44: Chapter 44 The Battle of the Shield of Hades (Part Two)

The ship's left flank was damaged, and the ship's artillery was damaged. Alarms blared incessantly throughout the ship.

"Brothers, I don't think we can hold on much longer. Let's get out of here!"

"We can't leave! If we leave, what will happen to them?"

"They're just game characters!"

"Damn it, you go if you want, but I'm not leaving!"

The artillery fire of the Leviathan Hive Fleet rained down recklessly upon the players, instantly destroying a player's fleet and causing the pressure on the players' side to spike sharply. At this moment, Commanders from various firing points sent communications, requesting the players to retreat.

"No! What do you take us for? Only you can provide the guarantee for the final victory!"

Li Pu remained silent, his heart filled with an indescribable feeling. Whenever a Warhammer character died, he felt an ineffable sensation in his heart. He kept telling himself that these characters were fake, but whenever he saw someone sacrifice themselves, he still felt just as miserable as always.

"May your souls return to the Golden Throne!"

The players retreated into the interior of the Pluto Galaxy in shame, beginning a tug-of-war battle against the Leviathan Hive Fleet.

On the planet Laes-Os, the Vostroyan Firstborn were stationed there. Watching the Tyranids rushing in like a tide, they raised their guns and fired without the slightest fear.

Artillery fire swept across almost the entire sky, yet some Tyranids still broke through the defensive lines, landing in the planet's oceans. The battle situation was exceptionally intense.

Meanwhile, Asmodeus, the capital of the Pluto Galaxy, also faced an invasion by the Tyranids. Stationed here was the main base of General Drost.

The Cadian Soldiers relied on the complex terrain, streets, and other areas to set up defensive positions and artillery—they abandoned the wide main streets, instead utilizing the complex terrain of this Hive City world.

When the Tyranids were about to drop spore pods, the anti-aircraft units prioritized attacking the Tyranids' flying units, preventing the enemy from directly attacking the defensive lines built by the Cadian Soldiers from the sky.

When the Tyranids swarmed into the Hive City, they did not initially encounter resistance from the Cadian Soldiers; once they were drawn deeper in, the Cadian Soldiers would launch attacks on them from the alleys and rooftops.

Whenever a district fell, the soldiers in that area would withdraw, and subsequently, the artillery of the Astra Militarum would destroy everything, including the Tyranid Warriors.

After the first wave of the Tyranids' attack was held back by the defenders, the Hive Mind began to analyze the battle situation and generated Zoanthrope-like psychic units to counter the deployments of the Astra Militarum.

Although the Astra Militarum received full support from the 11th Stormtrooper squad and the naval fleet piloted by the players during the second defensive battle, the position was ultimately lost.

Fortunately, however, the joint fleet composed of the Blood Angels and the Flesh Tearers Chapter, led by Commander Dante, had expended a large number of Navigators and finally arrived in the Pluto Galaxy...

Under the orders of Commander Dante, troops were to be dispatched to conduct rescue operations on all planets where survivors might exist.

Upon arriving in the Pluto Galaxy, they also rendezvoused with the Imperial Navy fleet led by the players, jointly launching rescue operations toward planets where survivors might exist.

However, Commander Dante summoned Arenas Caralan, Captain of the 1st Company of the Blood Angels, and gave him a secret mission: to find the survivors of the Franks family. Because the Chapter's Apothecary had discovered in their research that there might be a substance in their family's blood capable of curing the Blood Angels' genetic defects.