Rust is a scar on metal.
Hades raised his hand and fired a shot. The wandering figure in the distance immediately fell down, groaning before dying, but soon fell silent.
The battlefield was in a mess, with the bodies of Mechanicus warriors and aliens piled together, blood seeping out and covered by layers of rust.
They were entering through the corner that was most severely rusted, simply because the alien army was weakest here.
The alien army did not immediately pour in from here in large numbers. The reason was that the rust prevented them from entering. These slow-witted aliens finally realized that something was wrong with Just.
Other things than the human empire they were facing had entered this area, things they did not understand, and a haze shrouded the area, while rust slaughtered everything indiscriminately.
Currently, Memanik's main army is trying to bypass the rust-stricken areas near the main city, and the self-destructive Mechanicus has apparently also abandoned these areas.
A blank area with no enemies or friends appeared on the map, which looked extremely funny.
This reminded Hades of those muddy battlefields. In the later stages when both sides were exhausted and logistics were scarce, plague and disease were the real gods of death.
In a sense, Hades needs to thank the Warp properties in these rusts—
He cleared the way, and rusty yellow traces withered under his feet. The Death Guard could still turn a blind eye to this, but the sages pushed each other and stepped carefully on the road opened by Hades.
The closer they got to the main city, the more noticeable the harsh radio waves on the channel became, and some intermittent messages came out.
[Rust prevention. Sage Della blew up the oil tank of the west factory, and the road on the west side was completely blocked, and the spread of rust was controlled. ]
[Sage Lan En used his crusaders to lead Rust to the eastern battlefield and withdraw the troops on the east side.]
[The other side is using fire to stop them! ]
Hades listened silently to the last words of these sages. The last bit of rationality was mixed in the chaotic radio waves. People who were forced into desperation began to use the plague.
Even if the price is the death of both parties.
The alien races also began to consciously prevent the spread of the plague. Their armies avoided the hardest-hit areas as much as possible and used fire to eliminate the plague.
The situation is extremely chaotic. If the Memaniks do not capture the main city as soon as possible, they will end up with nothing due to the outbreak of disease.
The Mechanicus are like dying patients who, even with only one breath left, still want to spit infectious bacteria into the faces of aliens.
Hades could imagine a hellish scene on the battlefield without the intervention of the Death Guard.
This is how war works, in the end, even the most advanced forces will end up rolling around in the mud and fighting hand-to-hand, which is why Chaos in the Warp always wins and never loses.
Hades seemed to hear the mockery of the gods.
No, that's not the case.
Based on the information provided by the sage accompanying the team, Hades successfully learned the latest situation -
The west side of the city, which was the most severely rusted, has fallen. A small alien team has entered the main city, but there is no news of them in the chaotic main city. It seems that they have been eliminated.
This is also the battle line that Hades and his men entered.
The battlefield on the east and north sides was the most intense and was the least corroded by rust.
But the Mechanicum had already begun to completely destroy the Eastern Front with rust, and it was decided to concentrate the troops on the northern pass - where the defenses were most complete.
The south side had fallen, but the Mechanicus had detonated a chemical plant there, and the diffuse radiation and toxic gases directly blocked the front line.
Compared to the front line that was still resisting, the inside of the main city was in chaos. The sages destroyed the machines and committed suicide in despair. The radio waves before their death completely disrupted the communication, and the temporary great sage could not be contacted.
Hades pondered for a moment.
[Go to the east and ask those sages to stop spreading the rust plague. ]
Hades stopped, turned around, and shouted at the sages hanging next to the Death Guard team,
"Who is the most senior among you? I need him to assist me in giving orders to other Mechanicus!"
Hades, who was like a god, spoke. This team that seemed to be picking up scraps suddenly became a commotion. From Hades' perspective, an unconscious person floated on the red river.
Staring at the sage who was obviously unconscious due to the suppression of the black domain, Hades fell silent and quietly put away the black domain.
"Sir, she is the commander-in-chief of the western front. Please wait a moment."
Suddenly without the black domain, the sages became noticeably more active. Hades watched them repair the sages with a wrench left and a screw right.
One sage was electrocuting the unconscious sage, while the other was using the physical method of slapping her in the face to wake her up.
Hades was silent for a moment, and he had to command the Death Guards to continue their forced march.
Finally, thanks to the unremitting efforts of the sages, the sage woke up.
"My Lord!"
As the sage spoke, he broke away from the support of the people around him and bowed down directly—
"stop!"
Hades picked her up with one hand and said, "I need to give orders to the people on the other fronts through you. Do you understand?"
"I understand, sir!" The sage quickly opened the communication. Hades, who saved the remnant soldiers on the Western Front, already had an unshakable position in her heart.
Look at the road they came from. The withered black rust paved a path in the wasteland, like an axe splitting the huge waves.
