The Bizarre Adventures of Cloud Hammer

Elio tried hard not to close his eyes. This was the first time he felt his eyelids were so heavy. His consciousness began to blur and he could only watch the lord's adjutant walking towards him.

"Is that the end?"

Elio wanted to get up and fight again, but the Astartes had its limits after all. He gradually closed up, and before he completely lost consciousness, Elio heard the sound of weapons colliding. Within a few seconds, the head of the lord's adjutant fell not far from him.

A figure came to Elio's side and inserted a medical needle into his body:

"Wake up, you want to hear our story, right? If you send it here, you won't be able to hear it."

Elio opened his eyes and reviewed his life in a kaleidoscope. He thought that his soul had returned to the Golden Throne, but the beating of his heart and the perception of his body made him realize that he was still alive.

"I'm alive?"

Elio found himself in a relatively intact building. He remembered the last scene he saw before he fell into a coma, and it seemed that someone had saved him.

"You're quite strong. You woke up so quickly." Xianyu said as he sat next to Elio.

"Are you Brother Seteface?" Elio recognized the man in front of him as the second captain of the Nebula Hammer Regiment. He was quite impressed by the six men of the Nebula Hammer.

Xianyu nodded. He stopped Elio from sitting up and said:

"I suggest you stay lying down for a while. You're seriously injured. I gave you a treatment injection not long ago, and the medicine may not have fully taken effect yet."

Elio listened to Xianyu's advice. The body monitoring panel in the helmet showed that his injuries were serious. One of his hearts had stopped beating and multiple important organs had stopped functioning. This situation was still some distance from death, but he had basically lost his combat effectiveness.

"Did you save me, Brother Seteface?" Elio asked.

"Otherwise, you've saved your life, Captain Elio."

Not long ago, Xianyu followed the traitor troops back to the lower nest. He originally wanted to rush back to the position to help Awei defend, but on the way he found Elio who was being attacked by Khorne warriors. At this time, Elio was just lying on the ground, and the lord's lieutenant was about to cut off Elio's head. Xianyu sneaked up and eliminated the remaining Khorne warriors and the lord's lieutenant. After giving Elio an injection, he took him to his current location.

"It's an apt description. I really saved my life."

If the traitor had not resorted to this round-robin tactics and had attacked Elio directly from the beginning, what Xianyu would have seen was Elio's corpse.

"Thank you for saving me, Brother Setphis, but why are you here?" Elio asked curiously. The traitor's troops had just arrived not long ago. How did Xianyu get here to save him?

"I've been lurking in the bottom nest these past few days to gather intelligence, but I didn't expect the traitor to act so quickly."

Xianyu did not leave the bottom nest after escaping the pursuit. He thought that the lower nest had been taken down, and the bottom nest would be attacked in a few days. He might as well stay in the bottom nest, and then he could find a chance to cut off the enemy's back row. As a result, the Word Bearer's operation directly reversed the situation, forcing Xianyu to run behind the traitor.

Elio felt his body recovering a little. He sat up and looked around. He didn't see any other Nebula Hammer soldiers in the building. This made him confused. As the second company commander of Nebula Hammer, it was impossible for him to go on a mission without anyone.

But Elio did not ask this question. He thought that there must be some special reason why Xianyu was here alone.

"Can you contact anyone else?"

"No, all Imperial Guard communications were cut off after the impact."

Xianyu didn't lie. The Imperial Guard's communications were indeed cut off, but their Cloud Hammer group was not affected.

Seeing Elio's worried look, Xianyu continued:

"Don't worry about the defensive position for now. It won't be so easy for the traitors to break through there. Besides, we can only trust them now, right?"

Xianyu is not worried about the situation of the position. If the fortifications built by Awei can be breached so easily, then everyone can consider whether to just go for it.

"Brother Elio, please continue to rest here for a while until you regain your mobility."

With that, Xianyu stood up and prepared to leave the building.

