Chapter 695: Death of the Overlord, Battle of Rheaduches (10)
The hive overlord was hit by Thor's hammer again, and it hit his head with full force!
The force of this attack was extremely great, only slightly weaker than the previous charge by the Black Cross Champion.
Several teeth flew out of its mouth; an eyeball was blown out; the entire solid skull shell was somewhat deformed.
However, this is still not a fatal injury.
The hive overlord was beaten dizzy, and was immediately attacked by Leluwa and another champion. But at this time, it was still able to wield its four giant blades and force them back.
The third champion, wielding the thunder hammer, wants to try again.
But this time, he took a risk.
Seeing that the hive overlord was in a very miserable state, he tried to take advantage of its weakness, but a needle from the tail came much faster than expected.
While swinging the hammer, the champion was unable to dodge and was pierced through the chest by the needle from the tail.
Space Marines have strong vitality, but it also depends on the enemy they are facing. A bullet or a knife that destroys the heart and lungs is a serious injury, but it is usually difficult for Space Marines with two hearts and three lungs to die on the spot. They can often maintain their combat effectiveness for a long time, and even if they are properly treated by pharmacists after the war, it is common for them to survive and return to the battlefield.
But it was different when facing the Hive Overlord's tail piercing. The moment the armor and body were penetrated together, there was an explosive force that turned the entire torso of the Space Marine inside the armor into a ball of mud.
The thunder hammer fell to the ground weakly.
Le Luwa's eyes widened with anger. He took a step forward, crossing the distance he had just been forced to retreat. The Holy Leader Sword slashed down from top to bottom, directly cutting off the tail that had not yet been pulled out.
A large amount of blood spurted out from the broken part, and the Hive Overlord roared, intending to launch a counterattack against Le Luwa.
The situation once again fell into a situation where Le Luwa had to deal with four serrated bone blades with a single sword.
But this time, the situation was much better. Leluwa felt that the Hive Overlord's attack was obviously not as sharp as it was at the beginning.
The heavy bleeding caused by the tail being cut off at the root, the shattering of the chitin armor on the back causing damage to the internal skeleton, and the dizziness and chaos caused by a heavy hammer on the head... All these combined made the Hive Overlord's combat effectiveness no longer as strong as it was in its heyday.
Although the pressure is still great, it is not as miserable as at the beginning when we were overwhelmed and on the verge of defeat at any time.
The remaining Black Cross champion took advantage of the moment when the two men were fighting with swords and seized an opportunity to stab the Hive Overlord again in the wound on his back with his power sword.
The Overlord of the Insect Nest turned around and was about to strike him with the sword, but Le Luwa came up again and, at the cost of cutting through the thickest shoulder armor, cut off the arm of the Overlord of the Insect Nest that was swinging back.
If one hand is cut off, the combat effectiveness of the Hive Overlord will be further reduced.
Although he turned sideways and used one sword to deal with the Black Cross Champion and two swords to deal with Leroy, not giving the human any chance to get around him, he himself was also showing signs of weakness and was no longer as powerful as before.
If this continues, there is a high probability that Le Luwa will be able to seize an opportunity later. Either kill him with one sword, or cut off his arm, which is also a good idea.
However, silently, Le Roux suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis!
He suddenly gave up the attack and retreated, but saw that the ground where he was standing suddenly collapsed and a snake or insect rushed out.
If you don't hide, you will be in big trouble.
But a snake insect alone was nothing. After it appeared, it was killed by a precise sniper bullet shot from a distance the next second.
The snake-worm is considered the elite fighting force of the insect swarm, but in a battle of this level, it is really not enough to be killed by long-range firearms.
But it doesn't matter, Snakeworm is just a tunnel digger. The executioner tyrant that jumped out right after Snakeworm is the key character.
This thing is considered the top creature in the Hive Army - the top in the conventional sense. It is almost at the same level as the Hive Tyrant. The only difference is that the Hive Tyrant is a warrior commander, while the Executioner Tyrant is a specialized and agile version of the top hunter.
Its frontal combat capability is somewhat inferior to that of the Hive Tyrant, but it is more agile, faster, and more insidious, and has a set of concealment and ambush characteristics and preferences. If it really comes to a battle, it is hard to say who is more terrifying.
This executioner tyrant rushed towards Leroy like a madman.
