Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 515

Queen Q'orl's Air Cannon

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The Sveik Prime is divided into five large continents and thousands of islands by the sea, and Alkahas Phall landed on the largest continent.

He had just jumped out of the Drop Pod when he immediately saw the overwhelming surge of Chu-Oor people.

Becoming a "Sailor" unleashed the hidden power within Alkahas's superhuman body. He wielded a chainsaw-like giant axe in one hand and raised Archaeotech Pistol in the other, firing it into the air.

The scorching rays collected by the planet's radiation layer pierced through the "paper shell" outer layer, burning it to ashes along with the internal cavity.

The legion commander's Honor Guard fired a dense barrage of bullets into the air, and Xenos corpses fell like rain, their slime splattering onto the lush green trees.

Alkahas looked up at the obscured sky and suddenly remembered that the Black Emperor had told him that Queen Chu-Ol could lay thousands of eggs every day and that each Chu-Ol person could live for about ten Terra years.

The Qiu-Ol people have already established themselves in this world; they must gather more followers.

The Lord of Shadows immediately marked his coordinates in the XIX Legion's Tactical Network and issued a rallying order.

He then switched communication channels and called the fleet.

"Auger Matrix Master, maximum power scan, I need the twenty coordinates with the strongest life signals."

As the green runes rapidly approached in the Tactical Network, Alkahas simultaneously saw five squads appearing in different directions.

The Incendiary Assault Gun spewed beams of light into the air, burning entire groups of adult Chu-Ol warriors to ashes.

In the Tactical Network of the Alkahas Eyepiece, the red dots in the surrounding area disappeared rapidly, while the green dots increased.

His helmet's built-in Communicator suddenly beeped. He answered it and heard the voice of the Auger Matrix Master.

"Lord of Shadows, scan complete."

"The nearest coordinates are 14.83 kilometers away from you, and there are at least 100,000 Xenos there."

After hanging up the communication, Alkahas immediately marked the target location in the Tactical Network and issued the attack order.

He strode forward, clad in the Cataphractii Terminator Armour.

After becoming a "Sailor," he felt more relaxed when putting on the armor. Although he was not as agile as when he wore the Mark I Power Armor that he had been wearing since the "Unification Wars," his steps became much lighter.

Alkahas slowed his pace, but gradually distanced himself from the squad clad in Cataphractii Terminator Armour, with two squads of guards in Mark III Power Armor following on either side.

Suddenly, Alkahas charged forward, his giant axe whirring.

The shell struck the Terminator armor, and "Sailor" raised his hand and fired a beam of light, blasting apart the abdominal cavity connecting to the armored vehicle.

The armored vehicle, disconnected from the bio-mechanical interface, rammed into them due to inertia.

"Sailor" fired a beam of light at another armored vehicle while simultaneously swinging his giant axe.

The chainsaw-like giant axe hissed as it tore the Xenos armored vehicle to pieces, the organic-coated metal fragments splattering against the Terminator armor.

Alkahas continued his march, crashing into the Chu-Ol armored group.

The Chainaxe spun rapidly in the "Sailor's" hands, flying up and down.

Amidst a piercing screech, the chitinous limbs were shredded, splattering with slime, and metal fragments of varying sizes struck the armor with a clanging sound.

After destroying the armored forces of the Chu-Oor people, Alkahas found himself standing at the entrance to a large basin.

He glanced at the Tactical Network on his helmet and saw that the target point was right in front of him; a dense sea of red filled the screen.

Alkahas looked into the basin, where groups of Qiu-Ol people were swimming at the entrance.

Unlike the adult male warriors encountered earlier, they had no wings, and their bodies were supported by one or two pairs of three-jointed legs.

The Lord of Shadows raised his giant axe and pointed it at the basin.

"Purification the Xenos!"

The Astartes following closely behind him roared in unison.

A dense barrage of bullets rained down on the Qiu-Ol larvae, reducing them to a pile of rubble.

Alkahas crashed into the Xenos, crushing the juvenile Chu Or into a pool of pus wherever he went.

Upon entering the basin, he immediately saw that the surrounding mountains were covered with countless eggs.

Alkahas's gaze was immediately drawn to a colossal figure, as large as a mountain.

She was ten times the size of an adult male warrior, and each of her arms was three times as thick.

Her enormous body had no wings; she lay on the ground, her three pairs of compound eyes staring fiercely at me.

"Hunting team, prepare!"

"Everyone else, destroy all the Chu-Oor people, burn all their eggs!"

The Astartes immediately carried out their commander's orders and fired explosives at the Chu-Ol larva.

The Destroyer took the Melta weapon and the Incendiary Assault Gun from its companion, took to the air, and swept away the densely packed eggs on the cliff.

Queen Chu-Ol's three pairs of compound eyes saw her children dying in droves and let out an angry roar.

A storm suddenly swept through the valley, causing the eggs on the cliffs to fall in a flurry. The larvae of the Qiu-O'er were swept up by the air currents and flew towards the center.

At the center stands Queen Chuo Or, her abdominal sac undergoing rapid and complex movements, with muscle filters and thirteen valves pulsating at high frequency.

Just as she was about to launch an attack, she saw a figure rushing towards her at high speed.

Wherever he went, scattered eggs were trampled into puddles of mud like balloons, and the larvae of Chu Or were torn to pieces by the chainsaw.

Alkahas raised his hand and fired a beam of light at Queen Chu-Ol, while Queen Chu-Ol launched her own attack at the same time.

A deafening roar erupted, and with a sharp whooshing sound, thousands of eggs scattered by the wind and dozens of Qiu-Ol larvae were crushed into dust wherever the Air Cannon passed.

The Air Cannon struck the beam and instantly engulfed it.

Alkahas discovered that the scorching, deadly rays collected from the planet's radiation layer were instantly engulfed.

With a thought, the "Sailor" felt the "Phantom Scales" hidden beneath his skin begin to move.

The command was given the instant Alkahas was thrown into the air.

"Hunting team, now's the time!"

Dozens of arcs of electricity shot out simultaneously, hissing as they slammed into Queen Qiu-O'er.

She trembled all over, and her writhing abdomen stopped.

Alkahas crashed heavily against the cliff, and countless rocks tumbled down, burying him beneath.

The guards immediately charged toward their commander, and the hunting party angrily fired a second volley of electric arcs at the target.

The Lord of Shadows's Honor Guard members were frantically crawling on the rubble when they suddenly felt a tremor beneath their feet.

Alkahas emerged from the rubble, covered in dust and dirt, the chest plate of his Terminator armor dented.

"I'm fine." The Sailor's tone was normal. At the last moment of the attack, he used "Phantom Scales" in time. The shockwave penetrated the armor but did not cause him any damage.

Alkahas heard a sound like a mountain collapsing, and the ground trembled violently.

He turned his head and saw Queen Chuo Or lying helplessly on the ground, her body heaving, clearly having fallen into a coma.

Alkahas also saw dozens of massive stone pillars protruding from behind her, covered with runes of the Qiu-Ol people.

[The first hunt was a bit of a disaster, but thankfully I completed my lord's mission and obtained Queen Qiu Or and the Planetary Marker Stone.]

He pressed the Runic Rune, Chainsword gradually stopped trembling. His gaze pierced through the basin and looked towards the sea.

After the hunt, I'll set sail and enjoy being a "Sailor."

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