Chapter 355 What God Appears? Imperial Mission
Boom——!
The demon vulture was hit by a golden beam...
Or, in other words, it was pierced by a spear that cut through the sky at a very fast speed. It was instantly burned by the flames and turned into ashes, without even a scream.
? ?
The other vultures who noticed the abnormality all cast their "eyes" to the street where the Loran family lived.
Although they had a certain degree of wisdom, they could not figure out how their kind died for a while.
Maybe they were shot by the monks of the monastery with a crossbow dipped in holy water?
Or were they killed by a cannon with a bullet dipped in holy water?
In short, such things have happened before, and death is really a normal thing for them.
Then, they prepared to lower their altitude and continue to prey on human residents fleeing on the street.
! !
"Help!"
"Oh! My God."
"Forget God, run!"
Seeing the demon vulture attacking their street, the crowd panicked.
Some even knelt on the ground, praying constantly, begging God or the angels and gods of heaven to perform miracles to save them from danger.
Kind-hearted residents would remind these whimsical guys to run away quickly.
Will God show up on his own initiative?
How is it possible?
Even if he really comes to the world, it is for saints, nuns or knights who are worthy of being saved.
And how could they, civilians like ants, be worthy of God's active appearance? Don't be silly.
As for Luo Lan, he freed his right hand to pick up his daughter, and held his son tightly with his left hand, preparing to run into the alley not far away.
Dong, Dong!
However, a demon vulture had already swooped down and landed, blocking the entrance to the alley.
"Ah!"
Seeing the extremely ferocious appearance of the vulture up close, the daughter who had always been well-behaved could no longer bear it and screamed, and hugged Luo Lan tightly, not daring to open her eyes at all.
"Howl~!"
The vulture howled again, as if announcing to everyone present that it and its kind would dominate all living things here.
Just as it lowered its head and was about to open its bloody beak to devour the frightened townspeople.
Tap tap!
A "person" with a light golden outline raised his left hand and pressed against the vulture's beak, preventing it from moving any further.
? ?
The resident, who thought he was about to be swallowed to death, opened his eyes in confusion.
Then, the resident saw a tall woman in golden armor, with waist-length hair and a temperament like a "god", standing between him and the vulture.
The "god" slightly exerted force on his left hand against the vulture's beak.
Boom!
The next second, the vulture was enveloped by a dazzling golden flame and turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
"Howl!!"
At this time, the other demon vultures saw that the "culprit" who killed their kind finally showed up, and they rushed towards him with howls.
It seems that the demon vultures want to help their kind to avenge, and also want to share the "culprit" to improve their own strength.
But it's a pity.
Bang-bang-bang--! !
Just when the demon vultures flapped their wings and wanted to pounce on the woman who looked like a "god", crisp and pleasant gunshots rang out inside and outside the town.
Puff--Puff--!
And all the demon vultures were pierced through the skin and body by large-caliber bullets one after another, and then completely shattered and torn apart by the explosion caused by the bullets.
And when the bullets exploded, they would also release faint waves, which directly "purified" the remains of the demon vultures' bodies, turning them into pieces and fragments of flesh, without any "evil filth".
Until now, all the townspeople, including the Loran family, have discovered a group of tall and strong soldiers scattered around the streets.
Moreover, this group of tall and strong soldiers, wearing armor that they had never seen before and also exuding a "sacred" aura, used cannon-caliber rifles to accurately shoot and kill all the demonic creatures entrenched in the sky.
In addition to these soldiers and the beautiful women who looked like "gods", the Loran family and local residents also discovered that a "spaceship" with a length of 100 meters appeared in the sky above the town at some point? ?
Swish—swish—!!
Hundreds of missiles "stood out" from the sides and top of the spaceship, drawing white trajectories and heading straight for the outside of the steel wall.
Boom. Boom——!
Afterwards, the noise caused by the explosion of hundreds of missiles made the earth tremble.