It was true that he was coming with great force, as Coleruwa was a top master, not an ordinary champion. However, after a few moves, the Executioner Tyrant was killed by the Holy Sword.
However, its purpose has been achieved.
Le Rouva was more or less intercepted for a moment.
When he got rid of the blocker, he saw that the hive overlord was actually running backwards!
The cunning hive overlord is not something that must be fought to death. If the situation is not good, retreat in one wave, there will be no psychological pressure at all.
Furthermore, it might even jump back into the incubation pool. In a relatively short period of time, the wounds and broken limbs on the body can be urgently repaired.
By then, all previous efforts will be wasted.
Not only Leroy could realize this, but so could the other Black Cross champion.
He rushed forward and tried to stop it.
But just as Leroy killed the executioner tyrant, the Hive Overlord also killed the Black Cross Champion.
However, he was a little slower than Le Ruwa, so when Le Ruwa rushed forward, his battle brother had just died and the Overlord had not had time to draw out his battle blade.
Another battle brother died tragically, but Leluwa was too busy to grieve. Seizing this opportunity, the Holy Sword cut off another Overlord's arm. Then, the swift sword slashed towards the Hive Overlord without stopping for a moment.
The hive overlord tried several times to force Le Ruwa back, but failed every time.
Marshal Black Cross tried his best to prevent the other party from escaping.
The Hive Overlord does not have the emotion of fear, but its cold-blooded brain still analyzes and believes that evacuation now is the best solution. So, after a confrontation, it continues to escape regardless of anything, even at the cost of exposing its back.
Le Luwa certainly would not miss this opportunity and strode after him, but he saw that the overlord half turned sideways in an instant, holding a bone blade in his reverse hand and stabbing backwards.
A sudden counterattack!
Le Luwa, who had been chasing too hard, was finding it difficult to dodge.
But in a split second, he made up his mind. Not only did he not retreat, but his steps became even more determined!
The bone blade pierced his abdomen, and a huge force exploded in his body, trying to destroy his organs from within; but his sword had already fallen, cutting off the arm.
The Hive Overlord had not expected Le Ruwa to be so decisive in his calculations.
It had no way to finish off Le Luwa anymore, so it could only turn around completely and hastily raise its last hand to block, but it was undoubtedly chopped off again.
But after two struggles, the distance between them was extremely close, almost touching.
The hive overlord opened its mouth wide and bit Le Luwa's head which was so close to it.
Once bitten, the bloody mouth is big enough to wrap around the marshal's entire head and bite it off.
However, at the critical moment, Le Roux tilted his head slightly, so that the huge mouth could only bite the junction of his shoulder and neck.
Although there was thick shoulder armor protecting him, it was still bitten through by the sharp teeth. He could feel that the left half of his neck had been bitten off.
Fatal injury.
But at this moment, the Holy Leader Sword drew a half-moon arc from bottom to top, completely cutting off the head of the Hive Overlord that was biting his neck.
Le Roux, who was seeing black things in front of him, couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground with a bang.
But what allowed him to close his eyes was that the hive overlord, whose limbs, forearms, tail and head were all broken off, also fell to the ground with a loud bang.
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When Leroy opened his eyes again, he found himself completely unable to move.
It wasn't that he felt restrained, but he couldn't feel any part of his body below his chin, so of course he couldn't move.
Even his chin seemed to be gone.
He could feel that he was now completely immersed in the nutrient solution. Through the transparent cover of the incubator, he could see a group of people in Mechanicus robes busying around outside.
The mechanical priests discovered that he had awakened and communicated with each other. Some of them turned and left, probably to report to their superiors, while others entered some instructions at the operating table next to them.
Le Roux felt a numbness in the back of his head, as if an electricity had been connected, and then he seemed to be able to speak.
Of course he doesn't speak like a normal human being, because his vocal cords are gone.
The sound was made by an artificial organ connected to his back. The neural instructions were converted into electrical signals, which were emitted through the speaker next to the culture dish. At the same time, they also gave neural feedback to the brain, allowing him to hear what he was "saying".
External sounds can also be "heard" by him in a similar way.
"Marshal Leroy, can you hear me?"
"Yes." Although he was a little uncomfortable, he still mastered the skill of 'speaking'.
