The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

After talking about some things about the traitors, Allen told Ou Ge and the other two about the situation on Isil. Before he and his men arrived, the upper hive of Isil was about to fall, and the rebellious heretics had obvious traces of Chaos. Allen first sent the Cadian assault force to help PDF recapture the upper hive and hold their position.

The Cadian Shockwaves are one of the most renowned legions within the Astra Militarum. These warriors are renowned for their unparalleled discipline and skill, setting an example for both the Astra Militarum and the Imperium of Man. Every Cadian possesses distinctive violet eyes, a result of their origins in Cadia, the fortress world guarding the Eye of Terror. Cadians can see the scars of reality from birth, and their violet eyes are the result of the influence of the Eye of Terror.

In Cadia, except for a small number of children who are not suitable for military service, all other children will join the Cadian Youth Army to serve. They will learn the necessary combat skills and necessary discipline in the Youth Army. After adulthood, many of these children join the Internal Guard (Cadia PDF) to continue serving and swear to defend Cadia.

The Cadian Assault Force was selected from the Internal Guard. Although it was called selection, in reality, they simply randomly pulled a group of people from the Internal Guard without considering whether they could meet the standards of the Ministry of Military Affairs. This was because there was no need to worry about the quality of the Internal Guard, as every Cadian must be the best fighter.

"After securing the front, I sent out several reconnaissance teams composed of stormtroopers, but without exception, we lost contact with them all."

The stormtroopers here do not only refer to the Storm Troopers, but also the elite troops from various star legions can be called stormtroopers, such as the elite Kashejin of the Cadian Shock Force.

"Why not send Astartes to conduct reconnaissance in this situation?" asked Xianyu.

"It's not the right time yet. The environment of the hive city is not suitable for Astartes operations. This time we are not facing plague zombies."

In the complex environment of the hive, especially the lower hive area occupied by heretics, the enemy may be hiding in any corner, and even the Astartes may not be able to gain any advantage.

"We'll discuss matters on the planet later. Let's go meet the other two Astartes Chapters first. The Black Templars Expeditionary Force's Marshal is quite unhappy that I insisted on waiting for you." Alan smiled, as if asking if they could help him solve this problem. "Then let's meet the Son of Dorn."

Both the Black Templars and the Celestial Lions learned of the arrival of the Nebula Hammer. Marshal Koslo of the Black Templars Expeditionary Force was curious about this unfamiliar chapter. He wanted to know what kind of strength this chapter had that could make a powerful Inquisitor and two Astartes chapters wait for so long.

After receiving the news of the combat meeting, Koslo and the captain of the Celestial Lions, Elio, went to the USS Retribution with their guards. In the command room of the USS Retribution, they met with Allen and the members of the Nebula Hammer.

By this time, all the Cloud Hammers had arrived at the Reprimand, bringing with them their brand new Astartes. They looked at the Black Templars and the Celestial Lions entering the command room, wondering how they could have a close exchange with these Sons of Dorne.

The Black Templars are a classic black and white combination, while the Celestial Lions on the other side are a mixture of blue and gold.

The Celestial Lions, the unlucky members of the Imperial Fist Legion mentioned long ago, will offend the Inquisition in the future for saving innocent civilians on a planet, thus incurring the hatred and targeting of the Inquisition. In the Third War for Armageddon, if it were not for the help of the Black Templars, the Celestial Lions would most likely have been wiped out.

But even with the help of the Black Templars, Aiken Dubaku, then Chapter Master of the Celestial Lions, was beheaded in public by assassins of the Court of Assassins sent by the Inquisition during a meeting with the Emperor's Spears Chapter, and died with his eyes open.

Hard! The fist is hard!

As mentioned before, the Celestial Lions are not the only unlucky ones among the Sons of Dorne. This is because most of the Sons of Dorne have inherited the old-fashioned and inflexible character and emphasis on responsibility of their Primarch Rogal Dorn. They always lead the charge and become the bulwark of the Empire against foreign enemies. Coupled with the lack of organ function caused by their own genes, this also makes it easy for the Sons of Dorne to suffer heavy losses.

Oh, Don, are you asleep?

Everyone looked at Alan beside them. This kid shouldn't become that kind of valuable thing, right?

Allen didn't notice the gazes of the crowd. He said to the leaders of the Black Templars and the Celestial Lions:

"Marshal Koslo, Captain Elio, please allow me to introduce them to you. They are the reinforcements I have been waiting for - the Nebula Hammer Regiment."

"I am Uldren, Chapter Master of the Nebula Hammer. I am delighted to fight alongside the sons of Dorne on this mission." Uldren stepped forward and introduced himself.

"I am Elio, the captain of the Tianshi Chapter. Nice to meet you, brothers." Elio, the captain of the Tianshi Chapter, walked forward. This very friendly captain shook hands with Ou Ge and introduced himself.

