The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

Flaroni, who took over Diaz's body, did not devour the other's soul immediately because he was afraid that his actions would be discovered by Credien, so he asked Diaz to do things for him for a while.

Flaroni's ceremony was not over. He just paused the ceremony through some means. Abandoning the body was one of the steps, but he needed to continue the ceremony as soon as possible, otherwise the ceremony would fail completely and his soul would dissipate due to the failure of the ceremony.

Fortunately, Credian unintentionally helped Flaroni, allowing Flaroni to extend the time of the ceremony.

All that was left was for the Inquisitor and the Astartes to leave, and Flaroni could continue his ritual, perhaps even doing it better than before.

But why was it exposed so quickly? Where did I give myself away?

Flaroni couldn't understand how his perfect plan could be discovered by this group of Astartes who suddenly arrived.

Damn, that leaves me with...

The gunfire stopped, and the shell casings fell on the expensive carpet in the living room. If it were a mortal, he would have turned into a pool of minced meat under the volley of bombs, but Flaroni's "corpse" still retained its human form.

"Isn't this still dead?"

Xianyu replaced the magazine with a new explosive magazine, and Gloria told him and Eryu that the enemy's life signal had not disappeared.

"Just chop it into pieces."

Er Yu drew out his saber and walked straight forward to chop at the body on the ground that was beaten into a sieve, but before his saber hit the body, it split open on its own, as if shedding skin, and a figure jumped out of the split body, avoiding Er Yu's attack.

Everyone looked towards the figure, their facial features unclear. Their smooth and tender body had characteristics of both sexes, making it impossible to tell whether they were male or female. The pink and purple mist covering their body had an intoxicating fragrance, and the demonic charm it exuded was enough to completely captivate any mortal at first sight.

It's a pity that those present were either the Inquisitors who were already used to seeing all kinds of monsters, or the Bomb Madwoman. This temptation had no effect at all, and its weird limbs and tail also exposed its monstrous nature.

Even so, Credien and Sister Bomb were stunned for a moment by the transformed figure.

But Alan didn't. He had stronger psychic powers than his mentor. He and Xianyu and Eryu were well protected and were not affected at all.

"demon!"

Alan felt that the enemy had a similar feeling to the Nurgle demon in the lower nest. He wanted to shoot, but the two Astartes on the side moved faster.

The grenade launcher fired again, but the enemy's reaction was beyond imagination, and he dodged the flying bullet with agile movements.

"You can't do anything to me anymore." Flaroni stretched his new body, but his expression was not satisfied because this was not the result he wanted.

"If it weren't for you, the Corpse King's lackeys, I could have been even more perfect! And you ruined it all!"

"What are you talking about? You look like a ghost, neither human nor ghost. A stick figure I drew would look better than you." Xianyu wanted to call someone a running dog of the Corpse King, but after looking at the Inquisitor and the nun beside him, he decided to just say it in his heart.

Eryu didn't have time to waste. He asked Gloria and others what happened here and why Flaroni suddenly became like this.

The four people who were working on the other side of the tower received the images sent by Eryu.

"Could he have become a demon?" Ou Ge guessed. Flaroni's posture was no longer that of a human, but could becoming a demon be so easy?

"No, the other party's index does not meet the standards of a demon. He is not a complete demon prince." Gloria stated the results of the analysis.

"Is that the half-ascension state?" Apu said. This situation does occur when upgrading to a demon. For example, the Chaos Lord in the first Star Warrior game was torn apart by Titus when he was halfway through the upgrade.

"The warp energy in him is not strong. He is not as strong as the Nurgle demon you dealt with in the lower nest." Gloria further said.

This is what a demon prince who is promoted from a mortal is like. Although in theory he is of the same rank as a great demon, the difference in their strength is huge. Part of his strength depends on the specifications of the demon promotion ceremony, but more depends on whether he is favored by the evil god. Once abandoned by the evil god, he is worse than a dog and it is not impossible for him to become a chaos egg.

