Dark Star Weapon

Carlo led his guards and his Chapter through the Hearth-Fortress, their heavy armor making progress increasingly difficult in the high-gravity environment.

In the central region of the Galaxy, due to the large number of stars, the gravitational pull on each planet is much stronger than that on planets in other star systems.

The Shadow of Order, clad in Mark II Power Armor, advanced rapidly. When they encountered fiercely resisting defensive positions, they would summon the Cataphractii Terminator.

Those fortified strongholds were quickly breached after the Saturnine Terminator Prototype arrived.

Carlo piloted his massive mech, his gaze sweeping over the towering defensive structures of the Squats and into the depths of Hearth-Fortress.

He saw a massive, dark gray prototype Fortress, which he believed to be the hearth of the League of Votann's Hearth-Fortress.

Carlo noticed that the reactor in the Eyepiece was fully charging the Heavy Disruption Cannon.

With a thought, he locked his gaze on a fortress, where a dozen Lasgun extended from their firing ports, firing dense beams of light into the Shadow of Order.

As a Shadow of Order charged, its vulnerable Eyepiece was caught by the Dwarven Archer's Hunter Module, and the beam he fired bypassed the Storm Shield from the side, striking Astartes' left eye from the side.

Not only did the Shadow of Order gain a deeper understanding of the Squats through their battles, combined with data distributed by the Primarch, but their adversaries did as well.

Carlo has already lost more than two thousand men in this long battle, and the casualties would have been even greater without the Cataphractii Terminator he was equipped with before the war and the newly acquired Prototype Terminator armor.

He could already see the ultimate goal: to bring this war to a close.

As Carlo pondered, the Heavy Disruption Cannon behind him automatically locked onto the target and fired a shot at the fortifications.

The Lasgun instantly disintegrated into an atomic state, and almost simultaneously, the steel and the Squats inside scattered like sand and vanished without a trace.

After marking the target, Carlo stopped paying attention to the fortifications; his attention was drawn to a group of Squats emerging from the central Fortress.

A group of Broken Horn Guard and Ironkin escorted the three as they emerged from the fortress.

The one in the middle was dressed in magnificent armor, holding a Plasma Gun in his left hand and a Warhammer in his right.

The moment Carlo saw the Warhammer, he keenly sensed a stinging sensation.

That weapon is extremely dangerous.

On either side of the dwarf were two figures dressed in robes, with strange devices extending from their heads, and holding gleaming staffs in their hands.

Beside them were two ornate Servitor, each wielding Bedrock-pattern Bolter.

Carlo knew they were the Psyker of Grimnyr Magos, psionic beings created using the Clone Tapestry Technology of the Squats.

Carlo raised his right arm, Pyre Serpent Cannon fired a dazzling beam at the oncoming team.

Lord Grimnyr on the left raised his arm, and simultaneously, a blinding light emanated from his body and his two Mind Servitor.

The dazzling light overshadowed the flames of the battlefield explosions, and even the blinding beams of light that were being fired.

Force Shield enveloped the entire team, and blinding heat rays shot into the force field, only to be swallowed up by an invisible maw and disappear in an instant.

Carlo slowed his pace, raised his right arm, and fired two shots at the Squats, both of which were blocked.

Lord Grimnyr, raised his staff high, Telekinesis to propel his team swiftly towards the battlefield.

The Heavy Disruption Cannon was fully charged again, and Carlo locked onto the enemy and fired a shot.

Rumble!

Amidst the ear-piercing explosion, Carlo saw within his "Warp" force field that the Psychic Field had been shattered.

The energy shockwave spread outwards, causing the Broken Horn Guard to sway and nearly be thrown to the ground.

Some of the Broken Horn Guard plunged their bright Plasma Power Blade into the ground to stabilize themselves, while others were supported by the Ironkin beside them and did not fall.

Before the enemy could unleash another Psionic Energy shield, Carlo raised his right arm and fired a shot at the enemy clad in ornate armor.

The Saturnine Terminator Prototype armor's automatic aiming system ensured that the beam hit its target precisely.

The Shield-Weave of the High Kahl of the League of Votann gleamed, and the heat beam deflected at a slight angle, grazing past his armor and striking a Broken Horn Guard behind him.

As the Broken Horn Guard rapidly melted away, the High Lord let out an angry roar.

"For our ancestors!"

He raised his Warhammer and charged toward Carlo.

The Heavy Disruption Cannon charged, and Carlo fired continuously at the enemies charging towards him.

The High Lord's top-grade Leijin Alloy armor did not hinder his mobility in the slightest; he constantly changed direction and charged towards the enemy.

As the most outstanding legendary Warrior of the League of Votann, he skillfully dodged both beams, with only one beam hitting him.

The Shield-Weave trembled slightly, and the deflecting force field shifted by only a tiny angle, with most of the beam of light striking the chest and abdomen of his gleaming armor.

The High Lord's meticulously groomed gray beard was burned to ashes by the heatwave, but his magnificent armor only changed from dark gray to a slightly blacker color, without any damage to the patterns.

He charged to the feet of the black-armored giant, and the Squats swung his heavy hammer, forged from Dark Star Ore, at the enemy's shin.

Dark Star Ore is mined from the desolate region at the center of the Galaxy, and even for the most resilient Hearthkyn and Ironkin, crafted using Clone Tapestry Technology, venturing into the Dead Zone is an extremely dangerous undertaking.

In the short history of the League of Votann, there have only been four weapons forged from Dark Star Ore.

Compared to the Imperium's unstable plasma weapons, the Squats can forge stable plasma weapons.

Dark Star Weapon are the only unstable and dangerous weapons among all weapons.

Only the most elite Warrior are entrusted with the duty of using these weapons. They must use them with utmost care, for even the slightest injury they inflict can end the life of an enemy, as if an invisible hand has flipped a switch on their life.

The Dark Star Hammer slammed into the Thermal Diffraction Field, the explosion sounding like a missile colliding with the force field.

Chief Lord Grimnyr saw the High Lord's Warhammer blocked by the enemy's shield, and the runes on his body, back, and the two Mind Servitor beside him lit up simultaneously, arcs of electricity coiling around the staff he held high.

Chief Lord Grimnyr swung his staff, arcs of electricity shooting out and coiling like pythons around the heavy hammer in the High Lord's hand.

The most resilient body, forged using Clone Tapestry Technology, trembled, his body bouncing up as the immense energy surged in.

The High Lord dodged the falling Power Blade and simultaneously swung the Dark Star Hammer, slamming it hard into the right side of the black-armored giant's knee.

The Psychic Lightning pierced the Thermal Diffraction Field, Dark Star Hammer smashed through the Saturnine Terminator Prototype armor, striking Carlo.

Carlo swayed as he tried to regain his balance; such an injury was not considered serious for Astartes, who possessed a superhuman physique.

But in reality, it is the destructive force field released by the Dark Star Ore, a biological material, that shuts down the organic metabolism and electromyographic functions of Astartes' body upon contact.

Carlo was unaware of what was happening before his consciousness was plunged into darkness.

The Warrior of the 5th Legion watched as their lord, along with his massive prototype armor, collapsed like a mountain.