Before the Loran family and the local residents could recover, several transport boats with strange shapes appeared "out of thin air".
It was a Thunder III transport boat that had taken the initiative to remove the stealth mode and appeared in the visual field of the Loran family and the local residents.
As a transport boat specially used to transport Astartes, the Thunder III was much larger, wider and thicker than the original Type I.
That is, the Atlas has a nuclear fusion engine, which makes the Thunder transport plane, which does not look very aerodynamic, able to "fly bricks with great force" and achieve manned and cargo transportation that breaks through the constraints of the surface and goes directly to low-Earth orbit and outer space.
At this moment, after removing the optical camouflage, the six Thunder III transport boats landed in the central square in front of the church and the wider streets.
One of them released its landing gear and headed for a street intersection not far from Loran and others.
Bang—boom—.
No matter how careful the pilot was, his wings still "pierced" the buildings on both sides.
Boom—boom—! !
Immediately afterwards, the landing gear of the Thunder III transport boat "collided" with the bricks on the ground.
Then, the Thunder III's nose hatch opened, releasing a group of...
"giant".
Boom, boom!
Before the Luolan family and local residents could clearly see the figures of the "giants", the "giants" turned into afterimages and hurried towards the steel city wall on the east side.
Then, from time to time, it came from the east part of the town;
"For the Emperor!"
"For humanity!"
"Death! Die! Die!" and other metal war cries.
? ? ?
This sudden turn of events left the desperate town residents confused and stunned.
"Dad, dad, that big sister is here."
The daughter's reminder broke the eerie silence in the streets.
!
After regaining consciousness, Luo Lan followed the direction of his daughter's finger and saw a "woman" who was two heads taller than him, slowly walking towards where the family was standing.
Soon, the "woman" walked up to Luo Lan, and then raised her left hand again.
However, when the "woman" raised her hand this time, it was not as forceful as "crushing" or "burning" the demon vulture. Instead, she placed it on the little girl's head rather gently.
Then, Loren discovered that his and his daughter's bodies were enveloped by a faint golden light.
At the same time, he also felt that the panic and confusion in his heart actually dissipated with the appearance of golden light.
The extreme fatigue caused by years of intense work has also dissipated.
? ? ! !
This made Loren suddenly look in disbelief.
"It's so warm."
The daughter couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Oh my God!"
"It's an angel! It's the legendary angel!"
Seeing the Luolan father and daughter shrouded in "sacred luster", the surrounding residents instantly changed from the initial shock and confusion to kneeling down and worshiping with pious expressions.
The boy who was standing behind his father and sister saw the surrounding residents kneeling and prostrated, so he followed their actions and prepared to kneel down to the "woman" standing not far in front.
But the boy hesitated.
After all, his father never strictly required him to memorize scriptures or ask him to have an extremely pious fear of God and the church.
The most important point is that the "woman" in front of me is somewhat inconsistent with the image of angels described by the church.
"No need to kneel to me, kid."
But just as the boy was about to kneel down, the "woman" raised her right hand and said in a voice with an echo texture:
"As you may have guessed, I am not an angel, so there is no need to bow down to me."
? !
The boy was extremely surprised and stuttered a little:
"Can you understand what I'm thinking?"
The "woman" nodded lightly with a smile on her face, but did not reply directly to the boy.
"So, big sister, who are you?"
The girl who was picked up by Luo Lan asked quite innocently.
Hear the words.
"I am the former God of Olympus"
The "woman" still said to the girl with a smile on her face. Then, she turned around, scanned the people present, and raised her voice:
"Today, I am one of the main gods serving the human emperor, the goddess of war——
Pallas Athena!
And I, as well as the Emperor of Mankind, and the tens of millions of warriors of the Human Empire, will never turn a blind eye to the suffering of the world like the God and Heaven of your universe.
at the same time!
I will also lead the imperial warriors to eradicate those filthy and extremely ugly demon armies and depraved heretics for you!
For humanity!
