"Hmph! Trash, at most it's a little harder to deal with than a banshee!"
Even though the Gray Knights who arrived were not as powerful as the Imperial Guards in terms of individual combat power, they seemed to be much more efficient than Constantine and the six Imperial Guards in dealing with the aliens.
Plus a "predecessor" Pluto who lived for more than 100,000 years and even taught Magnus various spells...
Dozens of people suddenly burst out with the momentum of thousands or ten thousand people.
As for the Salamander, although it has been strengthened as much as possible by a group of evil gods and demons, it is still essentially a creation of another space. Therefore, the Gray Knight's exclusive Moonlight Bolt Bomb can still have a considerable degree of damage to them.
Hurt and torture.
"Another bunch of lackeys of the false emperor!"
Seeing that his descendants, whom he had carefully cared for, trained, and hoped for, and who were preparing to restore the "glory" of mankind with him, were actually slaughtered by a group of "running dogs" wearing silver power armor, Vokkan immediately charged furiously, waving his war hammer.
I want to smash the new "lackey".
"Qiang!!"
However, Constantine, who had been paying attention to the movements on the battlefield, threw the Cassius Spear with all his strength and blocked the offensive of the Chaos Prime.
At the same time as he threw the spear, Constantine also pulled out a straight long sword that looked like a "Han sword" from the scabbard hanging on his waist. The sword was engraved with dragon patterns and the hilt was inlaid with the most precious emerald jade.
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Immediately afterwards, Constantine's left hand clenched the sharp sword given by his father and named "Dragon Soul", and easily harvested the salamanders that dared to come forward. His right hand was not idle, recalling the fallen Cassius gun.
Attack on Vulkan.
After all, of all the people present, only he, the commander of the Imperial Guard, could compete with a fallen primarch.
And Hades?
Although this "former Pluto" who received treatment from the Plague Doctor and was illuminated by the spiritual energy of the Human Emperor is already infinitely close to his peak, and is more powerful than most of the Imperial Guards and Gray Knights...
But he is a "mage" after all.
Psychic energy may cause certain obstacles to Volkan, but once he gets close, Hades will definitely be "exploded" by the war hammer.
As for the "Dragon Soul" sword, it was Sui Bian who got rid of Hephaestus who moved the "craftsmanship" into the imperial palace, and devoted all his efforts to create a blade that was stronger than the ruling sword.
However, the ruling sword was already considered the emperor's standard equipment, and Sui Bian originally wanted to display the Dragon Soul Sword to the public on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the empire.
So before that, Sui Bian temporarily left the Dragon Soul Sword in Constantine's custody. When necessary, Constantine could use this sword to cut off and destroy enemies that could endanger his life.
This also shows that the human emperor seems to have a high regard for the loyal and silent commander of the imperial army.
soon.
With Constantine taking the initiative to move to the rear and holding back the increasingly powerful Volkan, the Forbidden Army and the Gray Knights easily completed the rendezvous between the Salamanders.
"Child!" At this moment, Hades turned a salamander into a skeleton with a wave of his hand, and shouted to Constantine who was blocking Wokan:
"We are ready! Come here quickly, don't be reluctant to fight!"
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Constantine, who was struggling to push the war hammer away, didn't know what Hades's plan was, but it was now too late and he couldn't let him dwell on anything. He used his left hand to make a lunging movement with the dragon soul, forcing Wokan to step back.
After all, even if the Chaos Primarch doesn't understand the external situation, it is good at forging and casting, and it can still understand that being cut by the dragon soul is extremely difficult.
Constantine took advantage of this, distanced himself from Wokan, jumped hard, and instantly jumped back into the simple position built by his brothers.
"Children! Let's go!"
When Hades saw Constantine returning to the formation, he immediately raised his fisted right hand, then struggled down to kneel on one knee, and the edge of his right fist also came into contact with the ground.
Seeing that Vulcan and Salamander were about to surround him.
“嘡嘡嘡……!”
The blast of bolters suddenly stopped, and the positions composed of the Custodes and Gray Knights also disappeared, leaving Vulcan and countless Salamanders empty.
It should be said that when Hades hit the ground with his right fist, a ghostly green "soul" burst out, covering the entire position in an instant, and then disappeared into thin air in front of the chaos.