[.It's me, Lan En, ER1, support has arrived, it's the Death Guard Corps, I will immediately hand over the command to the Death Guard. I repeat, hand over the command, the highest order.]
[QOP, your brain has been corroded by rust and you have gone crazy???]
Hades unceremoniously joins the airwaves directly,
[Lane, ER1, I am Hades, the commander of the Death Guard. The Death Guard has now regained control of two-thirds of the Ruse galaxy.]
[In the name of Legion Commander Mortarion, I lead the Seventh Company of the Death Guard to support your battle to protect the main city. ]
A hissing sound came from the other end of the channel, like a mocking—
[Wait, where are your radio waves coming from? You are on the western battlefield? There is rust all over there, how are you sending out radio waves?!]
[I can stop the spread of rust.]
There was silence from the other side. In a battle where every second counted, it was a really long silence.
[QOP, I swear in the name of the God of All Things, what that guy just said is true. ]
[It is absolutely true, he. This lord, he can, he can! ]
[I repeat, you two, hand over the command, and the Death Guard will join your battle. ]
[The aliens have not launched a large-scale attack yet, all because the Death Guard fleet is dragging them over the planet to replenish their troops.]
Hades took a deep breath.
[I am a master forger and fully understand the Mechanicus's combat methods. We can understand your determination to defend the main city to the death.]
[It is precisely because of this understanding that we will break through the battle line in advance and provide support. ]
[.]
[The key to command has been sent to you, Lord Hades.]
[The temporary great sage in the main city can no longer be contacted. ER1 and I are just holding on for the last time. Commander of the Death Guard, I hope you and your army can succeed.]
We will.
Hades spoke, "First thing, Lan, stop spreading the rust. We will go to the eastern front to provide support immediately. Before that, hold on."
While arguing with the sages, Hades was not idle either. He began to broadcast the signal that reinforcements had arrived to the city and ordered the sages not to destroy the machines anymore.
The wrath of the Death Guard descended upon the battlefield.
Silent warriors joined the battle, and with the firepower of the Crusaders, these highly mobile warriors successfully delayed and destroyed the enemy army.
Under the cover of the Seventh Company, Hades opened up the Black Domain and successfully stood out alone on the vast battlefield. Around Hades, rust and life withered together.
Now the mechanical sages who were skeptical at first were speechless. This was definitely not something that ordinary people could do. Only the powerful psychics in ancient books had such great power.
But Hades is not a psyker, and unlike the psykers despised by the Mechanicum, his power does not bring chaos.
On the contrary, he calmed the chaos and disorder.
In any case, except for those sages who were driven crazy by rust on the Western Front, the rest of the sages did surrender after Hades showed his extremely high personal abilities.
The alien attack was temporarily repelled. Hades walked in the trenches, deploying the next affairs. The eastern and northern lines can be defended, and the eastern entrance, which is used to handle large vehicles, will become the next strategic point.
Sage Lan followed Hades. After seeing Hades' abilities, the extremely exhausted sage seemed to finally have someone to rely on, and he chattered out the entire picture of the battle.
The alien attack was sudden and without warning. These Memanic aliens directly tore through the galaxy's defenses with firepower far exceeding that of Just.
The space station responsible for defense was directly destroyed by a huge amount of ammunition. Then, due to the arrogance of the former great sage, the defensive laser array on the planet aimed at the wrong target, which directly led to the loss of Just.
The original Titans and Knights of the Mechanicus were sent out, and the opponent also sent out corresponding heavy vehicles, but their numbers far exceeded theirs. As a last resort, the Mechanicus chose to exchange blood and replace as many of the opponent's heavy vehicles as possible.
The landing vehicle platform of the opposing side was also blown up. Later, the Death Guard's fleet delayed their ability to rebuild the platform, and the opposing side had to fight them with the light infantry initially deployed.
At first they could still rely on the city's original defenses to repel the enemy, but as the rust spread, these weapons and defenses began to malfunction to varying degrees.
Without the cover of heavy firepower, the city began to fall.
The battle line slowly collapsed, and the temporary great sage, who had received no news of reinforcements, finally chose to give up.
Despair and chaos corrode people's hearts like rust, and defeat is inevitable.
The Great Sage ordered the factories on the southern front to be blown up, and the soldiers on the south side returned to the city to destroy them, while the Great Sage himself went to the World Furnace in the center of the city.
"He is going to activate the self-destruct sequence of the World Forge."
"Lord Hades, Lord of the Death Guard, allow me to make an outrageous request."
Lann trembled and tried to grab Hades, but Hades was not the kind of person who liked to drape a piece of cloth behind him for nothing, so Lann's mechanical limbs retracted awkwardly.
"Please go and stop the Great Sage Ra. I tried to communicate with him, but all my requests were rejected."
"If the World Forge is destroyed, the aftermath of the explosion of its reactor will destroy the entire city."
