The Emperor: "It is my dream. An Imperium of Man that exist without recourse to gods and the supernatural. A united galaxy with Terra at its heart. These warriors shall be my generals and they will lead my great crusade to the furthest corners of the galaxy."
Uriah: "Didn't you just tell me of the bloody slaughters perpetrated by crusaders? Doesn't that make you no better than the holy men you were telling me about?"
The Emperor: "The difference is that I am right."
Uriah: "Spoken like a true autocrat."
By: The Last Church
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The beam of the concentrated lascannon fires as William's aim is true. Instead of aiming for one of the remaining heads, the beam hit the front right leg of the Dragon Queen. The massive heat equivalent of the temperature of the sun cut through the scales even though Tiamat should be immune to the burning damage.
The damage didn't stop at the scale as the beam pierced through the meat and bone of the Dragon Queen. The damage is so grievous that it nearly cut the right front leg in half and hit the rear leg by inches. This kind of damage doesn't happen even if the weapon is highly efficient. It is as if the weapon itself was a blessed weapon, making William's lascannon a holy weapon.
The Dragon Queen screams in pain and is unable to process what just happened. A major damage was done to her and for the first time in many years, the was part is that the damage was done by the mortal.
"I will spill your bloodline until the end of the ages!" Tiamat screamed in pain and cursed out but it was too late as William proceeded to teleport himself in front of the other front leg and slice it off clean with his Black Teamplar's Blacksword.
Combined with the Terminator armor's strength and legendary Blacksword of the Black Templar made up for the devastating cut through the dragon's front leg. The moment the realization hit, the sound of lascannon hitting the ground can be heard and immediately, the huge sound of a massive leg falling off from the Tiamat can be heard.
"No, you will not." Said William and proceed to disappear from where he stood as he simply vanished like a wind.
"I'm a GOD! Show yourself and face your judgment like a mortal you are!" Tiamat cried with mixed emotions of pain and rage but it was a hopeless action. Her magic spells are useless and her breath weapons are now mostly expended due to overuse in a short time. Just as Tiamat repositioned herself to balance herself using her tail, the pain once again came and this time, the entire right side of the wing section was severed. One of Tiamat's head turns around to see William once again, his sword dripping with blood and standing where her main body and wing used to connect.
"If you are a god, what does that make me? A Slayer of the Gods?" The mechanical vox voice coming out from William's terminator armor gave off a cold emotionless and chilling presence towards the Dragon Queen.
Standing on top of her back, the mortal knight was no more. This thing, facing the Tiamat isn't some mortal seeking glory or a path of justice like her brother's champions before. This thing is a predator and it is staring at its prey.
"You are NOTHING!" Tiamat with all her will and might fight back the urge to flee. She has her pride and reputation, even if it's close to nothing but she is still a goddess and there is nothing more humiliating than losing a reputation for the deity. Tiamat slammed her body into one side of the mountain, attempting to crush the mortal knight but it was pointless gesture as William simply disappeared once again.
With nothing to support her weight in the front, the Tiamat lost her balance after slamming the mountainside. Injured front legs didn't help as their blood-soaked stomps gave unimaginable pain and eventually, she dropped to the ground forward. It was at this moment William reappeared in front of her with black sword held with two hands.
"I'm indeed nothing but I'm also William Nullinanis, Lord Imperator Fratrum (Commander of the Brother) and Chapter Master of the Legion of Blacksouls. You will die by my hands." Hearing William's declaration, Tiamat attacks him with the remaining heads in a last resort to fight back.
In one instance, William moves forward to cut down the first head by deflecting the mouth up using a black sword and swinging downward to cut the neck horizontally. The first head went down clean as it was looking up towards the sky as if someone was watching over the entire event.
The second head, went down right after the first one as the last remaining head came down with mouth open, and to Tiamat's surprise, William pushed on inside of her mouth. William didn't stop as he continued to push on and as his massive terminator armor maintained its weight, something else began to break everything inside of the mouth. Teeth begin to shatter and any flesh that is attached to Tiamat starts to shred like a meat blender.
Equipped with new war gear, William pushed towards the back of the mouth using assault drills attached to his terminator armor. Originally designed to breach the walls and any natural obstacles, the assault drills are meant for Centurions but with William's massive size, his terminator armor fits perfectly with new siege equipment.
Soon, William breached the back of the head as its weight held the Dragon Queen from lifting its head. With all heads destroyed or near death, William switches his right-hand war gear back to his black sword and approaches his objective. The chest of the Dragon Queen where her main heart is located.
[No, please. You are the victor. You have shown that you are powerful beyond any mortals. Isn't that enough?] The voice of the Tiamat echoes through the minds of all on the battlefield and there is no question of who has spoken.