???
Even Wokan couldn't understand how those descendants of the false emperor escaped from this underground space "blessed" by their gods.
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at the same time.
Located on the sunny side of Sanosche, on this side of a dry river bed where there is no roaring wind for the time being...
Swish~————!.
Green light flashed.
"Plop! Plop!"
The ghostly soul appeared in mid-air, and threw a group of gray knights and imperial guards out of "its" body, causing the giants to twist and smash on the ground one by one, and also caused sand and debris to explode.
Even Constantine is like that.
On the contrary, Hades, who was well prepared, landed on the ground very elegantly, and also "recycled" and dissipated the ghostly soul that had led them out of the predicament successfully.
Fortunately, the Forbidden Army and the Gray Knights don't care how embarrassing the landing position is. After all, they are all brothers, and Hades is not an outsider in a sense. What's more, the age of this "former" Pluto needs to be measured in thousands.
unit.
After rearranging their formation and alerting their surroundings, the quantum communication and information notification boards displayed on everyone's helmet screens finally returned to "normal".
But it didn't happen, like when the phone ran out of power and plugged in the charger again, or when the phone turned on airplane mode and landed and reconnected to the network, there was a "continuous explosion" of various messages.
Because for the task force composed of the Griffin, Luna and the three stealth-class ships, Constantine, Leon and other ten thousand troops who penetrated into the Sanoschi underground network system were all carrying out reconnaissance missions step by step.
, did not suffer any abnormal ,attack at all...
Of course, this phenomenon is all due to evil spirits.
In fact, the Red Queen noticed subtle clues. However, as an artificial intelligence, even though she is more like a human than a hundred years ago, she still cannot understand the "sixth sense" and "intuition" well.
The most important thing is that the Red Queen did not put the focus of her work on Thanos cut, so she failed to pay attention and carefully screen it.
Seeing that the communication was normal, Constantine immediately operated his armor to generate a holographic screen in front of him, and then uploaded the real-time footage captured in the underground space to the Moonlight Goddess level, and then asked the Red Queen to forward it to his father who was far away in the main universe.
After completing this operation, Constantine secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked not far away, his eyes emitting a faint green light, standing there seemed to be thinking about something, Hades was sensing something.
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Aware of Constantine's gaze, Hades ended his alternative meditation, slowly approached Constantine, raised his head slightly, and said with a smile: "What's wrong, kid? Do you have any questions?"
"Nothing." Constantine shook his head lightly.
"Haha." Seeing this, Hades laughed at himself and said: "My child, although I am far inferior to your original brothers or your emperor father, I am still an emperor after all.
Ancient God of Earth.
And..." At this point, Hades' words suddenly faltered, and then the former Pluto looked up at the night sky and continued:
"And don't forget, my brothers and I all led our men into a different space and directly confronted the evil gods hiding in the different space.
Although the results are not very good, now, I, a dignified Pluto, can still cast some "little" spells that even the evil gods cannot understand...
So, kid, you should be glad that I didn’t choose to retire early, otherwise you and your brothers wouldn’t have come out so early.”
At this moment, Hades was like a "kind" old man without any murderous intent, making a slightly melancholy joke.
“…”
Constantine nodded silently.
Indeed, after the episode just now, the commander of the Imperial Army, who considers himself second only to the original body and his father, has personally experienced the principle of "there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world".
At the same time, Constantine also understood that "having an elder in a family is like having a treasure."
"Okay, kid." Hades withdrew his gaze from the starry sky, stretched out his five fingers, spread his right hand flat, and once again summoned the ghost soul from before, letting it wrap around his body, and said to Constantine:
"There are still many children below Sanosche who need to be guided. You guys need to take care of...well, it seems you don't need to take care of yourself. There shouldn't be anything that can threaten you on the surface, hahaha~!"
As the words gradually fell, Hades' figure disappeared, and only the hearty laughter echoed for a long time.
“…”
Constantine stopped for a moment and secretly sighed in his heart, why among the different versions of ancient Greek mythology, Hades always has the best reputation.
A little silence.
