Warhammer: I don't want to be a stinky can! ! !

Chapter 765 208. Who’s coming?
"The attack has begun."

Ether felt a dry mouth. The gray-blue-skinned alien looked at the star map. At the largest node of the second line of defense, the golden color that symbolized the human empire almost covered the sky.

"It's time to leave."

Another Ether behind the Ether took over. In fact, the Ethers hiding in the core area were not completely idle. Until now, the alien races allied with them had not yet fallen out with the Titanium, and the Ethers also had a share of the credit.

The foolish allies were persuaded to go to the front, while the cunning allies followed the Ethers in their retreat.

Ether hurriedly left the command room. Inside the command room, only the central system was still directing the battle according to previous instructions. Walking through the sunny corridor, a tall Kroot saluted the two Ethers who were hurriedly passing by.

"I hope we'll have a chance to meet each other in the future."

The hoarse voice of the Kroot was like a rock cutting across the earth, and the deep meaning contained in it seemed to make the two Tau shudder, but there was no need to stay. The best opportunity to leave was fleeting. If they could not escape during this period, the next Human Empire fleet that would explore would catch up with them.

"See you again if we are destined."

Ether said, and its words dissipated into the corridor behind it. The high-rise buildings lined up one after another cast silhouettes in the sunlight. It was such a prosperous and peaceful scene, but they were about to abandon them again.

The rest will be left to Yingyang.

They will drift again.

Until the day of liberation.

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The aftermath of the explosion had not yet dissipated, and thick smoke rose from the wreckage of the first layer of defense wall, burning through the bone helmets and rising towards the falling sky.

The bright white psychic arc disappeared, frost climbed onto the ground, and a man stood not far from the defensive wall. The supreme commander's white eyes penetrated the surrounding area, his arm grasped the giant sickle, and his hands slowly prepared the potion.

Shake it three times, then let go.

Snapped!
The crisp sound was suffocated by the deafening bombing and engine explosion, but it was so hard to ignore, like the devil's raised claws, and in an instant white mist rose and dry bones exhaled!

Through the strange smoke, pairs of white eyes lit up, and the fog mode of the combat eyepieces was activated. The evil spirits hidden in the smoke were now extremely hungry and thirsty, and the Pale Lord was summoning his followers.

On the other side, beyond the towering Tau-enhanced tidal wall in front of them—

The array of assault gunboats left trails of dust on the hills, the schools of giant manta rays in the sky cast disturbing shadows on the hills, schools of flying fish were gathering all over the sky, and the support array of drones attacked like a swarm of locusts.

Farther up the skyline, a group of mechas the size of knights flashed across the sky in the light of explosions, and among the gunboats and missile boats assisting them, the tall mechas were taking aim - waiting only for the army in the sky to send their coordinates so that their sights could penetrate the treacherous white fog.

On top of the tidal barrier, the turrets had already taken aim at the swarm of drones surrounding them, but they remained silent and were reluctant to attack - perhaps they were waiting for the moment when their target would be exposed.

Facing almost the entire Tau army, the team led by Mortarion was actually slightly inferior in terms of numbers.

But the Primarch had nothing to say. The Death God simply stood there calmly - he didn't even seem to be afraid of the destructive missiles launched from the opposite side.

【Let's have some fun. 】

Mortarion did not look back, but behind him, deafening bells and praises suddenly rang out.

【But I promised to let them go first. 】

The charge horn sounded, with a fierceness and enthusiasm far exceeding that of the Death Guard. The scarlet and black flags fluttered in the wind, and violent thunder like a thunderbolt struck the earth directly. Amidst the binary prayers, the Titans and Knights were deployed.

"For Om Messiah! Hail to Hades!!!"

Ignoring the noisy voices of the Mechanicus, regarding long-range firepower… Mortarion thought calmly. He did have some, but didn’t want to bring too many—

After all, the logistics troops slowed down the process, but there was no other way because Hades created too many Titans and Knights.

Under the feet of these behemoths, long-range firepower such as the Lion-Tailed Scorpion Missile Vehicle is not enough. Although Mortarion also brought a lot of missile vehicles, these are all Pluto's selected modified versions. Look at the green light gathering at the gun barrel.

As the Titans and Knights gained absolute control of the airspace, Thunder Eagles and Storm Birds emerged from the clouds in the sky. The huge modified Valkyrie slowly followed the flock of birds and launched drones.

The Mechanicus, who had been following the Death Guard and picking up loot like crazy, finally stepped onto the battlefield head-on. Even though Mortarion had allowed them to take part in the battle before, the Death Guard would always be the main force on the front battlefield.

This is a great opportunity to train new recruits.

Mortarion understood this well.

Then, Death looked up again. He was sure that his poison gas had reached its destination. The poison gas with psychic energy easily passed through the energy defense wall of the tidal barrier, although he believed that the Tau had already made improved defenses against his poison gas.

But it was all in vain. The only person in the galaxy who could compete with Mortarion in poison gas was the one who was making soup in the garden.

