Hunting the Savage Aeldari (Part Two)
"Despicable Monkey! Avenge your people!"
The chieftain of the Exodite Aeldari let out a beast-like roar, but two or three thousand Aeldari still scattered and fled in all directions; they would not give up.
The Monkey must be killed.
The Exodite Aeldari roared angrily and charged from all directions toward the Shadow of Order, who were clad in black armor and had seven bright red arrow emblems painted on their right shoulders.
The Dinosaur leaped high into the air as it charged, and a hail of arrows enveloped the Warrior of the 7th Regiment.
Sanchez raised his hand and fired a shot, accurately blowing the head off an Exodite Aeldari.
The engine of a motorcycle ridden by Shadow of Order was hit by an arrow, and it spun and crashed into another motorcycle.
He was forced to jump down to avoid the attack.
An arrow flew rapidly and easily pierced his Mark II Crusade-pattern Power Armor.
Sanchez sped along, witnessing his fellow fighters die one by one from the Xenos attacks.
He wasn't blinded by rage. He used his Bolt Pistol to blast the Exodite Aeldari while calmly thinking about how to gain an advantage in the Shadow of Order on the battlefield.
The Shadow of Order's eyes suddenly lit up. He keenly noticed that although the weapons of the Exodite Aeldari were powerful, their range was inferior to that of explosive weapons, and his side had the advantage of being on higher ground.
The lord of the 7th Regiment immediately issued orders in the team channel.
"Use mobility, range advantage, and firepower coverage to strike the enemy."
The Shadow of Order immediately carried out the Chapter Master's orders. They circled the Exodite Aeldari rapidly, raising their guns and firing a barrage of bullets in unison at a single area.
The Exodite Aeldari had long since unleashed their wildness in their primitive life; they lacked the strict discipline of the Astartes, and their battle formations were scattered.
The leader of the Exodite Aeldari saw his people falling in droves, their numerical advantage rapidly eroding.
As Triken's most powerful Exodite Aeldari Warrior, he knew that the task of killing the enemy general was essential, and he had already identified his target.
He urged the Dinosaur forward, accelerated his run-up, and charged towards the opponent like an arrow.
The chieftain of the Exodite Aeldari rose, took small running steps on the Dinosaur's back, and leaped into the air towards Sanchez.
The same thought flashed through the hunter's mind.
Despite having the upper hand, he was still losing men.
As long as he hunts down the enemy chieftain, the Xenos' morale will plummet.
Sanche leaped into the air, slamming his motorcycle into the dense Exodite Aeldari, aiming straight for his prey.
The Exodite Aeldari relied on their superhuman agility to quickly nock and fire arrows in mid-air.
After becoming a "Hunter", Sanchez experienced varying degrees of enhancement in strength, speed, reaction time, and body control.
He twisted his body slightly to dodge the arrow, and at the same time, flicked his wrist to fire a high-explosive bullet.
The Shadow of Order and the Exodite Aeldari attacked each other in the air, twisting their bodies to evade each other's attacks.
Astartes' speed was inferior to that of the superhumanly Exodite Aeldari. Relying on his keen senses, he managed to twist his body several times just as arrows were about to strike his black armor, thus avoiding them.
A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the leader of the Exodite Aeldari. He drew five arrows at once and fired them in quick succession.
Sanchez twisted his body to the left, trying to avoid the first arrow.
The hunter instinctively felt that the second arrow would be aimed at the spot where he had dodged.
The hunter swung his sword sharply, striking the arrow in the blink of an eye.
With a clang, the arrow fell to the ground.
The hunter allowed his instincts to temporarily take over his body, and three lightning-fast arrows grazed past him.
The chieftain of the Exodite Aeldari, seeing the black-armored Monkey evade his deadly skills honed during his hunts and only two meters away, threw his bow at his opponent while simultaneously drawing his longsword.
Compared to its kin on the Craftworld, the longsword was not as luxurious, but it was still more elegant in design than the longswords of human nobles, shimmering with a water-like luster in the sunlight.
The leader of the Exodite Aeldari elegantly swung his sword, aiming straight for Sanchez's legs.
A cold glint flashed in Sanchez's eyes. In that instant, with a perspective beyond the physical world, he captured the angle and trajectory of the Xenos's sword swing. The attack of the Exodite Aeldari seemed to be in slow motion.
The Shadow of Order slashed down with the sword, using the 23rd rule of "Osberh-Vaya".
With the large-scale influx of Vostonian-born into the Eleventh Legion, the "Osberch-Vaya" approach was also adopted by various Chapter.
Among them, the 23rd rule, which targets weaknesses, is most favored by those in the Shadow of Order, and is especially beloved by the "Hunters".
Sanchez's sword strike was faster, quicker, and more precise than that of the Exodite Aeldari.
It wasn't that his burst of speed at that moment surpassed the speed advantage possessed by the Aeldari, but rather that the "Warp Insight" from the Primarch allowed him to anticipate his opponent's moves, making his attack speed even faster.
The most powerful Exodite Aeldari in Triken had not made any move, and his pupils widened in astonishment.
The chainsaw roared, blood splattered, and the "hunter" completed the hunt.
Just as the 7th Legion lured the Exodite Aeldari into a trap for a hunt, Tierney also made progress atop Daxos Alpha.
He obtained intelligence by kidnapping guards and serfs and interrogating them using translators.
There is a Great Beast in the area called the Blue Horned Rhino, which attacks human settlements every Reaping season.
A small number of these are variant species, with a single horn capable of unleashing lightning.
Even rarer are the white unicorns, whose calls can make people dizzy even from over a hundred meters away.
Tierney was not satisfied with verbal intelligence; he communicated with the Tech Sergeant.
After learning that he was carrying out a mission assigned to him by the Primarch, the Shadow of Order offered him assistance.
Gabriel led a team to study the Joegall's Arc Projector and developed an experimental model.
The Tech Sergeant assessed that it could Paralysis most Great Beast.
After obtaining the hunting tools, Tierney led his men into the forest.
After marching for five sidereal days, his troops found their target.
A group of light blue, Rhino -like creatures were drinking water at the riverbank.
Besides its skin color, its horn is also thicker and longer than that of an ordinary Rhino.
Tierney saw several Rhino Great Beast raise their heads, knowing that the animals' keen intuition made them sense the approaching danger.
He immediately gave the order, "Attack!"
The fifty best marksmen among the Scouts all underwent enhancements to their Occulobe.
The archers raised their Arc Hunting Rifle and fired at the herd of blue Rhino.
Moo!
Several blue Great Beast, several times the size of ordinary Rhino, ran angrily for more than ten meters before collapsing helplessly to the ground.
Tierney was not complacent about his victory; he noticed a blinding flash of lightning emanating from the horn of a Great Beast.
Lightning ripped through the forest, striking the spot where several Scouts were gathered.
In the midst of the lightning storm, a Scouts was struck, blood gushing from his mouth and nose, and collapsed to the ground.
Tierney was furious, but also realized this was an opportunity.
The intelligence he obtained indicated that the Blue Horned Rhino could not continuously unleash lightning.