Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monster Horde [133]

Zarathur on the Demon Battleship revealed an expression of utter disbelief!

"You've got to be kidding me! This golden monster can fly? And its speed... it's ridiculous!"

"Quick! All cannons, fire! Take him down! Take him down! Don't let him get near the battleship!" Zarathur roared furiously.

The Chaos minions aboard the Daemon Battleship immediately sprang into action, operating a variety of weapons to launch a counterattack. However, the golden-armored giant below was moving at an absurd speed.

Their attacks couldn't even touch him! This being's movement was supersonic, and in just the blink of an eye, it had flown out of the atmosphere.

"What kind of monster is this?! What kind of monster is this?! Even the Eldar Titans don't have such terrifying agility and such incredible flying capabilities!" one of the Chaos Space Marines aboard the ship yelled hysterically.

They had thought that by ascending their ship into space, no matter how powerful this Titan unit was, it wouldn't be able to pursue them into the void. But their assumption was completely wrong.

The enemy had directly chased them into space, and its speed seemed even faster than it had been in the planet's atmosphere.

These Chaos minions had never dreamed that the Chaos Daemon Slayer would be capable of moving through outer space just like the Ultra Warriors. After all, how else would he hunt down the Ultra Warriors?

A cold smile appeared at the corner of the Chaos Daemon Slayer's mouth. The golden giant sword in his hand swung down, unleashing a sword beam hundreds of meters long toward the Chaos Space Marines' battleship.

If this strike landed, their battleship would likely suffer catastrophic damage.

The Chaos Space Marines' warship, known as a War Barge, was a creation of daemonic engines. Unlike Nurgle's grotesque, flesh-ridden warships, or the blood-and-flesh hybrids of other Chaos factions, this warship was made of steel and equipped with void shields, temporarily resisting the Emperor's holy psychic attacks.

The Emperor's golden psychic power was devastating against demons, but when it struck a voidship, its destructive potential was not as overwhelming as one might expect.

Although the ship was hit, the damage was within tolerable limits—it wasn't the devastating blow that would cleave the ship in two as they had feared.

Meanwhile, the distance between the two sides was increasing, and the golden giant had already shrunk to a mere dot in the distance.

At this point, Zarathur had no desire to continue tangling with this opponent. His only thought was to escape the planet as quickly as possible and report everything he had witnessed today to his master, the mighty Daemon Prince, and Primarch, Fulgrim.

"Damned monster! Did you think you were invincible?!"

"Death to the Corpse Emperor! Death to the False Emperor!"

"The False Emperor will never rise from that throne of his!"

Believing they had escaped danger, the Chaos Space Marines aboard the ship began to cheer.

Finally, finally, they had escaped this terrifying Titan of the Emperor. Surely, it would now turn back to deal with the daemons on the planet below.

But they failed to notice that the golden-armored figure had put away its sword and raised its arms into an unusual pose.

Multicolored energy began to gather between its arms as the Chaos Demon Slayer formed an "L" shape with his hands.

He unleashed his beam attack—the Super Metallium Ray.

During its time since being summoned, Rhodes had even taken the Chaos Daemon Slayer to absorb the Metallium Ray from Ace Robot, granting it this additional beam attack.

Zzzap!

A golden-red beam of energy, moving at an unimaginable speed, struck the Chaos Warband's flagship directly.

Their proud Warp shields and reinforced armor crumbled like paper, instantly pierced by the beam, which triggered a massive explosion.

BOOM! BOOM!

A massive burst of colorful fireworks lit up the sky above the planet as the enormous Chaos battleship exploded and scattered its Chaos Space Marines into the void.

The Chaos Daemon Slayer showed no signs of stopping, having already detected more Chaos warships. The one he had just destroyed was merely the flagship.

Watching from within his ship, Rhodes let out a cold chuckle.

"You've got to be kidding me. You're trying to run?"

The power of the Super Metallium Ray was enough to obliterate even Hive Fleet motherships, and not just one at a time.

Your little scrap battleship isn't even as big as a Hive Fleet mothership, and you think you can escape?

However, the cost of firing the Super Metallium Ray had completely drained the Chaos Daemon Slayer of his energy. Rhodes immediately spent system credits to reinforce and recharge him.

A golden light enveloped the Chaos Daemon Slayer, causing his height to grow to 42 meters. All his stamina and internal energy were instantly restored to peak condition.

