Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 203 Are they targeting me again?
The enemy's bomb gun roared as it relentlessly decimated the baneling bugs, each bomb precisely detonating a baneling bug and destroying the surrounding baneling bugs along with it.

The plasma pistol seemed to never overheat, continuously killing the queen bugs around Zagara.

Zagara, relying on the Queen's regeneration, endured the damage and swung its sharp forelimbs at the human in front of it.

However, her opponent was able to precisely dodge her attacks and counterattack each time.

His combat experience and physical prowess were terrifying even to the Zerg.

"How can the human in front of me be so strong! Is their level of evolution even higher than mine? But as long as I can hold them off until the arrival of the swarm of Zerg, even if they are strong, they will be submerged in the endless sea of ​​insects!"

Moreover, Zagara sensed a deadly threat from the person in front of her. The human was attacking with two ranged weapons, but even when the Zerg got close, he didn't draw the longsword on his back. Zagara could sense it.

That sword possessed immense power; if the opponent were to draw it and strike her, she might truly die.

Powerful hunters often have an inexplicable sense of threats to their lives, which made Zagara hesitant to push too hard and instead focus on stalling his opponent.

Not only was Zagara surprised, but the Astartes was as well.

Despite being merely flesh and blood, plasma and explosives should have easily torn her apart. Yet, the alien behind her was rapidly repairing her injuries, while the wriggling, moss-like, sticky creatures beneath her feet were simultaneously healing the enormous alien before her.

A peculiar spiritual energy permeated the surrounding space, and this energy appeared simultaneously with the power representing the God Emperor on these aliens.

"Zerg? No...this isn't the Terran Zerg!"

But how could the power of the God-Emperor possibly descend upon these aliens?
Regardless of how these aliens obtained this power, this act is tantamount to blasphemy against the God Emperor.

With his superhuman senses, he heard roars from all directions; these aliens were trying to surround him.

Unable to immediately subdue Zagara or ascertain the existence of the Zerg, the man immediately began attempting to disengage from the battlefield.

And the roar of engines could be heard from the sky.

The rangers stationed on the outskirts of the city noticed the unusual situation.

Several transport planes, fully loaded with Ranger tactical squads, are heading this way.

But just as they established their outer defenses and prepared to break in, the hooded man and two others had already shaken off the Zerg's pursuit and rushed out of the factory in front of them.

Upon seeing the appearance of the Astartes, the Rangers were momentarily unsure whether to attack or not.

After all, the dynasty knew that the Zerg were its own traveling merchants, but to those unaware of the situation, these Zerg were just some terrifying-looking alien creatures.

In that brief moment of hesitation, the hooded man disappeared from everyone's sight, and no one saw what he looked like.

The search by the Queen Worm and the creep had completely lost track of the other party; only Zagara sensed some unusual psionic fluctuations.

Damon was immediately informed of the appearance of this unknown Astartes.

Based on what he learned from the survivors, Damon also linked it to the so-called Voice of the Emperor.

However, he hadn't expected the other party to be an Astartes, and he couldn't be sure whether the other party was a Fallen or a loyalist.

The still-operational weapons factory explains where the believers' weapons came from, and building a factory within occupied territory is truly remarkable. How did they manage to do that?
If Gao Yi were here, he could definitely link it to Cypher, the Dark Angel.

The fallen angels who follow Cypher may have lived for thousands of years, and their combat abilities are truly formidable.

However, since the other side posed no threat to the dynasty, Damon did not report it to Gao Yi. Instead, he ordered his troops to strengthen their defenses and search for these special Astartes.

"Carrying the Primal Sword and Two Guns, he distinguishes between loyalty and treachery."

As everyone knows, the First Legion has no secrets.
Cypher's existence is an even bigger secret.

The stains of the First Legion's past corruption can only be known after passing the test and entering the Inner Ring. Even ordinary chapter members are unaware of parts of their chapter's past history.

This shows just how much secrecy the Dark Angels maintained over it.

Heaven knows whether Cypher is a loyalist or a true fallen angel. After all, some fallen angels have truly embraced Chaos, while others want to return to the warband. Some of those fallen angels who want to return to the warband follow Cypher, who carries the Lion King Sword.

Cypher himself had cooperated with Chaos and Abaddon, but he also secretly saved Imperial forces from fire and water, and even guided the Dark Angels to hunt down those fallen angels who had truly fallen into the embrace of Chaos.

Once a report of a suspected Cypher or other fallen angels appears, the nearby dark angels will drop everything and immediately dispatch Deathwing and Ravenwing from their chapters to hunt them down or bring them back to the Rock, where they will be subjected to severe torture and torment, forced to repent for their sins, and finally killed.

At that moment, a Dark Angels team was arriving to provide support in the Cardia sector.

The Fourth Company of the Dark Angels' Combat Company.

Meanwhile, the Dark Angels also discovered some anomalies in the Agrippina sector through their own methods.

This includes the Emperor's Voice. The Dark Angels' pursuit of Cypher has lasted for countless years, and when the company discovered the anomaly here, they immediately guessed that there might be a Fallen Angel present.

This prompted Krashir, the commander of the Fourth Company, to immediately dispatch a squad of Deathwings from his company.

A wave of chaos is sweeping in, and through intelligence and divination from the chapter's intelligence corps, the Dark Angels have learned that the Fallen Angels are also hiding among them.

Meanwhile, the Deathwing squad had also requisitioned an Imperial Navy warship and was searching for Cypher and the Fallen Angels in Agrippina.

These Dark Angels, who know the Legion's secrets, will do anything to protect them, and more Imperial loyalists have died at their hands than one might imagine.

Meanwhile, Gao Yi had already boarded the Star Pioneer, where warships loaded with supplies and soldiers were ready to go.

With the warships' warp engines activated, the fleet began warping across vast distances towards the coordinates sent back by Damon.

These continuous warps caused considerable tension in many star systems along the way, with numerous fleet signals suddenly appearing and then disappearing instantly.

But Loris also attracted the attention of Chaos.

Gao Yi and his special soldiers had already been tagged by Chaos.

When the Rangers and Night Watch wiped out the cultists on Lorisa, Nurgle, who had followers on the planet, became aware of the Rangers' presence.

The four gods declared that since they couldn't defeat the God Emperor in the subspace, they would wipe them out in the physical world!

(End of this chapter)