Boom!
The demolition of the heavy wooden gate opened the path as heavily armed Space Marines stormed the capital city. A large number of Space Marines of different chapters rush through the gate with their weapons ready and prepare to stomp anyone standing in their way.
Passing the main gate, the Space Marines are met by an unexpected group of people defending the area facing the opposite direction towards the capital city. A group kill-team of Space Marines are defending the main entrance against a hoard of minor daemons of Slaanesh and Sound Marines from escaping the capital city.
"Well, about damn time. I thought we have to do all the work and win this battle by ourselves. Praise the All-father and Great Wolf King." Vaskell, the Wolf Seer, said to everyone after he threw a grenade and fired a few bolter rounds. After redirecting the Valkyrie One to rescue the second kill team, Vaskell and his group also shot down but eventually regrouped with the second team. With both flyers down, the group decided to defend the main gate to prevent any Chaos spawns from escaping the Emperor's judgment.
"We are here now, brother. Let us purge the traitors and daemons back to warp once and for all." Veteran Sergeant Sariel of the Blood Angel greets his battle brother and powers his chainsword to join the battle. The sudden arrival of the massive reinforcement turned the tide as defenders began to push against, and Blood Angel Assult Squad led the charge with their jet pack as it allowed them to jump into behind enemy line.
While Blood Angels are busy dividing the enemy with blood-chilling chainswords in their hands, the Black Templars confront the enemy frontline as enemies are flanked on both sides. Armed with powerswords and chainswords, the Black Templars slaughter the daemons as they begin to lose morale and will to fight.
The other Space Marines did their parts as Salamanders and Ultramarines cover their battle-brothers using ranged weapons to take out and control the flow of the battlefield. Fire of the flamer covers the potential blindside of the frontline while bolters of all types put down traitor marines before they could attack with their bolter weapons. With four different chapters working as one single legion, both traitors and daemons of Chaos couldn't push back or hold the line even though they had a large number.
"I'm receiving the vox message from William. He said to push the remaining minions of Chaos to the city square. He also said not to enter the area as he is currently using his new power of blank." Vaskell passed the new information to everyone through a vox link and began to formulate with others how to herd the enemy to the kill zone.
Meanwhile, a shadowy figure with a magical staff curse to himself as his prediction came way too soon. The destruction of the gate and reinforcement of the Space Marines wasn't supposed to happen for another 6 minutes. If the flow of time happened according to the prediction, the gate defenders would have died, and reinforcement wouldn't receive the new message from their leader for another 3 minutes. This would have allowed Avinon Fatecast to complete his summoning spell to bring forth the company of World Eaters Berserkers from the Immaterium to trap the unsuspected loyalist Space Marines in the rear while Slaanesh's minions push in the front.
"Damn it all to misty future. I can't tell the exact prediction as if something interferes with my magic. I guess I have to do all the work now." The greater daemon of the Tzeentch came out of the shadow and began to open multiple warp portals at once. Pushing against each other, the minions of Tzeentch pour through to the New World as various Horrors, Flamers, the cult of Tzeentch, Soul Grinders, and even the Thousand Sons enter the battlefield. The third faction of the Chaos Gods joins the battle that will be known as Blank War as their involvement will be their downfall by the end of this fight.
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Bam! Bam! Bam!
The roaring sound of the bolters can be heard in the center of the capital city as William's Blacksouls unleash Emperor's wrath at the Chaos daemons. The other sounds can be heard as heavy bolters, autocannons, and plasma cannons from the Dreadnoughts unleash their full power to support the frontline.
William and 10 Librarians activate their blank ability, which expands the range of the blank field into maximum. The effect of the mass null ability neutralized all of the warp entities, including Greater Daemons, as they felt weaker and their souls blocked from returning back to the Immaterium. The daemons that could use the warp magic (All from Slaanesh's side) are now unable to generate or cast any spells as their connection is severed and some of the lesser ones explode, taking their fellow daemons with them.
While William's forces charge ahead towards two different Chaos factions, the other two do as anyone would expect as Keeper's and Skalbrand's armies attack William and each other simultaneously. Because of Blacksouls' blank effect, their range attack spells and any warp magic fueled weapons became useless. This made Slaanesh's side lose a massive advantage as this ruined their capability to attack in range. Skarbrand, on the other hand, wasn't having much difference as his army indeed lost connection to the Khrone, but it didn't stop them from slaughtering enemies with melee weapons.