The Super Metarim Beam was once again fired, targeting the fleet of the Chaos Warband and those of the Chaos heretics.

 "Enhance it! Fire!"

"Target! Chaos Fleet!"

After just three rounds of enhancement, all the Chaos warships above the planet were wiped out. The entire planetary surface was littered with the wreckage of Chaos starships.

 Some of the Chaos Space Marines' strategic ships didn't bring much profit to Rhodes — they were nowhere near as valuable as Hive Ships.

 Each one was worth only around 6,000–7,000 system golds.

However, the daemons on the ground were much more valuable.

 Although they weren't as valuable as Dark Eldar, each daemon brought Rhodes more profit than an ordinary Tyranid unit.

At this moment, Zarathur piloted his personal landing pod, crashing awkwardly toward the surface.

 After his flagship had suffered a massive explosion, he immediately boarded his personal escape craft.

 As long as he could reach the planet's surface, he could use the Warp transmission to return to the Immaterium. That was his only way off the planet!

"You damned golden-armored giant! If you have the guts, chase me into the Warp! Let's see if my master, Slaanesh, doesn't deal with you there!"

Without the Geller Field protection, entering the Warp would mean being drowned by endless hordes of daemons.

After eliminating all the warships in the sky, Rhodes ordered the Chaos Daemon Slayer to return to the surface.

 Flying at an ultra-low altitude, it unleashed the regular Beam fused with the Holy Psychic Light of the Emperor, targeting the daemon forces on the ground.

Receiving Rhodes's command, the Chaos Daemon Slayer placed its golden greatsword on its back and then dove down to the planetary surface.

 Adopting the classic "L" stance, it unleashed the regular Beam fused with the Emperor's Holy Psychic Light, continuously bombarding the demons on the ground.

Even if the demons were tens of thousands of meters away, a single blast of the Beam was enough to obliterate them.

"Impossible! This… this defies reason! This defies reason! How can there be such a powerful Titan combat unit?!"

 Miriael's voice trembled as she collapsed to her knees.

"Are you kidding me? This is beyond despair! Such overwhelming, unstoppable power…

 Could… could he be the Emperor himself?

 Has he risen from the Golden Throne, transformed into this form, and come to punish me?

But… why would it even warrant your intervention? I'm just a minor Chaos Champion!

 Just a fallen Canoness! I only killed a Canoness Superior and corrupted a few Battle Sisters!

 Besides, I've mostly been hunting Aeldari! This time, I only came to help corrupt a single planet! It's my first time doing this!"

The earlier sword energy strikes were already terrifying enough, and now this beam attack was utterly unbearable.

This was no longer an enemy she could hope to defeat. Only one of Slaanesh's Keepers of Secrets or a Daemon Prince might stand a chance against him.

The entire planet was ablaze. With Rhodes continuously empowering it from behind, the Chaos Daemon Slayer's energy seemed infinite, relentlessly unleashing its terrifying beams.

"Lady Miriael, d-did you notice… that this guy… he seems to have grown even larger?"

 One of the Slaanesh Sisters, her voice trembling, pointed at the golden-armored giant flying in the sky.

Earlier, the golden-armored giant was about 40 meters tall, but now… now it seemed to be around 45–46 meters!

"Everyone, retreat! This is not an opponent we can handle! Retreat to the Warp!"

Miriael gritted her teeth and decided to lead her corrupted sisters to retreat without looking back at the golden-armored giant soaring in the sky.

A large group of Slaanesh Sisters followed their Champion, frantically fleeing toward the Warp rift.

 At the same time, another figure was rushing toward the same destination: the Chaos Space Marine Lord Zarathur, who had just landed on the surface.

As the two were about to reach the Warp portal, a golden-red beam shot out from the distance.

 It struck the Warp portal directly, and in the despairing eyes of the two Chaos Champions, destroyed it.

The golden-armored giant flying in the sky revealed a cruel smile.

 "My master specifically instructed me to deal with the two of you. I've been watching you this entire time!"

Destroying all the spaceships in orbit and obliterating the Warp portal, Rhodes had deliberately spared these two individuals to savor the thrill of the hunt.

Now, with the two Chaos Champions trapped on the planet, Rhodes would first hunt down the ordinary daemons before finally dealing with these two.