A Study of the Target Acquisition Mechanism of Two Bolter Shells (Part One)

Colchis.

Erebus, the Primarch of Primarch and future Chief Chaplain of Colchis Lorgar, is organizing his files in his private residence.

As a priest who is favored by the Primarch, Erebus's residence is decorated quite lavishly.

In his study, a chandelier made of various crystals and gemstones hung from the ornate ceiling, which was intricately sculpted by a renowned local sculptor from Colchis. At that moment, it illuminated his work as he sorted through the mountain of parchment scrolls.

The desk in front of him was made of the unique black wood of Colchis, and next to it was a beautiful large candlestick for lighting candles and incense for prayer.

The candlelight flickered gently, illuminating his face, which was covered with scriptures.

Seeing that everything was ready, Erebus revealed a smug smile.

His original name wasn't actually Erebus.

The one whose real name is Erebus is a polite, devout, and academically excellent young man.

He was nothing but an ignorant scoundrel who, in a murder plot against the real Erebus, stole his face and identity and used that person's name and credibility to rise through the ranks.

So much so that he has now become an indispensable assistant to the Lorgar of Primarch.

He was extremely proud of this.

What the God-Emperor of Mankind?

He was nothing but a destined loser, the Accursed!

The Four Gods that he, Erebus, serves are the only true and terrifying forces in this universe.

Thinking of this, Erebus quietly took out the parchment scrolls and hymns he had treasured.

Those records came from some ancient Chaos cult native to Colchis.

An ancient belief in the Four Gods originating from Colchis, known as the Covenant Faith.

This belief in the Four Gods was only recently defeated by the religious forces led by Lorgar.

However, as one of the believers, he secretly went into hiding and joined Lorgar's camp, becoming the most appreciated new priest.

Today, the God-Emperor of Mankind has officially descended upon Colchis and is preparing to take away the Lorgar Primarch, so that their missionary work can now extend to other planets in space.

The gods secretly told him to seize the opportunity to find Lorgar's weakness, corrupt him, and overthrow the Imperium.

The thought of the great mission entrusted to him, coupled with the Four Gods favor he would receive if he were to successfully complete it, filled him with immense joy.

I almost burst out laughing with joy.

However, Erebus held back.

"Hehe."

He didn't laugh.

But the Kasgar on his roof laughed.

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Erebus stood there, stunned.

It was a giant clad in purple-gold armor, whom he had encountered before during the ceremony when the Emperor descended upon Colchis.

But in Erebus's mind, a warrior wearing heavy armor should move very slowly.

But seeing the other person hanging upside down quietly on the ceiling seemed to be beyond his comprehension.

It is enormous, yet incredibly agile.

Who are you? What do you want?

In his nervousness, Erebus blurted out.

Call out--

His answer was a sword.

In an instant, at a speed imperceptible to the Erebus eye, a swift monomolecular dagger pierced his hand, pinning him to the black wooden desk in front of him.

Gushing blood instantly stained his hands and the wooden table red.

"Hiss"

In pain, Erebus let out a series of gasps.

"Your blood is still red, which is quite rare."

"I'm curious whether your treacherous heart still retains this color."

The other person jumped down from the ceiling with remarkable ease, speaking in a slightly mocking tone.

It looks like a seasoned hunter toying with his prey.

But the problem is—

Erebus didn't know him at all.

Or rather, today marks the first time that all of Colchis has come under the administration of the Imperium of Man, and the first time it has witnessed the Imperium's military forces.

He did not know any of these tall giants.

"What are you trying to do? I don't even know you, why are you hurting me like this?!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't know me, it's enough that I know you."

The other person was completely unmoved by his words, and simply stepped forward and kicked him hard.

"Ah!"

The Monomolecular Blade sliced through the flesh of the opponent's palm instantly under the powerful impact, leaving a clean cut between the index and middle fingers.

With a sudden kick from the Purple-Gold Giant, Erebus was violently thrown to the other side of the room, slamming hard against the wall.

"Wow!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Under the double impact, Erebus felt dizzy and his intestines in his stomach were twisted together in a sharp pain.

