Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 139

In the Warhammer universe, a "Knight" is a large one-man combat mecha between an ordinary walker and a Titan. They generally have a very close relationship with the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Knight families usually occupy an entire world, and they provide food, manpower, raw materials, and military support to the forge world.

Every once in a while, the Forge World that has a contract with the Knight Family will send transport ships to transport various industrial products, including Knight mechas, to the Knight World in exchange for various resources produced locally.

The earliest knight mechas were not specifically used for combat. They were actually a heavy engineering tool used by humans in the interstellar colonization era.

When humans first tried to reach the stars, leaving Earth meant never returning and being alone for a long time.

The colony must be self-sufficient.

Therefore, the forerunners brought along the Knight Titans to fight against unknown survival challenges - these giant walking mechas could not only repel or scare off most alien monsters, but were also "all-rounders" in terms of engineering construction. Existence: Its huge body can be temporarily used as a crane, bulldozer or other various industrial equipment; the chain sword can be used to cut down trees; and the main weapon can be used to cut mountains and remove rocks without any sense of violation.

In addition, due to the side effects of being connected to the Mechanical Throne, the Knight's driver will have a strong sense of responsibility to protect the people.

Therefore, various social problems that emerge with the development of colonies - crime, division, violent conflicts - are often solved with the arrival of the Knight Mecha. Knight mechas and their pilots naturally became the industrial and military pillars of these colonial worlds, and precisely because of this, they soon became the aristocracy of those colonial planets.

Although in the era of strife, human beings scattered on various planets generally lost the ability to travel faster than light, so they had a panic of being isolated in space. Various planetary colonies triggered a large number of civil wars in order to compete for resources (more Not to mention the anti-AI and anti-automation wave caused by the "Iron Man Rebellion", the demonic invasion caused by the subspace storm, etc.), most of the mature industrial society colonies have no choice but to retreat to some weird feudal past. Social forms of color.

However, as time went by, the knight pilots who controlled powerful military and industrial power and the family network surrounding them maintained the order and security of the colonies they controlled in a centralized form. These feudal knightly worlds also used this to survive until the era of the Great Crusade.

Since the time of the Great Crusade, most of the feudal knightly worlds have been smoothly integrated into the territory of the Human Empire, but at the same time they have retained a considerable degree of autonomy and enjoyed privileges in terms of taxation - led by loyal knights. On the planets controlled by the family, there are almost no so-called planetary governors "airborne" - those knight lords and family members are still the only and supreme legal rulers of the local area.

Of course, there are always exceptions to everything.

When a knight is humiliated, ostracized, decides to leave for personal reasons, or is otherwise unable to continue living within the family, he becomes a "Free Blade" - a wanderer not attached to any family. The knight travels alone among the stars.

But in fact, due to the necessity of maintaining the knight's mecha, these "freedom blades" will also gather autonomously or involuntarily.

Groups of "Free Blades" tend to follow an ancient but unwritten protocol, lending a helping hand to any Imperial citizen in need they meet along the way.

Bourne, who has wandered among the stars for many years, has encountered the "Freedom Blade" and fought alongside some of the knights.

And the knight errant he created was one of his former comrades-in-arms. The reason why it is called "Ranger" is because the full name of this mecha is "Ranger-type patrol mecha".

It is equipped with a melta cannon, a shoulder heavy machine gun and Thunderfist armor, and an Iron Storm missile pod is also installed on the top of the mecha.

Only pilots with tested willpower can better control this "Ranger Patrol Mecha".

The machine souls of this kind of knight mecha are very individual. They tend to skip the stage of "making a declaration of justice and refuting heretics", and instead directly use physical means to overcome the enemy when they meet - if not for the strong strength of the pilot when the mission is completed. The will of the knight can usually withstand the violent influence of the machine spirit. I am afraid that this kind of knight mecha has been corrupted by Khorne to the point that no one is left.

Although he didn't know exactly how the altar sandbox in front of him worked, Bourne was certain that it must be an extremely high-end alchemy tool.

Because after he used the transformation technique to transform the "Hornet Dragon Clay Doll" into the "Ranger Mecha", the fire dragon sculpture made by alchemy in the Mirror of Erised also underwent a double change.

