Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 529

A Similar Predicament, No Longer Needing to Bear Everything Alone

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Flamini suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had returned to his childhood, leading human refugees to hide from the Mitu in the sewers.

The flashbacks of memories that Shadow of Order led Flamini to find a way to deal with the current situation.

"Reclaim the power condensate!" His calm tone reassured his fellow fighters, and they immediately sprang into action.

The Apothecary activated the recovery device specially designed for the Terminator armor, accompanied by an unsettling sound that echoed across the deck as the protruding parts of the Gene-seed pierced out from inside the body.

Other Royal Court Friar also sprang into action, activating their Spirit Sight to search for items extracted from the corpses.

Pascual's captain of guard was killed by the Basmemanik while protecting him, and Flamini came to his side.

He didn't need to activate his Spirit Sight; his extraordinary intuition had already guided him to the black, viscous crystal.

Flamini took a crystal ball from his waist and put the black, viscous crystal into it.

This was the requirement that the Primarch imposed on him when he bestowed upon him power.

As Flamini placed the crystal into the crystal ball, he suddenly realized that things were different now compared to Manachia.

He no longer needs to shoulder the responsibility and bear everyone's expectations alone; he has many more combat brothers with outstanding abilities by his side.

After Flamini inserted the crystal ball into the armor, he asked in the team's Sonic Array channel.

"Pascual's guard, I will lead you through the beast's lair and find a path to victory."

"But I need your help. Now tell me, what power has your father bestowed upon you?"

The Apothecary placed the Gene-seed into the recycling device where cold mist drifted, and spoke first, "Beast Tamer."

The other Royal Court Friar looked at the Baron and began to speak as well.

They obeyed orders more based on their titles than on the fact that Flamini was a company commander.

""Monster"."

"The Trickmaster"

"" Lawyer "."

"..."

Flamini's eyes lit up when he heard that there was a "Trickmaster" in the guard; he felt even more confident about the guerrilla warfare to come.

He made a request to everyone in the team, "We won't be receiving replenishment for a while, so allocate your energy wisely."

"Loss of power will make it difficult for you to move, which is tantamount to death."

A "Lawyer" in the Chapter Master's Honor Guard stares at the body of Basmemanik.

"They excel in close combat, and there are too many of them. We'll be surrounded and killed. Pascual is one of them..."

He restrained his grief and anger, and calmly analyzed the current situation.

"Therefore, in battle, we must adopt a circular formation, so that each Warrior can protect the left and right sides."

The Lawyer paused for two seconds, then said, "The circular formation is a classic defensive formation used when the enemy outnumbers us, but there are too many Xenos, and we might be surrounded and worn down."

"Of course," the "Lucky One" said confidently, "We must seize the opportunity, knowing when to fight and when to retreat—that's exactly what I excel at."

"When I give the order to break out, unleash all your firepower."

Flamini didn't tell them was that he had detected the energy anomaly, which was the source of the Teleport interference.

The "Lucky One" looked around and finally pointed to the deck on his right.

"Trickmaster," "Door Opening!"

The "Trickmaster" immediately strode to where Royal Court Baron had pointed and placed his hand on the metal wall.

He instinctively felt that the metal walls were several times larger than those of the Chapter's flagship, but this didn't faze him; they were still within his comprehension and not particularly thick.

The "Trickmaster's" Spirituality spread, and suddenly a dark blue, blurry door without any substantiality appeared before his eyes. It was embedded in the wall, yet it showed traces of metal.

The Shadow of Order strode through the Water Curtain -like gate, which then vanished.

The Basmemanik who flooded the deck searched the area with wide eyes, only to find mangled corpses and intact armor scattered everywhere.

On the adjacent deck, separated from them by only one wall, the Saturnine Terminator Prototype Shadow of Order, had formed a circular formation in accordance with the orders of the Royal Court Baron.

They charged precisely into the center of the Basmemanik from the position chosen by the "Lucky One".

The "Lucky One" knew that the death of their Chapter Master filled his guards with shame, and they needed a victory to boost morale.

Even when surrounded, he didn't want to just run away; he had to seize every opportunity to kill the enemy.

A Basmemanik launched the first attack with a ferocious grin. The "Warrior" raised his arm, his fist without activating the energy field, and blocked the big club.

The Basmemanik's club was jolted into the air as he looked down at the black-armored Warrior, his crimson eyes, hidden beneath thick hair, filled with astonishment.

The black-armored Warrior, much smaller than himself, possessed strength comparable to his own.

He let out a roar like a bull and swung his big club to launch an attack.

He suddenly felt a strong gust of wind from his side, and a punch landed on his unarmored side ribs.

The Basmemanik was knocked off balance, and the "Warrior's" claws seized the opportunity to grab his wrist, which was gripping the club tightly.

