Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 756 Do you have the resolve to make offerings after death?
949.M30.

The hazy star field, Unswald.

Tezuka Sasebo, the adjutant of the 36th Company of the 10th Battle Group, led three squads to the surface of the Eternal Night World.

The lifeless star cast no light upon this planet.

Tresoldi looked around and saw only huge, black rocks.

"It's such a desolate world; it's hard to imagine that there could be life in it."

“The Auger Matrix leader reports that the scan has not detected any life signals, but Father told us that there are millions of Lightling Ratmen in this world,” Tezuka Sasebo warned.

"Have the Lightling ratmen here learned to become invisible?" Audones hugged his bedrock-type bomb gun tightly. "Those demi-humans may be small, but there are millions of them. It's impossible for them to have left no trace."

Just as Sasebo Tezuka was about to speak, he suddenly heard a whooshing sound in his ear.

"Enemy attack!"

Beams of light bombarded the Mark III power armor of the Shadow Order, sending plumes of black smoke rising from the black armor.

The smooth nail polish turned black.

Sasebo Tezuka turned towards the hillside, and a blurry red rune rose from the divination box in his eyepiece, seemingly becoming hazy in the darkness.

He shouted, "Vision aids!"

The Shadow Order can no longer rely on the divination box to capture enemies as they used to; they must now sidestep and fire steadily, unleashing a barrage of bullets.

They raised their explosive guns and fired with enhanced vision, much like the Sun Auxiliary Army.

Boom boom boom...

A dense barrage of bullets hurtled down the hillside, blasting the small, shadowy figure to pieces with a deafening roar.

Unlike their counterparts in other worlds, the Lightling Rats of Unswald did not scream in terror. They silently bent down and quietly changed their ammunition.

A Lightning ratman with completely black whites in his eyes, whose sweat glands secrete white, thread-like substances.

White silk fluttered and drifted as thousands of Lightling ratmen suddenly appeared.

Dozens of beams of light struck Tresoldi's eyepiece.

Crack, crackle, crackle...

A crack appeared in Tresoldi's eyepiece, and the crack spread rapidly into a spider web.

Phew!

Tresoldi's eyes bulged out, leaving only two empty, bloody holes in his eye sockets.

boom!
Tezuka Sasebo's two hearts jolted. He raised his bedrock-type explosive gun and aimed it at the sound he had just heard.

The diamond bullet struck the dark rocks and immediately detonated.

Boom!

The rocks shattered, and the Lightling ratman, whose eyes were completely black, was blown to pieces.

"Charge!" Tezuka Sasebo knew that the Lightling ratmen were cowardly as mice, and once they broke through their defenses, they could defeat the enemy.

The Shadows of Order ran swiftly, rushing up the hillside like a high-speed train.

The Lightlings' precise firing rate couldn't match the Astartes' swiftness.

The dazzling beam of light veered and slanted, causing clouds of mist to rise from the rocks.

boom!
Tezuka Sasebo was the first to charge into the enemy ranks. Two Lightning Skaven were sent flying by his legs and crashed to the ground, where they lay motionless.

Boom boom boom!
The shadowy figures of order swept across the ground, blasting clusters of dark shadows into a bloody mist.

As Tezuka Sasebo changed the magazine for the fourth time, he glanced through the eyepiece.

The number of red runes did not decrease; the dense red dots resembled an ocean.

The timid Lightling rats did not flee; instead, they surrounded their own group.

"Audonis, cover!"

Sasebo Tezuka turned and spun to fire, finding no sense of security in his old friend who was back to back with him.

His eyepiece was completely bloodshot.

The hillsides were covered with Lightling ratmen.

They were surrounded by tens of thousands of enemies, with no suitable way to retreat.

boom!
A muffled sound came from behind Tezuka Sasebo, and a black rune in his eyepiece suddenly disappeared.

Audonis is dead!

Sasebo Tezuka's two hearts pounded, and he angrily changed magazines, turning his body to fire.

His gaze swept across the ground, at the head that looked like a rotten orange.

Phew!

A blinding flash of light appeared, and a crack suddenly appeared in the eyepiece of Sasebo Tezuka's right eye. Just as Sasebo Tezuka was about to raise his gun to fire, he suddenly saw clumps of flesh and blood explode.