Khorne doesn't believe in range weapons much as he prefers close combat, but this doesn't mean his legions completely abandoned range weaponry. Blood Legions use artillery such as Skull Cannons, which is usually used for siege warfare. World Eaters of Post-Hersey completely changed their battle doctrine as they completely abandoned their long-range weapons, allowed to use bolter pistols for short-range purposes before slaughtering their enemy in close combat.
"You are MINE!" Skalbrand shouts all his might while swinging his two large battle axes as he charges towards William. Considering his giant body and tattered wings, everyone would expect Skalbrand to be slow, but to everyone's surprise, Skalbrand's speed outran even his minions, who are quick to their feet.
Just as Skalbrand is about to increase his speed, something interferes with him as two Seeker Chariots catch up to him and slam at the same time from both sides. The blades from the chariots' wheels sparks as their daemonic blades did nothing to Skalbrand as he blocked with his two battle axes. Now completely stopped by pesky daemons, Skalbrand lifts his weapons at once with his mighty strength and flips both chariots upside down.
"Skalbrand hates interference and especially from horny pests!" Skalbrand then proceeds to cut both chariots in half at the same time, killing the daemons of Slaanesh with a single swing of his two axes. The weapon's impact not only killed the daemons but also shook the ground. This didn't stop William from reaching Skalbrand up close as he proceeded to take advantage and swing fully charged thunder hammer directly at Skalbrand's face.
Clang!
The moment a thunder hammer clashed into Skalbrand's face, Skalbrand's entire body lifted a few inches and flew back towards his incoming army. Few poor daemons that couldn't dodge in time became Skalbrand's cushion as they turned into a pancake the moment Skalbrand landed on top of them. The battlefield paused for a few seconds as everyone just saw a former champion of the Blood God knockback onto his butt for the first time.
"Holy Terra and Emperor's throne. I felt that hit through my hands." William said to himself while shaking his one hand. William knew his thunder hammer was special since it was made by Mother and the Dark Age of Technology, but he didn't expect to push the Greater Daemon of Khorne. At first, William intended to stun Skalbrand with his hammer, but the result was much more satisfying and terrifying.
"Who's next!" William decided to push on and continue the momentum as he and his Space Marines attacked dumbfounded daemons and servants of Chaos Gods. Each kill from William's side is a massive loss for the Chaos as they can't revive the lost souls, but all good things must end as both sides quickly recover and continue their attack. When the three sides finally got close to the melee fight, the fight turned into complete Chaos as all sides lost any sign of strategy and turned to an all-out battle for survival.
"Foolish brute. Nothing but a muscle and no elegance. No wonder he fell for a simple trick from Tzeentch's whisper." Keeper of Secret said to himself and quickly passed the giant daemon but loud enough for Skalbrand to hear every word. The Keeper moves towards William's blindside with a swift movement to deliver deadly payback. While approaching his target, Keeper managed to slew a few of the Null Marines but realized the challenge of killing them was much more difficult compared to the different Space Marines.
'It must be my injuries.' Keeper thought to himself as he got close enough to reach William, but before he could strike first, something grabbed him from behind, and to his surprise, it was Skalbrand standing on two feet, holding Keeper's cape with one hand.
"Why don't you say that again? This time say to my face!" Skalbrand, now rage meter fully filled, didn't care who was standing in front of him. The only thing that matters right now is specific keywords that caught Skalbrand's attention, including his falling from Khorne's favor.
Meanwhile,
William didn't catch himself in time to realize two Greater Daemons were fighting each close to him. By the time he realized what was going on after killing three Flesh Hounds, it was too late as a random mighty swing from one of the Greater Daemons tossed him across the battlefield.
[Kenetic energy full]
"What hit me?" William said to himself, but before he could get up, a dozen Bloodletters jumped on top of him and attempted to kill him but could not penetrate the terminator armor. A second later, a blast of kinetic energy shreds the Bloodletters into pieces, and soon William got up covered in blood.