Death penetrated the defenses and placed its withered hands on the mechas. Then a corrosive sound hissed, like a potion boiling.

Mortarion lowered his eyes, seeming a little sad that his vacation was about to end. After conquering this planet, everything would be easy.

Corax went to attack another military base on the ground, while Mortarion went directly to the military fortress where Shadowsun was located. According to observations, most of the troops on the surface of the planet were gathered here.

He only needed to cut off Yingyang's head, and then use the blood of the aliens to shut down the central intelligence of all the military bases on the planet.

Unfortunately for the God of Death, the Tau are not a race that produces many high-powered individuals, although their firepower may indeed make it difficult for the God of Death - but the good news is that Hades has packed enough missiles and troops for this expeditionary force.

Before this, Mortarion was still a little confused about the need to bring too many firepower troops. Facing a small alien country, this was obviously a bit of a luxury. But now, Mortarion thinks Hades is right.

Clearly Pluto was right - who else could be right, the Emperor?
Facing the highly mobile and long-ranged Tau, you'd better have a fire support force that can compete with them.

【So……】

Mortarion said calmly, the drones and drones in the sky had already started fighting, and after a green scream, a huge mouth suddenly opened in the drone swarm.

Before this, Mortarion never left the battlefield. There was nothing on the battlefield worth him fighting in person. Usually one Vorcus was enough to kill his way through a battlefield.

The Reaper had waited patiently, languidly, for the Tau to send forth their true battle-masters.

Mortarion then realized that no such thing existed among the Tau.

He rarely felt a kind of annoyance of being fooled. The battle that the God of Death had been waiting for for a long time turned out to be a pure competition of command.

It would be better to replace Guilliman, who would be keen on sitting at the table and fiddling with chess pieces, while Mortarion prefers to use his scythe to rip the enemy's throat personally.

At least let him fight one match, right? It's impossible that after this battle, Mortarion's biggest activity is to fight Conrad.

What's more, the army they were facing had already been tortured by Conrad, and what surprised the Primarch was that the accuracy of the main Tau force here was not even as good as the defenders they had faced before.

But - but in front of you is the real main force of the enemy.

[Okay, okay——Then I’ll go first. ]

The skinny skeleton said, and then the giant insect spread its wings and rushed into the tidal barrier with unstoppable force!

"charge!"

Behind Mortarion, Vorcus, who was left far behind, immediately gave the order to charge. At the same time, the sages enthusiastically and joyfully fired their cannons of praise into the air, following their great Pale Lord! Titans, charge!
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【? 】

Conrad hissed, and his lungs made a hissing sound as if the air was blown out. He covered his bleeding abdomen with one hand and stared at the Titanium Goddess in front of him with a puzzled look.

In stark contrast to the embarrassed Conrad, the Goddess of Titanium was so awe-inspiring and majestic. One hundred and eight kinds of weapons appeared between her thousand hands, and the hazy light blue halo on her face reflected her softness and strength.

The newly born goddess of the warp had obviously made sufficient preparations and the necessary determination for this moment. Its two largest hands held a sword in one and a shield in the other, ready for battle.

+I'm warning you for the last time, foreigners, leave this land, you are desecrating it. +
[What the hell…]

Konrad said softly, as if talking to himself. The dirty Primarch seemed to be subconsciously shocked. Like a beast lingering around its prey, Konrad looked at the goddess of Tauwa. +Are you afraid, invader? Leave now and I can let you go. +
Goddess T'aiva swallowed her saliva. As the aggregation of consciousness of many races, it still looked very much like the projection of its believers. It stepped barefoot on the smoke, with the tip of its sword pointing at the sinful beast.

[Strange, very strange.]

After circling one and a third of a circle, Conrad came to his answer. The Lord of Midnight screamed in a sinister tone.
[Even Malcador has never been this weird, what on earth do you look like?! ]

The next moment, before the Titanium Goddess could react, the black shadow leaped up, and its lightning claws pierced its throat!!!

【Let me take a closer look at you! 】

Conrad laughed!

+?! +
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Hold on, hold on, damn it, hold on.

Yingyang slid down from the command platform coughing. He kept coughing. With his mecha damaged, the aftermath of the explosion and the poisonous gas were corroding the already weak body of the Titanium.

It looked up and saw that the Manta group that was enough to cover one thirtieth of the planet's airspace was shot down by the Terran Titans. The explosions like ball lightning and firecrackers exploded in the air again and again. After each flash of green light, a swarm of drone corpses fell from the sky like an overwhelming mass.

On the ground, the human race's lion-tailed scorpion's artillery fire roared as if it was free. Before the smoke had dispersed, the next missile split the tail flame of the previous missile. Why didn't their missile vehicle even overheat? !

In the contest of long-range firepower, which had always been the pride of the Tau people, the long-range firepower was completely defeated. What made Yingyang even more desperate was that he could vaguely feel that the enemy's intelligent computing power was better than theirs.

If the ranged and airborne weapons can't resist the enemy, what else can they do? !

