise attacks and decapitations have always been the most efficient way to end a war. Unfortunately, the enemy's attack was highly sophisticated, but it still couldn't defeat the red-helmeted hero of Calth.

Under the cover of his guards, he quickly took out his bolt pistol and fired back. The fierce bolt tore through anything that stood in his way, and the accelerated warhead could even destroy some light vehicles.

The Eldar vehicles were definitely among them. Hill saw the black and red jet ski. It was so slender and exquisite that it looked like a work of art that had been repeatedly polished.

However, works of art are always fragile, and Hill prefers weapons that are sturdy and durable, which at least have a lower chance of malfunctioning.

The Eldar wanted to keep their distance and continue to remain invisible, but dense bombs came from all directions, and the surrounding Ultramarines formed a large encirclement net, blocking all escape routes.

A bomb grazed the tail of the Eldar jet ski, and the bursting shrapnel and fierce explosion immediately disrupted its balance. The jet ski began to spin in the air with the driver, and then completely lost balance and turned over to the ground.

The extremely fast jet boat crashed into several tall trees, and cracks appeared on the body made of spirit bones. The two Ark Eldar on it swiftly seized the opportunity and flipped over to the ground.

All this happened in a flash. Hill tightly grasped his electromagnetic sword, which was a weapon given to him by the Primarch from Guilliman's collection. The activated electromagnetic field passed through the air, and Hill's superb swordsmanship blocked some strange weapons shot by the Eldar.

It seemed to be a thin piece of paper with a thickness of only a single molecule shot out from the muzzle of a gun. Its firing speed was extremely fast and it could fire repeatedly up to hundreds of times in one or two seconds. However, this dart-like weapon had poor accuracy and Hill could use his swordsmanship to deflect it.

When those dart weapons were deflected and fell onto the power armor, they had no effect other than making tinkling sounds.

"They will be extremely lethal to troops not wearing power armor, but will be generally ineffective against armored units."

Hill shouted into the communication channel, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy's weapons.

The distance continued to narrow, and the Eldar finally came into close range of attack. Hill could clearly see these tall and slender figures in cloaks trying to retreat quickly to create distance.

His sword light was like a flash of lightning piercing out from the dark abyss. The dart fragments that were bounced back made a sound of breaking through the air, but instead left deep bloody marks on the face of the Eldar. The blood flowed wantonly, and the two rangers were immediately furious. They felt ashamed for being injured by their own weapons.

The rangers tried to use their speed advantage to fight with Hill, but after a few rounds, they were horrified to find that they had almost no advantage except speed.

Hill's strength, amplified by the power armor, was completely beyond the ability of the skinny Eldar to resist. Their mesh armor had the Eldar's unique carapace plates, which were very flexible, but very poor in strength and defense.

The Eldar Ranger had to jump into the air and reverse to avoid the terrifying sword, while Hill was still getting closer, relying on the powerful defense of the power armor to engage in close combat with the Eldar Ranger.

The two rangers had to work together and use two Eldar long swords to block Hill's electromagnetic sword.

The commander of the Extreme Marines under the red helmet remained unmoved. He let go of the strangled sword in his hand and punched out with full force, hitting the two Eldar directly on the forehead.

His iron fist was so ferocious that its power was enough to blast open the alloy door, and the two Eldar rangers were undoubtedly fainted. If Hill had not stopped his hand at the critical moment, they would have seen their brains splattered on the ground.

After knocking down two Eldar rangers, Hill reached back and his electromagnetic sword fell into his hand. He tied up the Eldar rangers with chains as if they were dead dogs, and handed them over to the care of other battle brothers.

(End of this chapter)