"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Lord Inquisitor, what are you doing?"
Titus hurried forward to stop Li Qinwu.
"Lord Inquisitor, what are you going to do to this holy relic?"
Li Qinwu had already stuffed the Power Klaw into the Macro Cannon, which was automatically loading propellant charges weighing hundreds of tons.
He said nonchalantly:
"Relax, Lord Titus. The God-Emperor made this Lightning Claw from special materials, with some crazy advanced technology involving the strong nuclear force or something. It won't break. You couldn't wreck it no matter what you did!"
"That still doesn't mean you can use it as a shell! This is a holy relic!
Besides, why would you use it as a shell? Can't you just use it as a melee weapon like you're supposed to?"
Li Qinwu explained:
"When a Macro Cannon shell hits its target, the damage from the explosion is limited by its caliber.
With a laser beam, the area it can burn through is limited by the emitter's power.
But the God-Emperor's Lightning Claw is indestructible. Give it enough kinetic energy and launch it, and it can cut a target in half from end to end. That's some serious firepower!"
Titus was growing anxious.
"That is no excuse to treat a holy relic so roughly!
This is the God-Emperor's Lightning Claw! It should be carefully preserved and properly enshrined in the Chapter monastery. How could you fire it like a shell? Such blasphemy! Such blasphemy!"
Titus was genuinely distressed, to the point that he had even suggested enshrining the God-Emperor's Lightning Claw in the fortress-monastery.
Li Qinwu gave a dismissive snort.
"Let me put it plainly. If the God-Emperor gave this thing to me, he can't have cared all that much about it."
As he spoke, Li Qinwu pulled the firing lanyard amid the shocked