Boarding Battle

The interior corridors of the CCS-class Cruiser.

"Thud! Thud!"

Ceramite Armor pounded against the deck of unknown metal, the heavy pounding of running footsteps still echoing through the corridor.

Thirteen Blood Ravens were rushing through the deck corridors, and their armor was already covered in battle damage.

One Blood Raven responsible for covering the rear had even lost his entire left arm, wielding a Bolter Submachine Gun one-handed in his right.

Through the damaged section of his left-arm armor, it looked as though the limb had been forcibly severed by some blunt weapon.

Fortunately, one of the enhancement surgeries Astartes underwent caused substitute tissue resembling skin to form the instant a wound was exposed to the air, achieving rapid hemostasis.

Although this enhancement did not constitute healing, it greatly increased an Astartes' chances of survival. If they were also equipped with high-intensity Pain Suppression...

Then only shattering an Astartes' brain or tearing their body into pieces could completely deprive them of their ability to fight and move.

Otherwise, an Astartes would continue fighting indefinitely.

Yet even such formidable Astartes had ended up looking rather battered. This indirectly proved that the Elites and Brutes were not weak—in fact, they were extremely powerful.

It seemed that this Blood Raven squad, without Gabriel leading them, had run into some bad luck.

The location where the Eagle Falcon had forcibly initiated its boarding action happened to be a section where Elites, Brutes, Grunts, Gnolls, and other species had gathered.

After several minutes of fierce fighting,

This Blood Raven Squad had successfully wiped out more than ten times their own number in Covenant forces, at the cost of two brothers and the two pilots who had assisted them.

However, every Blood Raven had suffered injuries of varying severity, and they had used nearly half their