"Om-"

There was a shrill roar from the whistle, and the steel behemoth roared across the wilderness, spewing out billowing white smoke.

The compressed steam in the boiler drove the engine, and the high-speed tracks rolled over the uneven wasteland covered with corpses.

The appearance of these steam tanks also greatly encouraged the soldiers of the Empire who were trapped in a bitter battle, causing them to cheer in the trenches.

"It's the old buddy level!"

"Great!"

"I saw it at the military parade! It was a steam tank, the most advanced weapon of the Ministry of Science and Technology!"

The huge steel body, the ferocious horns, the thick metal barrels, when they run at full speed, even the earth will tremble.

These steel behemoths are the ultimate experience of the empire’s violent aesthetics!
The demons were somewhat confused about this strange lump of iron, but they still swarmed over and tried to tear apart this strange creation of the empire.

However, the moment the huge horn hit the demons hard, the outcome was already determined.

"boom--"

With the roar of the engine and the wailing of the demons, the steam tank rolled over the demon group without hesitation.

The car body just bumped a little, and the demons in front were all crushed into flat, mixed pieces of meat.

And the most insidious thing is that in order to target these demons from the abyss, the empire's logistics personnel coated the surface of the tanks with holy water.

The demon would let out a miserable wail if it was even slightly scratched, and its entire body would be burned black.

"For the Empire, crush them!"

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho!"

The current version of the steam tank has a small interior space, and its operators are mainly dwarves, halflings, goblins and shorter humans. In such a huge steam tank, there are more than 20 drivers. It is a veritable mobile fortress!

For example, the "Emperor's Wrath" is the earliest steam tank built and the one that rushed to the forefront. Its main driver is a dragon vein goblin named "Bill".

Bill stepped on the clutch skillfully, changed gears, and then pushed the joystick to the bottom with all his strength, cursing fiercely: "Damn it, smash them for me!
I don't want any demon to get close to our treasure! No one can destroy it!"

This is the first time for these pilots to engage in actual combat, but they are extremely skilled in all operations.

After all, they had practiced on the training ground countless times just for this day, and all the operations had already become muscle memory.

Faced with the death of their own kind, these cowardly and inferior demons were terrified, but they dared not disobey the orders of higher-level demons - that was a mark rooted deep in their souls.

They screamed and howled, and continued to surround them from all directions, trying to entangle these iron lumps with their numerical advantage.

The thin and agile Babu demon rushed on the ground, trying to jump onto the body of the car, and the Quasai demon also flapped its wings in the sky, trying to tear apart its external armor with its sharp claws.

"Don't let them come! Damn demons!"

"Da da da da da-"

"Boom! Boom!"

But fierce flames came out of the muzzles of the machine guns on the steam tank, bullets poured out like a rainstorm, and the guns also spewed out hot tongues of fire.

Suddenly, the land around the steam tank was covered by artillery fire. In just a few breaths, under the intensive firepower, the demons that tried to get close were wiped out.

It can be seen that the designer of the steam tank, Marquis Guillermo Sparrow, is a loyal supporter of the "multi-turret cult".

These dozen steel behemoths rushed out of the bunker, accompanied by the roar of engines and the burst of steam, and rushed into the group of demons, instantly disintegrating the demons' surging offensive.

The imperial soldiers also followed the steam tanks' trajectory, reoccupied those strategic locations, and launched a vigorous counterattack against the demons.

The Empire's infantrymen marched on the crushed ground, stepping on the bloody remains of the demons, and roared.

"charge!"

"For the Empire!"

The situation on the battle turned around in an instant, but the demon-hunting spider also noticed these unusual "iron lumps".

Almost in an instant, the spider monsters rubbed their mouthparts together and made creepy noises. They stood on their four hind legs, with strong magical light surging in their compound eyes.

"Shh! Shh! Shh!"

Fire, cold, electric motors, petrification, magical rays shot out from the eyes of the demon hunting spiders and shot towards the steam tanks from different directions.

However, the drivers had already anticipated this situation. The dragon goblin in the driving seat twisted the joystick with all his might, turning the tank sideways with the thickest armor facing forward.

He cursed and almost screamed, "Fuck it! Quick! Activate the anti-magic device!"

Suddenly, complex magic patterns appeared on the heavy armor around the steam tank, and several invisible light films covered the body of the tank. The magic rays hit the outer light films and were instantly annihilated.

"Activate the smoke barrier! Don't try to hurt my baby with that stuff coming out of your eyes!"