"Where are you going?" Elio asked.

"Go find out if there are any other people left alive, and at the same time, cause some trouble for the traitors."

In the Top Nest, Koslo's battle with the Chaos Space Marines is nearing its end.

Koslo was in a very bad condition now. His body was covered with wounds and even his right arm was cut off. In comparison, the Chaos Space Marine was still unharmed.

Koros knew the difference in strength between the two the moment they fought. He knew that he was no match for the Chaos Space Marine, but as a warrior of the Black Templars, he would never retreat. Even though he was seriously injured now, Koslo still stood, looking directly at the enemy he could not defeat, without a trace of pain on his face.

During this time, the Chaos Space Marine had countless opportunities to kill Koslo, but he would not do so, because only torturing his enemies could bring him some pleasure.

"Is this the extent of your ability? You are much worse than the Emperor's Champion I killed before." The Chaos Space Marine also began to feel bored. He wondered whether he should give Koslo a chance to kill him.

"Emperor's Champion..."

Koslo was shocked by the news that the enemy had killed the Emperor's Champion. He could feel that this was no lie and there was no need for the enemy to lie in this situation.

"It's time to end this boring game." The Chaos Space Marine yawned and slowly walked towards Koslo.

"No need for pity! No need for regret! No need for fear!"

Koslo shouted the battle cry of the Black Templars, and rushed towards the Chaos Space Marines with a sword in his left hand. In just one round, another wound appeared on his body, and then with a flash of sword light, his left hand was also cut off by the enemy.

Having lost his hands and weapons, Koslo still wanted to use his body to charge at the Chaos Space Marine, but the next second his chest was pierced by the enemy's sword and one of his hearts was destroyed, but Koslo still did not stop.

"traitor--!"

Koslo thrust forward with the blade and rammed the Chaos Marine's head.

The Chaos Space Marine was knocked back and took several steps back. The sword was pulled out of Koros' body and he felt liquid flowing from his head. This was the first time he saw blood in this battle.

After this final headbutt, Koslo fell to the ground. This crazy behavior damaged his second heart. He has now lost his ability to move and can only be slaughtered by the enemy.

"I take it back. Your will is no less than that of the Emperor's Champion." The Chaos Space Marine wiped the blood from his face and said, "Let me give you a quick death."

The Chaos Space Marine raised his sword, ready to deal the finishing blow to Koslo.

A sound of breaking air came from a distance, and the Chaos Space Marine turned around and swung his sword, cutting off a battle dagger flying towards him. Then a beam of hot light shot towards the Chaos Space Marine, forcing him to dodge to the side and leave Koslo's side.

"Burning Snake? It's really rare~" The Chaos Space Marine hid behind a bunker and waited until the bursting beam stopped before coming out again.

Eryu walked to Koslo's side and injected a medical needle into Koslo's body through the wound, but Koslo's condition did not improve.

Gloria reminded Eryu that Koslo's condition was very bad. This medical needle could only temporarily delay Koslo's death because the Emperor Fist lineage did not have an organ to fake death and could not save his life. If he was not quickly taken to the ICU for treatment, Koslo would die soon.

But there is no way to send Koslo to the ICU now. I can only hope that Koslo is strong enough to hold on until the battle in space is over and Gloria sends a Thunderhawk to pick him up.

"Who are you?" The Chaos Space Marine looked at Er Yu. He felt a familiar feeling from this strange warrior.

Eryu also looked at the Chaos Space Marines and asked everyone in the channel:

"This person looks a bit unusual, could he be some famous character?"

Er Yu couldn't even claim to have a Cloud Hammer, so naturally he didn't recognize any of the characters in Warhammer 40k, but since the opponent was able to slaughter the Marshal of the Black Templar with almost no damage, he shouldn't be just a small fry.

"Let me see… Holy shit, Lucius!"

Luo Chen took a look through Er Yu's shared vision and recognized the identity of this Chaos Space Marine at a glance, because this person was so famous.

