Chapter 44: Warhammer: What Do You Mean You Conquered the Xenos

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

Cassius at this moment was already on the verge of his limit.

Golden light flickered in his eye sockets, his body constantly trembling, the muscles beneath his armor completely necrotic.

It was only his firm will and the Emperor's Blessing supporting his actions.

With every step, large amounts of fresh blood dripped from the gaps in his armor, landing on the ground with a "drip-drip" sound.

But hearing that sound, Lena felt it was like a death knell pronouncing her own death sentence.

His hollow eye sockets "gazed" at Lena, his right hand clenched into a fist still wreathed in that golden flame.

He repeated two words over and over, his voice hoarse and broken.

"Revenge, revenge..."

Lena kept dragging her ruined body backward, her sharp Rending Claws carving deep traces on the Fungal Carpet.

Her only thought at this moment was to pray that death's arrival could be a little slower.

Praying that this judge from Hell could stop his footsteps.

But Cassius's footsteps never stopped; he approached step by step, golden flames leaping around him.

Dispelling the surrounding darkness, and sealing off Lena's last trace of relief.

Finally, Cassius stood before Lena.

He slowly raised his fist condensed with golden flames of revenge, the golden light illuminating Lena's despairing face.

The judgment of the Xenos, at this moment, finally descended.

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in Cassius's mind.

"System, enter forced dialogue!"

In an instant, that incomparably overbearing power invaded his consciousness again, forcibly suppressing the golden flames and will of revenge within his body.

The strange power spread through his entire mind like a tide, attempting to control his body.

Even the God Emperor's blessing gradually faded at this moment, the golden light dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Unwilling emotions exploded in Cassius's mind; he wanted to roar, he wanted to resist.

He was only one step away!

"Ah!!!"

The strong emotional fluctuations combined with the double backlash of the blessing caused Lin En, not far behind Cassius, to suddenly shudder all over.

He felt his Mental Power instantly drained.

Immediately his throat grew sweet, and he fiercely spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

It splattered onto the charred Fungal Carpet, staining a blood-colored flower.

His mind went blank, darkness swam before his eyes, and his body uncontrollably pitched forward.

One second before losing consciousness, he relied on his last bit of willpower to forcefully stretch out both hands and brace them on the Ground.

His fingertips dug deep into the gaps of the Fungal Carpet, barely keeping himself from falling.

At the same moment, a nearly identical thought rang out simultaneously in Lin En's and Cassius's minds.

Lin En/Cassius: "I cannot fall yet, I still have strong enemies to deal with / Lena is still waiting for me, how can I... just fall like this!"

Both parties thus began a silent yet fiercely intense tug-of-war of spirit and will.

Lin En's seven orifices constantly bled, trailing down his cheeks and dripping onto the Ground.

The massive blood loss made him feel dizzy, his consciousness gradually blurring.

His trembling grew more violent, and the hands braced on the Ground began to weaken.

In Cassius's hollow eye sockets, that nearly extinguished golden spark seemed about to reignite.

His shattered Terminator Armor also seemed to faintly ripple with golden light.

He was about to break free from the bindings!

"Pfft!"

Just as Lin En was about to completely lose consciousness and his mental defensive line was on the verge of collapse.

A sharp sound of something penetrating flesh and blood suddenly rang out.

Lena seized this fleeting opportunity, enduring the pain of the golden flames burning her.

Using her last bit of strength, she swung her sharp Rending Claws and viciously pierced through Cassius's chest.

The Rending Claws easily penetrated his shattered Power Armor, entering from his back and exiting his chest, covered in warm fresh blood and shattered organs.

As Lena twisted hard.

Under the double blow of system suppression and his body being completely destroyed, the last golden light on Cassius completely extinguished.

The light in his eye sockets also instantly dimmed.

He was finally defeated.

Lena withdrew her Rending Claws, and Cassius's body fell heavily to the ground like a pile of rotten flesh, making no more movement.

But the will, transformed and baptized over many years, finally gained liberation at this moment.

His consciousness had not yet completely dissipated; he could vaguely feel Lena dragging her huge and ruined body, slowly moving toward Lin En's direction.

He could also feel the dying Lin En, crawling toward Lena with difficulty, every step exhausting all his strength.

Suddenly, he recalled the sensation brought by the mysterious power on Lin En before.

Actually, it was not a bad emotion like hostility or killing intent.

But rather a wonderful, bashful emotion, carrying a trace of longing, mixed with an unspeakable inferiority.

This feeling was extremely unfamiliar to Cassius, yet vaguely somewhat familiar.

It was as if three hundred years ago, at Truss Fortress Monastery, watching Alyssa bandage his wound, he had once felt a similar throb.

At this moment, Cassius suddenly realized.

It turned out that the relationship between Abnormal Node Alpha and Heretic Lin En was actually like that......

In this man-eating Universe tainted by Evil Gods, filled with killing and despair.

That word had long been distorted by Chaos Forces, and cast aside by the Empire's believers.

But at the moment Lin En and Lena drew close to each other and cared for one another, Cassius still couldn't help but in the depths of his heart.

Offer heartfelt blessings to these two souls walking in darkness.

On the verge of death, Alyssa's figure once again surfaced in Cassius's mind.

Three hundred years of Astartes Service, countless cruel campaigns, had long made him unable to recall Alyssa's specific appearance.

But in his memory, that girl with scars on her face, who always bandaged his wounds with heartache.

Was always so beautiful, so warm, the only light he treasured in this dark Universe.

Before this iron-blooded warrior completely lost consciousness, his blood-filled mouth corner clearly had a trace of an upturned arc.

On the other side, Lin En finally crawled to Lena's side, using the last bit of strength, and held her blood-covered Rending Claw.

A subtle sensation came, letting his tense nerves relax slightly.

Immediately followed by an irresistible drowsiness sweeping over, almost completely devouring him.

Just then, the system's ice-cold prompt sounded in his mind:

【Side Quest Binding Target (Cassius) confirmed dead, binding relationship dissolved.】

The moment he heard the prompt, the stone hanging in Lin En's heart finally fell, and his tense body completely relaxed.

"Finally, it's over."

He murmured to himself in his heart, then his vision went black, and he fell into a deep sleep.

But his hand still tightly held Lena's Rending Claw.