The strength of someone like Flaroni who is in the half-level magic state will be further reduced, but on the bright side, at least he is still half-level magic.

The 'Astartes' team that had been waiting outside joined the battle, and Credien and the battle sisters also came to their senses and launched an attack.

Faced with such firepower, even if Flaroni was good at hiding, he would not be able to withstand it. He wanted to escape from the Governor's Palace, but was easily stopped by Xianyu and Eryu.

Flaroni, who was half a demon, was dismembered by Xianyu and Eryu in less than a round. His fighting ability was still too weak for the two people who specialized in combat.

Eryu added another blow and cut off Flaroni's head, but Flaroni recovered the next second as if time had gone back. After trying several times, Eryu and Xianyu were obviously unable to kill Flaroni for the time being.

Flaroni, who had been 'killed' several times, looked very relaxed. The bullets and blades only added to his pleasure.

Flaroni laughed and said:

"You can't kill me. Even if you could find a way to kill me, you can't save this planet. Sooner or later, it will fall into the arms of the Prince of Darkness."

"Just worry about yourself first, heretic!" Credien didn't know what Flaroni had done. Now they couldn't kill this guy, and the pain would only turn into pleasure for the Slaanesh believers.

Credien was not worried about the heretic Flaroni, because the Inquisition had plenty of ways to deal with such a guy. He only cared about what the other party had just said.

As an Inquisitor, Credien must protect the Emperor's property, and this planet must never be contaminated by heresy and evil.

After hearing what Flaroni said, Allen remembered something. If Lord Diaz had been possessed by Flaroni long ago, then what happened that night was...

"What did you do in the Star Language Room!?"

"Were you seen? It doesn't matter anyway. Use your brains to think about it. What else can you do in the Star Language Room?"

Upon hearing the news, Credien asked the nuns to go to the astropathic room immediately to investigate and find out what astropathic message Flaroni had sent out.

"It's so annoying. Have you guys dealt with this damn monster?" Xianyu contacted the other four people.

At this time, Apu and his four companions were in the ruins of Purple Heart Manor. After the rebellion was suppressed, the debris that fell here was also destroyed.

Perhaps because of the Nurgle fragment, Credien did not notice the Slaanesh altar buried underground. He only destroyed the fragment and paid attention to the situation in the lower level of the hive without further exploring the manor.

After taking over Diaz's body, Flaroni returned to the altar through a secret passage in the ruins. After all, this was the altar built by Flaroni with all his family's strength. Even though most of it was destroyed, it could still play some role.

"Xianyu is urging us to hurry up!" Awei, who was sitting in the excavator, shouted with a loudspeaker.

Dozens of 'Astartes' worked with engineering machinery to dig down into the ruins. For a sense of ceremony, they wore yellow safety helmets and placed a red plastic bucket beside them.

Because the secret passage leading to the altar was blocked by Flaroni, everyone could only find the entrance to the underground altar in this way.

"found it."

After digging up another piece of rubble, the four found the entrance to the altar.

Profaned sigils and circles glowed with the energies of the Warp, proving that the altar was still functioning.

"The ceremony is not over yet." Ap asked the Astartes to place bombs everywhere on the altar, which might cause the collapse of this area, but there was no time to worry about that now.

According to Gloria's test, Flaroni used this altar to continue his ritual. Even though it is now suspended in the state of half-ascended demon, as long as the altar is not destroyed, Flaroni can absorb energy to repair his body. This is also the reason for his immortality.

After the bombs were placed, it was Luochen's turn to work. They couldn't just detonate the altar filled with warp energy. This hive still had people living in it, so they needed Luochen, the only psychic in the chapter, to act as a safety measure.

"Say goodbye to your ceremony~ Hehe"

With no one monitoring, Gloria directly teleported everyone in the ruins back to the Blue Silver Sword and took the red barrel away.

Beep—the bomb exploded.