While Elio and Ou Ge were talking, Koslo observed everyone present. Since entering the command room, his left hand had been on the hilt of the sword at his waist. These Nebula Hammer warriors put a lot of pressure on him. When he saw Xianyu and Eryu, the hand holding the hilt of the sword could not help but tremble.

Koslo's reaction was not fear. On the contrary, he was excited to meet such a strong man.

Back in the days of the Great Crusade, Sigismund was a real tough guy. Whenever he interacted with a Legion, he would fight them in the ring. Almost all the strong men among the Astartes had competed with Sigismund, including Abaddon who was then the Luna Wolves, Kharn of the World Eaters, Lucius of the Emperor's Children, Corswayn of the Dark Angels, Sevatar of the Night Lords, Juba Khan of the White Scars, and many more. Just looking at these names, you will know how valuable Sigismund, the Emperor's Champion, is.

The warriors of the Black Templars have inherited some of Sigismund's habits. Whenever they see a powerful warrior, they can't help but want to fight him. However, this only applies to the loyalists. When facing heretics and traitors, the Black Templars will let them know what cruelty is.

In fact, most of the Imperial Fists chapters have some dicker attributes. In order to decide who is the strongest dicker of the Imperial Fists, the Sons of Dorne have a tradition called "Blade Feast". This is a century-old honor competition held between the Imperial Fists and their successor chapters. It is a big stage of the Imperial Fists. Come if you can fight.

Koslo forced himself to suppress his desire to compete with Nebula Hammer. He understood why Alan insisted on waiting until Nebula Hammer arrived.

"Marshal Kosro of the Black Templars, I hope you will not let us down, sons of Guilliman."

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Chapter 55 Abnormality

Allen asked the Black Templars and Celestial Lions to make this trip not just to meet with Nebula Hammer, the combat meeting was the key point.

Alan knew very little about the situation on Isil. He only knew that the rebellion was caused by a heretical cult called the Ancient Soul. This cult had been able to so quickly capture all cities except the capital, the Hive City, and was obviously well-established. Even the city's defense forces had been completely infiltrated. "They didn't perform the ritual?"

Luochen felt strange. Generally speaking, shouldn't Chaos Cults start holding Chaos rituals after they develop to a certain extent? The cult on Isil neither summons Chaos Demon Armies on a large scale, nor does the sect leader raise demons. So what on earth are they doing?

"I'm not sure. The reconnaissance teams we sent to various cities haven't been able to bring back any useful information, and I haven't found any signs of large-scale rituals."

If Allen discovered that the heretics were holding large-scale rituals, he would not wait until the arrival of the Nebula Hammer to take action, but there was no movement at all in the past six months, and even the attack slowed down.

But this is what worries people the most. The calmer a cult like this is, the more dangerous it is. Who knows what outrageous things they will do next.

Most of the heretic's forces entered the hive city, and the rest were around the hive city. This distribution made it difficult for the Imperial warships to bomb them, and the Imperial Guard was forced to enter the hive city and engage in street fighting with the traitors.

But the biggest threat to the Imperial Guard is not those mortal traitors, but the scum among the Astartes hiding in the dark. In this situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, these traitors can see most of the Imperial Guard's actions on the front line and then take action.

Now what Allen and everyone else have to do is to find out what the traitors are doing.

Alan discussed with the commanders of the various chapters what to do next. The Nebula Hammer and the Black Templars would be responsible for the war within the hive. The two chapters would assist the Cadian Assault Force in launching a frontal attack and send reconnaissance teams into the lower levels of the hive to find out what the enemy was doing. The Celestial Lions Chapter's mission was to go to other cities on Isil. Luochen suspected that something was hidden in these cities. The intelligence brought back by the mortal reconnaissance teams might not be accurate. The heretics had too many ways to conceal or deceive mortal perceptions.

After the meeting, Luochen was invited by Allen to stay, as Allen wanted to ask him some questions about psychic powers.

When returning to their respective spaceships, Koslo kept staring at everyone. He already knew everyone's name during the meeting, but it was not because of Xianyu or Eryu, but because of Awei. When he saw Awei, Koslo had an inexplicable feeling of disgust for some reason, and even he himself didn't know why he had this feeling.

Koslo was sure that this was not an illusion, but he was not in a position to ask Nebula Hammer directly at the moment. However, the Master Forger usually did not participate in the operation, and he did not know if there would be a chance to find out the reason in the future.

Back at the Blue Silver Sword, everyone began to discuss the next course of action, and also discussed how to deal with the Black Templar and the Heavenly Lions.

"These black orcs are hard to deal with. When we left, Koslo was staring at Wei the whole time."

Koslo's gaze was so obvious that even Apu, who was walking in front, felt it. If it were any other set, he would be no different from a pervert.

