Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 122: Winning the First Duel
Despite the best efforts of the Relic Protectors, the Shield of Daxos still failed to catch the last train to suppress the beast tide riot.

Thor, who lost the evaluation of repair speed, was silent for a moment. He realized that Gabriel was a powerful technical master and an unbeatable opponent.

The Protector of the Sacred Relics decided to add a logical element to the victory. He used the communicator to contact Bowen, the knight apprentice of the Drisha family.

"Bowen, the Drisha family is a loyal servant of Vixtrix and the most glorious family among the many families loyal to the Knight King."

"You are the most outstanding of the Knight Apprentices, so I have decided that you will pilot the sacred Shield of Daxos, win the duel, and defend the honor of the Knights."

The knight and the mecha are a whole. An excellent knight will make the ghosts in the mechanical throne very happy and perfectly utilize the capabilities of the mecha.

"My lord, I am willing to serve you."

Bowen said firmly, "I will pilot the Shield of Daxos and win victory for you and for Vixtrix."

The next day, the remaining forty-two knights drove mechas to the knight training ground on the west side of the mountain where the Vixtrix family was located. They watched nervously as the two new knights who had just completed the conferring ceremony.

The knight training ground is built in a valley.

The Knight King stood on the Shield of Daxos and the Holy Mars. He glanced at Nimrod and his men, his gaze especially lingering on the black-armored warrior with the servo arm extended, and then he fixed his gaze on the two standing knights.

"Your responsibility today is to verify the effectiveness of your mecha's repairs on the training ground."

"You must follow the requirements of the chivalric code and do your best."

"Yes, my lord."

After the two knights exchanged salutes as master and servant, they climbed into the cockpit, coupled with the neural socket, activated the power transmission device, controlled their mechas, and each stood within two red light circles with illuminated detection runes.

Campbell looked at Nimrod. "If you have nothing to say, we'll begin now."

"of course."

The Knight King immediately gave the order: "Start the test program."

The mechanical tentacles of the Holy Relic Protector tapped on the control panel.

A moment later, with a rumbling sound, two test targets made of rock rose up. They were sixteen meters thick and five meters long and wide.

Campbell pointed to two test targets and introduced them to Nimrod.

"These two test targets are made of Daxos Alpha, the strongest turquoise."

"Only the Knight mecha's thermal cannon can destroy the test target."

Seeing Nimrod nod, he gave orders to the two knights.

"shooting!"

Alvarez obeyed the order quickly. Bowen had always been the best among the Knight's apprentices. He did not feel the pressure, but the Knight's pride made him strive to do his best.

As the power was input, the thermal cannon on the right arm of the Holy Mars was activated, the ground was shaking under his feet, and the data of the test target two hundred meters away filled his mind.

Flashes of light streaked across the valley, and a fiery explosion of superheated energy instantly engulfed the test target, melting it.

At the same time, the thermal cannon of the Daxos Shield also destroyed the turquoise test target.

"Second test, get ready."

"Third test, ready."

For three consecutive times, the thermal cannons of the two knight mechas successfully completed the test.

It seemed like the two sides were tied, and both mechas were in good condition, but Ning Lu had a smile of confidence on his face.

The Primarch's superhuman perception had keenly detected that the power system of the Shield of Daxos had overheated and its weakness had appeared.

"On to the next test, the Death Chainsword."

The Death Chainsaw Swords on the left arms of the two mechas roared and started running.

In a flash, they rushed to the first turquoise test target, swung their swords, and crushed the huge stone into pieces.

The two knight mechas continued to rush towards the next test target without stopping.

The Daxos Shield had just taken two steps when Bowen suddenly noticed a red light on the power system on the control panel in front of him. [Overheat.]

【Cooling system failure.】

【…】

Thor hesitated. He should stop immediately and have the artifact inspected by the Holy Relic Preservator.

But he knew the consequences of doing so. His father, the patriarch of the Drisha family, had met him before the war and told him to win and defend the glory of Daxos.

Thor could also hear the roar of the heroic spirit ringing in his ears.

"Don't be afraid, little boy from the Drisha family. It's stronger than you think."

"..."

The chaotic voices of ghosts made the young knight make up his mind. He charged forward and chopped off the second test target.

[Only the last one left.]
Just as Thor thought of this, the red light on the control panel flashed rapidly.

"No!"

The young knight shouted unwillingly. The power system of the Shield of Daxos failed, and the running knight mecha fell heavily to the ground.

The loud noise also struck the hearts of many knights and squires. They did not expect that the protector of the holy relic would fail.

The Holy Relic Protector was stunned for a moment before he realized the reality. He quickly ran towards the Shield of Daxos.

Campbell's eyes darkened, he walked up to Nimrod and spoke.

"You won the first duel."

The Protector of Relics was completely defeated by the "Generalist" in the field he was most familiar with.

He completed the repairs ten star hours later than the technical sergeant, and the repaired weapon system was less stable, and the mecha's continuous operation time was much shorter.

Nimrod turned and looked at Gabriel with admiration.

"Well done."

Gabriel couldn't help but smile when he received the praise from the Gene Father.

"Father, fortunately you have lived up to your destiny."

Only then did Nimrod turn around and look at the Knight King.

"How do you want to compete in the second round?"

Campbell was silent for a moment. He reassessed his assessment of the black-armored warrior's strength, iterated a new plan, and then spoke.

"I want to have a team confrontation. The knight of the Hitla family and his two squires will face your offspring."

"In Daxos, we usually act in coordination with knights and squires."

Although the Knight King discovered that the Astartes were powerful, they were still no match for the Knight Mecha in a one-on-one fight.

In order to show fairness, he had wanted to have a knight lead ten squires to fight, but after seeing the fighting power of Astartes, he decided to limit the number to three.

There is not much difference in combat power between three and ten servants. The core of the combat power is the knight mecha, and the servants only play an auxiliary role such as covering the flanks.

But from the tactical reports he obtained, and his assessment, there was a huge difference between three Astartes and ten.

Ningluo took a glance at the number of knight mechas and understood that the reason they did not adopt a mecha formation but a mixed formation of knight mechas and servants was that the number was too small.

"Okay," he turned to look at Bukayo, "You will fight, and you can choose two more people."

"As you command, Father."

Nightmare bowed and replied.

(End of this chapter)