One by one, the Lightling ratmen exploded.

A blood-red storm swept across the area.

The dark figures disappeared in droves.

"Lord Lord!"

Sasebo Tezuka gazed at Lord Ramsey, whose face was exactly the same as that of the Father of Genetics, and strolled out, surrounded by a shadowy figure.

The shadowy bird beak spat out a piercing shriek, and a bullet, gleaming with an eerie light, flew into the head of the Lightling ratman.

His feet left the ground, his body lunged forward, his longsword swirling, and tiny heads rolled off.

The fewer ghosts that slid off the ghost airship were likely the ones who launched the attack.

They have bird beaks and wing-like skin extending from their arms down to their side ribs.

They held a pistol in one hand and a sword or other light weapon in the other.

Amidst the deafening roar of artillery fire, the two ghost airships burst into flames.

Lord Ramsay calmly raised his arms, and a blood storm swirled and spread, causing the Lightling ratmen on the hillside to explode in droves, their bodies merging into the blood mist.

“Tezuka Sasebo!” Ramsey’s gaze fell on the adjutant, recognizing the outstanding commander among the Faceless Men.

As the "shepherd" spoke, he still commanded one of the two ghosts chosen by Sonem 8 to launch an attack. His spirit was strong, so it could be projected outside his body.

The senior "Rose Bishop" also continuously used "flesh bombs" to blast the Lightling ratmen to pieces, and then used their flesh and blood to replenish his consumption and maintain his flesh magic.

Sasebo Tezuka continued to attack the survivors who slipped through the blood and flesh storm, a proud look on his face. "Lord, do you know me?"

“You performed exceptionally well and were qualified to join our Lord’s Honor Guard twice, yet you voluntarily gave it up.” Senior “Rose Bishop” Ramsay surveyed the battlefield, seeing that the Honor Guard had already defeated the Lightling Skaven.

He pulled his hands together, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

A deep shadow rose around the shepherd, and a bird-beaked evil spirit swooped down on him.

The shadows seemed real, enveloping the evil spirit.

The evil spirit's beak and body were flattened and squeezed into the "shepherd's" body.

Ramsey said to Tezuka Sasebo, who was staring blankly at the spot where the shadow had disappeared, "Few people would make such a choice, which impressed me."

Sasebo Tezuka suddenly realized, "[Is this the power that my father bestowed upon Lord Ramsey?]"

[A power possessed only by royal cultivators!]
In his daze, he heard Lord Ramsay's words, and his deep-seated regret was instantly stirred up.

“I can’t abandon my brothers.” Tresoldi and Odones trained and fought alongside him, and were closer than any other fighting brothers.

“Now, they are dead.” He glanced sadly at Ordones’s body.

I don't know if I'll ever have another chance.

Ramsay glanced silently at the corpse. The Lightling ratmen of Unswald were superior to their counterparts in other worlds in terms of stealth, eyesight, and archery.

Perhaps because they had a god they believed in, their fighting spirit was even stronger, causing considerable losses to his battle group.

Ramsey shifted his gaze from the corpse to Tezuka Sasebo, whose armor was covered in blood and flesh.

The senior "Rose Bishop" raised his right hand and gently stroked Tezuka Sasebo's armor, causing the flesh to solidify as if it were alive.

"If you have the opportunity, I will recommend you."

This is your last chance.

Flesh and blood disappeared into the palm of the senior "Rose Bishop," who then turned and left.

Sasebo Tezuka's eyes lit up. "Thank you, Lord. I will definitely seize this opportunity!"

He gazed at Lord Ramsay's retreating figure, a longing rising within him. He hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"My lord, may I become a member of your guard after my return?"

Ramsey paused, then spoke softly, "My guards are not only those who fought alongside me in life."

"After I die, my soul will stay with me."

"They will not rest in peace after they die! They will continue to serve me and the Legion!"

Ramsey slowly turned around, his obsidian eyes fixed on Tezuka Sasebo.

Are you aware of this?

Tezuka Sasebo stared at Lord Ramsay, whose face was exactly the same as his father's.

He knelt on one knee and said, "I do!"

He did not have the honor of serving his father forever, but to be able to follow the lord was an unparalleled honor.

Ramsey looked at Tezuka Sasebo and nodded, saying, "Alright!"

(End of this chapter)