'Talk about a blood bath.' The irony made William smile a little and turn his attention just in time to block an incoming attack from Khorne's Soul Grinder. The bloody metal claw of Soul Grinder lifts William as William attempts to escape the Daemon Engine grasp.
Standing tall little over standard Rhino tank height, a massive Soul Grinder attempt to crush the terminator armor with its metal claw. Fortunately for William, shielding and indestructible armor held giving enough time for him to reposition his two combi-bolter and combi-plasma weapons directly at Daemon Engine's face.
"See you later." The blast of the plasma and bolters blow the entire upper body of the soul Grinder and fall to the ground, which William eventually free himself after joining the fall. Regaining his footing, William again got into conflict as a few of the Sound Marines attempted to blast William with their sonic weapons. Like William's first encounter with Sound Marines an hour ago, his terminator armor withstood the sonic attack as if it was nothing.
"This isn't possible." One of the Sound Marine said with shock, and others quickly attempted to change their weapon to bolters, but it was too late as Wiliam raised his range weapons and blasted them into ashes. With countless enemies constantly coming, William didn't pay attention to his new loots or a new summons. At the moment he needs more reinforcement, and he needed them yesterday. So without looking, William summons everything at once and hopes it will be enough to give him and his Null Marines breathing room.
"This is William. I need some fire support in front of me, now." William gave an order through the vox channel but was unsure who was listening. At this moment, it is a dog-eat-dog fight, and everyone is fighting for their lives. He is sure his Null Marines can handle the two armies but the outcome will be heavy for William's force which he won't let happen.
"Order received. Target acquired. Firing the secondary weapon." A new voice replied, and a few seconds later, a massive volley of missiles flew over William, hitting a large number of daemons and traitor marines within the significant area. The shockwave shook the entire battlefield and knocked most enemies to the ground. William and anyone else who managed to withstand the shockwave turn around to see who fired the devastating weapons, and to their surprise, it wasn't from Null Marines or dreadnoughts.
Two gigantic figures overtopping every building were behind a few buildings away from William's army. The biggest stands 32 feet tall (10 meters), and the other stands 20 feet tall (6 meters). Both armed with many heavy weapons are red-painted Imperial Knight Gallant and red-painted Armiger Warglive without heraldry marking or flag to show which house the knights represent. With a booming sound coming from the Knight's speaker, the Imperial Knight announces their presence to everyone on the battlefield and the entire capital city.
"Freeblade Knight Scion of Wrath reporting for duty and request permission to purge the Chaos taint."
"Freeblade Knight Spear of Olympus reporting to Chapter Master William and ready to cut down traitors."
Readers, thank you for your patience and support during my difficult time. I manage to finish one chapter, and I hope you guys like it.
Thank you, and stay safe.
From: ElJonson
Imperial Knights, also known as Questor Imperialis in High Gothic, is a robotic combat walker smaller and less combat-capable than Tians. Still, the giant walking mech is a giant walking mech, and knights are 9 to 12 meters (30 to 40 feet) tall war machines of destruction with various noble houses sworn to protect humanity and the Imperium of Man.
Unlike Titans, which requires a small crew to help the pilot (Princeps) with an operation to weapons fire, the Imperial Knights only need one pilot. The pilot, known as Princeps, are rare individuals who can bond with the Machine Spirit of the giant combat walkers. These individuals who can perfectly bond with the Machine Spirit are so rare that the Noble houses of Imperial Knights and Adeptus Mechanicus constantly search for them and recruit them into their organization (For the Houses, those individuals are adapted to the family until they can prove their worth). To be qualified to be Princeps is one in ten million, which makes them one of the valuable people among Imperium.
Imperial Knights are ancient battlesuits that existed long before Emperor's Unification war. They were originally created during the Dark Age of Technology as labor equipment to cut the forest down and excavate minerals and metal ores. Yes, the 40 feet tall walking battlesuit of war and family heirloom of the noble houses were actually a fancy version of an excavator from our current modern era.
Still, a nearly indestructible mech battlesuit with multiple attachable weapons is powerful, and humans are known for their ability to adapt to any situation, which is understandable to see why high-tech excavators turned into protectors of lost civilization until the Emperor 'liberated' them.