"Could he be attracted by Wei's hook?" Xianyu joked.

Ah Wei only felt a chill and asked:

"Surely, Astartes don't have that kind of preference?"

"What are you thinking about? Most likely, I feel that you are an Iron Warrior." Brother Ou assured Wei that although Warhammer 40k is a British IP, the Astartes do not have that kind of fetish, except for those who believe in Slaanesh.

The hatred between the Imperial Fists and the Iron Warriors Legions originated from their primarchs, Rogal Dorn and Perturabo. Ten thousand years later in the 40k era, this hatred was engraved in the genes of both sides.

There is a joke that even if the Emperor Fist is protecting a bunch of Origay, Tie Yong will try his best to grab it, and even if Tie Yong is grabbing a bunch of Origay, Emperor Fist will try his best to protect it.

"Why didn't Elio of Tianshi react? Isn't Tianshi also part of the Imperial Fist Group?"

"When did the Celestial Lions become a subsidiary group? The Black Templars are from the second founding of the old Imperial Fists' Yellow Banner. Their leader is Sigismund. They have been fighting (expeditions) for thousands of years. Who knows how many generations their gene seeds have been passed down." Brother Ou gave Awei a brief history of the Black Templars. These black orcs are the true direct descendants of the Imperial Fists.

Elio's indifference was probably due to the culture of the Tianshi Chapter. Influenced by the tribal culture on the Chapter's home planet, the Tianshi Chapter attached great importance to brotherhood and fraternity. As long as they were not enemies of the Empire or did anything they could not tolerate, the Tianshi Chapter would definitely be one of the best brothers.

"Can't we do the same thing as we did in Artorius?" Er Yu didn't understand why they couldn't use the same methods they used to deal with the Space Wolves and the Carcharhinus to deal with the Black Templars?

"No, the Black Templars are not as easy to deal with as the Space Wolves and the Carcharhinus."

Ap explained that if Artorius's tactics had worked, they would have done it long ago. The Black Templars' demonic influence was comparable to that of the Dark Angels in some areas. In the future, one of their expeditionary fleets killed an entire ship of Primaris Astartes along with the escorting Guards because they were unwilling to accept Primaris technology.

"We can try to contact the Celestial Lions, and as for the Black Templar... we should consider this in the long run." Brother Ou thought that the Black Templar could be left alone for the time being, and that they should first establish good relations with the Celestial Lions.

The Celestial Lions were quite powerful. Before they offended the Inquisition, they not only had their own home planet, but also had a fleet of more than ten large warships (cruiser level and above). Unfortunately, they were all destroyed by the Inquisition in the Third Armageddon War.

It would be beneficial to establish a good relationship with Tianshi now. If everyone was still there when Tianshi offended the Tribunal, they could still help Tianshi.

"That's enough about the Black Templars and the Celestial Lions. Now it's time to figure out how to deal with the enemies on Isil. Gloria, have you found any trace of the Chaos warship?"

"Nothing has been found, but this area of the universe contains remnants of multiple subspace jumps."

"Run away?" Xianyu guessed.

"I'm not sure. Allen said he spotted some Chaos Space Marines during his time here. They couldn't possibly have abandoned their companions and run away...right?"

Brother Ou suddenly wanted to slap himself. Isn’t it common for Chaos to sell out teammates?

"Anyway, we have to keep an eye on the situation in space. Have you discovered anything on the ground?"

"Yes." Gloria pulled up a map of the planet. "There are a lot of weak Warp reactions in the cities of the planet, especially in the Hives. It's probably some kind of small Chaos ritual."

There's no apparent pattern to the ritual points on the map, and they look like a mess when connected together. But since small ceremonies are held so frequently, why not just do a big one?

"What on earth are these cultists doing?"

The Nebula Hammer has three companies on the surface, plus two companies of the Celestial Lions and three companies of the Black Templars. There are a total of more than 800 Astartes on Isil, which is basically equivalent to a complete Holy Codex Regiment without the recruit companies.

What's the point? Remember, in Space Marine II, the Ultramarines started their battle against the Zerg with just the Second Company, led by Acheran. Later, when the Thousand Sons started causing trouble, and they couldn't hold on any longer, Calgar brought in the First and Third Companies to support them. (Not many men, but many ships.) Now, with over 2 Space Marines from three Chapters fighting a single planet of traitors, Isildur is truly blessed.

In the following battle, each of the three chapters will first send a company to attack the heretics, but the Celestial Lions will first send people to search other cities. Only the Nebula Hammer and the Black Templar are on the front line.

Since they were fighting in the lower levels of the hive, they couldn't just throw a bunch of vehicles down like they did in Artorius. An enemy trap could destroy a vehicle.

"The 91st Cadian Shock Troops, it is an honor to fight alongside you gentlemen."

