Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 483 06.0482: ‘It must die’

“Kan # Feng! We have lost the trace of the hostile.” The navigator on the merchant-class freighter reported.

This caused a panic in the bridge.

There was a gas cloud in front of them, and the attack ship was in it, but they could not find her trace in such a wide gas cloud in front of them through the existing detection methods. Even if they continued to try, it could only be called luck from the most optimistic point of view.

The biggest problem at the moment was that this hungry wolf would never let them go.

It would definitely regroup quickly and then attack again.

Faced with the established facts, the Tau crew members became terrified.

Many people whispered in low voices, blaming the captain for his bold advance.

Such conversations became more and more frequent, and the voices became louder and louder, even rising to the level of whether this violated the Greater Good.

The captain of the freighter was already sweating profusely at this time, and his luxurious robes were soaked with sweat full of cyan molecules, dyed green.

The hand holding the scepter began to tremble and tremble, and it was unstable and about to fall to the ground.

"Turn, turn the radar search frequency to the maximum! Don't let go of even the meteorite!" The captain of the Qi clan barely calmed his mind and ordered.

"Signal waves suspected of enemy ships have been found!"

"Ramp them!"

At this time, the decision of the merchant-class freighter to try to increase power again was exactly what the wolf wanted.

The signal wave they found was emitted by the towed "diviner" meditator array released by the stern of the Epic, which was both a detector and a bait.

Seizing the buffer time required for the engine to warm up before the afterburner, Horatio lowered the brim of his hat and ordered coldly: "Fire the torpedo."

"No! It's a torpedo!" On the freighter that decided to accelerate again, the titanium radar operator stared at the rapidly approaching cursor on the screen and shouted in horror.

Accompanied by screams at the top of their lungs, the merchant ship's cargo hold was finally torn apart by the surging thermonuclear explosion.

The Epic did not hesitate. After ensuring that the high-value cargo inside was blown up, it quickly left the airspace.

"There are only 20 minutes left. The enemy's light cruiser fleet is coming."

"Captain." Intelligence officer Lina reminded seriously: "According to intelligence, three of the merchant fleets are transport ships that transport heavy vehicles such as hammerhead shark tanks. The Macragge Command requires that these precious heavy equipment of the enemy be destroyed at all costs.

The infiltrated spies have sent us the characteristics and code names of these three ships. During the battle, I have confirmed that two of them have been destroyed, but one survived. The relevant intelligence information has been sent to your Thinker array via encrypted wired transmission."

Horatio observed the number of remaining merchant ships of the other side. There were only six ships left in the fleet of more than 30 ships. Four of them were intact, one cargo hold was hit by a torpedo and was still burning, and the last ship's engine was damaged, desperately chasing the pace of the other four friendly ships.

Horatio compared the data sent by Lina, and these characteristics were consistent with the lone cargo ship with damaged engine.

Unexpectedly, such a 4.4-kilometer-long cargo ship could transport hundreds of hammerhead sharks.

Horatio also heard that the Tau Empire had a giant cargo ship called the "Traveler" class, which was the size of a battleship and nearly 20 kilometers long.

After the close-range defense turret opened fire, it was like a hedgehog on fire, which was a prickly and hot point for the attack ship. However, due to the high cost, it is relatively rare in the current Tau Empire.

If it is such a large ship, it is afraid that it can transport an entire legion-sized Tau Empire army at one time, from hammerhead sharks to XV104 "Turbulence" combat mechas, all kinds of heavy equipment are available.

Horatio had a hunch that as the intensity of the commerce-breaking war increased, he would definitely meet this opponent in the near future, a super transport ship that exceeded the specifications of a battleship.

After confirming the intelligence comparison, he issued an order.

"Telegraph the other attack ships to leave the combat airspace. The E-96 Epic will be responsible for the rearguard."

"Yes, the retreat order has been issued. The other attack ships are leaving in an orderly manner."

"Louise, let the torpedo department prepare. We will seize the opportunity to take the last victory."

But Horatio did not hear the sonorous and timely reply.

"Louise?" He turned his head to look at the Cardian lover.

Louise was standing in front of the combat department display console, her right hand stroking the neural plug back, her eyes closed, breathing heavily, and a mist formed in the colder air.

Looking closely, there was a flash of electricity on the neural plug.

"Louise." The strangeness of the female officer startled him.

After a brief blank in his brain, he immediately recalled that Louise said that after she was injected with the experimental drug on the plague ship, she became a kind of "artificial untouchable" physique. Although it has some conveniences, it also caused the problem of repulsion with the implanted machine soul.

She kept a rigid posture, suddenly lowered her head and gasped, then turned her head palely and saluted: "Sorry, Captain, I was a little uncomfortable just now, but now I have adjusted. I will execute your order immediately!"

The air temperature in the command bridge was less than ten degrees, but beads of sweat rolled down her forehead, slid down her beautiful face, and dripped onto her chest.

"Don't force yourself, maybe you should go to the ship's doctor now." Horatio, who had been fighting for more than 30 hours, moved his cold fingers and reminded in a breathless voice.

"No problem! Thank you for your concern. I will go after the war. I have also arranged the alternate command sequence for the post. Please rest assured, Captain, my condition will never affect the operation!

The No. 2 torpedo has been preheated and is waiting for your instructions!" She said resolutely, expressing her decision with actions.

Horatio looked at her shining and firm eyes and nodded.

"The Emperor affirms your loyalty to duty."

The two looked at each other, and everything was self-evident. The female officer who turned her head immediately returned to her job.

Horatio sat back on the command throne, frowning and thinking.

What if Louise becomes the captain in the future?

As a person with a golden finger like organic soul affinity, it is so difficult to tame and train the machine soul. It would be very dangerous if Louise changed.

I have to think of a way to help her, but who should I find...It can't be Lati again, right? Thei may also know something. After all, there is a widely circulated saying that "there are no secrets in the eyes of the Inquisitor".

There are too many unspeakable things recorded in the files of the Inquisition, and it is possible that the research content of Louise's parents is also included.

But these can only be discussed later.

Although Thei seems to be willing to help him, this girl is too cunning. He dare not fully trust this Inquisitor now. He can't see her goals and ideals clearly.

Because the goals she stated are too simple. Is there really someone who joins the Alien Inquisition just because of an almost morbid desire to explore galactic life? ...

In this unknown situation, what if she jumps back and forth on the line of death and really harms Louise and himself?

And Lati is even more unclear.

These two people are similar in that they are all mysteries in various situations. Maybe they can fight each other so that he can deepen his understanding of them from the exposed situation.

Horatio took a deep breath and slowly exhaled his distracting thoughts along with the turbid air.

The captain immediately stood up and issued an order to the bridge.

"Cheer up! In the last twenty minutes, the enemy's light cruiser vanguard fleet will arrive. We must seize the opportunity to destroy the transport ship carrying heavy vehicles!

We are His sacred navy, and we will do our duty!"

"Roar!" Although the volume was much lower than before, the people on the bridge still cheered.

As the surrounding attack ships sped away, E-96, hiding in the gas cloud and still quietly approaching the battlefield, had become the only lone wolf left in the field.

Everyone held their breath and concentrated, and the enemy fleet's search radar wave signal was getting closer and closer.

"Captain, the enemy has released a group of carrier-based aircraft." Harvey reported while covering his headphones: "The signal wave has become chaotic, like a swarm of bees."