Where?

Where are those lackeys of chaos?

Schmidt leaned against a load-bearing pillar of a building, constantly searching his field of vision for the enemy.

His finger was on the trigger of the weapon, ready to fire at any moment.

At this time, the little girl in the middle of the road was still lying her head on the body of her parents, and her face and hands were covered with blood.

Schmidt was on guard as he beckoned to the little girl and motioned for her to come.

He didn't dare to speak loudly again, lest the Chaos Warriors discover themselves and reveal their location.

But at this time, the little girl did not notice Schmidt's beckoning at all, and of course, she did not notice the heretic space warriors walking towards her step by step behind him.

Heterodox!

Schmidt's eyes sharpened for a moment.

He hadn't made the slightest sound since he heard the sound of a blaster. This made the Chaos Warriors, who were walking down the road and approaching the little girl step by step, not even notice Schmidt's figure in the ruins of the building burning next to him.

Raise the gun, aim, adjust your breathing, pull the trigger.

Hit!

The laser gun in Schmidt's hand was so powerful that it hit the Chaos Warrior and opened a large hole in his body. The Chaos Warrior who had taken the blow fell straight to the ground.

The little girl seemed to understand the situation and began to walk towards Schmidt.

At this time, Schmidt felt that his condition had improved somewhat after killing the Chaos Warrior. His mind was no longer in chaos, his thoughts began to become clear, and the feeling of drowsiness gradually dissipated.

Previously unnoticed details and momentarily forgotten memories gradually came to his mind.

No, weren't the soldiers of my comrades wounded in the rescue building on the street before?

Looking at the little girl approaching him, Schmidt's finger quietly rested on the trigger again.

Where did this little girl come from?

Back in the time Abaddon's fleet appeared in the system, the only small non-soldier members of the fortress of Elfano were housed in underground shelters.

Why is there still a little girl on the street at this time?

What's even more terrifying is, why, why didn't I even think about it just now?

Schmidt frowned, looked at the little girl walking towards him warily, and quietly aimed his gun at her.

With an innocent smile on her face, the little girl crossed a rubble of rubble and came to Schmidt's side.

The smiling face had a pair of beautiful eyes with childish eyelashes adorned with long eyelashes, and the black eyes were like two crystal grapes.

Looking at such a porcelain doll-like little girl, Schmidt couldn't help but think of his hometown daughter, the two looked so similar.

His grip on the gun unconsciously relaxed.

"Good shot, soldier."

When the little girl came to Schmidt's side, an innocent smile suddenly turned hideous.

And it's obviously a small girl from the outside, but the voice she makes is a strong male voice.

"Bang!"

The moment the little girl's expression changed, before the words could fall, Schmidt pulled the trigger.

All kinds of strange circumstances mean that the unknown creature in front of him is not so simple, no matter what the appearance, as a qualified soldier, Schmidt knows what to do is the right decision.

But little girl, no, the Chaos Space Marines move faster.

Before Schmidt could make a move, he stepped forward and kicked the laser gun in Schmidt's hand away.

The kick was fast and hard.

Therefore, although Schmidt held the gun tightly and the power armor on his body gave him additional grip strength, after the kick of the Chaos Space Marine, Schmidt still lost the means to fight back, and only the grip of the gun remained in his hand.

Laser guns in Chaos

One foot of the Space Marine turned into a pile of parts, scattered on the ground.

"Such a dangerous weapon can't be aimed at me."

The Chaos Space Marines looked at Schmidt leaning against the pillar, and the smile on his face became more and more hideous and bright. He has now dispelled the psionic illusion he had applied to Schmidt.

And Schmidt was also looking at the Chaos Space Soldier in front of him, and through the outfit on his body and the wand in his hand, he could tell that the person in front of him was a Chaos wizard.

Chaos Wizards are Space Marine psionics who choose to follow Chaos, and they act like a Space Marine's think tank.

But these power-obsessed, bottomless wizards are more dangerous than the Space Marines' think tanks. Most Chaos wizards are given gifts from their Chaos Gods that further enhance their psionic powers.

