Chapter 883, Human Essence
The demons swarmed in and filled up the network, which originally seemed quite wide, in almost an instant.
“Prepare for battle!”
"Maintain formation!"
Many human warriors shouted and formed a battle formation.
Gu Jing stood aside and quickly identified the composition structure of this mixed force.
Space Marines, Skitarii, Sisters of Battle, Inquisition troops, they all were there.
This basically includes the most outstanding and excellent people in the human empire.
Especially among the Space Marines, the largest main force comes from the Black Crusaders. The Alliance once dealt with this regiment during the Ironclad War. According to the records of the Alliance, this regiment must be taken seriously.
They can almost be regarded as the largest single battle group in the entire human empire.
Because they were destined to be hostile to the Empire, the Iron Armored Regiment had let go of their courage and multiplied wildly for hundreds of years to the point of being almost unscrupulous. At the end of the war, according to post-war statistics, the total strength of the Iron Armored Regiment at its peak before the war may have reached more than 7,000.
However, the number of 'legal' Black Crusaders is probably not less than this.
Furthermore, if you think that these Black Crusaders are only strong in numbers, you are totally wrong.
Although due to their huge size, it is impossible for every one of them to reach a high level. However, this does not undermine the powerful combat power of the true elites of the Black Crusaders.
The most famous one is the Black Cross Champion Swordsman.
Each of them is following the path that the great champion Sigis, who was born into the Golden Knights and founded the original chapter, once walked. They respect the sword, minimize their reliance on external objects, and pursue the way of the sword with all their strength, thus possessing powerful combat power.
And right now, the number of Black Crusaders here must be more than a thousand, probably around thirteen or fourteen thousand.
Dozens of champion swordsmen serve as the eyes of the entire front and are like pillars.
At the same time, Gu Jing was also able to observe that among the leaders of the Black Crusaders, there were two people worth mentioning.
The first was Marshal Xi Rui, who had fought alongside the Alliance. He was the marshal of the Black Crusaders' Fourth Fleet and served as the deputy commander of the northern line during the Iron Armor War. After the marshal of the Second Fleet had an accident, he took over the command and then merged the Second Fleet and the Fourth Fleet, which had suffered heavy casualties, to form a new Second Fleet, with him as the marshal.
In general, after the Iron Armor War, his status in the entire Black Crusaders Chapter has been firmly ranked among the top three.
But he is not the commander-in-chief of the Black Crusaders at the moment, but still serves as a deputy.
The only person who could make him willingly serve as his deputy was one person—the current Supreme Marshal of the Black Crusaders, Rosemond.
At the same time, he is also known as the empire's number one swordsman.
There weren't many people who refused to obey. A considerable number of them came to challenge deliberately and were eventually defeated.
According to the classification of Gu Jing's father, Rosemond has not only reached the level of God's Chosen Champion, but it can even be said that he is the best at this level, and it is even possible that he has surpassed this category.
Under the holy sword of the Black Marshal, any demon would be chopped into pieces like tofu.
During the Iron Armor War, Xi Rui should have reached the peak of the chapter champion, half a foot into the level of the God-chosen champion. After a hundred years, he now seems to have reached the level of the God-chosen champion.
Together with the Black Crusaders' champions, they are the backbone of the entire army lost in the Webway and the most important force.
But this does not mean that other people are not important.
Most of the Space Marines were Black Crusaders, and there were about 500 Space Marines from other chapters.
Their paint jobs were varied, and they were probably Space Marines that were easily picked up when the Eldar were rescuing people. Their organization was scattered and their origins were complicated, but now it seemed that they were fully under the unified command of the Black Crusaders.
But among these more than 500 people, there are about 150 soldiers with relatively uniform paint jobs.
They were wearing silver-grey armor, but they had an exaggerated amount of 'extra' decorations on them.
Space Marines do like to decorate their armor with all kinds of things. The traditional patterns of the Chapter, the Imperial Eagle symbol, the skull symbolizing human purity, the pure ribbons and marks of faith, some prayers of faith...
These things seem to be of no help to the combat effectiveness of the Space Marines, but in fact it is not.
Even if it is really useless and is just for appearance decoration, it is actually very important. A truly sophisticated armor, with a bunch of bits and pieces hanging on it, looks like the uniform of a guard of honor, but it is actually practical armor.
Don't always think that armor exists purely for practical purposes and is a simple combat tool.
not really.
Artistry and practicality can be combined into one.
The gold-embellished relief on the power armor and the skull of the eagle on the right seem to be visual effects, which will not make them safer, but rather a burden. But in fact, when such space warriors arrive on the battlefield, the morale-boosting effect they bring is amazing.
This effect is largely due to the artistic appearance.
A group of handsome armored men can stabilize the morale of the entire army. Their silent and resolute fighting can make friendly troops who would have collapsed voluntarily stay and obey orders, and grit their teeth to continue to hold on.
At the same time, the uniform and gorgeous armor will also bring a huge morale bonus to the Space Marines themselves, which is more effective than any flags or words. In the collective, this kind of courage and cohesion can enable them to challenge goals that were originally impossible to challenge, which is a qualitative change in the improvement of the army's combat effectiveness.
Moreover, in this era, those "decorations" that symbolize human will, consensus, and pure faith in the Emperor are not just appearances. As long as they come from the right sources, they can really help Space Marines resist damage, even strengthen their strength, and even make their luck better.
But even so, it is still very rare to see a group of Space Marines painted in silver-grey with all kinds of carved metal prayers all over their bodies.
Gu Jing had worked in the Space Marine Management Committee of the Dark Side Management Committee of the Empire and had learned a lot about Space Marines, and identifying the battle groups was one of them. However, among all the information, there was never any description of this battle group.
