Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

The Tau fell on the ground. There was a neat cut on his chest. A heavy object cut him in half with a single blow. His disembowelled body was left on the ground. His intestines and lungs leaked out from the gap in his abdomen. come out.

Vito raised his head and looked at the collapsed building on the side. It used to be a good-looking store, but now there are only bricks and ruins left. The goods that were once displayed in it fell into the rubble, and a doll was alone. Sitting on the broken stone, he looked at Vito with metal-polished eyes.

He glanced at the collapsed buildings on both sides. The entire town was in ruins. The once lively streets were now only deserted, death and destruction.

Vito crossed the ruined street and stepped over the Tau people lying under the eaves of the surrounding buildings. He crossed the street, bent down and got through a collapsed pillar, and came to the central square of the entire town. This was and should be It is bustling with vendors setting up stalls everywhere, selling goods from all over.

But now, the place is empty. The shops that were still here at that time were pressed under the stones, the roof fabric was torn and scattered on the ground, broken bricks and tiles were pressed on it, and there were also goods that were once sold there.

Vito walked up to the square and bent down in front of a stall. He picked up a doll. It was a pony doll. One leg was broken and only two button eyes were left. one.

It must have been sold to a little girl, but now that girl can no longer get him, and everything here that once belonged to their future owner is crushed under the rubble.

"grown ups."

Gavel's voice sounded behind him, and Vito turned his head slightly towards him, "Did you find anything?"

"No, no, there is nothing left here." Gavel said and walked up. He walked into a ruined street in the square. It was the same as what Vito had seen before, with only broken walls remaining.

Sessos also followed Gavier, but from his face, Vito didn't find anything worth mentioning. He placed the doll on the only side of the table that was still intact, and then stood up and looked around.

The sound of the wind passed through the ruins and howled among the broken walls, as if it was singing mournfully for the people who died here.

"The Tau troops have already arrived, but they didn't stay much. We saw the remaining traces of the jet ship in an open space." Gavir said, looking around at the ruins that looked the same. In the long years of war, Gavel has been to many places and seen many different ruins, but found that they are all the same.

No matter how magnificent they are in front of them, they will only remain the same thing in the future, like a tombstone, silently telling the past glory of this place and its current loneliness.

"Who do you think did it?" Gavel asked softly, his voice as light as the surrounding wind.

"At least it's not the Astra Militarum." Vito said, looking at the battle suit mecha lying upside down in the square next to him. He was covered in bullet holes and explosion gaps, and he fell like an exhausted warrior. In the ruins, half of his body was buried underneath.

Gavir also stared at the battle suit mecha. There was a thick hole in his chest, as if it had been pierced by a spear. "You are right, the Astra Militarum can never do it."

"The Tau fought hard to stop the invaders, using everything they could find."

"But it wasn't enough. The invaders broke their defenses, killing their soldiers, knocking down their combat uniforms, and crushing civilians." Vito said, "Can you contact Sicarius?"

"No, he is missing. Sessos and I tried to contact him or find him, but we found nothing." Gavel answered, with a sigh in his words.

"Perhaps, he has fallen somewhere, or is buried under some ruins." "I believe he is still alive. We experienced the Tyranid invasion of Breeches Gera together. He survived then, and he survives now as well." ”

Gavir and Sessos wanted to refute him, but in the end no one spoke. They just followed him silently, walking through the square, looking for clues that no longer existed and evidence of the person who caused the destruction here.

The Tau's city was now almost completely destroyed, and the invaders showed no mercy, setting the buildings on the streets ablaze and letting the fire spread from building to building, burning everything in them, including the people.

When Gavel passed by a door, a blackened hand fell at the door, and its lower part remained in the house. It was difficult to distinguish it from the surrounding things, and everything there turned black.

On the street outside the house, a large number of human sculptures were scattered on the street. They ran from the alley, but they were all wrapped in a layer of charcoal. They were frozen in their final movements like statues. They were trying to escape, but they failed. Successfully, the flames caught up with them and scorched their bodies, leaving only shadowy bodies standing one after another in the street.

A breeze blew over them, carrying black dust that danced in the wind.

"Who did it? Massacred the entire town and caused an Astartes with outstanding martial arts to disappear." Gavir frowned, "I have fought against Sicarius and I know how powerful he is."

"Does this make you understand?" Vito said and squatted on the ground. He swept away the ashes of the fire and picked up something from the ground. It was a bullet casing, which was thicker than ordinary bullets. Even he My hands couldn't hold it.

"Explosive bombs." Sessos, who had been silent all this time, said.

Gavir frowned, "It's from the Space Marine, but who is it?"

When he asked, Vito handed the bullet case to Gavier, who took the bullet and blew away the dust on it, and saw the symbol below, a winged sword.

"Dark Angel." He replied softly, and Vito nodded to indicate that he was right.

"Dark Angel destroyed this place? This must require a lot of people." Sessos spoke again, observing the surrounding ruins. This was a large-scale attack. The entire town was attacked from all directions almost at the same time, so the Titanium The tribesmen were unable to react and were eventually slaughtered.

"A company, maybe more." Vito sighed and crossed his arms, thinking thoughtfully. Gavir also scanned the surroundings, "I have seen the extermination battle of the Dark Angels. In the Randan War, it was their "Handwriting."

"Cruel and ruthless, as always." Vito replied approvingly, seeming to be thinking about something in his eyes. Gavir and Sessos looked at each other, and then a communication sound came from the helmet under their arm.

Gavel put it back on his head, and after hearing the words, he looked towards Vito, "Field communications have been restored, but there is bad news. The headquarters of the Valhalla Army was attacked, and there are no survivors."

"This means we should go back." Vito said. He put down the hand on his chin, looked around again with thoughts in his eyes, and then turned and left.

Gavir and Throsos followed him, and the wind blew the ashes from behind them. Only the doll sat in the wind and sand, looking at them with button eyes.