Battle of Karmas 6

The tide of battle reversed in an instant.

The remnants of the Ten Thousand Eyes warband, which had been locked in confrontation with the Imperial defensive line, saw their morale soar after receiving reinforcements from the daemon legions and launched another savage assault.

This time, their ranks were mixed with large numbers of Bloodletters and Flesh Hounds, making their offensive even more ferocious and difficult to stop.

The Imperial defenses came under unprecedented pressure.

Bolters and laser weapons were effective against daemons, but they could not make them vanish as easily as they killed creatures of the material realm.

It often took several times the concentrated firepower just to barely send a single Bloodletter back into the Warp. And the daemons seemed endless.

"The left flank needs support! I repeat, the left flank needs support! Those red daemons have broken through!"

"Ammunition is being consumed too quickly! Our supply lines are being harassed by small groups of daemons!"

"The wounded... the wounded are showing signs of mutation! The medical station requests authorization for purification!"

Bad news flew into the command center like snowflakes.

Leona personally took to the very front line, and the Lion's Sword once again drank deeply of daemon blood.

Every flash of golden sword light cleaved a Bloodletter in two or beheaded a Flesh Hound.

Yet even with her strength, she felt immense pressure in the face of the unending daemon tide.

She was like a reef in a raging current, capable of withstanding the frontal impact but unable to stop the flood from spreading around her.

"This cannot continue." Captain Tycho's voice sounded over the comms, carrying suppressed fury and a trace of barely perceptible exhaustion. "The daemons cannot be killed fast enough. Our defenses will be worn down bit by bit!"

Chen Xi stood in