"No," William's left hand struck the chest of the massive dragon deity. The drill soon breached the scale and was fresh. No mercy was given as William broke the bones protecting the main heart and soon, in front of him the massive heart was exposed. With no hesitation or even the victor's remark, William activates his blacksword's power generator, covering it with an energy field and stabs the massive heart.
Blood gushes everywhere like a tide and covers William from top to bottom. If William was servant of the Khorn, William would be the new champion of the Blood God as Khorn's swimming pool will be filled with the blood of the god.
After the flood of blood calmed down, William pulled out his sword and took a step aside. Pulling out a small box the size of his two hands together from his inventory, William pulled the pin and placed a box inside of the heart. After stepping out from the chest of the Dragon Queen, a box full of plasma grenades detonate and the power of the miniature sun engulfs the main body of the Tiamat. Soon, everything from the attached tattered head to tail turned into ashes as nothing even the hardened bones couldn't survive the plasma explosion.
"It is done! You hear me gods of this world? I have accomplished the task you assigned to me in exchange for getting off this planet!" William declares his victory and demands acknowledgment that his task is done. With the death of Tiamat, William's forces can now leave the New World as they should be able to leave the planet freely.
"I'm sure they know, mortal. After all, they are gods." The Lord of the Sixth, Archdevil Glasya said as she floated in the air where the mountain used to be before Tiamat slammed her back during the fight. Princess of Hell continues.
"It's been somewhat entertaining but why leave so soon? Gods may have promised to let you go but I find you and your followers interesting. How about you stay here and serve me as my champion? I'm sure you will find it beneficial for both parties."
"Your offer has been heard and I refuse. This is not the first time I heard a situation where position of power was offered by the so-called devil." Said William. Knowing full well what happened to those who made contact with the power of evil and chaos.
"You don't seem to understand what I'm offering here. I'm giving you a power that could match the gods!" The Lord of the Sixth said as if she was insulted by the insect.
"Are you blind? I just killed the god and you are offering what I already possess? You are not good with job offers aren't you?" William places his drill and sword back into his inventory, replacing them with a fully loaded bolter.
"The show is done. Leave now and no grudge will be made." William gave an ultimatum to the Lord of the Sixth as he switched his bolter from safe to semi. Glasya remains silent for a few moments before showing an emotion of distaste as if she has bitten a sour fruit. The Lord of Sixth finally spoke after her facial expression returned to normal.
"You know I could force you to serve me. I'm being generous at this moment as you entertained me with a bitch's death."
"You could try but I will not go as easy as you think."
The conversation stopped as two powerful beings of their right stared at each other from a short distance. Soon, Glasya flinched her right eye as if this became a troublesome and unnecessary iteration.
"Fine, you will have your day for now. You can tell your dogs to stand down." Lord of the Sixth said and immediately William's honor guards appeared from the shadows with their weapons pointing at the floating daemon.
"Wise decision." William signals his men to stand down and magnetize the bolter into his hip. In the blink of an eye, The Archdevil of the Sixth Hells vanished as if she was never there. With all adversaries gone or defeated, William officially completes his task. William's job isn't over as injured ones have to be taken care of and the dead must be placed on an eternal path to Golden Throne where heroes will be welcomed.
'Time to organize and make preparations. It is time to go to the world of Warhammer.'
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Glasya flew a few miles away at high speed as she needed to escape the presence of nothingness. Twice she attempts to cast a spell to demonstrate her power and twice it failed. Thankfully, her wings were out and only thing that maintain her levitation in the air but that was the only thing she could do as after she appeared in the mortal world, she couldn't do shit.
'That was a close one. Who knew a mere mortal could block access to mana and magic spells? No wonder that dragon slut couldn't do anything at all.' Princess of Hell thought to herself as she experienced a powerless first time in her life. To be weak and defenseless is something she can't tolerate as power is everything in Nine Hells.
After getting far enough from the strange mortal knights, Glasya once again feels her power returning to her. With no hesitation, she cast one of the powerful spells she originally was going to use against a knight called William.
In the blink of an eye, a large section of the forest burned with black fire. A second later, a large circle is formed with nothing but ashes in the middle of the forest.
"That's more like it." Satisfied of her power return to her, she cast a return spell. Returning to her realm and where her toys of damned mortals await.
Enjoy the new chapter and stay safe.
Note: We are almost done folks.
