"Counterattack! Counterattack!" a senior Tech-Priest roared as he issued orders over the communications channel.
In the fierce wave of Meltabomb assaults just now, more than a dozen Tech-Priests who had come to stop the Star Space Marines' advance had been killed. This left the Tech-Priest in charge of the command exceptionally furious.
Under the senior Tech-Priest's command, the remaining Tech-Priests seized their weapons and continuously attacked the charging Star Space Marines. Bolters, Plasma Pistols, melta beams, and all manner of powerful weapons—
—roared as they unleashed attacks upon the Star Space Marines. Yet every attack fired by these powerful weapons was blocked by the Star Space Marines. The strikes sent ripples through the void, but posed no threat to the Star Space Marines.
The various weapons in both sides' hands fired continuously at one another. Now, it was a contest of whose shields would be breached first, or whether the Star Space Marines could reach the Tech-Priests first.
"Boom!"
A violent explosion rang out amid the Tech-Priests. One Tech-Priest's energy shield was shattered by the endless stream of rounds fired from Ripper Rifles. The bullets that followed pierced the Tech-Priest's steel body and struck the energy pack on his back, triggering a violent explosion.
"0010011100!"
Watching a Tech-Priest get blown apart, another Tech-Priest let out a grief-stricken roar. Apart from members of the Adeptus Mechanicus, no one else could understand the binary code used by the Tech-Priests.
Just as this Tech-Priest was consumed by grief, the Star Space Marines had already charged into the midst of the Tech-Priests while enduring their ferocious barrage.
A Star Space Marine raised his Power Sword and swung it at the Tech-Priest before him. The energy shield that had been impregnable against gunfire showed no reaction at all when the Power Sword came down, as