And Chaos wizards usually make pacts with demons to increase their power by harnessing their powers. This type of agreement is to trade some form of service or reward in exchange for a portion of the demon's power.

Chaos wizards use this demonic power to unleash an astonishing amount of psionic power, and in the same way, demons can sustain their presence in the real universe in the process.

The presence of a Chaos Wizard is a good explanation for what had happened before.

Schmidt had a slight guess about what had happened before, no, he already knew it perfectly.

He closed his eyes, but tears welled up in his closed eyes.

Looking at Schmidt, who was being killed in front of him, the Chaos Wizard did not immediately kill the killer.

"Why do you close your eyes? Isn't this beautiful scenery unappreciated?"

"Hee-hee!"

The Wizard of Chaos left Schmidt's side and headed out into the street.

...

...

Hellclaws, machines assembled with evil techniques, are no ordinary weapons, they are like real demons that can disrupt the order of the natural world.

In some extreme cases, when Infernal Claws appear in groups, one can observe some unpredictable subspace phenomena.

Phenomena caused by Hellclaw Squadrons typically include climate chaos, unusual winds, and some unknown voice changes and widespread auditory hallucinations.

And, typically, each squad of Hellclaw is attached to a separate Chaos team.

As the Hellclaws bombarded the city's streets, the Chaos Warriors followed.

The Imperial soldiers, badly damaged by the bombardment, were unable to stop the onslaught of the Chaos minions and were almost slaughtered.

And when a Chaos wizard discovers Schmidt, who is lucky to survive, he suddenly has an idea.

Through the use of the subspace energy brought by the Infernal Claw, coupled with his own psionic means, the Chaos Wizard created an illusion for Schmidt.

At this time, he took a lot of effort, but his goal had not yet been achieved, how could he easily let Schmidt die.

After picking up a body from the road, he returned to Schmidt's side.

Looking at Schmidt, who was still closing his eyes tightly and determined to die, the Chaos Wizard laughed evilly again, and took the broken power armor helmet off Schmidt's head. Then use the psionic energy to directly shave off Schmidt's eyelids.

The Wizard of Chaos placed the corpse of the helmet off in front of Schmidt's eyes, allowing him to see every detail.

Schmidt's eyes were in pain, but his heart hurt even more.

The power armor on the corpse indicated his identity as an Imperial soldier, and the wound on his chest was so obvious that it was a penetrating wound inflicted by a laser gun.

"How's it going, what does it feel like to kill your comrades?"

The puzzled, puzzled expression on the corpse broke Schmidt's psychological defenses.

Since the Chaos Wizard in front of her in the illusion is a little girl, it is not difficult to guess who the Chaos Warrior appears in the illusion.

"Look at him. Guess why he's here?"

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To save me. Schmidt already had an answer in his mind.

The Imperial soldier must have seen the signal of his position on the tactical visor before leaning here. But he ended his life with one shot.

Schmidt felt bitter in his heart.

"Haha, look around, your comrades have become corpses, but where is the emperor you believe in?"

"Say, are you still obsessed with allegiance to the Puppet Emperor?!"

At this time, the streets were ablaze, blasphemous symbols were painted everywhere, and the corpses of Imperial soldiers were scattered on both sides of the street. Everywhere there are Kyoto temples built with the heads of imperial soldiers.

What a little girl's parents, that are obviously Schmidt's comrades-in-arms. Chaos wizards use their blood to paint evil signs on the ground.

Schmidt's heart was dead when he saw these scenes, and such scenes and experiences made him no longer have the fighting spirit in his heart.

"Haha, that's it, I just want to see your face."

"This expression is like the death of the soul."

"Ahhh

」

"Next, it's your turn to protect the empire!"

Looking at Schmidt, who was destroyed on a spiritual level, the Chaos Wizard was very satisfied with this work.

"Bell!"

"Bell!"

"Bell!"

Bell? Where did the bell come from?

For a moment, a question arose in the mind of the Chaos Wizard.

