Chapter 92
The T'au activated planetary defense measures the instant they saw them!
The Human Imperium of the Trench is at it again, targeting the little blue skins!
Chapter 58: The Savage Nature of the Human Imperium is Revealed! [1 Update]
The alarm was sounded.
The piercing alarms of the T'au dome the City suddenly ripped through the sky, and the light of the crimson star was swallowed up by three colossal steel shadows.
The ion light curtain of the orbital defense array had just lit up when the first round of Macro-cannon salvo began!
Hundreds of blinding white spots suddenly appeared at an altitude of 30,000 meters, each accompanied by a terrifying force with a diameter of over 500 meters.
If these armed forces were to hit the main cities of the T'au, it would cause irreparable damage.
The Human Imperium only needed to make a move to let the little blue-skinned characters experience the beauty of numbers.
After the first round of Macro-cannon was blocked, the ships then dropped their actual shells, which transformed into streaks of light in the silent universe and bombarded the T'au's defense system.
These metallic meteorites, accelerated to the third cosmic velocity by electromagnetic force, are like thunderous spears hurled by the gods.
The T'au's honeycomb shield burst with spiderweb-like cracks the moment it made contact, and one round of attacks crippled them.
"Damn these aliens, wipe them out!" The commander of the Third Company, who was currently in charge of the battle, roared.
Although three ships were dispatched, only one of them possessed Astartes.
The other two ships were originally part of the Imperial Navy's fleet, serving as additional armed forces for the Ultramarines' mortal brothers.
With the current surge of Green Tide, even the Orks Battle Moon has made its way into Terra.
The Ultramarines are also fighting against the Orks in vast star sectors.
This fleet was dispatched purely out of a spare moment, specifically to destroy these arrogant blue-skinned aliens.
They were right next to the Ultramarines, making it difficult for the T'au to go unnoticed by the Ultramarines.
To prevent the Ultramarines from being Ultramarines weakened in the war with the Greenskin Orks, thus preventing these alien species from invading.
One unit from the Ultramarines Third Company – Xenos Whip – immediately volunteered for combat.
To them, the T'au were nothing more than an appetizer, far less threatening than the Orks.
But a mutant is still a mutant, and it must be destroyed.
Buzz!
The strike cruiser on track completed its second round of reloading, its ventral armor plates peeling back one by one like the scales of a giant beast, revealing a dense array of gun barrels.
As the main cannon of the Lance hummed with power, three hundred secondary cannons simultaneously spewed out orange-red tongues of fire, dyeing the entire cloud layer a boiling crimson color.
With the assistance of two other mortal naval warships, they were determined to blast a hole through this alien planet.
Against the backdrop of a pitch-black universe, light continuously converges infinitely between two points.
The ground-based anti-aircraft gun emplacements of T'au began to retaliate, plasma beams weaving a web of death across the sky and earth.
A shell was intercepted mid-fall, but the resulting jet of metal transformed into a scorching downpour, melting alien buildings across three city blocks into glass craters.
A suspended platform was directly hit, and the chain reaction triggered by the overload of the anti-gravity engine caused the two-kilometer-long aerial the City to explode like fireworks.
The Queen of Hatred's skirts were lifted by the shockwave as she looked up at the carnival of steel and energy.
At one moment, a shell that veered off course hurtled toward the alien settlement, but was deflected by her magical barrier three hundred meters above the ground.
The warhead veered into the bay ten kilometers away, and the resulting tsunami immediately engulfed the entire Star Harbor pier.
Is it evil?
The Queen of Hatred stared blankly at the sky.
However, she recognized the symbol; without a doubt, the other party represented goodness.
She had heard these people's cries before, and she had heard their hatred for evil.
But... those blue-skinned guys seem to be benevolent too.
The Queen of Hatred watched the two fight, then couldn't help but cover her head and squat down.
My head is spinning...
In the black-and-white worldview of magical girls, the idea of two forces representing good fighting each other is nonexistent.
"Aren't we friends?" the magical girl said pitifully, but ultimately didn't do anything.
She simply watched the two sides fight; she didn't do anything.
If the Queen of Hatred considers something 'good,' then she will not take any action.
Fortunately, the Queen of Hatred did not retaliate, otherwise the T'au would not have been able to withstand even a single blow.
"What the hell?! Where did these humans come from?!" roared the noble commander of the T'au in charge of planetary defense.
The T'au can only barely detect spatial jumps, such as jumps that involve falling directly from the Warp, and they can only effectively detect immature methods like the Queen of Hatred.
However, when faced with the Human Imperium, which was composed of elite human forces, the Astartes' ships were simply too much for these T'au to capture.
Even if there are fluctuations, they will only be slight.
Ultimately, the T'au have no say in the Warp; the fact that they can detect even the slightest fluctuations is only because they rely on other races that can establish connections with the Warp.
The attack happened suddenly; in just an instant, a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower across the entire planet was destroyed!
"Stop these filthy humans!" roared the bewildered T'au commander.
Large numbers of T'au ships emerged from the planet like a school of fish, while the Human Imperium dispatched only three ships.
The superior numbers of the T'au ships forced the Human Imperium's surprise attacking fleet to change course and launch an attack on them!
The T'au's ships rose from planetary orbit like a swarm of bees. Thousands of TX4 Piranha, Hammerhead, and several 'Hero-class' -class cruisers built to rival the Human Imperium's cruisers formed a dense array, attempting to overwhelm the Human Imperium's three ships with sheer numbers.
Their hulls gleamed with cold blue energy shields, their ion cannon arrays were fully charged, and their plasma torpedoes were poised to fire in their launch tubes.
However, such resistance appeared so futile in the face of the war machine of the Human Imperium.
