The Claw Demon, also called the Donorian Claw Demon, originated from the Donorian Star System.
The body of a claw demon is a fusion of the most extreme hunter elements in nature. It can use muscles and claws to move at incredible speeds. The tips of its claws are made of curved chitin, each of which is almost
As sharp as a single-molecule knife.
?? Equally outstanding are its senses. No matter what the environment, the claw demon's multiple eyes can see multiple spectrums, and its huge ears can pick up the tiniest sounds.
Even without considering its outstanding senses, the claw devil's fighting ability is very outstanding. This creature can fight its way through large beasts, kill creatures much larger than itself, and even kill those wearing the best armor.
opponent.
There are even rumors that, given enough time, the Claw Demon can cut through the bulkheads of a ship.
It is a widely known fact that the creature can detach an adult's head from its shoulders with a simple swipe.
If a normal claw demon is the top predator, then an injured claw demon is the most terrifying killing machine. Although the exact reason is unknown, there is a behavioral pattern of the claw demon that has been confirmed.
That is, when a clawed demon is injured, it will enter a more furious state.
Some alien researchers believe that this is just a physiological response of a creature to protect itself from attack after being injured, but most people do not accept this theory because few other creatures can display this kind of self-defense behavior to this extent.
To this extent, another theory is that when a clawed demon enters a state of hyper-alertness due to injury, it will release a large amount of endorphins, adrenaline and other chemicals into the body's circulation, activating this terrifying
mode of slaughter.
Some studies of its recovered corpses speculate that the creature is actually irritated by the smell of its own blood, which contains a series of pheromones that can irritate itself.
As for why this kind of creature runs everywhere, it has been a mystery for a long time, so various theories have been generated. For example, this kind of creature is transported to animal cages all over the sector.
In the process, it happened to be forgotten on various worlds, or maybe someone could use it to pacify the target planet - use it to kill any native threats, whether they come from intelligent creatures or beasts.
What is most widely known about the clawed devil is that its role in ecology is very certain. This creature will quickly climb to the position of apex predator wherever it is. It will eat anything when it is hungry.
And it will kill or destroy anything that dares to come between it and its chosen prey.
It wasn't until the Black Templars launched an expedition against the Donorian Sector that the truth was revealed——
Claw demons were originally beasts raised by Dark Eldar trainers. They often followed their masters in and out of the Webway, but their main habitat was the entrance to the Webway in the Donorian system, serving as guardians.
But a long time ago, the main gate of the Donorian system's webway was shattered under the pressure of a warp storm. After that, its scattered passages were filled with claw demons, and some claw demons came through the webway.
Arrived in other star regions.
Therefore, the Claw Demon later became involved with the notorious Dark Eldar. It is no wonder that Talos was so nervous.
"Could it be wild?"
If it were in other worlds, Soshyan had reason to suspect that there might be Dark Eldar nearby, but this was an imperial industrial world thousands of meters underground.
Talos shook his head, squatted down, touched the beast's neck, and then suddenly pulled out a string of dark purple lymph with a strong force.
"Valiel has studied this creature, and he found that the captive claw demons usually have a unique gland, which allows them to receive pheromones unique to the Dark Eldar and thereby control them. This gland
The body type can be inherited, but not in wild populations."
"Is there really a Dark Eldar here? What a coincidence, isn't it?"
"I can't tell, just keep walking, just be more careful."
Afterwards, Soshyan asked everyone to pay extra attention and walked towards the predetermined direction, which was the depths of the canyon.
When we get to the bottom of the valley, a vague trail appears between the stone pillars, but the fog is also very thick here.
As they walked in, they discovered more ruins. The destroyed vaulted roofs were like broken skulls. The rubble and debris covered with moss were scattered for miles, submerged in a boiling sea of fog that merged into the distant gray horizon.
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Everyone was shrouded in this suffocating fog. Looking up, there were some huge fragmented sculptures scattered everywhere.
"It's an alien statue."
Even without Talos' explanation, Soshyan could tell that those statues with slender heads and pointed ears were definitely not human beings.
I can only say that the Eldar are disgusting!
The statues of the Eldar gods stared silently at something, slowly being swallowed by the darkness. Soshyan looked around and saw fragments of faith struggling in a slow and desperate struggle against nature.
"Isn't there a webway entrance here?"
With this thought in mind, they moved on and saw the remains of some monumental ramparts that had long ago surrounded this place, part of which had collapsed and disappeared into the misty gorge.
He suddenly wanted to see what else was inside, and felt that something was boiling in the air, like the feeling before the rain.
Is this just a trick of the wind? Or is it the climate or the air pressure?
"It seems that there was indeed a webway entrance here before."
Talos pointed to a pile of collapsed ruins in the distance. He could vaguely see that it was a broken arch, and there were still weird symbols and words on the ruins.
"But it's been destroyed, you can rest assured."
"This is not reassuring. Haven't you discovered more and more secrets in this place?"
As he was talking, Soshyan suddenly saw a soldier throwing something at a row of collapsed masonry in front of him.
"That is--"
It was a grenade, and when it hit the ground and exploded, there was a rumble of rubble and smoke, and something screaming jumped out of the shadows, as if the explosion had released them from the ground.
"Enemy attack!"
Soshyan immediately responded to their appearance with a deafening storm of bolts, and Talos's bolters opened fire, unleashing fury upon the roaring humanoids that leapt at them from the mist.
The muzzle flash left a strange shadow on the ruins, and one of the furry giants rushed in. A bomb wiped off its shoulder and threw its right arm back into the fog.
The horrific wounds did not slow it down at all. When it collided with the soldier who had thrown the grenade before, it knocked him to the ground.