The exhaust ports on top of the tank suddenly opened, and billowing steam and exhaust smoke spewed out, hiding the tank in a smoke screen.

These huge steel monsters marched through the smoke, continuously pouring artillery fire all around.

Most demons were blown to pieces or crushed into meat patties by the huge ramming horns before they even saw the enemy.

For a moment, the demons' offensive was completely disrupted by these dozen steam tanks. They ran around in the smoke like headless flies, and were then easily killed by passing tanks.

But the demon-hunting spiders are far from being so easy to deal with. As a tool used by the Lord of the Abyss to hunt down traitors, the magic eyes of these spider monsters have a variety of enchantment effects such as "dark vision" and "penetrating barriers".

Soon, these demon-hunting spiders set their sights on the steam tanks moving through the smoke, with a faint light in their eyes as if they were targeting prey.

"Ow"

A hoarse growl sounded, and the demon-hunting spider the size of a bull elephant suddenly leaped up and jumped onto the back of the steel behemoth.

Facing this high-level abyss monster, the holy water applied on the surface of the tank had little effect and could not even penetrate its shell.

"boom!"

The steam tank shook violently, the indestructible iron sheet dented, and the drivers inside the tank cried out in panic.

"It's coming!"

"Calm down, there is an emergency protection system!"

"Shh-"

The demon-hunting spider used its eight barbed claws to continuously stab the car body, and the armored surface made a harsh metal scraping sound.

These guys are smart. They will look for gaps in the armor and pierce them with their spear-like toes.

"Dangdang!"

Bill managed to keep his balance in the swaying car.

The Dragon Vein Goblin looked up at the sharp claws that had cut through the gap in the armor, pointed at the ceiling, and cursed wildly: "Damn spider monster!
You want to scratch my precious, indestructible skin with your claws? Dream on! "

After saying this, the dragon vein goblin also held a cigar in his mouth.

The moment the demon-hunting spider tried to tear open the armor, the steam tank's magic defense system was triggered.

The magic circuits inside the armor continued to surge, releasing dazzling lightning.

“Sizzle, sizzle, BOOM!”

In an instant, fierce lightning surrounded the entire steam tank, and the powerful pulse energy blew away the demon-hunting spider clinging to the roof.

The huge spider monster fell not far away, with electric current surrounding its body.

But as a creation of the Lord of the Abyss, its life is so tenacious!
The spider monster barely supported its body with its eight thin legs, and staggered to its feet, its compound eyes full of hatred. The demon-hunting spider accumulated strength, wanting to jump onto the car again and eat all the little people in the iron lump.

However, for the soldiers in the steam tank, this charging time of only a few seconds is also their best chance.

——A chance to kill the Demon Hunter Spider!
The Dragon Vein Goblin blew out a cigar, puffing smoke from his mouth, and used his claws to control the tank's direction, while shouting, "Now! Kill him with the main gun!

"Hurry! This is a rare opportunity!"

Almost at the same time as Bill spoke, the crew's loader struggled to stuff the huge shell in and closed the lid, while the gunner quickly turned the joystick.

Amid the sound of gears, the steam tank turned its unused main gun and aimed at the Demon Hunting Spider that was accumulating strength nearby.

Bill screamed almost heartbreakingly: "Send this guy who tried to hurt my dear baby -

Send to hell!"

"Boom!"

There was a thunderous roar and thick, pungent smoke. The entire steam tank moved backwards under the terrible recoil, causing the ground to tremble and shatter, and raising dust all over the sky.

Under the explosion of the high-pressure magic steam boiler, the huge, heavy armor-piercing shell shot out from the thick gun barrel at an unimaginable speed, through the smoke and shot towards the torso of the demon hunting spider.

The moment the armor-piercing bullet touched the body of the demon-hunting spider—

"Shh-"

The sharp and hard alloy bullet easily penetrated the carapace of the Demon Hunter Spider, piercing its abdomen and creating a huge hole.

Then, the shell fragments and burning armor-piercing bullet cores splashed into the body of the demon hunting spider at high speed, smashing the internal organs made of demon flesh and blood into pieces.

Under this huge kinetic energy, the spider monster, which was as big as a bull elephant, was blown away on the spot.

Broken carapaces, purple-black blood, and small pieces of internal organs splattered everywhere, while the broken and charred corpse fell to the ground, rolled a few times, twitched a few times, and then became motionless.

"Damn spider monster. It actually wanted to destroy my baby. It's unforgivable!
It may not be dead yet! Let's go up and try again!"