Lucius the Flawless Blade, the Soul Stealer, the Undying, a complete scumbag, former Captain of the 13th Company of the Emperor's Children Legion, now one of the Chosen of Slaanesh, one of the most famous Astartes on the Chaos side. Although not among the top in terms of strength, he has a very disgusting "mechanism". If anyone feels a little satisfaction after killing him, then that person will be possessed by Lucius.

It sounds like this mechanism is easy to crack, right? But behind this "mechanism" of his is actually the invisible hand of Slaanesh. Even if there is no emotional fluctuation after killing him, Lucius will still be resurrected. Even if it is a landmine that kills him, he will eventually be resurrected in the body of the unknowing worker who produced the landmine. Even the Necrons can be possessed by this guy.

As long as Slaanesh (GW) has not lost interest in Lucius, Lucius will continue to be resurrected. Because of this characteristic, Lucius is also a very useful stepping stone. As long as you can beat him one-on-one, it means that you have joined the ranks of Astartes T1 combat power.

Hearing Luochen's reaction, Eryu also knew that this man named Lucius was a very famous guy.

"Judging from his appearance, is he the Blasphemy Blade?"

"It's true. He is indeed a blasphemous person and he really has a wicked sword." Luo Chen felt that this nickname was quite suitable for Lucius.

"How strong is he?" Er Yu asked. If Lucius was very strong, he would have to run away immediately.

"I shouldn't be able to defeat you, but his resurrection ability is very troublesome."

"Why are you worrying about this? Have you forgotten the fuse I installed for you?" Gloria reminded the two.

"That's no problem."

Eryu drew his sword.

(I felt like I was going to die yesterday, so I just fell asleep. I will make up for the missing updates tomorrow QWQ)

Chapter 69: Space, Ground, and the Army of Khorne

The warship's firepower, enough to easily turn a city into ashes, continuously bombarded the void shield of the Blue Silver Sword. After a violent explosion visible to the naked eye, the silver-blue warship rushed out from the smoke, and there was not even a trace of dust on its work of art-like hull.

"What's up with this battle barge!?"

From the beginning of the battle until now, the Chaos Fleet watched the Silver Sword take several rounds of their artillery fire. The fleet commander had wiped his eyes several times to make sure he was not mistaken. You must know that their Chaos Fleet is composed of a Retaliator-class super-large cruiser, a Hellfire-class heavy cruiser (battlecruiser) and two strike cruisers. With this level of firepower, even a battleship would be severely damaged if it did not die after two rounds.

The 'battle barge' before them remained intact, and its void shield showed no signs of overload. This was definitely not the defensive power a standard battle barge should have. Those who didn't know would think that what was hit was an illusion created by the Bean Sprout battleship.

Not only the Chaos side, but even the friendly forces were shocked by the strange defensive power of the Blue Silver Sword. If the Chaos warships' firepower had hit them, they would probably have turned into space junk.

The rounds of artillery fire that the Blue Silver Sword received were actually blocked for friendly forces. The Chaos warships suddenly appeared behind the Imperial Fleet, and only the Blue Silver Sword reacted immediately. Gloria also grasped the configuration of the Chaos Fleet in the first place. If the Chaos warships had aimed at other warships first, the Imperial Fleet would have been reduced in an instant.

Apu and Gloria couldn't just watch their friendly forces being destroyed, so they had to let the Blue Silver Sword rush forward to attract enemy fire. Now that the Imperial warships had entered combat status, it was time for the Blue Silver Sword to counterattack.

"Nmd, you had a lot of fun playing, right? Now it's our turn." Apu put his hands on the rudder. He knew that the Blue Silver Sword did not require manual operation, but this made him feel involved.

"Turn right, load all weapons, fire-!!!"

The Blue Silver Sword locked onto a strike cruiser in the Chaos Fleet at the extreme end of its range. In a situation where its condition and firepower were inferior to the enemy, it could only attack the weakest opponent if it wanted to achieve quick results.