The history of Imperial Knight houses is extensively long and proud even among Imperial nobility. As descendants of the Terran colony starships and noble knight house, the knight house possesses multiple Imperial Knights and can deploy them to the most significant battlefield, earning them influence and favors from the other Imperial factions. An exalted noble house can earn great favor even from the high Lords of Terra and some reach rank of the Imperial heroes with their names written on the holy walls of Terra. Each knight has a large shield with a house crest and banner to show their achievements, which is enough to bring fear among enemy ranks.
After the Great Betrayal of the First Warmaster (Which resulted in half of the knight houses joining the Chaos), a new tradition is created known as Freeblade Heraldry. Abandoning noble house and forging new destiny, Freeblade Knights are rare individuals who made a personal oath or pact to carry out tasks that will take them anywhere in the galaxy.
In some situations, the last surviving member of their house will take the Freebalde to seek revenge, a new homeworld, or find a new master to serve. To do this, the first thing Freebalde will do is to take up a new name to mark their status and set out to find the worthy cause or join the battlefield without announcing their presence in the middle of battle. Comparing this to our modern term, Freebalde Knight is a knight-errant (Wondering knight) or Ronin (Samurai without a lord or master).
As for our two Freeblade Knights, they are searching for a new home after surviving the destruction of their noble house and the home planet by the Orks. Paint their Knights in red to mark their rank as Freebaldes. Two knights found themselves in the New World after traveling to the warp during their third year as Freebalde. After finding themselves in the presence of the Astartes Chapter Master, they decided to join the fight against Chaos and Traitor Marines.
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The massive destruction of the missile volley wiped half of the daemon armies of two factions, but this was only a momentary setback as the two remaining Greater Daemons' armies began to push once again. Compared to William's company size Space Marines, the two Chaos factions brought massive forces significant enough to start an initial invasion.
"Form up on me and prepare for the second wave. Imperial Knights provide heavy fire support." William gives his order as the remaining Blacksouls (aka Null Marines) regroup around him while Imperial Knights ready their range weapons. Only five Null Marines were killed but compared to all-out war a few seconds ago, and this was close to a miracle. On the other side, the first wave of daemons and traitor marines is completely wiped out, and their souls are lost due to the blank area effect.
"FIRE!" William's command once again turned the entire city square into a blazing bolter storm while literal superheated fire dropped on the most concentrated group among enemy forces. This time, the daemons and traitors from two sides couldn't rush nearly as before as a wall of bolters, and heavy weapons prevented them from making a straightforward step forward.
The domination of the military firepower is on William's side, for all of 10 seconds. This is because the forces of Chaos decided to send their heavy weapons as three new giant figures appeared from the second wave. In the middle, Khorne's Lord of Skulls leads the charge while firing all kinds of cannons while to its left and right, two Defilers join the fight. Forged by the hellfire and corruption of the warp, the giant-sized daemon engines backed the Chaos forces while two factions finally decided to stop fighting each other to kill William's Space Marines.
Khorne's Lord of Skulls is a super heavy daemon engine of Chaos and servant of the Blood God. Possesses a giant humanoid upper body while the lower side is a literal tank track. This hybrid of monstrosity is powered by the boiling steam from the blood of murders and vents fluids to the enemy, boiling them alive. Lord of Skulls is armed with three primary weapons, one melee weapon, an arm-mounted range weapon for anti-infantry, and torso mounted range weapon to deliver devastating firepower.
Defiler is a massive daemon engine in the service to the Traitor Marines. Armed with multiple-range weapons and mounted on six spider-like legs, Defiler is a living machine of the Chaos.
The creation of Defiler isn't some assembly job done by factory workers. The creation of Defiler is done through a combination of Dark Mechanicum and Warpsmith as Dark Mechanicum forge tainted raw materials and shape into an abomination while Warpsmith binds the machine with the daemon, to be a defiled replacement of Machine Spirit.
Once again, the battlefield turned into madness as two forces collided against each other while shooting everything they had. William was the first to make the second contact as his golden halberd cut down everything in front of him while a power hammer shook the very ground. William didn't stop as he charged into the middle of the enemy rank and activated his kinetic energy, which unleashed a powerful blast all around the daemons and Chaos Marines.