"You finally woke up... I'm sorry, the situation was very critical and we had to remove a lot of things from your body, but please believe that this is what we had to do to keep you alive. Although the success rate is very low, I'm glad to see that you survived..."
Leroy interrupted the other party's constant talk about his situation and asked the most concerned question: "How is the battle going?"
He has not lost his memory and has not forgotten the last scene before waking up.
"The situation is rather complicated, so I can't tell you much. But at least you are alive now. Wait a moment, we have notified our superiors, and someone will come to see you soon. Before that, let me tell you about your current condition and the various methods we used to save you."
This member of the Mechanicus, who seemed to be a ruling bishop, seemed quite enthusiastic and even excited.
For their team, it took a lot of effort to save Le Ruwa who was sent to the sky at that time. They used many unproven, very risky and even quite taboo methods.
But fortunately, they succeeded.
This is a very good case. It can be used as a topic in the future and can be added to your resume as a shining example when you are promoted to a master of your main profession.
Leroy listened in silence.
He did not understand or care about the many specific technical details that the ruling bishop kept mentioning in his words.
However, he also roughly understood his current physical condition.
As the other party said, most of his body was gone.
His chin and the left half of his neck were completely destroyed and had to be removed. They were replaced with an iron chin, which was sewn at the junction of the back of his head and neck. The left half of his neck that was bitten off was also replaced with an artificial blood vessel.
Only the right half of his chest cavity was left, the left half was cut off, leaving only one lung and one heart.
His abdominal cavity was completely removed.
The loss of his chest and abdominal cavities caused his limbs, which should have been intact, to lack connection to the torso, leaving only his left arm, and the rest were also removed.
In other words, all that remains of his original body are the upper half of his head, the right half of his neck, the right half of his chest, and his right hand.
The rest are all gone.
Can he continue to live as a warrior like this?
Maybe it's okay.
Thinking of this, he heard footsteps.
A Terminator wearing the Black Crusaders uniform and the Marshal's emblem walked in accompanied by several guards. He stood in front of the incubator, took off his helmet, and handed it to the guard next to him.
That was Leroy's old friend, Marshal Xi Rui of the Fourth Fleet.
Xi Rui's expression was quite complicated. He was relieved to see his old friend survived, but also sad to see him in such a miserable state.
"How's the battle going?" Le Roux asked the question he was most concerned about first.
"Victory." Xi Rui gave an affirmative answer. "Your final assault was effective. After the Hive Overlord was beheaded, all Zerg units in the RM008 nest were disabled, and the nest lost its protection. The remaining troops placed bombs and blew up the nest. Your remaining guards brought out the bodies of many battle brothers, including you, and urgently called several spaceships to send you back to orbit."
"Luckily, at least you made it through the interception net. Now, you are on the flagship of the coalition forces, the Jinguan. With the support of Commander-in-Chief Gu, several ruling bishops from the Aramita Sect, the Mars Sect, and the Mingyang Sect formed an expert team and saved your life."
RM008 is Le Roy's original strategic goal.
Hearing that it was finally blown up, Le Roy's biggest worry was put to rest.
No matter how miserable he is now, at least, he won the battle, as Xi Rui said.
But the battle at that time was not just at the insect nest.
"What about the front battlefield?"
"At least I didn't lose."
"What's the meaning?"
"Your actions to kill the Hive Overlord actually had an impact on the front battlefield as well. Many Zerg units were disabled, and our troops caused a lot of casualties during this phase. However, the most important Bio-Titans were still functioning normally, delaying the time to take over the remaining disabled Zerg units that were still alive."
"But after suffering huge casualties, they also retreated. Now, the ground battle is still going on. Commander-in-Chief Salilius and Captain Martins have already brought their respective troops to the ground. I was also going to set off. If you woke up a few hours later, I should have been on the ground too."
"Next, you should take good care of your injuries. The rest of the battle will be left to us."
The description of recuperating from injury is quite outrageous for Le Luwa at the moment, but this is the only thing Xi Rui can say.
"I'm going to get into the Fearless Iron Coffin. If the operation is quicker, maybe I can still catch up with the subsequent battles."
The voice translated through the telecommunications signal was cold and emotionless, but Xi Rui could hear the determination in it.
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After watching the finals, I rushed to finish the manuscript, so now...
A little disappointed...
Faker is admirable.
(End of this chapter)
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