Under Gloria's micro-control, almost all the shells and light spears fired hit the target. The Chaos Strike Cruiser's void shield was on the verge of overload under this round of bombardment. The battle barge's anti-ship firepower was still weak. If it were a battleship, this round of shooting would be enough to severely damage the Chaos Strike Cruiser.

The attack of the Blue Silver Sword startled the Chaos warships. They did not expect that the Blue Silver Sword would fire at such a distance and be so accurate.

While the Blue Silver Sword was attracting attention, the other three warships also closed the distance with the Chaos warship, and the fleets of both sides officially began to exchange fire.

"Be careful of the firepower of the super-large cruisers, especially the Rebuke. Don't take direct hits."

Ap communicated with other warships. The battle barges of the Black Templars and Celestial Lions had battleship-level defenses, and although the Reprimand had undergone special modifications, its defenses were still in the range of cruisers. The firepower of the super-large cruisers was quite dangerous to the Reprimand.

"I understand, Lord Precious," Mikasa replied. She left Isil on a Thunderhawk immediately after leaving the banquet and returned to the Condemnation just a few minutes before the impact broke out.

After reminding his allies, Apu said to Gloria:

"Gloria, release the fighter formation, we have to cover them."

"The Thunderhawk Formation and the Swordtail Formation have been released." Gloria replied.

The logos of two teams of aircraft appeared on the projection panel. The one flying in the front was the Swordtail Interceptor. After approaching the Chaos battleship, the Swordtail Interceptor dispersed to avoid the enemy ship's anti-aircraft firepower, entered the void shield and began to destroy the enemy ship's artillery.

The Blue Silver Sword closed the distance and opened fire again. Gloria predicted the movement trajectory of the Chaos Strike Cruiser that was locked on, and a round of salvos overloaded the enemy ship's void shield. At this time, the Thunder Eagle formation had just arrived, and several missiles paralyzed the engine of the Chaos Strike Cruiser.

"Prepare the bombardment!"

The two bombardment cannons carried by the battle barge aimed at the paralyzed Chaos Strike Cruiser, and the magma bombardment warheads fired exploded on the enemy ship's hull, tearing through the Chaos Strike Cruiser's armor.

On the friendly side, two battle barges were engaged in a battle with Chaos's supercruisers and heavy cruisers, and the Reprimand seized the opportunity, firing attack torpedoes at the disabled enemy ships while under fire from another Chaos strike cruiser and the Silver Sword.

The Chaos Strike Cruiser, which was directly hit by a torpedo, was blown into several pieces in space. The destruction of its friendly forces made the Chaos Fleet feel bad. They had originally taken the initiative, but they did not expect that they would suffer losses first.

The destruction of the enemy ships boosted the morale of the Imperial fleet, and the crews on the battleships became excited, especially the Astartes, who began to prepare to board the Chaos super-large cruisers.

"Brothers of Nebula Hammer, we are preparing to launch a boarding operation against the traitor's super-large cruiser. Do you want to join us?" Tianshi contacted them. They and the Black Templars believed that it would take a long time to destroy the super-large cruiser from the outside with the firepower of the battle barge. If it was destroyed by the enemy during this period, the combat effectiveness of the Astartes would be lost in vain. It would be better to launch a boarding operation to destroy it from the inside.

Besides, closing the distance for boarding is the real use of battle barges in space combat.

"How can we not be counted as one of them?" Apu replied. "How about a competition to see who can reach the bridge first?"

"Then you better hurry up, because we and the Black Templar will go first."

After the communication ended, Apu was transported to the weapons depot and changed into his most comfortable Iron Cavalry Terminator. Several teams of Indomitable Terminators were ready at the launch area, including several Terminator "think tanks" to deal with Chaos Wizards that might be on the enemy ships.

"Gloria, prepare the Fist Raiders."