The Dragon Vein Goblin looked at the corpse of the Demon Hunter Spider in the distance, hatred flashed in his dim eyes. He pushed the joystick viciously and drove the steam tank over the remains of the Demon Hunter Spider.

"Bang!"

The already charred and broken corpse became even flatter.

But the dragon vein goblin seemed to be still unsatisfied, and crushed it back and forth several times - until the remains of the body could no longer be seen as a spider, but more like a pool of meat patties mixed with shells. Only then did he drive the tank away contentedly.

"For the Emperor!"

"For His Majesty Cassius!"

"Let these spider monsters see the wrath of His Majesty Cassius!"

The soldiers in the "Emperor's Wrath" cheered wildly and drove their tanks even more recklessly into the enemy's camp.

In fact, the design of these steam tanks is very targeted, as can be seen from the huge ram and powerful armor-piercing main gun - these tanks are specially used to deal with groups of weak enemies or huge beasts.

And their intended enemy is also very clear - the abyss demon.

In fact, this was a design requirement proposed by Cassius himself, and the Burning Empire had been planning for it for many years.

Such scenes also appeared in every corner of the battlefield. Steam tanks rushed into the demon group, and the imperial infantry followed behind them, retaking one stronghold after another, which was considered to have achieved the effect of infantry-tank coordination.

"Boom!"

There was another earth-shattering bang, and the demon-hunting spider not far away was shot directly through the head, and the smelly brain matter and venom splattered everywhere.

The huge headless body rolled down the hillside, crushing many cowardly demons that were unable to dodge.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Fierce tongues of fire spewed out from the six secondary guns, and the smoke and flames almost engulfed all the demons within a hundred meters.

And in the Conqueror steam tank, the wheelchair man on the battlefield suddenly pushed the joystick and laughed wildly.

"Hahahahaha!

With such a magical weapon, why would you need a wheelchair gun! 0818, Type , Madsen are all rubbish!

I think this steam tank is the biggest wheelchair! Long live the Multi-Turret Cult!"

"Long live the Multi-Turret Cult!"

The players in the car watched the experience points on the panel blurring by, and howled with excitement.

"Ow—"

However, in the sky, abyss dragon beasts let out hoarse roars, flapped their broken and ugly wings, flew over the steam tanks, and spewed out blazing black and red flames.

"What the hell? This thing doesn't have anti-aircraft guns!"

"This designer is such a beast. He installed nine secondary guns but not a single anti-aircraft gun!"

"No, we finally got on this tank!"

"boom!"

An abyss dragon beast swooped down suddenly, clung to the top of the turret, and kept scratching the armor of the steam tank with its sharp claws.

The wheelchair man on the battlefield was having too much fun just now and ran straight into the group of monsters. The electromagnetic pulse of the steam tank has not yet recovered.

Moreover, they relied on the power of the steam tanks to rush too deep, directly into the demon's position for hundreds of meters, and even the infantry behind them had no time to catch up.

They had almost no way to deal with the abyss dragon beast that kept shaking the car body above their heads.

Players even started to blame each other, with the firepower mainly directed at the most reckless wheelchair man in the battlefield - because he was mainly responsible for driving.

"Wheelchair man on the battlefield, it's all your fault!"

"Yeah, you're really a wimp! Next time you're not allowed to sit in the driver's seat!"

"Go play with your wheelchair gun! This time I understand one thing, vehicles have to be played by big guys!"

"Damn, this is the private property of our Mechanicus! We spent a huge amount of money to buy it!"

The players completely forgot how they had excitedly shouted "Charge" just now, and put all the blame on the wheelchair man in the battlefield.

"Ow—"

Suddenly, a loud roar was heard in the sky. Unlike the shrill roar of the abyss demon, this sound was particularly deep.

"That is."

"What the hell? There's help!"

The players in the tank seemed to see a ray of hope and quickly looked out through the observation mirror.

Directly in the sky, there was a red torrent composed of wyverns and fire dragons. They appeared from the flank of the battlefield.

Those are the dragons of the Burning Empire!
At the front of the team, Alger raised the Everburning Greatsword in his hand and ordered loudly: "In the name of His Majesty Cassius, in the name of the Burning Empire—

Redscale Conqueror, charge!"

"Roar--"

Accompanied by the earth-shaking battle cries of the dragon and the knight, carrying a blazing hurricane, the red torrent poured down and broke into the battlefield from the flank. (End of this chapter)