Astartes: The Red Tide
Chapter 360

Captain Frank

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"You can always count on me." - Cataphractii Terminator.

We generally wouldn't respond to Teleport Beacons carried by neophytes, unless Xiao Lan was leading them.

Bolters blasted the Night Bat Beasts' heads apart with pinpoint accuracy, their corpses exploding in midair.

The Terminators' arrival greatly strengthened the front line. Xiao Lan calmly pulled the neophytes back behind them. Their mission was complete, and they could withdraw now.

"Instructor Xiao Lan, I'll stand in front of you." A rough voice boomed from the Terminator Armour's speakers.

How many times had it been? Xiao Lan had stood in front of him for thirty years. Now it was his turn.

The Cataphractii Terminators snapped the beasts' spines with savage brutality. Scales that could bathe in promethium flames as though enjoying a gentle breeze could not withstand the cuts of Power Swords.

Blood stained their sleek fur. Giving tigers wings only made them die faster.

Bolter rounds punched precisely into the Savage Beasts' eyes. Giving enormous beasts turtle shells could not conceal their weaknesses.

Death is calling. Your struggles are futile!

The Dark Mechanicum's biologically modified creations vanished like snowflakes. Through perfect violence, the Terminators taught them that the Emperor's Angels were unstoppable!

Suddenly, a tremendous blast shattered the battlefield's balance.

The enemy had blown up their own towering wall.

The next moment, lava poured out, and Ferocious Beasts that lived in extreme heat charged the warriors. They were so enormous that a single foot seemed capable of crushing a tank, and their skin was tough enough to ignore scalding magma.

Bolter rounds did nothing to them. A single charge scattered the warriors' formation.

The neophytes ran fast. In their scout armour, they easily evaded the enemy's attacks. Because of the lava, these lumbering beasts had invested none of their evolutionary development in speed.

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