Hades was shocked.
"It's such an important matter, and none of you stopped him? Or asked him to act later?!"
Or tell me in advance? I was busy defending the city, but when I turned back, my hometown was bombed? ?
The sage behind him shrank back.
"Before you arrived, our circuits were not stable. The rust may have affected our thinking."
Hades took a deep breath and calmed down. He had to calm down. There was indeed chaos in the subspace here, and their souls and minds might have been affected to a certain extent.
"Give me a detailed map of where to go, and your key to power."
"Now, immediately, immediately."
Hades' voice came with a hint of anger.
In the furnace, the fiery red liquid was bubbling and steam was rising. The corpse of the great sage was hanging above the steamer, in tatters.
"God, if you still insist on giving up on us, where should we go?!"
"Did Just's fate really vanish under the iron cavalry of a foreign race? Thousands of years of hard work turned out to be so insignificant?"
The great sage Ra called out desperately, trying to get even a tiny sign or miracle, but there was nothing. There was nothing here except increasingly chaotic thoughts.
Hopefully not here.
Finally, La despaired. A muffled thudding sound seemed to come from the corridor. He must have been hallucinating. But at this moment, the alien army might have entered the main city.
The sage stood in front of the console and began to enter the key tremblingly.
It seemed as if the sage's pain was enough to attract the supreme being. Above the furnace, the corpse of the great sage began to twist.
It's time for Him to appear. These ignorant oil men don't understand the real machinery at all. The machinery is made up of transactions with order, pain and soul.
They simply did not understand the power of the Plague Heart and foolishly treated it as an ordinary mechanical core.
And it was these people who simply could not learn or think who formed the industrial cornerstone of a stupid empire. Whenever he thought of this, Vashtor could not stop laughing.
But what made Vashtor dissatisfied was that the pharmacist named Laton was not on the main star of Just at this moment. After hastily completing the agreement, the pharmacist disappeared.
Even though the pharmacist had great respect for Him, that was all.
There is not enough despair and pain, and even people's emotions are beginning to calm down. This is not good news in a place where the barriers of the physical universe are originally thicker.
But it is enough for His incarnation to show up here. All it takes is a little unnecessary trick, and these foolishly loyal people who have been deceived by lies for thousands of years will kneel down.
Praise Him loudly! The Lord of Ten Thousand Furnaces, the God of Machines, the Creator of Machinery, send down His power here!
The sage's body began to twist, cables squirmed out of their cores, metal blocks creaked, and electricity crackled to form his power. The electric waves in the hall were disordered, and blasphemous marks appeared on every screen.
La watched all this in panic. The sage was at a loss, shouting the name of God, and the hissing sound of electricity blasphemously sounded -
"My followers—"
"Bang!"
“Stop!!!”
The locked doors were suddenly pushed open, and Hades strode into the hall. Behind him were countless alien corpses.
The black domain quickly enveloped the entire space like a thick fog. Worried about not being able to make the self-destruction in time, Hades simply controlled the black domain to a concentration that was just enough to cause a person to become unconscious.
As soon as the black domain was entered, the signs of subspace in the room immediately disappeared, and the electric current and magnetic field began to operate according to the rules of physics again.
Hades took the obituary and walked cautiously to the side of Sage Ra. He could feel the strong breath of the subspace here just now, but because the black domain swallowed the ground too quickly, he did not see the truth of the murderer.
And this doesn't seem like it. The feeling Nurgle gave him? As for the other gods, they don't seem like it either
Hades felt like a huge puff of metallic steam was pouring in.
The only thing in the hall was the bright liquid fuel of the furnace and the sage's corpse swaying on the furnace.
By the degree to which the corpse was swaying, Hades was certain that the fallen sage had done some form of whipping.
Hades checked silently for a week, and confirmed that the self-destruction program had not been activated. He breathed a sigh of relief and retracted the black domain.
"You cursed outsider, you will be judged by the rules sooner or later!!!"
A violent roar erupted from the corpse of the great sage!
Hades was startled and immediately opened the black domain, and the world returned to peace.
Only the corpse of the sage is still wandering.
Ah. This
Which subspace creature is this
Hades took a breath, hiss, did he miss something
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Title: I Become Light in American Comics
He can push back tsunamis with his telekinesis, detonate planets with his light, and travel through the stars at superluminal speeds. He is a miraculous giant of light.
Superman: "He is an idea of progress, a light that shines through darkness."
Wonder Woman: "He's an honorable warrior."
Batman said nothing and quietly created a new "Ultraman Rampage Plan".
Steppenwolf (climbing back to Apocalypse with difficulty): "No, Ultraman is too strong!"
Shen You: "Don't listen to their nonsense. I am just an ordinary scientist in the Kingdom of Light. I don't have the power they have."
(End of this chapter)