Outsiders would predict that William's forces would lose the fight based on the number with everything going on. On the overview, forces of Chaos outnumber William's by 4 to 1, which anyone would think is a losing battle. On the other hand, William isn't playing a number game, unlike everyone else, he is betting everything on the superior equipment and firepower of the STC.
Traitor Marines' bolter rounds couldn't penetrate the Null Marines' power armor as it required more than a few rounds to crack the armor plating. The infamous daemon blades couldn't cut or stab through the same armor plating, while their corruption couldn't do anything as there is none to spread due to blank effect.
A few things that actually managed to hurt Null Marines are heavy weapons and power weapons (If they manage to survive to fire a second shot after making themselves a priority target). Still, with the reinforcement of daemon engines, William's forces slowly began to have casualties, and William quickly decided to handle the problem.
Tanking every Chaos weaponry head-on, William made himself a prime target as he stacked up his kills left and right. Nothing could penetrate his Iron Halo energy shield, and each step is covered with the blood of traitors and daemons. Each Chaos casualty are lost forever, and none of the skulls went to Khorne. This infuriated Chaos God sitting on the Skull Throne as his number of skull collections are lost to him while Chaos God of Pleasure couldn't feel anything from its followers (Unable to feel anything offense Slaanesh).
Standing alone and surrounded by enemies, William smiled to himself as he felt like a powerful character from one of his favorite games, the Dynasty Warriors. Suddenly, something big came at him head-on, and it literally shook the very ground. In front of William was Lord of Skulls with a bloody ax in his right hand while holding a corrupt heavy bolter in his left. The first thing Lord of Skulls did was to ram the terminator with full force, but this only halted the heavy daemon engine after moving a few feet forward.
When Lord of Skulls couldn't move any further, everyone saw something impossible in front of their eyes. A single terminator armor withstood all by himself and held the ground while denting the plating armor of the Lord of Skulls. With initial speed reduced to nearly halt, William placed his halberd on the ground as a temporary bollard and powered up his power hammer.
"You have guts and gall to take on Chapter Master. If I remember right, Chapter Master Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines single handly ripped Lord of Skull's head off with his power fist. Now, let me see if I can do something similar." William said to Lord of Skulls in front of him and power up his terminator armor to maxim level. Holding his hammer with both hands, William under swings his power weapon like a golf swing or uppercut.
The destructive power of the combined power hammer and terminator armor from STC hit true as Lord of Skulls lifted in the air after a powerful shockwave shattered everything within the capital city. The shockwave not only put the majority of enemies down on the ground, but the power hammer's impact amplified William's blank effect like a ripple as the shockwave carried away.
William wasn't done as he activated his teleportation and appeared on top of the Lord of Skulls while it was still in the air. Once again, with both hands, William swings over his head and hits Lord of Skulls right on its head like a game of whack a mole. The second impact wasn't powerful as the first one, but it was strong enough to crush the giant's head and everything that was neck and shoulder. Hot boiling blood spilled everywhere as it covered traitors and daemons alike, killing some alive while most were distracted by the burning pain.
After landing heavy terminator armor, William creates a small crater, retrieves his golden halberd, and holds his position to cool down his armor. With all kinds of abilities activated at once, William has to stand still for three minutes, or else he risks a meltdown. But being himself and unable to stand quietly, William places his halberd in one hand like a mighty hero and power hammer over his shoulder. This was very effective as no one dared to approach the terminator armor after witnessing a heavy daemon engine taken out so quickly.
"Now, who is next?" William said to forces of Chaos as the company of Null Marines finally reached him. With one-third of Chaos forces taken down by a single man, the traitors and daemons began to lose their spirit as the frontline began to step backward. This would have been the beginning of one side victory, but it was short-lived as Skarbrand jumped on top of retreating soldiers, crushing them with his massive hoves.
Skarbrand, covered with cuts and blood, held his two axes in one hand while holding his recent trophy. Holding in his left hand is the head of the Keeper of Secrets, his face showing an expression of horror and fear as William could clearly see the Keeper's last moment before one of Skarbrand's ax cut clean.
"Skarbrand is next, and Skarbrand would hate to miss the chance to return the earlier hit from the pesky human. After collecting your head, Skarbrand will seek the one responsible as Skarbrand learned the truth from Keeper. Forget this world; Skarbrand will invade the Realm of the Sorcerer and burn it to ashes!"
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