Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 243 04.0242: ‘Reunion in the Fire’

"Everyone, get out of the way!" Farida immediately pushed away a stormtrooper next to her who was caught in the crossfire.

He relied on a sideways roll to dodge the falling gravel.

After a tremor that shook the ground, Farida raised her head and waved her hand to disperse the dust that was still flying in front of her.

"Everyone reports and counts the casualties."

"No. 1 is fine!"

"No. 2 is fine!"

“No. 3 and No. 4 are here, we are fine.”

Farida looked around, trying to find the figure of Military Supervisor Melina.

"I'm here! No injuries." The vague voice of the female military supervisor came from behind the fallen marble pillar.

"We must end this before the oxygen runs out, Military Supervisor Farida, you will temporarily lead the team and assemble at the originally planned assembly point."

"Yes! Storm Troopers follow me!"

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As the flames jumped into the sky from the gap in the roof, the black fog that filled the room reduced the visibility to a critical point. It was completely impossible to see people and objects with the naked eye just a few meters away.

The troops from all sides walked through the black mist like this.

The Inquisitor, who was choked by the black smoke and burst into tears, stumbled and compared the path he had taken in his memory, pursuing his psychic perception, and came to a familiar intersection.

But in the black smoke in front of them, a dark figure was standing and preparing to go upstairs. They met each other, and both sides immediately raised their guns.

The cold wind blew out of the emergency ventilation duct in the mansion and dispersed a wisp of black smoke, allowing the two to see each other's faces clearly.

"Ravenor..." The woman wearing a white stand-collar coat and a large-brimmed hat pointed a bolt pistol directly at the Inquisitor.

"Melina...?"

The inquisitor's expression changed, and he pulled the trigger of Scipio's naval pistol fiercely and continuously.

Bang!

The female military supervisor also opened her eyes, jumped forward suddenly, and at the same time pulled the trigger towards the trial official.

A killer and two family guards who appeared behind each other fell to the ground in an instant.

"Where are you going?" The female military supervisor stood up and threw a breathing mask to the judge.

"You don't have to look for him, I've already taken him away."

"But you're still here."

"There was a little surprise, just like you."

The judge's advance answer through mind reading made the female military supervisor frown slightly, but then she relaxed slightly helplessly as if she was used to it, and asked him why he had such an ability without being surprised or confused.

"Let your people retreat. Staying here will only increase the risk for you. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Without looking back, he hurriedly disappeared into the re-closing black smoke, heading towards the secret place where he came from. Walk away.

The female military supervisor looked at the man, then at the stairs, and finally decided to turn around and join the large army.

But she didn't know that at the same time, two acquaintances happened to meet each other not far away.

The smoke-filled corridor was red, and the two men and horses collided. Farida looked at the power armor that had been modified, but still had some familiar features. She felt that there was something indescribable about the figure opposite. Familiarity.

The faceless man wearing a horsehair helmet with an upright crown in front of him was protecting a group of people wearing different clothes and supporting the wounded behind him. Several of them were holding strange weapons of strange shapes, perhaps some from the forging world. A custom product from a tech priest?

Although Farida had all kinds of doubts in her heart, she still pointed her gun at them vigilantly.

"Farida?" Horatio looked at the woman with a gas respirator on her face and was shocked.

Although he couldn't see her face, the strand of blond hair exposed and the figure that he would never forget in his life still made him recognize her.

Behind the mask, her lips and teeth moved slightly. She looked at the unknown people holding strange weapons, and then at the trembling man they were protecting in the center. She instantly realized what was happening.

Valina, who was wearing a helmet behind Farida, could tell at a glance that it was Horatio, her most proud disciple, through the familiar identification code.

According to what she had heard before, after what happened between the two people, she did not choose to reveal her identity in the end. Instead, after sending a friendly signal to her teammates, she chose to lead other stormtroopers to guard the area and provide warning to the two. A space is left.

The other stormtroopers did not know about the contradictions and conflicts between the Inquisitors. They only participated in the operation as high-efficiency 'humanoid fighting machines'. After seeing their superiors informing them that the people in front of them were friendly forces of the Imperial Navy, they naturally did not ask any more questions. .

"Evacuate quickly, there is nothing of value here, and it is about to collapse." Horatio said to her, looking at the crumbling ceiling and the support columns that were cracked under the fire.

