More than a dozen marines walked steadily through the corridors inside Deimos.
The lights were dim, and the metal walls and floors were covered with blood stains, pieces of flesh, and even scratches left by sharp claws. The most eye-catching thing was that the Marines could faintly hear crying and howling.
The thought that this is still a claustrophobic large space station with many demon-like creatures makes people's emotions collapse even more.
But the Marines walking through the corridor showed no fear at all, because the cries and roars were mixed with the sound of bolters "嘡!嘡!".
Listening to the sound of gunshots that made them extremely reassured, the Marines followed the guidance of the helmet screen and gradually approached the destination of the operation——
An inconspicuous small warehouse.
However, the metal gate of the warehouse was damaged, as if it was knocked open by some kind of creature with brute force.
The sergeant who led the group of Marines went to the terminal next to the gate and used the radio to alert the inside of the warehouse: "UNSC Marines!"
The voice fell, "Stamp!", and with the sound of military boots hitting the floor, the Marines poured into the warehouse.
"Oh...my God, I'm finally saved!"
"Thank you... thank you very much..."
When I walked in, I saw a group of UNSC civilian soldiers, as well as many people working and living on Deimos. They left the hiding place with excitement and gathered in the center of the warehouse to express their gratitude to the Marines.
In fact, before the Marines arrived, the first thing this group of survivors heard was the screams of a large number of demons and the explosion of flesh outside the gate. Immediately afterwards, the gate was broken through by an Astartes with brute force.
This made the survivors despair, close their eyes and wait for death.
Unexpectedly, the Astartes just said with a metallic voice, "Please stay where you are and don't move around." Then he turned and left the warehouse, and then the demonic screams continued to be heard from the passage outside the gate.
Not long after, the "affable" Marines finally appeared.
"It's not safe here yet, come with us and leave here," the sergeant said.
Naturally, the survivors had no objections to this, and followed the Marines out of the shelter that had given them a sense of security, and headed to the dock of Deimos together.
The current dock has been used as a temporary command post by the UNSC. The lieutenant colonel dispatched a large number of Marine teams to search for and rescue survivors deep into Deimos.
With communications restored and seventy Thutmose raiding the area, the search and rescue operation went very smoothly.
Magnus did not join the sweep team. He stayed in the dock to ensure the safety of all humans and waited for the company's support that was about to arrive.
As for the reason why Deimos suddenly fell into turmoil, even the lieutenant colonel did not know, so Magnus was unable to directly know the answer through questioning.
However, Magnus could still sense the area where demons gathered the most, which was full of "restlessness" that made him feel uncomfortable, so he sent Thutmose's "Champion" sergeant to check it out.
…
At this time, the other end of Deimos is in the passage to the secondary port.
An Astartes with an all-red helmet engraved with gold threads, an energy wrist blade generator on his right forearm, and a shoulder cannon on his left shoulder was running through the passage, quickly approaching Deimos' subsurface.
Need a port.
This is the current only non-commissioned officer of the Thutmose Legion, and he is also a "champion".
As the definition of the champion goes, a sergeant is the first person, except for the original Magnus, who is stronger than his other comrades in all aspects.
But championships are not permanent.
In Thutmose, there is an internal competition every other year. If someone else wins, the noncommissioned officer will lose this honor. Moreover, the habits of each legion are different, and the time and method of selecting the champion are also different.
"Roar!"
At this time! Feeling the sergeant approaching, more and more demons appeared in the passage.
And it is not the kind of small fish or shrimp that looks like a zombie, but a demon with swollen muscles, red skin, knows how to use firearms, and has a severely deformed body.
Many of them look like demons from hell.
In an instant, the gunshots of the MA series rang out loudly, and dense warheads roared towards the noncommissioned officer.
Faced with this kind of attack, even the UNSC elites equipped with sophisticated armor will only end up dying miserably.
Unfortunately, the energy shield generated by Mjolnir III helped the sergeant resist the attack.
The sergeant, who did not want to rely on the shield, accelerated his running pace, shortening the distance between him and the demon at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, he raised his left hand flatly, and the muzzle of the shoulder cannon was also flashing blue light.
Then…
"Ri~——咻!" The blue cannon shot out and shot a demon.
"Crack!!"
But the sergeant's left hand actually released a more dazzling red light "lightning", which not only successfully scorched a demon, but also severely damaged the companions near it in series.
In the blink of an eye, the sergeant had already rushed into the group of demons and suddenly waved his right hand.
With a "puff", the upper body of an unlucky devil was crushed.
"Buzz~!" By the way, a slender wrist knife with a red-pink energy position was generated.
With the "lightning" released intermittently from his left hand and the slender energy wrist knife danced by his right hand, the sergeant is ready to engage in his best close combat with the devil.
As mentioned before, each legion has a different way of selecting champions. For example, among the Space Wolves led by Russ, among the wolves whose personalities are similar to Russ, whoever is the best at fighting and the most drinkable brother will become the champion.
Champion of the Space Wolves.
Thutmose, who are both descendants of Sui Bian and Magnus, need to be both wise and brave in order to gain the recognition of all their brothers.
The so-called "wisdom" refers to profound knowledge and the degree of utilization of spiritual energy.
After all, every primarch possesses clean spiritual energy that is not affected by other dimensions, so the Astartes implanted in the G gland also obtain different degrees of clean spiritual energy.
The champion sergeant of Thutmose has acquired a considerable degree of cleansing psychic energy, and coupled with Magnus's teachings, he can release psychic attacks that resemble lightning.
On the other hand, look at the devil's side.
Seeing that the non-commissioned officers who were smaller than them dared to fight in close combat, they all abandoned their firearms and prepared to let the non-commissioned officers know that their bodies were actually much stronger than the firearms.
only…
"Buzz~——Stab!"
The muscular sergeant wanders among the demons, dodging hammer blows, wielding his wrist knife, and easily harvesting these corrupt and fallen lives.
"噼嚟~——噞~..."
The released psychic lightning electrified these demons to the point where they were "tender on the inside and burnt on the outside". If anyone was watching the battle, they could even smell the "fragrance" of barbecue.
"Ri~——咻!"
Coupled with the shoulder cannons that can automatically aim, the devil found that instead of letting the sergeants know how powerful they were, the devil actually figured out why the sergeants didn't carry bolt guns...
Because sergeants are much more efficient at killing enemies in close combat than using bolt guns!