Even the people in the Governor's Palace heard the loud explosion, and at this time Flaroni's expression began to change.

"Hey, why don't you keep pretending? You looked so relaxed just now." Xianyu stepped on Flaroni's arm and broke it. This time Flaroni did not recover.

"Was it done by another Astartes Brother?" Alan asked.

"Yes, sh... My battle brothers destroyed his altar. He is no longer immortal. Is it necessary to spare his life?" Xianyu looked at Inquisitor Credien.

Credien shook his head. The matter was basically settled. There was no need to keep this heretic. Even the Inquisition would not recycle all garbage.

"Wait--"

Flaroni seemed to want to say something, but Eryu's knife had already fallen. For this scum who sold his soul to Chaos, there were only three words for him.

Too lazy to listen.

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Half a month later, most of the issues on Atis had been resolved, including the purification of chaos pollution, the cleaning of personnel related to each hive, the cleansing of civilians' memories, and so on.

During this period, Apu and the other six also assisted the Inquisitor. As they said, things need to have a beginning and an end.

"Thank you to the Nebula Hammer Chapter for your assistance during this time."

Inquisitor Credien thanked everyone in the Nebula Hammer. Without their timely help, according to the Empire's administrative efficiency, the crisis on Aitis would have been delayed and escalated during the long waiting period. It might not have been possible to wait for the support of the Imperial Army, and the situation on Aitis would have developed to the point where the Extermination Order had to be used.

"Don't thank us, Inquisitor Credien. We were simply doing our duty, for the Emperor and for humanity."

Ou Ge exchanged a few pleasantries with Credien and asked:

"Has the Inquisitor figured out what the heretic did in the Astropathic Chamber?"

"He sent an astropathic communication, the content of which is unknown."

Flaroni was not so stupid as to not take any backup plan. When the battle sisters rushed to the astropathic room, most of the astropaths inside had fallen into a strange madness, and the battle sisters had no choice but to eliminate these astropaths.

"My battle brothers and I have a mission to complete, and it's time to leave here."

"Thank you again, monks, for your help. May the Emperor bless you all."

Ou Ge shook hands with Credion and said goodbye. The mission was of course just an excuse. As Etis was their first stop in the Warhammer 40k universe, there was no need for them to stay here after the matter was resolved satisfactorily, and they had stayed here long enough.

Gloria has obtained the star map of the Milky Way from the Inquisitor's battleship, the Condemnation. In the future, everyone will have unimpeded travel in the Milky Way. As long as they avoid areas where major events occur, they can live a relatively stable life in this universe.

perhaps.

After Astarte left, Credion returned to his seat in the office. Although the matter of Attis was resolved quickly, he still did not feel happy at all. Perhaps it was because he failed to save Diaz, the young and promising planetary governor.

Credien sighed and threw away all the distracting thoughts. He still had a lot of things to do. Before the appointment of Terra's planetary governor came down, he had to first select a suitable acting planetary governor. However, the information of the remaining nobles in Attis made him see no hope.

"What will the future of this planet be like..."

At the landing zone on top of the tower, the Thunderhawk gunship landed here, and a team of 'Astartes' were waiting here for the return of their chapter leader.

Allen had also been waiting here for a long time. After seeing Brother Ou arrive, he stepped forward and asked:

"Are you leaving now, Lord Uldren?"

"We have more important tasks to perform and cannot stay here for long."

The two chatted for a while, and Allen thanked everyone for their help to Attis. Then he took off the rose beads on his body. It was time to return them to their original owner.

"There's no point taking back what you've given away. And this...Daxt asked me to give it to you."

Ou Ge pushed the rosary back to Allen and handed him a precision plasma pistol.

Allen wanted to refuse, as these gifts were too expensive for him now, but Brother Ou shook his head and said:

"Just think of it as a gift from us to our friends. Keep your original intention and live well in this universe."

Ou Ge patted Allen's shoulder and entered the Thunderhawk with the 'Astartes' team.