It's by the roadside.

As Erebus lay convulsing on the ground like a stray dog on the roadside, the Purple-Gold Giant's helmet approached him.

Reason?

We can fight whenever we want, without any reason.

They would beat him up as soon as they met.

"Stand up, Erebus."

Of course, with Kasgar pulling back, this kick naturally minimized the damage and maximized the pain.

If Erebus were to die so easily, it would be too easy for him.

"Friend, you... you need some reason to hit me, right?"

"Friend? My God, I'll have to kick you again until you really realize I'm your enemy."

As he spoke, Kasgar delivered another kick to his chest.

Thump.

He slammed into the wall behind him again, then bounced back to the ground.

Under the continuous impact, Erebus was left completely disoriented by the series of collisions.

"Friends"

May God forgive your sins.

However, he doesn't seem to have grasped the situation yet.

Erebus continues to pretend to be an extremely devout believer.

"God?"

"You mean which god will forgive my sins?"

"Khorne? Tzeentch? Nurgle or Slaanesh?"

Laughing, Kasgar kicked the other man in the head with his other leg.

Thump!

The bald head covered in scriptures looked like a perfectly suited football.

He kept tempting Kasgar to go up and deliver a vicious kick.

Then he filled in the missing pieces.

"Stand up, Erebus."

But it still involves reducing its force.

It would be too lenient to let Erebus's head just fly off like that.

"You... you actually!"

"You said their names, you!"

Only at this moment did Erebus understand the other party's true reason.

He already knew about his betrayal of the Four Gods.

But—why this Purple-Gold Giant could utter the true names of the Four Gods has yet to have any impact.

"Me? I'll say whatever I want."

"Like now, there's no need for a reason to deal with you."

"The transformation isn't complete yet, so hitting you would be considered unsportsmanlike."

Ironically, if fighting Erebus requires martial virtue, then martial virtue will simply rush out and fight Erebus with you.

"Stand up, Erebus."

The Purple-Gold Giant spoke again casually.

In his hands now lay a brand new Boltgun.

"I have a game, or rather a hypothesis, that I need you to verify."

Erebus, the famous Warhammer dungeon savage.

If the phrase "too numerous to record" were an exaggeration for others, it would truly be "too numerous to record" for him.

There's so much to say, so much to say.

If we were to list all of this person's crimes, it would take about ten chapters.

What we do know is that without this person, the entire universe will become more harmonious and beautiful.

Therefore, he must die.

Even though he had once recommended "A Billion Good Books" (his only good deed) to Kasgar before he was named Kasgar, it couldn't save his life.

Kasgar considered how to execute Erebus.

Considering that his weapons were all made for him by Fulgrim with love, he felt really bad for Fulgrim if they were stained with the blood of a beast.

In the end, Kasgar only used an Imperium standard monomolecular dagger.

This thing doesn't have Machine Spirit, so it probably won't feel disgusted by it.

Since we're on the topic of Machine Spirit, here comes something with Machine Spirit in my possession.

This will provide a perfect opportunity to verify a famous hypothesis from the Warhammer World —the "Two-Bolt Shell Conjecture."

First of all, firing both shots at Erebus is a "Two-Bolt Shell Consensus," and no one would not fire it that way, so it is not within the scope of this discussion.

Kasgar wants to test now is whether, if a person has two Bolter, when he Bolter both of them at Erebus, the magazine will have more Bolter due to the Machine Spirit?

On the other hand, if Kasgar hadn't aimed at Erebus, would the Bolter have automatically attached itself to Erebus?

A very interesting conjecture.

Kasgar, holding Boltgun, looked at it with a burning gaze.

"Wait! Stop!!!"

Seemingly seeing the other party holding a gun and intending to kill, Erebus screamed in terror.

Where are they?

Where are your teammates?

What about the guards who were watching over his residence?

Why isn't anyone coming to save him?

"Don't even think about it, I've taken them all down."

"But rest assured, I always forgive the innocent."

The Purple-Gold Giant may have been reveling in his despair.

"No! No!!!"

"I am Erebus! A disciple of Lorgar! If you kill me, Lorgar will not let you off easily!"

"That's good, double happiness."

Kasgar wasn't worried that Lorgar would cause him trouble because of this.

After all, that idiot Erebus even compiled information about his allegiance to the Four Gods for Kasgar.

That's so thoughtful.

Then we'll just put it right in Lorgar's face and let him see the evidence of his chief disciple's blasphemy against the gods.

At that time, let alone whether Lorgar would put Kasgar on trial, it would have been extremely merciful for Kasgar not to put Lorgar on trial.

Have you thought it through?

Despite Erebus's blustering but cowardly threat, Kasgar calmly unloaded the ammunition from his Boltgun.

"Look, there are only two left."

Kasgar gestured with the Boltgun in his hand.

"Do you want to take a gamble?"

"How many bullets will actually hit you when the two bullets finally hit you?"

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"What's wrong? Why are you silent? Or do you have something to say in your defense of secretly colluding with the Four Gods and calling the Emperor the Accursed?"

Of course not!

A malevolent glint appeared in Erebus's eyes.

At this moment, white frost condensed on his back as he lay there.

It's a powerful Psychic Power force!

He can still make one last desperate attempt!

Psychic Power!

As one of Erebus's signature moves, he often uses this trick to steal kills and then slip away.

Perhaps he hasn't been modified by Space Marine yet, and his psionic Psychic Power isn't fully developed.

But being able to escape the house when the other party wasn't paying attention and was thinking of torturing and killing him was enough!

Erebus was confident that as long as he could find Lorgar, who had not yet left, on Colchis, there was still a chance to resolve the situation.

As long as the teleportation can be completed!

But unfortunately, it's not possible.

"Hmph, trying to escape?"

However, this was ineffective against Kasgar, who were already prepared.

He lit the Warpfire ahead of time, enveloping the entire room.

The teleportation Psychic Power that had just been formed suddenly vanished completely under the strange flames.

"Should we still be spreading it? Why have you stopped?"

Kasgar's tone was full of mockery.

A flicker of despair crossed Erebus's mind.

"If you don't pass it, I'm going to hit you, okay?"

Snap!

Before he could react, a Bolter was fired directly at Erebus from the dark muzzle of the gun.

A Bolter pierced straight through his thigh, or rather, his former thigh, leaving a huge bloody hole with shattered flesh and bone fragments embedded in it.

And large patches of blood splattered on the desk.

A violent scream from Erebus instantly filled the entire room.

"That's not enough."

"To those you sacrificed to Slaanesh, your screams are nothing compared to theirs."

"Second shot."

Snap!

Another Bolter, accompanied by Erebus's intense scream, turned his other, still intact leg, into a bloody pulp.

"The third shot is next."

Kasgar aimed at Little Erebus.

This made his hair stand on end in fright.

Pull the trigger.

That's all. It's over.

Tsk.

Even though the Machine Spirit desperately wanted to fire another shot at that moment.

However, being the embodiment of Imperial Truth, it simply couldn't turn Kasgar into a bullet again.

It's such a shame.

Hahahahahaha.

Kasgar laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Erebus had lost too much blood, looked pale. All he could do at that moment was to smile apologetically along with Kasgar.

"Friend, I've passed the test, can you let me go?"

Erebus has a strong will to survive.

He would not let go of any chance to survive.

Whether facing Kasgar or Kearn.

"Test?"

Kasgar almost laughed when he heard that.

When did he ever say this was a test?

When did you ever say that you could leave after receiving two shots?

"Erebus, how can you be so lacking in experimental spirit?"

Kasgar leaned closer to the other person, displeased, and shook his index finger.

"How can we determine the results of an experiment in one go? To obtain a highly feasible conclusion, we should of course conduct multiple experiments."

Snap!

Kasgar slammed the butt of his Boltgun hard into the other man's nose.

Then, in Erebus's despairing eyes, he pulled out a new weapon.

"This time, let's try the pistol."