The claws failed to tear through the tough metal hide, but they firmly locked onto the Xenos's arm, while the "Arbiter" and the "Lawyer" launched attacks from both sides.

A heavy punch slammed into the Basmemanik's right ribs, accompanied by an explosive sound of ribs shattering, and he could no longer hold onto the big club.

With a deafening roar, the "Lawyer's" combat knife pierced the body of the Basmemanik.

The "Warrior" shoved the Basmemanik to the ground with one kick and picked up the large stick at his feet.

With the club in hand, the "Warrior" sidestepped the incoming blow.

He casually swung the club, as if he had practiced it a thousand times, and the metal club slammed into the club in the Basmemanik's hand from the side.

The "Lawyer" spotted the exposed back of the Basmemanik, and using the 23rd technique of the "Osberh-Waya," he seized the opening, swung his fighting knife backhand, and plunged it into the broad back.

The ring of Shadow of Order sometimes expands and sometimes contracts.

They covered each other to keep the defensive line intact.

The Basmemanik charged into the Shadow of Order like wild beasts, only to fall one after another.

More and more Basmemani men poured onto the deck, eager to rush to the enemy, but the space around the circular line was limited.

The corpses further reduced the Shadow of Order, indicating an attack that needed to be dealt with.

An hour had passed in Flamini's helmet's built-in timer, and the ring still showed no sign of being breached.

Suddenly, the "Lucky One" sensed several ruthless auras rapidly approaching.

He turned his head to look at the deck entrance at three o'clock and saw a Xenos a head taller than the other Basmemanik and rushing into the deck.

Flamini immediately shouted into the communications channel, "Six o'clock, break out!"

The Shadow of Order immediately activated the reactor's weapon systems; missiles, trailing streaks of light, tore apart the heads of more than a dozen Basmemanik.

Teams that have built tacit understanding through battle move in perfect unison, like black steel rings in a sea of metal, cleaving through all obstacles.

The group rushed off the deck in the direction where there were no tall Basmemanik, and then Flamini gave the order to the "Trickmaster".

"Entrance, the Trip!"

The wild instincts of the Basmemanik transcend the realms of sight and hearing; sensory influences such as "flash," "Black Veil," and "Fog Creation" are useless and cannot slow them down.

The "Trickmaster" immediately raised his hand, and the entrance behind him seemed to be coated with a layer of grease.

The Basmemanik were charging ahead slipped at the entrance and fell to the ground.

The Basmemanik who followed tried to slow down, but they were too close and it was too late.

He felt something stick to the soles of his feet, and then he fell to the ground, crashing onto the rolling Basmemanik.

A series of rear-end collisions completely blocked the entrance.

The towering Basmemanik rushed to the entrance, only to find his kin lying on the ground in disarray. He angrily berated them, pulling and carrying them to clear the passage, but the black-armored Warrior had already vanished without a trace.

The "Lucky One" led his team in guerrilla warfare within the Basmemanik warships.

They killed one Basmemanik after another, breaking through the encirclement.

The procession snaked upwards, moving toward the location of the energy anomaly he had sensed.

Five hours later, the team finally rushed onto the deck where the energy was abnormal.

The Shadow of Order saw a massive skeleton hanging overhead, surrounded by a group of bizarre Basmemanik.

They were covered in skeletons, held Bone Staff, and chanted in a Xenos language that sounded like the roars of wild beasts.

"Attack!"

Following Flamini's command, the troops launched an attack on the skeleton.

Blazing beams of energy rained down on the skeleton.

The skeleton trembled violently, accompanied by a piercing explosion.

"Roar!"

A deafening roar erupted as a metallic beast, its shoulders towering over the other Basmemanik, charged onto the deck.

Missiles were fired simultaneously from the shoulder of the Saturnine Terminator Prototype.

Boom boom boom!

The missile hit its target precisely, but the "Lucky One" sensed that the Basmemanik were not seriously harmed.

His entire body was covered in a metal outer shell.

There was only one spot missing: the top of his head, but the Basmemanik had covered it with his arms.

The "Lucky One" raised his arm, aiming the Plasma Bombardment Cannon at the skeleton.

The location where he fired was not calculated by Superhuman Brain, but rather a location perceived through Spirituality intuition.

As the blazing beam of light erupted, a Basmemanik was thrown back by the shockwave and crashed into the skeleton.

The massive skeleton tilted, and then a plasma beam shot onto it.

The skeleton's trajectory was altered, and it crashed into the oncoming giant Basmemanik.

As the Basmemanik was knocked away, a missile trailing from above Flamini's head struck him squarely on the head.

With an explosion, Basmemanik's body crashed to the ground.

Flamini felt as if stars were shattering within him, and he sighed inwardly.

I am truly a "Lucky One".

Today is truly my "lucky day"!

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