"Childish? The people of your world named you Great One. The people of mine called me Slave. Which one of us landed on a paradise of civilisation to be raised by a foster father, Roboute? Which one was given armies to lead after training in the halls of the Macraggian high-riders? Which one of us inherited a strong, cultured kingdom? And which one of us had to rise up against a kingdom with nothing but a horde of starving slaves? Which one of us was a child enslaved on a world of monsters, with his brain cut up by carving knives? Listen to your blue-clad wretches yelling of courage and honour, courage and honour, courage and honour. Do you even know the meaning of those words? Courage is fighting the kingdom that enslaves you, no matter that their armies overshadow yours by ten thousand to one. You know nothing of courage. Honour is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honour." By Angron Thal'kyr
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Three Months Later,
The night wind from the distant ocean carried a chilled wind into the port city with a massive population of over ten thousand. The name of the port city isn't important but its critical role in the city's economy and trade contributes massively. In some rare cases, the royal family or even the king himself would visit the city to partake in the city's rich resources from food to luxury stay with a golden sunset view.
The port city is the crown jewel and its pride to its residents as well as sailors who regularly stop by to rest and set out to find riches beyond the ocean. Still, with a massive city and its population, the problems tend to rise occasionally. Recently, a new problem rose from the shadows and became a major issue.
From the shadows of the deep sewage tunnels to the dark alley in the port, people begin to go missing. It started with a few unwanted individuals such as cripples, homeless, and end-of-the-world radicals but eventually, it became noticeable as more and more started to go missing.
The city law enforcers took steps to patrol the night but it was a fruitless effort as even a few of them went missing or were found dead with limbs gone as if it was torn off. Afterwards, the city outsources the job to the adventurers through the quests. With years of experience from veterans to upcoming rookies, the port city might be saved by them. It was pointless in the end as more dead bodies were found and no one had an answer to who or what is doing this to the citizens of the famous port city.
The city was in a blink of collapsing as business started to close and merchants avoided trading due to fear and negative signs that could only be an omen. It was during this dark time when a small group of women armed with black armour and weapons entered the city with stern looks as if they were on a mission of great deal.
At first, the four women made their first appearance through the city gate where they identified their identity with an official government seal. Decorated with gold, each identity tag was engraved with a golden two headed eagle and emblem of lioness with holy halo on its head.
At first the gate guards were hesitant at first but after finding out that it was previously accepted by the other cities before them, the warrior women were able to enter the city with no problem.
The first place the warrior women visited was local bars and inns. From an outsider's view, it seems they are picky with establishment and local food. Truth is completely different as they were asking questions related to recent disappearances and integrating local gangs for additional intelligence that can be only found from criminal networks.
It is an effective intelligence gathering but at the same time it was foolish as it attracted the wrong type of people including an underground crime lord and even corrupt government officials. For a regular folks, this would have been unwanted encounters but for the four ladies with black armour, it was exactly what they were searching for.
One quiet night where no one would venture out into darkness, the streets are soaked with blood as warrior women massacre the leader of the city underworld and its goons. In a matter of a few minutes, no criminal survived their overdue punishment and from their death, a new lead was discovered.
That same night, government officials who are in charge of port security died in the hands of the unknown group and next night, the port master who was taking bribes and forging the trade documents was killed with a similar weapon.
Soon, news of this event spread like a fire as more and more people decided to leave the city once they called home. It was at this time when the truth of mysterious disappearance and death from earlier came to light, literally as main street exploded in the middle of an afternoon with everyone witnessing the event that is about to fold.
With chaos and destruction, many of the locals panicked and hid behind anything they could find while looking towards the source of the explosion. The source of the explosion came from the sewage tunnel and right away, coming out from the collapsed sewage tunnel, four women in black armour came out while firing a loud crossbow-like weapon at the tunnel below them.
The identity of their enemy immediately showed itself as a swarm of human size rats emerged from the tunnel. Armed with rusty swords and bucklers, a massive number of Ratmen begin to surface from the city underground.
Many of the Ratmen died from the bolter rounds as Sisters of Battle continue to fire without any mercy. Using tactical weapon cycling, pairs of the Sisters reload their bolters while other pairs continue to fire their newly loaded weapons. At first it seems they seem to hold back the swarm of Ratmen but eventually Sisters had to change their weapons as they ran out of ammunition and grenades.
Switching to a power sword and chainswords, four Sisters form two separate groups to kill as many as they can. Meanwhile, Ratmen begin to charge the moment they find a chance to make their counter attack. With no hesitation, Ratmen and four Sisters clashed with blood and guts everywhere.
Meanwhile, citizens of the port city ran in all directions as quiet day activities turned into battlefields. Unfortunately some didn't make it far as they could due to a few Ratmen who decided to attack civilians instead of Sisters.
As battle continued, Ratmen in the rear thought their turn would never come as their massive number might have overwhelmed the enemy who were small in number. It turns out they were wrong as suddenly a bright light shines in the middle of the battlefield and the current of battle suddenly changes.
A wave of heat can be felt before a second later a massive fire swoops the entire swarm of Ratmen without a warning. To everyone's surprise, a pair of Sisters switch their melee weapons for a new reward they received and decide to utilise it to end the conflict.