Although they were recruited by different judges, this did not affect the fact that the two were still close comrades-in-arms in every sense.

It is precisely because of this that he did not have time to meet again and cut into the topic.

"You guys should go first. One of our companions is still trapped inside. She and we should meet at the original meeting point. We can't just leave her in there like this."

"There's gunfire! The enemy is approaching!" Valina shouted on the loudspeaker.

The remaining killers and family guards inside were hurriedly pouring out of the collapsed mansion. The two parties happened to collide with each other and started fighting without any explanation.

Everyone immediately raised their alert in the direction of the gunfire.

Tadashi Stormtrooper used the smoke perspective system to accurately shoot at the looming figure marked in front of him.

"Horatio, it's time to go. The target's situation is not optimistic."

Louise looked at the president of the Corpse Guild Alliance. The man was coughing violently, and the handkerchief covering his mouth and nose had turned black. Obviously, this simple method would not last long.

"..." Facing Farida who was about to fight, although he wanted to help, he could not help because of the pessimistic situation on his side.

"Be careful." In the end, he could only choke out this sentence dryly.

The girl nodded in understanding, took off the spare respirator from her waist and threw it to Louise, and then immediately joined the battle.

After putting on the breathing mask for the high-value target, it was like a long drought and a sweet rain. He gasped for breath, and the hypoxia condition was visibly relieved.

"Keep going. How long will it take to reach the target?"

"Just go all the way to the end." The mysterious woman said, and she adjusted her veil.

"Go!"

After a quick straight march, with two smoke bombs and a stun grenade as cover, Horatio and everyone finally rushed out the back door, and ran straight to the flower bed as soon as they went out, using it as a cover.

On the ground outside the door, there were several cold bodies of family guards lying in disorder, and the murderer was obviously nearby.

The killer who was ambushing nearby was caught off guard and blinded in that instant.

Before going out, Horatio had already used the omen fragments to explore the situation outside and prepared a response strategy.

Just as the killers were trying to recover and looking for their targets with their blurred eyes still flowing with tears.

The ghost-like woman floated silently behind them without knowing when.

When a cold light that made their hair stand on end appeared in their blurred eyes, the two golden daggers she drew from her waist had already pierced into their bodies, and the precise blow was fatal.

The third assassin fired a shot at her, but the laser beam was blocked by the terrifying skeleton shoulder armor on the woman's shoulder and did not cause any damage to her.

The enemy on the other side was quickly shot into pieces of rotten meat by the female interrogator and her agents with star dart guns.

The assassin who was ambushing under the shuttle was detected in advance by the thermal imaging of the power armor. Horatio and Louise raised their guns together, and the firepower directly melted through the lifting baffle and killed him. A group of people quickly got into the shuttle, and after checking whether there were any ambushes, the two of them got into the cockpit swiftly.

Among all the people present, only navy people like him and Louise had experience in driving aircraft.

"Go in!" The female interrogator kicked the staggering corpse of the guild president into the cabin.

The others helped the injured to sit in the cabin.

Horatio looked at the mansion that was beginning to collapse. Just as he was worried about Farida, he saw the military supervisor and the stormtroopers gradually retreating from the side of the mansion. Among them was the female military supervisor he had met once, and the familiar figure.

"Engine, normal. Lift, normal. Vector thruster, normal." Louise in the main driver's seat quickly checked the parameter settings, pushed the afterburner joystick, and the shuttle engine roared.

According to the plan, Inquisitor Ravenno would return to the shuttle they took when they came alone along the secret passage, so there was no need to worry that he would not be able to find the vehicle to return.

"Didn't find it?! You told me you didn't find it?! Bastard!" William Carter, who was upset by the smoke and fire, grabbed the collar of a subordinate and cursed.

"Keep looking! I want to see the person alive or the body dead!"

Perhaps the shielding device was damaged by the high temperature, or perhaps the killer had evacuated, and the wireless communication returned to normal again.

The female military supervisor sent a report to the judge that they had failed to find the target. The message status was marked as read soon, but there was no reply for a long time.

The female military supervisor did not care about the judge anymore. The Navy Military Supervisor Bureau had completed its mission. It didn't matter who the thief fell into, as long as it was in the hands of the Empire.

She waved her hand and ordered.

"Everyone, gather the team and return to the station."

"What about the judge?" A captain of the loyal stormtroopers asked.

"Let him go."