Chapter 180 03.0179: "Legacy of the Void" branch line

boom!
The Thunder Eagle Cannon roared again.

The Blood Angel gunner was surprised, but was only stunned for a moment and then continued to look for replacement parts.

boom!
In a very short time, there was another tremor of artillery fire.

The Blood Angel gunner was now confused.

How come he, who has been operating the Thunder Eagle Cannon for so long, doesn't know that the Thunder Eagle Cannon also has a burst firing mode?
Under normal circumstances, the next shot will not be fired at such a speed.

In fact, Horatio was also confused. He just watched the Thunder Eagle Cannon firing straight ahead as if it had taken drugs.

All he could do was to aim the barrel of the cannon at this disgusting void monster and fire the cannonball into its ugly face.

Under the bombardment of this giant cannon that could shatter light Titans, the flight trajectory of the Void Leech began to shake.

The Fury interceptor squadron fired missiles and fired a burst of lasers, pulling upwards, ready to turn around and fight again.

The Thunderhawk Cannon continued to fire at an alarming rate of fire.

With the excellent maneuverability of the Astartes pilot, the gunboat passed by the swaying void leeches.

At the moment of the collision, Horatio aimed the Thunder Eagle Cannon at its lower jaw and fired a shot.

This kilometer-long void monster let out a sharp scream, and then tumbled in the void like a dead fish.

The Fury fighter used its laser cannon to focus fire on it for a while, and only stopped when it was sure that it was dead.

The barrel of the Thunder Eagle cannon was red hot and was at the critical point of exploding.

Horatio breathed a sigh of relief and stepped down from the gun mount.

"How did you do that?" asked the Blood Angel gunner.

"Maybe it's the Emperor's blessing." Horatio covered it up.

The Blood Angels were skeptical.

"Brother, today is Father's day, he is blessing us." Brother Romain Rolland covered for Horatio.

The Blood Angel gunner replaced the energy-focusing copper wire and turned on liquid nitrogen cooling for the Thunder Eagle cannon to assist in cooling it down.

Horatio sat back down next to Farida.

Leaning back against the red velvet seat, panting.

Suddenly, he entered the dark vision.

In the intricate talent skill tree, a branch tree called "Legacy of the Void" has emerged.

[What is this again…] He raised his head wearily and looked at the first skill that was flickering slightly on the branch tree.

"Unlock the Void Creatures Encyclopedia: Void Leech 'Ocot'"

"Ocot is said to be a very large, ring-shaped or leech-like creature that roams the void. However, there are still doubts as to whether this creature really exists.

Legend has it that Ocot is so large that it can surround a void ship and crush it with its massive bulk. On Naboo, these creatures are worshiped as star gods, and on the eve of the winter solstice, the locals would float down the rivers dressed in sackcloth and drunkenly sing praises to Ocot. However, xenographer Janus Draik claims that these void creatures are completely fictitious.

"Oh, you also have stamp collecting and popular science functions?" Horatio snorted in his heart.

When the soul fire of this void monster was sucked into the prosthetic limb, it condensed into a dark trickle and poured into the branch tree of the 'Legacy of the Void'.

『Unlock: Void Storage (Basic)』

"By drawing on the stomach power of Orcot, the holder of the prosthetic limb can store it in the plane force field. The upper limit of the primary void storage is 1."

Horatio looked at the line and could clearly understand every word, but he couldn't fully understand the meaning.

He decided to try it out himself.

Horatio looked at the objects at hand and decided to put his iron hand on his navy bolter pistol 'Luculus'.

Activate: Void Storage

The moment the skill was activated, the pistol seemed to be digested, turning into a pool of liquid metal and being instantly absorbed by Iron Hand.

When he wanted to hold the pistol in his hand again, as soon as the thought flashed through his mind, the liquid instantly reshaped the pistol and held it in his hand.

[It turns out that by killing the Void Sea Monsters, you can absorb their special abilities by absorbing the Soul Fire...]
Horatio realized this and where this ability might come in handy next. According to Brigadier General Peru's description, the large bag of documents was quite heavy.

He didn't want to make the same mistake as when he and Farida escaped from the cult's hideout and the storage board fell to the ground and was crushed in half.

He frowned slightly, thinking of Captain Peru's hunting adventure on Colonia.

I have a bold idea about my empty life in the future.

That is Void Hunting.

Just like captains in the sailing age would often lower their boats and use harpoons to hunt sharks, killer whales, sperm whales, etc., a risky but lucrative action.

"We have 30 minutes left to contact the Sacred Will."

The Blood Angel pilot reported to the gunboat.

He glanced at Farida, the blonde girl was now worried.

She frowned, pressing her brows together.

"It will be fine. We have sent so many people, the mutineers will not succeed." He comforted her.

"prophecy……"

"what?"

"The prophecy is true. The curse on me will kill everyone and bring shame to the entire family..." She murmured weakly in a trance, and the fear of the curse prophecy occupied her heart.

"Things are not yet beyond redemption, Farida. Just be positive. The enemy will not succeed."

Although he said this to comfort her, the situation was indeed not optimistic.

Just now, he saw from the omen fragments that the General Guard's defense on the first floor of the command bridge had been breached by the rebel sailors.

Even the officer commanding the bridge came up with his officer guards and guns drawn.

The general's guards urgently contracted their defense to prevent the mutineers from breaking through to the upper captain's bridge.

It was like a tower defense game, once Lieutenant General Hood, who was the 'Crystal', was killed.

Then everything will be over, and nothing will be able to be undone.

"Every boat should use maximum horsepower. We must rush to the battleship Holy Will as quickly as possible!"

Horatio, who was granted the acting 'power of commissioned lieutenant', immediately used the communication equipment on the Thunderhawk gunboat to issue orders to the surrounding Shark assault boats.

It is worth explaining that the "power to appoint lieutenants" in the Imperial Navy refers to.

Except for not having the right to actively command (except taking over command) a warship with the ability to jump into subspace.

In the absence of a more senior commissioned lieutenant, this lieutenant, or an acting lieutenant to whom this authority has been delegated, has the power to directly command any unit of the Imperial Navy and to unconditionally execute any orders he issues that are in the general interest of the Imperial Navy.

Whether there are ten thousand, one hundred thousand or one million people here.

As long as there were no commissioned naval lieutenants with more seniority present, the orders he issued to the crew were decrees from the Imperial Navy.

But the enormous power also means that they bear ultimate responsibility for every order they issue.

Common costs included dismissal from office, imprisonment, execution, or even atonement charges on fire ships.

[It’s a one-way ticket anyway, as long as we can get through, it doesn’t matter even if the engine is broken.] This was his thought process when he made the decision.

All the assault boat drivers followed Horatio's orders and drove at full power.

The entire hull was shaking violently, and the boarding team members and armed sailors on it vomited all over their helmets.

The arrival time was further shortened, and the Imperial Navy had to fight against conspiracy every minute and every second.

The precious battleship "Sacred Will" must not fall into the hands of the mutinies, otherwise by the end of the 41st millennium, the Gothic fleet, which is already short of battleships, will no longer have a foothold.

The Imperial Sector Admiralty will not remember a fleet whose battleships were stolen by a mutiny.

This mutiny, which seems inexplicable to everyone, must not succeed!
　Due to the platform's requirement to avoid suspicion, the "political commissar" in the whole text of this book was changed to military supervisor, and the "military supervisor" at the end is Commissar. The full name is Military Supervisory Committee.

　　
　
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