The fierce battle continued, during which Alex was once again targeted for assassination by a Deathmark Sniper.
However, the Relic Power Armor he wore was sturdy enough to block the attacks from the Synaptic Disintegrator.
And after precise calculations and some assistance from Ovilia, Gutierrez accurately located the sniper and blew off his head when he attempted to assassinate Alex for the third time.
But this did not change the situation; the Imperial forces remained trapped in the tomb chamber, with Necrons continuously pouring in from all directions.
Although the Battle Sisters and the Adeptus Militarus fought bravely and indeed killed many Necrons, casualties continued to rise, and their ammunition supply was also running low.
"This can't go on; we'll be dragged to death here! Gutierrez, can you find the Rebirth Protocol for this tomb?" Alex looked at his friend, wanting to take a gamble.
Gutierrez replied confidently, "Leave it to me! I've been scanning this tomb the whole time, and I pretty much know where that thing is, but I'll need a squad of Sisters to assist."
"Seraphim Squad, you will follow Gutierrez to find the Rebirth Protocol; you must destroy it!" Alex designated a squad of Battle Sisters equipped with jump packs, instructing them to accompany Gutierrez in search of the Rebirth Protocol.
This was a considerably dangerous mission because they were already trapped, and to find the Rebirth Protocol, they would have to break through the encirclement.
But at this moment, no one spoke of retreating, for everyone knew that only by destroying the Rebirth Protocol of this tomb could they completely defeat these enemies and prevent them from continuously regenerating.
The Sisters of Battle were all prepared for sacrifice; for them, being able to offer their lives to the Emperor was an honor.
Young Figgsin, as a Battle Sister, also participated in the battle; although she fought as an Apprentice Sister, her bravery on the battlefield was no less than that of her other Sisters.
Watching the Seraphim Sisters, equipped with jump packs, leap and follow the Astartes out of cover, breaking through layers of encirclement to penetrate deeper into the tomb, she still felt annoyed and ashamed that she was only an Apprentice Sister and could not achieve such glory.
If only I had worked harder, I could have become a Seraphim!
Then I too could join the ranks of those Sisters, to undertake more dangerous and important missions, and prove my loyalty to the God-Emperor!
(Apprentice Sister)
(Seraphim)
However, even though she couldn't prove her loyalty to the God-Emperor in a more valiant way, Figgsin still fought bravely.
From time to time, she would lean out from cover, raising her Bolter to fire at the wicked xenos.
Because in front of her were the regular Sisters, adorned with Rosaries, who used their bodies and shields to provide cover for the Sisters behind them, allowing them to better unleash their firepower.
Gauss rays occasionally struck the cover and these Battle Sisters, turning everything touched by those evil green rays into black grit.
Figgsin personally watched as a Sister, who lived in the same dormitory as her, was grazed on the shoulder by a ray because she was not quick enough to dodge, and half of her chest instantly turned into black grit before her very eyes.
When she died, the expression on her face was filled with disbelief and regret.
Figgsin remembered her saying that she was an Astra Militarum loyalist, whose parents had both died in the Second Armageddon War, and she had originally joined the Schola Progenium, hoping to become a loyal Astra Militarum Stormtroopers.
But due to some twist of fate, she became an Apprentice Sister, and then died here.
Figgsin remembered her name, fiona, a very pleasant name.
She loved it when Figgsin called her name; every time Figgsin called her, she would smile, her eyes curving into crescents, making her seem very cute.
But now fiona could no longer hear Figgsin call her name, and her big blue eyes would never smile again.
Figgsin prayed for her Sister, then picked up fiona's Bolter.
Although holding two Bolters was somewhat heavy, Figgsin's hands steadily rested both Bolters on the cover.
"fiona, let's fight together!" Figgsin whispered, then took a deep breath and shouted, "For the God-Emperor!"
Both Bolters fired simultaneously; the immense recoil almost made Figgsin lose her grip, but she forcefully held down both Bolters, firing bullets filled with rage and vengeance at the abominable xenos in front of her.
Bullets filled with fury struck the head of one xeno, and the explosion blew off a large portion of its head, but this did not kill it.
However, the second bullet that immediately followed drilled directly into the xeno's skull, exploding inside its head and directly blowing its head off.
Even Necrons, without a head, could not move and immediately collapsed to the ground.
However, for every one that fell, more Necrons continued to advance, and behind them, even more Necrons were teleporting into the fray; this battle was already sliding towards a direction increasingly unfavorable for the Imperial forces.
More than a third of the Battle Sisters had fallen, and the Adeptus Militarus had also suffered heavy casualties.
Although they had eliminated nearly twice their own number of enemies, the enemy showed no signs of diminishing.
Even some destroyed enemies would self-repair after lying on the ground for a period, standing up again to rejoin the attack.
This was precisely what made the Necrons so difficult to deal with.
Bodies entirely composed of living metal could self-repair as long as there was energy, and coupled with soulless machinery that had no morale whatsoever, this made the resilience of Necron armies far exceed that of normal armies in this galaxy.
Even the Battle Sisters, with their unwavering faith, would feel overwhelmed when facing these soulless machines.
However, even so, no one retreated.
The Great Sister herself held high the battle standard, loudly chanting hymns praising the Emperor, encouraging all her Sisters to fight bravely.
Alex also did not hide behind cover at this time but stood in the most conspicuous position, allowing everyone to see that he too was fighting the enemy.
He wore the finest Relic-grade Master-crafted Power Armor and had shields provided by the Rosary; if he had such protection and still dared not step forward to lead the Sisters in battle, then he would be no different from those parasitic nobles of the Imperium.
Perhaps even worse, at least most Imperial nobles were not cowards when they needed to fight.
Not to mention, Alex was using a manifested chess piece and would not truly die.
However, fighting bravely was one thing, but Alex's heart also sank as the situation deteriorated.
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