But he soon remembered a chapter with a very high level of confidentiality, about which very little intelligence could be gathered on the dark side of the Empire, and even in the management committee, people were not sure whether it really existed: the Grey Knights.
According to the information of questionable credibility, this chapter is not a sub-chapter of a certain founding chapter. They are very similar to the structure of the Silver Watch Chapter, which is composed of the most elite warriors secretly selected from various chapters, plus gene seeds specially approved by the High Lords Council, and new blood cultivated from their own secret training base.
They only carry out missions related to the Warp Demons, and the confidentiality level of each mission is very high. It is said that after the mission is completed, they will kill every living thing related to their mission - whether it is an enemy or their own people.
They are experts in dealing with demons. Their special armors covered with prayers are all for psychic and demonic purposes, which can greatly curb the enemy's extraordinary power. Whether they want to hurt them with witchcraft, or try to protect themselves, or change the environment, they will be restrained by these prayers, as well as the special talents and skills trained by the Grey Knights.
At this moment, Gu Jing had witnessed this mysterious battle group, which he was not even sure whether it really existed before.
They really do live up to their reputation.
In Gu Jing's opinion, although the three most core members have not reached Rosemond's level, at least one of them has reached the level of God-chosen champion.
Holding the scepter, the power of psychic energy combined with the special skills of the Grey Knight swept away one demon after another. He probably had the strength of an Alpha-level psychic, which was similar to Gu Jing himself - if you don't count the Changeable Demon Lord plug-in he brought.
But even if Gu Jing's cheats were taken into account, it was still not easy to fight. The opponent was not only a controllable Alpha-class psychic, but also a combination of top-level warriors and anti-psychic units.
The other two, on the other hand, were not top-level psychics. But they were still top-notch warriors, equipped with special means to counter psychic and demonic attacks. One held a long-handled broadsword, and the other held a two-handed warhammer. When fighting other types of enemies, they were only relatively powerful champions of the warband. But when fighting demons, these two could reach a higher level, reaching the level of God's Chosen.'
The rest of the Grey Knights were not weaker than the NCOs, and a large proportion of them were at the level of company champions. With their anti-psychic and anti-demon equipment, skills, and talents, their overall efficiency in killing demons was even higher than that of the Black Crusaders, who had ten times their number!
If the Black Crusaders are the backbone of this army, then these one hundred or so Grey Knights are the sharpest knives.
They are always able to identify the most threatening among the swarming demons and find ways to eliminate them.
This greatly relieved the pressure on the human side.
In addition to the Space Marines, there were Cawl's Skitarii, the Inquisition forces led by a female Inquisitor named Miristine whom Gu Jing had already known in the previous introduction, and more than two thousand Battle Sisters, totaling a force of about ten thousand people.
They were undoubtedly elite ace soldiers on other battlefields, but here, they were mainly helping the Space Marines and trying to maintain the battle line.
However, three of their leaders must also be mentioned.
At this moment, Kaul himself was firing at full power. In the combat state of the Great Sage, the strange mechanical body was fully extended to a height of more than ten meters, and all kinds of long-range firepower were fiercely bombarding the enemy. Especially the Yangyan Ion Ray, even with the demons' resistance to conventional firepower, they would be annihilated if they were touched.
At the same time, behind Kaul, there was a huge mechanical device. Kaul had at least five mechanical arms, operating frantically on it. One by one, the mechanical servants were adding materials to the machine, and the machine was producing combat soldiers with combat effectiveness that could not be underestimated at a very fast speed.
They fearlessly rushed towards the demons and fought hard, but when they were defeated, they decisively self-destructed, dragging the demons with them to death.
Anyway, they are just temporary creations, so I don’t feel sorry for them.
The leader of the battle sisters, Estella, is a living saint. Under her white wings are holy maidens who fight with her. Every time Estella soars and dives down, a holy flame will be left in her path, burning the demons to death.
The Eldar had the fewest units and were not in formation, but they seemed to be everywhere, moving around the battlefield and killing demons one by one.
Maeve Niel was the most conspicuous one. She claimed to be the messenger of the Windsor goddess, holding a sharp blade, and her combat performance was on par with Marshal Rosemond.
Even the most inconspicuous Inquisitor Miristine is a powerful warrior. The Inquisition bullets fired from her pistol are also deadly. At the same time, she is also an outstanding commander. The stormtroopers of the Inquisition fill in various parts of the battle line and show their unyielding will.
The entire team is truly luxurious in terms of high-end combat power.
In terms of troop quality, it is also extremely outstanding.
Every moment, they were slaughtering demons that far outnumbered themselves.
However, despite such brilliant results, no one looked happy.
The reason is simple. No matter how strong they are, they will get tired; there will always be people who die in the siege.
However, the demons that appear now are endless!
No matter how efficient they were at killing, the number of demons before them never decreased, and the pressure they endured did not decrease at all.
“Gu Jing! You have to think of a solution! Where is Gu Hang? The attention he attracted is the source of the devil’s arrival!” Princess Arellian’s voice rang out, “We can’t just ignore him!”
Gu Jingcai ignored the princess.
During that brief exchange with Gu Hang, he already knew that his father could not take direct action.
Otherwise, real trouble will come.
But he is there.
He had to think of something.
It would be fine if it was the Eldar, but at least we can't let this army, which is the essence of humanity, be lost in the Webway.
The figure of the Ever-changing Demon Lord appeared behind Gu Jing, more solid than ever before, with every feather on his outstretched wings flashing in a myriad of ways.
"Ms. Mavenir, Grand Master Changting, I need your help."
(End of this chapter)
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