Equipped with flamers, two Sisters of Battle step forward and take control of the battlefield at once. Meanwhile, the other two Sisters changed their melee weapon into something new and unexpected. Wielding a massive chained sword beyond standard one, two Sisters began slaughtering any remaining Ratmen with Eviscerator chain weapons.
In a matter of seconds, the tide of battle changed and Ratmen began to retreat while those who were busy with killing civilians soon faced death of their own as city guards arrived in full force to kill them. With no sign of winning this fight, Ratmen in the rear decided to make a full retreat back into the tunnel but after turning around it was a pointless gesture as they all burned into ashes.
Soon the battlefield turned into a blazing burn pit as smoke of dead bodies covered the port city above and choked the air with the smell of burning corpses. Even with a gruesome scene and death, the victory went to Sisters of Battle and soon their heroic act of eliminating the Ratmen and source of the missing citizens came to light to everyone in the city.
It turns out, Sisters' investigation of crime underworld and corrupt government officials led them to an underground nest of Ratmen who were doing dirty work of killing a lot of people in exchange for stolen goods from the port trade. In short, it was a corruption of power hungry which led to inviting a horde of Ratmen seeking a new source of food and burrow for their number to grow.
In light of this news, the city mayor and his men made sure their officials were clean from possible corruption and replaced anyone who was compromised. Soon, the port city found its new peace as city guards and adventurers eliminate any surviving Ratmen in the tunnels and burn any new nests that could threaten the city in the future.
As for the Sisters, they left the city after ensuring that threat to the city is no more. Their mission to cleanse the evil came to an end when their field commander and senior Sister received a message from their vox box. Only used for the dire situation and most important report, the vox communicator box stays in sleep mode but one night it came to life with message directly come from Living Saint and Lord William.
The message was simple but clear to understand.
[To all servants of the Golden Throne. Return at once. It is time to go home.]
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Cain is currently enjoying his private time with his newborn daughter as he sings a song that he learned from Schola Progenium. The song he knew is more of a military song for the new cadets but it was all he knew and his baby daughter didn't want to go to sleep for the whole three hours.
'By the Emperor's grace, please go to bed. I have a town meeting this evening.' Cain, the hero of the Imperium and recently retired (For the second time) thought to himself and looked at the clock in his bed. It was four in the afternoon.
'Nevermind, I have a town meeting in five hours. There goes my sleep once again.'
Lord Commissar Ciaphas Cain fell into military mode once again as his years of military service helped him build certain endurance against lack of sleep. Just as he was about to sing the same song once again for the hundred times, the baby's cry died down and soon went to sleep.
'Oh thank you Emperor, you actually answered my prayer for once.'
Cain placed his daughter into her crib and was about to step back towards his bed when his vox communicator next to his bed came to life and delivered the message with a vox speaker.
Cain attempted to shut the vox but it was too late as the baby's cry could be heard. Defeated by his own daughter, Cain picks up the baby to calm her down while listening to the repeating message from the vox communicator.
After listening to the message, Cain presses the button next to the vox which minutes later summons his trusted aide Jurgen. Jurgen, who is considered most reliable but somewhat literal on orders given by Cain, entered the room with a cup and tea tray in his hand.
"Do you need a Tanna tea, sir?"
"No thank you, Jurgen. Please notify the town counsel that I have to visit Lord William this evening. Please give them my sincere apologies. This is an urgent matter."
"Yes sir."
Just as Jurgen was about to leave the room, Cain stopped him as he just thought of something new.
"Oh, one more thing, Jurgen."
"Sir?"
"After you notify the council, please find me a suitable babysitter who can handle my daughter. This will be the most important order I have ever given you." Cain said with a half serious look on his face. Just as he said, finding the babysitter for his daughter is important but Cain is certain that Jurgen can find a suitable one quickly as the baby is Cain's daughter.
"You can trust me sir. I will find the babysitter." Jurgen replies back to Cain but with the impression that this will be the most critical mission he has ever received in his career.
It took no less than twenty minutes when Jurgen came back to Cain's room with a woman behind him. When Cain saw the one behind Jurgen he knew he messed up as Jurgen once again took his order seriously.
Behind Jurgen, a aged woman enters the room armed with a laspistol and a uniform with a rank of general in her collar. Cain knew immediately who she was as he had an uncanny level of recognizing faces and recalling the name. In front of him, an old comrade in arms appeared and to his surprise, much older than he could remember.
The woman's identity is known among Cain's Valhallan Ice Warriors as he is the one who made the regiment.
General Regina Kasteen salutes Cain with more energy than he has right now. A former commander of the Valhallan 597th greets Cain as she is here to save Cain from his own baby daughter.
Enjoy the new update and stay safe.
As for the quote, I couldn't find the one closely relate to the new chapter so I just went with one in random.
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