Constantine put the dragon soul back into the scabbard, then turned around with his cloak waving, and reminded the Forbidden Army and Gray Knight brothers in a deep voice:
"Everyone, without Brother Thutmose accompanying us, we can no longer rush deep into the network channel. We have to wait until the empire responds.
Therefore, what we can do now is to remain vigilant, ensure the safety of the ground, and avoid direct attacks by evil gods and demons on our fleet.
One more thing I can be sure of is that if my father knew about the events that broke out under the surface of Sanoschi, he would definitely mobilize a certain Primarch and the main force of his legion to deal with the Chaos Primarch and the Astartes...
This is also very likely to be the first large-scale mobilization at the legion level since the establishment of the empire, and it is more likely that his father will continue to pay attention.
In short, be prepared for a war, brothers."
“…”
After hearing Constantine's reminder, all the brothers nodded silently to show their understanding.
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Before Hades led Constantine and others to successfully escape.
Main universe, Earth.
Inside the Meditation Hall of the Imperial Palace…
"Do you two have any opinions on the training of Astartes recruits, or any better suggestions?"
Sui Bian, who was sitting on the golden throne, opened his eyes and asked the two artificial intelligence secretaries who almost always stood on his left and right hands except under certain circumstances and periods.
Hearing this, Empress Bai turned around first, faced Sui Bian and asked, "Why did your Majesty say that?"
"If you want to talk about why..." Sui Bian groaned, "the data shows that relying on a prehistoric planet alone as their final training is a bit too simple."
"Yes... indeed." Queen Bai nodded in agreement.
As Sui Bian said, today's prehistoric planet is regarded as the final "checkpoint" for recruits who have entered adulthood and are about to become reserve soldiers. They are no longer suitable for the current human empire.
Even before the establishment of the Human Empire, Umbrella began to control the number of adaptors who completed G-gland surgeries and were eligible to travel to prehistoric planets every year, between 14,000 and 21,000.
But even so, the natural accommodation capacity of the prehistoric planet has reached its limit.
If Alexia needs to keep the number of Titans and dinosaur behemoths at a certain level, then artificial breeding technology must be used, otherwise more than 10,000 Astartes will walk into the mountains next fall...
When we came out, the mountain was empty.
Of course, these are all trivial matters. As long as Sui Bian insists on enduring Alexia's nagging and saying, "Can't you make those kids calm down?",
Or, "Oh my god... I still have to control the animals with viruses to let those kids show their strength. It's really tiring!" and a series of unhappy words.
Although Sui Bian wasn't bothered yet, the "level" of experience on prehistoric planets was indeed too low, not to mention that the number of "subhumans" living on prehistoric planets was also constantly increasing.
All signs indicate that the Astartes recruits need a new training ground.
There is no way. Although the latest generation of Astartes needs to be exposed to the yellow dwarf (sun) for a long time to grow to be as powerful as the new Kryptonians, their physical fitness as adults is already comparable to that of a second generation Astartes wearing Mjolnir.
generation (incorporating nanotechnology).
Therefore, the native organisms on the prehistoric planet are no longer a threat, but more like "picnic ingredients" and "imported sources" for decorations such as leather, fur, and bones and teeth.
Unless the protists are also strengthened one by one, this is time-consuming and labor-intensive and less efficient.
"Your Majesty..." At this time, the Red Queen, who had remained silent, tried to suggest: "How about letting the new recruits directly participate in the war?"
But as soon as the Red Queen spoke out, her "sister" retorted: "How can there be so many wars that can send more than 10,000 recruits to Huohuo? What will the battalion headquarters and the battalion commander think? You really have no political acumen at all.
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"..." The Red Queen just shrugged, choosing to ignore the White Queen's reply.
"The war..." Sui Bian seemed to be inspired by something, "There are not too many aliens to deal with in the existing universe, but this does not mean that there are not other universes."
"Your Majesty, you mean to open the space door to other universes for the new recruits?" the two artificial intelligences said in unison.
"That's right." Sui Bian moved his position so that he could lie against the golden throne and continued to explain to the two artificial intelligence secretaries:
"Moreover, you need to confront new cosmic aliens in a sudden and unexpected way without any preparation, so that you can better experience your character...
Empress Bai, please first draw up a confidentiality agreement so that even my heirs cannot disclose this unique test to the outside world or those who have not yet undergone the test."