Arriving at the headquarters in the Upper Hive, the commander of the Cadian Assault Force reported the situation in the hive to the Astartes. The enemy's attacks had been getting weaker each time over the past few months, but the reconnaissance teams they had sent out had never returned.

"Are we finally going to take the initiative to attack, my lords? The children of Cardia have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Your mission this time is to attack the lower nest and establish a bridgehead. The warriors of the Nebula Hammer and the Black Templar will cooperate with your attack." Apu told Commander Kadia about this combat mission.

"At the same time, we'll send a reconnaissance team to the Lower Nest. We need to find out what the enemy is planning." One of Koslo's lieutenants (adjutants) looked at the map of the Lower Nest and said, "Where did your reconnaissance team disappear?"

"I'm not sure. They suddenly lost contact after going deep into the lower nest. Even Cadia's most elite warriors failed to return. Please be careful, adults."

"You need not worry about us, Commander. The Astartes will surely thwart the traitor's plot."

The Black Templars are not like the Space Wolves. Although they care about mortals, they are very arrogant in their attitude, which is also the norm for most Astartes. (The Black Templars are divided into different groups, and some do not care much about human life)

After receiving the order, the Cadians immediately launched an attack after a brief mobilization. They had long been dissatisfied with these heretics.

At this time, several reconnaissance teams from the Nebula Hammer and Black Templars also sneaked into the Lower Nest and the Bottom Nest through other passages. Because the Black Templars were not familiar with the combat style of the Nebula Hammer, the reconnaissance teams of the two chapters would act separately.

Originally, Apu wanted to take a small team with him, but his mission this time was to assist the Cadian assault force in the frontal combat, so the task of infiltration and reconnaissance had to be handed over to another person.

"It's decided to be you, salty fish!"

When the Black Templars' reconnaissance team saw the ubiquitous heretical symbols in the Lower Nest, and even the statues of the Emperor and the Saints were desecrated, they wanted to destroy the place immediately.

"How dare these damned heretics blaspheme like this!"

"Calm down, brother. Now is not the time. We must find the leaders of the heresy and the traitors in hiding. Sooner or later, they will face the wrath of the Emperor."

The captain of the reconnaissance team told the members not to be affected by their emotions, and that the brothers on the front battlefield would kill all the heretics for them.

"What is this?"

A Black Templar warrior noticed a stone pillar standing not far away. The stone pillar was out of tune with the surrounding environment, but there was nothing strange about it.

The soldier didn't pay much attention to it and continued to move forward with the team.

On the other side, Xianyu silently killed a cultist by slitting his throat. The reconnaissance team he led quickly eliminated this heretic patrol and immediately moved to another location after hiding the bodies.

Not long ago, Xianyu's team entered the bottom nest through the sewage pipe of the nest city. When entering the pipe, Xianyu did not wear a helmet at first and almost fainted from the stench.

After entering the bottom nest, Gloria scanned the entire bottom nest through Xianyu and found that the subspace index of the bottom nest was quite low, as if it had not been contaminated by the subspace. This was a very strange thing. So many small-scale rituals could not have no impact on the real environment. This situation in the bottom nest was completely contrary to common sense.

"What are these cultists doing? Why haven't they summoned a single demon in such a long time?"

Through the images transmitted by Xianyu, Apu could also see the situation of the bottom nest. Before this, he thought that the bottom nest had already become a cave of demons, but it turned out that there were only some more chaos marks, and then there was nothing else.

"Isn't this a good thing? Laopu, you wish I were dead, right?"

Xianyu continued to move deeper into the bottom nest. Gloria marked all the enemy units on his built-in map. The entire red area was filled with gathered cultists.

When passing a place, Xianyu stopped and saw something, a sealed helmet belonging to the Star Army.

Xianyu sent a photo of the helmet to the channel and said:

"Apu, Ou Ge, come and take a look."

"Yes, this is Kashezin's helmet. How did it get here?"

Ou Ge could tell that as the elite force of the Cadian Assault Force, the Kashejin were equipped with different equipment from ordinary soldiers.

"There was blood on the helmet, it had been dry for a while."

Xianyu had the team search the surrounding area, but found no signs of combat. Did the helmet fall accidentally? Or was it placed there on purpose?

Suddenly, Xianyu remembered the direction the helmet was facing. He walked over and pushed aside a pile of garbage, and saw a string of words carved in the corner with a combat knife. This was a code used by the Astra Militarum, which translated into a coordinate.

"It seems playing more puzzle games is useful."

Xianyu marked the coordinates on the map and led the team to the location.

"I saw it. The false emperor's lackeys have already started to act."

"How strong are they?"

"That depends on your standards."

"Hmph, the heir of Dorne, the descendant of Sigismund, is not bad at all, qualified to be the first wave of sacrifices to the Blood God."

Warriors of Chaos emerge from the shadows, thirsty for the blood of their enemies.