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Chapter 187 Sacrifice

Green slime all over the ground, clumps of mycelium, and strangely growing mushrooms—this is the scene in the pile of orc corpses.

Howard was still placed horizontally on the rear wheel cover as before, but fortunately this time, the nun switched the motorcycle to anti-gravity flight mode.

Otherwise, if he was splashed with green juice all the way, Howard really had to consider picking up a car and calling Freya.

But the nun definitely didn't switch the vehicle to anti-gravity mode for Howard's sake. In fact, she originally planned to use conventional power for driving, but the tires specialized for the desert terrain would slip on the pile of orc corpses, so the nun used anti-gravity.

"Squeaky!"

When the nun passed by a bush of extremely lush mushrooms, a group of goblin-like creatures pounced on her.

This thing is commonly known as fart spirit. The life cycle of an orc begins with the fungus that grows on the ground after the death of the previous orc. Before the orc crawls out of the ground, the fungus will first grow into some weaker and degraded orcs. These orcs are fart spirits.

The mission of the fart spirits is to take care of and protect colonies that have not yet developed into orcs. These fart spirits will actively attack Sister Gloria, obviously because the nun happened to pass by a colony that was developing orcs.

Goblins and nuns...For some reason, Howard remembered some not-so-good things.

But as a combat nun with strong martial virtue, how could Gloria fail at the hands of such a small monster? The Sword Sister pulled out the weapons loaded in the motorcycle's weapon compartment, and the fart monsters that pounced on her were killed and dismembered in the air. Then, the nun cast a ball of psychic flame, igniting the lush fungus.

One source of psychic energy is the blessing of powerful beings in the Warp. The most powerful being in the Warp in the human camp is the Emperor on the Golden Throne, and the Sisters of Battle can be said to be the most loyal people to the Emperor. Therefore, it is not uncommon for Sisters of Battle to use psychic energy, which is also a legitimate psychic in the Empire in a sense.

After lighting the fungus, the nun left without even looking at it. Her purpose in going deep into this area was to search for valuable clues and intelligence. Burning the orc spores to prevent more orcs from crawling out was a task that was very low in priority for Gloria.

Soon, the nun discovered something different.

The nun observed that almost all the orcs in this area had no new wounds on their bodies when they died, and there were no signs of fighting or resistance. It was as if their souls were collectively sucked out in an instant and they fell down at the same time. Now the nun found the broken orc bodies and signs of fighting.

Gloria has arrived at the place where Drago fought with the orcs.

Because the orcs' bodies were gradually melting, the traces left by Drago's battle with the orcs had faded. If he had arrived one day later, these traces would most likely have disappeared forever.

The nun slowed down and continued forward along the track of the orcs' broken bodies. Along the way, she only saw the orcs' broken weapons and equipment and bodies, but did not see any specific objects left by the mysterious existence that fought with the orcs, not even bullet casings.

Through the orcs' way of death and the cross-section of their limbs, Gloria roughly deduced some information about the mysterious existence that was fighting the orcs.

The mysterious entity fighting the orcs here was likely a single entity, not multiple entities. This entity was incredibly tall and powerful, making the orcs look like little chickens to it. Furthermore, this entity was likely wearing heavy power armor. Gloria had observed that the broken orc limbs had smooth cross-sections. Even a blade made of fine steel would become warped and scrapped after continuously slashing so many orcs, leaving no such beautiful cross-sections. Therefore, unless the entity fighting the orcs brought over a hundred fine steel weapons, the weapons they were using could only be power weapons with a decomposition field.

Since there is a decomposition position, considering that this person can charge into the orcs without leaving any fragments, this person can only be wearing very powerful power armor.

Based on the information she had obtained, Gloria initially judged that the person fighting the orcs here was a mysterious and powerful Astartes, but she was unable to determine which chapter this Astartes belonged to.

Of course, Gloria didn't think that this mysterious Astartes was the one who killed these orcs, because only psychic power could be used to kill so many orcs at the same time.

Although Gloria also observed that some orcs had traces of psychic burns on their bodies, this phenomenon was not common. If it was this mysterious Astartes who used psychic energy to burn these orcs, then at least this Astartes was quite conservative in the use of psychic energy.

After slowly advancing for another half an hour following the battle trajectory of the mysterious Astartes, Gloria discovered something special again.

It was the corpse of a massive orc, nearly four meters tall, its jaw replaced with steel. The orc had been hacked open from its right shoulder to its left abdomen, its muscles, bones, and a jumble of mechanically modified parts neatly bisected. Even in death, the orc refused to let go of its rusty machete.

There were no new scars on the machete in the orc's hand, which meant that this powerful orc was killed instantly without even touching his opponent.

After analyzing this, Gloria slowed down again and turned on the camera function of her combat helmet. After turning it on, everything she saw while wearing the helmet would be recorded and transmitted to the terminal in the distant empire-controlled area.

Because Gloria knew that her chances of winning against this powerful orc were slim, but the mysterious Astartes was able to kill it instantly with a single blow, which showed the opponent's strength.

Although the mysterious Astartes killed so many orcs, Gloria would not arbitrarily assume that the Astartes was on the side of the Empire.

Many Astartes who rebelled or defected to Chaos would become enemies of both the Empire and the Aliens.

If this mysterious and powerful Astartes was an enemy of the Empire and she had finally tracked him down, Gloria knew that she would be defeated in one blow.

That's why Gloria turned on the real-time recording, so that even if she died, the human defenders on the planet could still obtain some useful intelligence.

Before deciding to conduct the reconnaissance, she had scolded the Astra Militarum for their cowardice, and it wasn't just talk.

For victory in the war and for the glory of the Emperor, Gloria can sacrifice anyone, including herself.

In other words, for the victory of the war and for the glory of the Emperor, Gloria is willing to sacrifice herself and even others without hesitation.