Because the void shield of the Retaliator-class super-large cruiser was only partially weakened but not broken, and the teleportation technology used by the Empire is essentially a short-distance, fast subspace shuttle, which will be intercepted by the void shield. Therefore, it is impossible to use teleportation to board the enemy ship without breaking the void shield.

In fact, Gloria also has many kinds of teleportation techniques that can be used. Even without breaking the void shield, she can still teleport Apu and the Terminator team into the enemy ship. However, because of the presence of the Black Templar and the Celestial Lions, Apu and Gloria still have to pretend.

If you want to board a ship while the void shield is still in place, you can only use low-speed vehicles such as boarding/boarding torpedoes and assault boats to force a landing, which cannot be intercepted by most void shields. (In fact, high-power void shields can actually stop low-speed attacks and vehicles.)

The Fist Assault Craft was a multi-purpose assault vehicle of the Great Crusade era and one of the most commonly used boarding craft by the Astartes. Originally designed for ship-to-ship boarding operations in space, it was later equipped with a high-powered anti-gravity device, allowing the Fist Assault Craft to also be used for high-speed orbital operations and raids on planetary surfaces to deploy Astartes.

Apoo actually wanted to use the Siren Assault Claws, but like the Dread Claws, the Siren Claws were abandoned by the Imperial Army during the Heresy due to Machine Spirit issues. In the 40k period, they were basically used by the Chaos side. It would be too conspicuous for the Loyalists to use this thing.

If the assault boat is launched at a long distance, it is very likely to be shot down by the enemy's intercepting fire, so Ap will wait until the Silver Sword is close to a certain distance before setting off. On the way, Ap saw the Black Templars and Celestial Lions' battle barges launching a large number of torpedoes at the Retaliator-class cruiser at a relatively close distance. The boarding torpedoes were mixed in to reduce the chance of being destroyed by enemy ships. At this distance and angle, the enemy could not immediately counter-board the Imperial warship. After some camouflaged torpedoes were destroyed, the Black Templars and Celestial Lions' boarding torpedoes successfully embedded in the Retaliator-class cruiser. After judging that they had reached a safe distance where they could not be intercepted, Ap and the Terminator team boarded the Fist Assault Boat. The special fixing bracket fell down and connected to the Terminator Armor to prevent the passengers from being injured by the impact.

The Fist Assault Boat was launched into space, and the following drone intercepted the guided missiles launched by the enemy ship. After quickly passing through the enemy ship's firepower network, the decelerator slowed down and passed through the void shield. The heavy melta gun installed in the front of the Fist Assault Boat opened fire, melting through the battleship's armor and crashing into the battleship.

After entering the battleship, the front hatch of the assault boat opened, and the Terminator holding a storm shield and a thunder hammer walked in front to clear the way. Apu and the Terminator equipped with long-range weapons followed behind and shot the Chaos soldiers who surrounded them.

After clearing the area, Apu checked the map. Only the assault boat that his team was riding on had crashed into the upper deck of the battleship. The rest of the Terminator teams were in different areas of the middle and lower decks. Most of the Black Templars and Celestial Lions' boarding teams were also here.

Apu ordered the teams on the middle and lower decks to support the nearest Black Templar and Celestial Lion teams, and then to destroy the battleship's engines and void shield generators, while he led the team straight to the bridge of the Avenger-class cruiser.

As they were on the upper deck of the battleship, Apu soon encountered the Chaos Astartes squad. Judging from the paint and logo of the power armor, they belonged to the Word Bearers of the Messenger of Suffering. This Retaliator-class cruiser was the flagship of the Messenger of Suffering's warband.

The two sides immediately exchanged fire. The enemy obviously did not expect that Terminators would board the ship directly. The damage caused by their long-range weapons to the Terminators was extremely limited. This Word Bearers team was quickly annihilated by the Terminator team.

As Apu continued to advance towards the bridge, he received a communication from Wei: