Hunter.
But in fact, Hunter is just a name given to this race by humans in "Halo", and its race name is Mgalekgolo (Mgalekgolo).
They are worm-like creatures that can collaborate, work, and fight synchronously in groups, which is why single quotes were used for the previous 'body'.
They can be gathered into a humanoid state of about 1.4 to 1.7 meters, and then super thick armor can be added to make the overall height reach 3.7 to 4 meters.
In full armor form, the overall weight of Hunters can reach more than 4.7 tons.
It can be seen from this that they are 'walking tanks' in the true sense.
The creatures blocking Blood Ravens and Helljumpers's way to the front area of the ship are groups of two, with a total of six Hunter guarding here.
"Ri~!!"(x6)
In an instant, six Hunters stood in a row and shot six Fuel Cannons that emitted green light at the Blood Ravenss and Helljumperss.
"Dodge!"
Gabriel roared and turned sideways to avoid the fuel bubbles coming towards him. The other Blood Ravens and Helljumpers also dodged.
"Boom--!"(x6)
"Ah!"
"Um..."
But even though Hunter's aiming skills were poor and Fuel Cannon failed to hit anyone, the fuel explosion caused by falling on the deck still affected the nearby Helljumpers.
The shock wave blew away the nearest paratroopers, and the burning green flames also infected many of the paratroopers who were blown away.
Within a moment, several paratroopers fell to the ground unconscious, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
"Fire!"
Gabriel was the first to pull the trigger of his Boltgun, and a large number of Bolter Round were shot towards Hunter's huge body.
"Whoops!"
"Pop!"
Immediately afterwards, Blood Ravens and Helljumpers, who had regained their composure, shot Bolter Round, Plasma Cannon and Caseless Explosive Rounds at the six Hunter.
But...
"Bang! Boom~!"
Bolter Round and Caseless Explosive Rounds hit Hunter's armor, and their high-intensity and low-intensity delayed blasting seemed to have no effect on Hunters at all.
There were only four machine gunners Blood Ravens, Heavy Bolter and Plasma Cannon, who blasted and melted the chest armor of two Hunter, but failed to achieve effective penetration.
Then the two Hunter, who were attacked by Plasma Cannon, raised the giant shields embedded in their left hands to cover their bodies to defend Heavy Bolter and Plasma Cannon.
The first round of attacks by Blood Ravens and the paratroopers did not cause substantial damage to Hunter at all.
"Ri~..."(x6)
"Boom! Boom!" (x6)
I saw six Hunter still charging Fuel Cannon, and approaching Blood Ravens and the paratroopers with heavy steps.
See the situation.
Gabriel held up Bolter Rifle with his left hand, took off Chainsword with his right hand and charged towards Hunter, while shouting loudly:
"All paratroopers look for bunkers! Blood Ravens's machine gunners carry out continuous Fire Suppression, and the remaining brothers follow me!
The armor of these large beasts is very thick, but they move slowly, so fight them at close range!"
"Yes!"
Following Gabriel's order, the remaining paratroopers looked for bunkers and fired continuously at the six Hunter, and also threw several fragments and Plasma Grenade at them.
"Ho-!"
Seeing grenade-like objects coming towards them, the Hunters roared with multi-pitched roars and moved their huge, heavy bodies to dodge.
It seemed that they were also afraid of grenade attacks, but the grenades still did not cause much damage to them.
"Whoops!"
On the contrary, the 1.0 cal caliber Bolter Round of the four machine gunners of the Blood Ravens, and the continuous Fire Suppression of the Plasma Cannon, made the group of Hunter at a loss for a short time.
Taking this opportunity, Gabriel and the other ten Blood Ravens quickly rushed forward, using their reflexes and strength several times beyond the peak of human beings to fight these Hunter in close combat.
"Roar!"
The moment Hunter saw Gabriel rushing forward, he swung the huge shield in his left hand and struck, but Gabriel easily dodged it by sidestepping.
"Boom--!"
The shield hit the deck of an unknown metal or alloy, making a deafening sound, and the deck was directly dented by the impact.
It can be seen that if Hunter hits it so hard, even First Generation Spartans will definitely die.
But Gabriel and the other ten Blood Ravens successfully evaded Hunter's attack, and then...
"Hahaha! Die! Die!"
"Buzz~! Puff!! Puff--!"
"Go to hell! Xenos bastard!"
"Puff~! Puff, puff, puff!"
Then the Blood Ravenss used their agility to specifically attack the parts of Hunter that were not protected by armor.
For example, you can directly use Chainsword to cut the orange worm body, or insert the gun head of Boltgun into the worm body for crazy continuous shooting.
As for Gabriel...
"Teng!"'s kick knocked Hunter, which weighed nearly five tons, down.
"Roar...!"
"Pfft-... Pfft-...!"
Due to its huge size, the kicked Hunter fell heavily to the ground as if in slow motion.
"Die!"
"Buzz! Puff!"
Gabriel roared and jumped onto Hunter's breastplate, and then used Chainsword to cut off the worm flesh of Hunter's neck, completing the feat of killing one Hunter by one person.
"Fuck..."
"I'm sorry..."
"How come the sergeant without a helmet looks so much more powerful than when he wears a helmet?"
"Otherwise, no one in the team led by the sergeant would have been killed..."
Seeing the bravery of Gabriel and Blood Ravens, the paratroopers who were still conducting interference attacks ceased fire for fear of accidentally injuring friendly forces, and they all watched the battle with surprised sighs.
In less than ten seconds, the two sides in the melee battle decided the winner.
Astartess look bulky, rough and slow to move, but in fact they are still 'fast as the wind'.
The Hunters, with an average weight of nearly five tons, were truly bulky. It was impossible to catch any Blood Ravens, and in the end they had no choice but to be brutally killed.
Seeing that all the Hunters were killed, the paratroopers also left the bunker.
The second lieutenant also sent some men to check the paratroopers who were initially blown away by Fuel Cannon.
It was found that the most serious injury of these unlucky guys was that they fell into a coma due to concussion.
After cleaning up for a while, Gabriel and the second lieutenant continued to lead Blood Ravens and the paratroopers towards CCS-class Cruiser's bow position, which was most likely the bridge.
During this period.
They are encountering more and more obstacles. Although there are no Hunter like before, the Covenant troops in the front area of the ship are all elite races.
Moreover, the colors of these elite armors are mostly red and yellow, and their fighting skills and shield power are significantly different from those of elites with blue armor.
They also encountered a wave of elite ambush capable of performing Optical Camouflage and Special Forces attributes.
Only at the cost of one machine gunner Blood Ravens having his right arm cut off, one Blood Ravens being seriously injured and losing his combat capability, and ten Helljumpers being killed in action were these Special Forces elites eliminated.