Brutal Assault

The enemies who had just been hurriedly targeted immediately let out waves of agonized screams.

"Charge in!" Sandman tossed aside the longbow he had snapped by pulling too hard, drew a shortsword from his waist, and surged forward like a black shadow.

Korax followed at Sandman's side with his bow, occasionally drawing and shooting down enemies rushing from the mine shafts to pick up the Laser Guns that had fallen to the ground.

Only now did Sandman realize how terrifying Korax was.

With Korax going all out, every arrow made this ancient cold weapon as powerful as a firearm on Lycaeus.

Every shot could pierce through two enemies, and its immense kinetic force even created an effect as horrifying as a Dumdum Round. Wherever an arrow struck, flesh exploded outward, leaving behind a massive wound.

Only then did Sandman notice why Korax's bow had not snapped. A layer of black Shadow Power clung to the longbow, ensuring that neither the bowstring nor the bow itself would be brutally torn apart by the Primarch's strength.

"Psychic Power really is amazing!" Sandman could only sigh.

The distance of over a hundred meters took Sandman only a few seconds to cross at full speed.

Right afterward, the Shadow Kill members behind them picked up the five Laser Guns lying on the ground.

"No one else is coming out. Looks like they've abandoned this exit and are planning to hole up inside, or escape through the other mine shafts." Sandman knew their intentions as soon as he saw that no more people were pouring out.

"Nekser, take some men around and block the other mine shafts. Once a rat gets into a hole, how can we let it escape?" Sandman ordered as he switched to a hand crossbow.

In the cramped mine tunnels, a longbow was extremely inconvenient to use. A hand crossbow had both a manageable size and considerable killing power.

"Boss, have them find the passages and hold them. The few of us can go in and kill them." Korax stepped to the very front of the entrance as a black Psychic Power shield enveloped the path ahead.

"Ha, you're right. Nekser, have the men block the routes. We're going rat hunting!" Sandman said with a pleased smile as he looked at Korax.

Psychic Power, a force that could practically be called a cure-all, really was incredible. It could be used for attack, defense, healing, and saving lives.

Especially when the person before him was the Raven King, who would one day soar freely through the Warp ten thousand years later. Although Korax's Psychic Power abilities were not yet especially powerful—

—his opponents only had a few Laser Guns. It was not as if Korax were being asked to withstand a Heavy Logging Gun, a Plasma Weapon, or a Melta Weapon.

"Give me a Laser Gun." Sandman grinned viciously as he disengaged the safety, familiarized himself with the performance of the Short-barreled Laser Gun, casually fired two test shots, and then headed deeper into the mine tunnels where countless sins lay hidden.

Deep within the mine tunnels, the Skull Breakers were already in complete chaos.

"Boss, this is bad! The men guarding the mine entrance have been wiped out too..." The short man hurriedly reported to Shuster, his face full of panic.

The enemy's advance had terrified him. How long had it been since they lost contact with the second checkpoint? There was already no news from the heavily defended main gate.

Dozens of men had been stationed there, along with five Laser Guns. Even slaughtering dozens of pigs would not have been that fast.

This time, they had kicked an iron plate.

"What are you panicking for? We still have fifteen Laser Guns. We know the mine tunnels better than they do. Follow me!" Shuster waved a large hand and led his personal guards toward the outer mine tunnels.

"Boss, wait for me..." Though the short thug called for Shuster to wait, his steps slowed by half a beat...

"Run... run! The demons are here! Unkillable demons..." As Shuster led his men outward, the other Skull Breakers had already lost their nerve and were frantically fleeing deeper into the mine.

Whether they fired Laser Guns, bows, or crossbows at their enemies, every attack was blocked by a black barrier like the cloak draped over Death God's back.

Meanwhile, their enemies' Laser Guns picked them off with precise headshots.

These scoundrels, who only knew how to bully the weak, were furious when they saw those silent Death Gods blowing apart their companions' heads one shot at a time. But when scorching chunks of blood and searing-hot blood, heated by concentrated laser fire, splattered across their faces, their morale finally collapsed...

"Don't retreat! Get back up there!" Shuster sent the man running at the front straight to the High Heavens with a single shot.

"Run! The boss has gone mad..." Someone shouted, and then a group of routed men fled blindly into the maze of interconnected mine tunnels.

"Trash, all of you are trash! Once I kill these invaders, I'll throw every last one of you to the vultures!!!"

"Find good positions. These enemies aren't simple!" Shuster hurriedly ordered his men to find ambush positions at the junction where the tunnels branched in every direction.

The upper defensive positions had fallen far too quickly. That meant only the ten Laser Guns held by his personal guards remained; all the others had been lost.

"Cut all the power lines!" Shuster suddenly came up with a good idea.

As the criminals moved, the already dim mine tunnels immediately sank into utter darkness.

Only the barely audible sounds of human breathing remained in the filthy air.

"Hey, Korax, does this feel a little more familiar?" A teasing voice suddenly rang out from the darkness.

Trying this in front of the Lord of Shadows? It was enough to make Sandman laugh his teeth out.

Without Korax, Sandman would have chosen to slowly wear them down for a few days and have some fun with them. But now that Korax was here—

—he could simply leave everything to him.

"Korax, I'll leave the rest to you." Sandman gave the order with icy calm.

At this point, there was no need to risk casualties while exterminating these thugs. Besides, they would all become Korax's future foundation anyway, so the capable should do more work.

"Fine, Boss, but after this, you have to explain something to me. I keep feeling like you understand my abilities even better than I do." Korax made his request helplessly.

Ever since he had landed on this planet, his seemingly ordinary boss had shown himself to be anything but ordinary. He would rather blow up entire mine tunnels and precious Drill Tractors to conceal Korax's trail, and everything afterward had only confirmed it.

"Get moving already. What explanation? I was just guessing..." Sandman nearly made Korax stumble with his reply just as he was about to act.

His figure, which had already slipped into the darkness, nearly fell right back out...