Not only did it "click" from a fire dragon into a Ranger mecha like Transformers, but its virtual soul also immediately evolved into a violent machine that was exactly the same as the Ranger mecha due to its self-identification with the new appearance. soul……

"Death to heretics!"

"Destiny is irresistible, and I am your destiny!"

Even though the power amplifier was not transformed, the machine spirit was still roaring crazily in his heart. Just like the feedback to the knight pilot through the throne room, the violent will of this mecha is also reflected in the mind of Bourne who is controlling it at this time.

The molten cannon, which was like a dragon's breath, opened fire instantly, directing a terrifying jet of red flames at Professor Quirrell in front of him.

"Get away!" Voldemort frantically warned Quirrell, who was possessed by him. He could feel the terror of the terrifying alchemical monster opposite.

Fortunately, Quirrell had learned "Rope Magic" this year, otherwise he would have been completely unable to avoid the wrath of the knight errant within the confines of Hogwarts Castle where (human wizards) could not apparate at will.

Like an octopus, many ropes came out of his wizard robe, and they suddenly clung to the pillars of the room, the bulges on the walls, and other places, pulling him to move quickly in this space.

Facing the shells fired from the Ranger mecha's melt cannon, Quirrell could only dodge and did not even take out his wand to fight back.

Seeing this scene, Ron swallowed involuntarily, and then whispered to Harry: "Are we going to help Professor Quirrell?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, and then replied unconfidently: "Maybe we can cast some spell on that... thing?"

The answer he gave was a question, not an affirmative. In fact, he couldn't even figure out what a "Ranger Mecha" was.

Can't blame him.

Because the Ranger mecha that appeared in front of him, to be honest, almost killed the CPU of his brain.

What the hell is this?

Why is this thing so unmagical?

The things that appeared in the previous levels: whether it was a devil's net, a key flying in the sky, a huge real-life wizard chess, or the last Snape-style potions multiple-choice question - maybe they are all magical, but It can still be explained by magic.

However, with a fully powered Ranger mecha, Harry felt that as long as a wizard with a normal mind could not classify it into the realm of magic.

"Oh my God, what are you thinking?"

After listening to the questions and answers of the two boys, Hermione couldn't help but exclaimed: "Didn't you see the cannons hanging on that thing, the huge retractable iron fists, and the rocket nest above the head? This is no longer something we can interfere with. It’s a matter of fact. Although I don’t know that there is any magic like cannons and tanks, but I know that even if there is such magic, it is definitely not something that we little wizards can master.”

"But, we can't-"

Ron was a little unconvinced and wanted to retort. But as he spoke, his voice was drowned out by the firing sound of the melta cannon.

"The Devil's Web was cultivated by Professor Sprout, the key to flight is Professor Flitwick's curse, Professor Quirrell killed the troll he arranged himself, plus the drink we just drank was made by Snape The brewed potion...the person who arranged this level should be Principal Dumbledore himself."

Using the process of elimination, this clever little witch came to a very bad conclusion.

She said with some annoyance: "If we had known that this level was so powerful, I feel that we wouldn't have to worry about the Sorcerer's Stone being stolen by Snape.

As for us, this trip not only violated at least twenty school rules, but in the end, it may have been a bit of a disservice.

Therefore, what we should consider now is whether we will be expelled when Principal Dumbledore returns to Hogwarts Castle! "

Malfoy, who always starts his speeches with "my dad", has boasted more than once that he will find an opportunity to ask his father, the school director, to use his connections to expel Harry, Ron and Hermione from Hogwart. Hereby.

Hermione couldn't help but turn a little pale when she thought of this.

"That's good," she thought: "Maybe there is no need for Malfoy to find his father, and Principal Dumbledore will expel us all in a fit of anger."

The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became. Hermione couldn't help but pout her lips, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

As a result, Harry and Ron's external brains went offline. These two silly kids couldn't even serve as an atmosphere team. They could only stand there helplessly. They wanted to support Quirrell but they didn't know how.

Their performance at this time really fulfilled the saying: the wand in their hands is worse than a fire stick.

"Bloody Harry Potter!"