For the empire! "
Athena said the last word, raised her right hand, and recalled the spear of victory that had pierced the demon vulture.
And the moment Athena grasped the war spear, a golden light visible to the naked eye burst out with her as the center.
Like a shock wave, the light quickly swept through the streets, alleys and central squares, and the entire town.
The hundreds of Greek minor gods deployed in the town along with Athena also raised their exclusive bolters, as well as psychic swords and psychic spears, and roared in unison.
In an instant, the entire town resounded with war cries of "For humanity!" and "For the Empire!"
As for all the town residents, they were all affected by the spiritual energy released by Athena. Unknowingly, they shifted their awe from God and heaven to the so-called human emperor and human empire.
Residents who were already dissatisfied with God's lack of action, such as the Lorraine family, immediately became firm, yet "short-lived" supporters of the Human Emperor and the Human Empire.
The determination is due to the fact that Athena, the Greek minor gods, and the Dark Angels have effectively solved the threats of demons and heretics.
What's more, Athena used the "Spear of Victory" to release the pure spiritual energy originating from Sui Yang, and then received a considerable degree of "psionic bewitchment."
In the short term, after the effect of "psionic bewitchment" dissipates, the Lorraine family and the town residents will consider whether it is truly worthy of their awe and belief based on the performance of the human empire.
The evolution of the town into its current situation is partly related to the fact that Mike and Laura secretly destroyed the unmanned facilities of the power plant and the corresponding defensive measures.
But in fact, the forces of Hell had already assembled in the eastern area of the town.
Even without the secret operation of Mike and Laura, the army of demons and heretics would still launch a surprise attack on this border town.
Therefore, Mike and Laura's operation only transformed the "uncertainty" of the army of demons and heretics into a controllable factor.
After all, the air in the battle area and the air above the forces of Hell was covered by thick clouds with similar psychic energy, and orbital drones and space ships could not specifically determine the surprise attack nodes of the forces of Hell.
And when Mike and Laura secretly carried out the explosion to avoid accidentally injuring or killing local humans, the forces of Hell would naturally not miss this best opportunity for a surprise attack.
And before Mike and Laura carried out the explosion, Athena and the Greek minor gods of the Heretic Inquisition, as well as six dark angel teams, had already boarded the Swift Shadow and Thunder III transport boats and deployed them in advance over the town.
After the blasting is completed and the forces of Hell choose to launch a surprise attack, the troops on standby will directly intervene in the battle, and Athena will appear as a "savior" to preach.
As for the Spear of Victory used by Athena, it was also "recast" by Sui Yang, making it contain extremely powerful pure spiritual energy.
In conjunction with Sui Yang's 1911, unless there is a Primarch-level Hell Demon in the "One Three" universe of "Trench Crusaders", it is difficult to cause any substantial damage to the current Athena.
At this moment, outside the steel wall on the east side of the town;
The soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire originally relied on trenches, bunkers and various fortifications to fight fiercely with seemingly endless demon creatures, fallen humans, and tanks and artillery with bone spurs and tentacles on their armor.
The knights of the Reborn Knights and the nuns of the local church were besieged by demon creatures with equally powerful single combat power.
The knights and nuns wielding heavy swords can easily kill one or more demon creatures.
However, being "surrounded" by hundreds or even thousands of demon creatures, no matter how strong their individual combat power is, the impact on the overall battle situation becomes negligible.
But with a salvo of missiles from the Swift Shadow.
The armored forces of the Hell Forces, as well as the location where their main forces assembled, were directly and completely wiped out and physically purified by the "sunlight" produced by the explosion of metallic hydrogen.
In an instant, the situation was reversed.
? ? ?
When the remaining Roman Empire soldiers poked their heads out of the trenches and fortifications, and looked at the mushroom cloud in the distance with a confused look on their faces.
Boom, boom!
Six fully armed Dark Angel teams, with extremely heavy steps, crossed the trench line outside the city wall and launched a crushing charge towards the equally confused Hell Army.