"Hit it."
The captain of the Ultramarines strike cruiser coldly issued the order.
The ships carrying the Ultramarines immediately changed direction and charged toward the largest T'au ship in their field of vision.
During this time, the other two ships continued to provide cover.
The T'au's ships attempted to evade the Human Imperium's firepower through maneuverability, but their shields were as thin as paper under the bombardment of the Macro-cannon.
Needless to say, in reality, the ships of these little blue-skinned creatures are no match for the ships of the Human Imperium in terms of mobility.
Once entangled, these ships face certain destruction.
After the first salvo, the three T'au frigates were instantly torn apart, their hulls exploding silently in the vacuum, and the burning debris being propelled into deep space by inertia.
"Do these aliens think quantity can compensate for quality?" an Ultramarines sneered over the communications channel.
The T'au commander was still frantically maneuvering the fleet, attempting to use crossfire to block the maneuverability of the human warships.
Chapter 59: The Ultramarines's Masculinity is Revealed! [2 Updates]
However, the two escort ships of the Imperial Navy had already adjusted their posture, and their broadside Macro-cannon arrays opened fire simultaneously. The dense Barrage pierced through the midsection of a T'au Hero-class cruiser, cutting it in half.
The cruiser carrying the Ultramarines did not stop.
Under the horrified gaze of the T'au, this massive strike cruiser rammed directly into a T'au destroyer that was attempting to intercept it!
"Are they insane?!" the captain of the T'au screamed, ordering an evasive maneuver, but it was too late.
Boom!!!
Steel clashed with steel, the ramming bow piercing the bridge of the T'au destroyer, the two warships locked together in space.
The next second, the Ultramarines' boarding torpedoes were launched from the side, precisely embedding themselves in the weakest point of the T'au Starship's armor.
The hatch exploded, and the blue-armored giant stepped onto the enemy ship.
The roar of the Boltgun echoed through the narrow corridor, while the pulse weapons of the T'au soldiers struck the power armor, only sending up a few sparks.
A fire warrior had just raised his gun when a bomb blasted his upper body apart.
"For the Emperor! Purify the Xenomorphs!"
The Ultramarines swept across the entire warship like a storm, the hum of their Chainsword mingling with the screams of the T'au.
The Ultramarines did not hesitate to board the ship.
The remaining T'au fleet attempted to focus fire on the ships that the Ultramarines were boarding, but the two Imperial Navy escort ships had already locked onto them.
Once the main cannon of the Lance was fully charged, its blazing white beam pierced through the void, overloading the shields of a T'au cruiser. Then, the second Lance pierced through its reactor, and the entire warship was reduced to scrap metal in a violent explosion.
The commander of the T'au finally realized...
Their prized technology and tactics were utterly meaningless in the face of the pure violence of the Human Imperium.
"Retreat! Retreat immediately! Withdraw to the planetary defense line!" he roared the order.
But it was too late.
The Ultramarines' cruiser broke away from the boarded T'au destroyer, and a large number of Ultramarines stormed into the boarded ship, which was already nearing the end of its life.
The cruiser's bow guns turned and aimed at one of the T'au Hero-class- class cruisers that was trying to escape.
"Fire."
With a salvo of Macro-cannon, the shields of the T'au cruiser shattered like foam, and the hull disintegrated in a series of explosions.
On the ground, the Queen of Hatred stared blankly at the firelight in the sky.
"Why... must good fight against good?" she murmured to herself, her magic wand trembling slightly in her hand.
But no one answered her.
Only the battle cry of the Ultramarines echoed through the communication channel:
"The aliens must perish! For the Emperor!"
The remnants of the T'au fleet retreated to planetary orbit like frightened birds, their shattered ships trailing burning flames as they fled in panic toward their last refuge.
They fled towards the planetary shield defense zone.
"Activate the highest level shield protocol! Supply all energy to the shield generator!" The T'au's voice was almost hoarse over the communications network.
The T'au knew that once the shield was broken, they would be met with terrifying, world-destroying weapons from the Human Imperium.
They were all too familiar with the ways of the Human Imperium, and the T'au deeply loathed these humans.
Just then, the Queen of Hatred, consumed by remorse, knelt amidst the ruins, her skirt stained with dust, her magic wand drooping limply beside her.
She gazed at the burning sky, her eyes reflecting the firepower of the Human Imperium's warships and the clashes between the T'au.
"Why... why is this happening...?"
She couldn't understand.
In her world, good and evil were clearly distinct, but everything before her eyes completely overturned her understanding.
The Human Imperium and the T'au are both "good" beings, so why do they kill each other?
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached.
"Humans?!"
The Queen of Hatred looked up and saw a T'au warrior standing before her, Pulse Rifle pointed directly at her head.
His armor was covered in scorch marks, and his breathing beneath the mask was rapid and furious.
"It's all because of you... it's all because of you humans!" His voice trembled with hatred. "If it weren't for you, our homes wouldn't have been destroyed! Our people wouldn't have been slaughtered!"
"Wait a minute? She's innocent!" one of the T'au soldiers urged.
But the enraged T'au could no longer tolerate it.
"Innocent?! Have you ever lost a brother?! My brother just died! This damned race is invading us, why should I tolerate it?!" He roared in anguish. Just moments ago, he received news that his friend and brother had been killed by a random shell fired by the Human Imperium.
The furious T'au soldier gritted his teeth as he spoke, his mind clouded by rage.
"He sacrificed himself for the Greater Good, but who can guarantee that this human will not turn against the Human Imperium?"
The Queen of Hatred blinked, tilting her head in confusion. "But... I'm not..."
"Shut up!" roared the enraged T'au soldier, his finger on the trigger. "You filthy invaders! Die!"