Looking at the Thunderhawk disappearing in the sky and the plasma pistol in his hand, Alan didn't know what he was thinking. Soon after, he also left the landing zone.

Chapter 29: Set off, then an accident happened

"Are you finally done? I'm almost acting so serious that I'm sick."

Back at the Blue Silver Sword, Brother Ou took off his power armor and slumped on the plastic chair still on the bridge with a can of Coke. As the chapter master, he was the face of the chapter to the outside world, and his every word and action would have an impact on the chapter, so when he was outside, Brother Ou had to pretend to be serious, and even his voice had to be tense and serious.

Not only that, there are also various games of rhetoric. If it weren't for Old Thirteen's strong political genes, Brother Ou might really not be able to beat those old foxes.

Brother Ou now understood that those two little bastards, Apu and Luochen, just threw the job of team leader to him because they found it troublesome.

"So where should we go next?"

The people gathered on the bridge continued to sit in a circle on the plastic chairs. After obtaining the star map, they could now go anywhere in the Milky Way. With the superluminal speed of the real universe, no one could stop them even if they ran to Holy Terra. However, they would not be so bored as to commit suicide, because the yellow-skinned man could really use his powers.

Everyone looked at their position on the star map. They were as small as a grain of sand in the Storm Star Field. It would take at least a thousand years to travel across the entire Milky Way. But if they just wandered around for a short time, the entire Milky Way would be in chaos in another nine hundred years.

"Why don't we go to the Ultramarine? It's not that chaotic at this point in time. We can also go and see Guilliman in the ICU if we have a chance." Brother Ou suggested. Since they claim to be a sub-group of the Ultramarines, they must go and see Grandpa Lan.

Moreover, at the beginning of the 41st millennium, the Necrons had not awakened on a large scale, the Tau were still developing on their home planet, and the first tentacle fleet of the Tyranids had not yet reached the Milky Way. Only the Orks and the Eldar were relatively active in the Milky Way, but at present they were basically fighting small battles. The Ultima Segmentum had been peaceful at least for the past few hundred years.

The latest major event is the 12th Black Crusade - the Gothic War. Our strongest, most powerful, most domineering and most vicious brother Dun is about to take his planet killer to seize the five black stone fortresses in the Gothic star zone.

But what does this have to do with the people of the Blue Silver Sword? They are not stupid enough to run from the Storm Star Field to the Hazy Star Field to fight Abaddon with knives, so their current options are only the Pacific Star Field and the Extreme Star Field.

The Pacific star field is relatively unknown among the major star fields, and few famous major events have occurred in its history in 40k. The most famous one is the Markarian Expedition in the early and middle stages of M41.

The Macharian Crusade was a war of recovery launched by the Sun Lord Macharius in the Pacific Segmentum. This expedition can be said to be the most successful expedition since the Great Crusade. In addition, the fact that Lord Macharius, who led this expedition, was a mortal made this expedition even more legendary.

But in terms of the intensity and scale of the war, the Markarian Expedition was nothing compared to the major events that followed. Even Ap and others could have participated in it. What really caused serious negative impact on the empire was the Markarian Rebellion after the end of the expedition. This rebellion can be said to have accelerated the decline of the empire. As for the reasons for the rebellion, we will explain it in detail in the future.

"I have no objection. I'm going anywhere anyway."

Luochen felt that since he had come to Warhammer, he must go and see something while ensuring his own safety. If he didn't go now, he would miss it when Guilliman took action.

Ah Wei: "It doesn't matter, but at least go somewhere interesting."

The course of action is to stay away from danger and major events, but some small actions are always acceptable. If they really do nothing, not only Wei but everyone else will feel bored.

It just so happens that the six of them are guys who can't stand boredom, otherwise they wouldn't do so many strange things on Edith.

Salted Fish: "What did Apu say?"

Everyone looked at Apu. Many decisions in the past were basically made by Apu, but today he was uncharacteristically silent.