But Schmidt, who was in front of him, realized where the bell was coming from.

Church.

Due to the many sacred liturgical events from morning to night, the church and the monastery have established a clear schedule, and at certain times, the church bell rings to tell the time.

The chiming was of course in the service of unity within the monastery, but usually the chiming of the chime was carried beyond the monastery and throughout the city where it was located, as a reference for the time of the people in the city.

As a result, the bells of churches and monasteries are loud and melodious, and their echoes can be heard throughout the city.

Once upon a time in Terra, bells were sacred objects.

They are believed to have mystical powers, pure air and the ability to dispel demons.

Even now, it is widely believed among the subjects of some imperial worlds that the bells can subdue the demonic world, and that the circulating bells can stop the demons from wandering back on the dying person.

Similarly, in times of thunder and lightning, it is believed that the sound of a bell can dispel the evil aura that is colliding in the air.

In a fortress world like Elfano, the front line of the Empire, the bells can cleanse people's hearts and protect the soldiers of the Empire from the corruption of Chaos.

Outside the city's largest church, Chaos cultists circled around the sacred building in the brilliant sunlight, looking for an easy place to attack.

In front of the church, in this magnificent ancient square on El Fano, a large number of demons and Chaos Space Marines discussed with great interest how to eliminate the soldiers who stood in the church, and how to destroy the imperial icon inside.

However, when the blood of the devout disciples was spilled on the battlefield, when the melodious reverberating bells rang, a golden light suddenly pierced through the stained and tempered glass windows of the cathedral.

As the prayers of the servants of the God-Emperor drowned out the screams and firing, Elfano's dead souls seemed to have returned from the Golden Throne to the astonished eyes of the Chaos Warriors.

Golden, skeletal-faced spirits of the dead swarmed from ancient tombs and reliquary chests and ascended to the skies to surround the cathedral.

These manifested souls form an unsurmountable shield of light, a glorious aura of hope that reigns in the hearts of the devout believers who watch it.

The demons and heretics who tried to force their way through the Aegis of Faith were burned to ashes. Not even the Chaos Space Marines' artillery could break through the shield.

Where the golden light of the Sacred Wall shines, the barrier between reality and the demonic realm of subspace is recreated.

Abaddon could no longer be there at this point

Elfano summons any demon.

And the demons who are currently on Elfano have lost much of their power in the divine light, and their close connection with the subspace has been cut off by a powerful being.

Schmidt, who was grabbed by the Chaos Wizard and lifted up, heard the bell, and at this time his depressed heart rekindled his fighting spirit!

The Emperor...

For the emperor!

Just as Schmidt was about to make a move, a golden light shone from the cathedral in the city, and the Chaos Wizard suddenly felt that his spiritual power had been weakened, and it was not as easy as before to mobilize the energy of the surrounding subspace.

This sudden turn of events distracted him for a moment.

Behind him, the corpse of the Imperial soldier who had been mistakenly killed by Schmidt rose to its feet and pounced on the Wizard of Chaos after being illuminated by the golden light.

Schmidt, who had rekindled his fighting spirit, seized this hard-won opportunity and immediately jumped on the body of the Chaos Wizard.

And under the control of the corpses of the Imperial soldiers behind him, the Chaos Wizard had difficulty fighting back with the weapons in his hands for a while.

He subconsciously used his psionic power to attack Schmidt, wanting to turn Schmidt into a puddle of hissing pus.

But at this time, his spiritual power was greatly weakened, and Schmidt had the protection of the emperor, not only was he safe and sound under this spiritual attack, but the wound in his abdomen was also slowly healing.

Schmidt felt that his state was unprecedentedly perfect, and there seemed to be an inexhaustible amount of power in his body. He jumped onto the Chaos Wizard and grabbed the Chaos Wizard's head tightly with both hands.

"Die! Heterodox!

！」

The roar contained all of Schmidt's feelings.

And with the power of the power armor, Schmidt's hands were like iron pincers, pulling the Chaos Wizard's head out of his body along with his spine.

Blood splattered and screams rang.