Is it through close combat? !
Yingyang coughed, and the screen showed the Fire Caste Core being strangled by the Death Guard. The tacit coordination between the enemy's melee troops and long-range firepower was no less than that of the Tau.

The Kroot have taken the opportunity to leave, and even more unfortunately, the situation in those military bases far away from Shadow Sun is even more grim. Too many civilians have slowed down the efficiency there, and the army's morale is unstable.

Although Yingyang has tried his best to unite them.

But in the face of the true cruelty in the galaxy, they still dodge away in panic like newborn babies.

Yingyang could feel that the poisonous gas was becoming thicker. After a sudden moment, the Tau suddenly looked up in a certain direction - it seemed to have heard the scream of the Goddess Tau Wa.

Wasn't that being killed too? !

This is completely absurd. An enemy army that was seriously injured in an ambush can even fight against a warp god? What on earth did the human empire send to deal with them? ? ?

Yingyang struggled to get up. The poison gas corroded its body, but it still stood up with its strong willpower. It needed to hold on until the last moment. It didn't matter... Everything could be sacrificed, as long as it could hold on to the rear...

Its pupils suddenly blurred for a moment, and it heard footsteps. The giant insect was calmly and slowly extending its tentacles into the interior of the intricate base, as if looking for something.

It's looking for me.

Yingyang realized this with horror.
But it also means that the enemy's supreme leader has finally arrived at this trap.

Shadowsun forced himself to swallow his fear. He turned back and looked at the command screen. There, the program had been activated, and more ships were sailing out from the ruins of the space station.

Shadowsun finally decided to place the final blow on the fleet that the Human Empire had easily destroyed in the beginning. The arrogant humans would not realize how cruel Shadowsun wanted to do, and they would ignore these small ships.

"For the Greater Good."

Shadowsun whispered as the Air caste operators on the transport ships fired up their engines so they were close enough to the atmosphere—so they could easily plummet into the planet's embrace with their loadout of destructive missiles.

The entire planet is a trap.

A smaller, better army had already left, and the main force of the Tau Empire would indeed end here, using an entire priceless planet as bait - but at the same time, they would exchange it for the destruction of the enemy.

At the same time, all the self-destruct programs connected to the central system were activated, and the areas below all the bases that the enemy was attacking had been hollowed out by the swarm of drones and then filled with bombs.

As long as they can get this glimmer of hope... Yingyang panted. The Human Empire, which would lose more than it would gain, would probably let go of the remaining Titanium Clan. The charm of war lies in the fact that the gain must be greater than the expenditure, otherwise the war will not be launched.

Yingyang was willing to give it a try.

Not only that, the goddess Titanium promised it that the explosion would disrupt the subspace here, and Titanium would take the opportunity to form a subspace barrier to hinder the empire's further advancement.

【found it. 】

A hoarse and low voice suddenly pulled Yingyang back to reality. The moment he saw the monster, Yingyang shrank back suddenly. He almost fell down immediately, but he forced himself not to fall.

He looked disappointed.

Shadowsun realized.

The pale creature, who looked like a hybrid of an insect and a human, just stood there quietly looking at it, with the giant sickle in his hand hanging down. He didn't even think of raising the sickle immediately.

His shadow enveloped Shadowsun.

【…】

Under the tremendous pressure, Yingyang could no longer control his collapse and laughed.

"monster,"

It is outspoken, yet self-destructive.
"Cruel monster - tell me how long it took you to reach this point today?"

【long time.】

The Bone White Devil spoke calmly, as if he was not worried about the next explosion at all - wasn't he panicking?! Even if he could escape, his troops on the ground would not be able to escape!
"You, you are not afraid."

Shadowsun swallowed, feeling its vitality rapidly slipping away. Its eyes blurred, and it realized that the enemy was killing it in some strange way.

"Aren't you afraid of the power that can destroy the entire planet? Can you use that mysterious power to stop this?!"

Yingyang roared in despair, but its voice was so weak and desperate. It was not afraid of death, but so sad that even its final self-destruction was so ridiculous in the eyes of the enemy.

【Afraid.】

Mortarion said, seeming to give Shadowsun a respectful look.

Then Death chuckled, his tone lighthearted.

But guess who's here.

The next moment, the huge command screen behind Yingyang, which was rapidly reporting the battle situation, suddenly went black! After the rapidly flowing garbled code, countless overlapping, running pixelated three-headed dogs appeared on the command screen.

Yingyang stared at the command screen in astonishment. The command screen here was directly connected to the central control center. Did this mean that the entire planet's intelligence center had been invaded? ! !

Drop, drop, drop——

The countdown of the entire planet stopped. There was nothing to say. He came, and everything happened in seconds.

Pluto pressed the pause button casually. In front of the Titanium tribe, whose entire clan relied on intelligence, for Hades, electronic invasion and other technologies were as easy as breathing.

The sky was torn apart.

"I guess I didn't teleport wrong this time?"

【No. 】

Mortarion said lightly.

(End of this chapter)