In that ancient Stone Age, before he walked among men.
Beasts tore flesh with their sharp teeth and claws, trampling the weak and devouring their blood.
To escape the ferocious beasts, the weak humans could only hide and prostrate themselves to survive.
They may not have had strong bodies and sharp claws.
But humans had an advantage that beasts could never match—intelligence.
Clever hunters no longer fought their opponents head-on, but chose to surround the beast, dance, hold torches high, and shout.
The firelight and shouts from all directions unnerved it, and the dancing people dazzled it.
Every sharp stone spear seemed to be aimed at its heart, and every leaping human was about to attack it.
Flee!
Even a powerful beast has a reaction called fear.
And a beast that has fallen into fear, even with strength incomparable to humans, could always be defeated by the weaker but more intelligent humans, who would become the masters of the world.
To track these fleeing beasts for food, hunters pursued them to the ends of the earth, leaving the grasslands, crossing high mountains, crossing continental shelves, and setting foot on every inch of the planet.
From then on, humanity was scattered throughout the world.
Just like the frightened beasts that had been driven away by humans in ancient times.
The xenos army, facing the situation where enemies could appear from all directions, suffered heavy losses.
Even though their energy weapons were far stronger than the other side's bolt guns and lasguns.
Even though their crystal bodies were far more durable than the other side's mortal flesh.
But with the addition of tactics, from all directions, and even from the sky where servitors were still diving and self-destructing, the entire xenos army was surrounded like a turtle in a jar.
And the human strikes were exceptionally precise.
With the precise guidance of the automated servitors, every time they popped up or dived, they could consistently hit a xenos crystal construct.
Even if the firepower was not enough to kill it directly, it could always achieve the effect of combat attrition.
Countless laser beams flashed across the battlefield, accompanied by explosions and smoke, and strikes from countless directions were continuously surging towards the center.
The xenos army would naturally not sit idly by.
They had thought of concentrating their forces to attack one point to achieve a breakout, but whenever they tried to make a move, the human side always seemed to be able to react immediately.
When the enemy advances, we retreat.
Although the personnel distribution was loose, the encirclement formed by the countless members of the Chemosian Guard was always following them, continuing to fight on the move.
Although the concentrated fire could indeed cause some losses to the human army, the cost in their own troops was several times greater.
It felt like they had strength but couldn't use it.
Even though there was a continuous stream of xenos reinforcing from drop pods, as the battle grew more intense, even if the xenos fleet dropped tens of thousands of soldiers, they still could not reverse the decline of the frontal battlefield.
Some xenos landing pods were even locked onto and destroyed by large automated servitors before they could land, turning into a cloud of gray-black dust on the Silent Star.
It couldn't be helped.
After all, the miniatures were products of an 80s tabletop game. It was normal for them to be outmatched on a tactical level.
If it were a normal siege battle, the defensive fortifications built by their mere five hundred men would not have been able to withstand the powerful energy weapons of the crystal xenos.
But who told Kasjia to play dirty!
Having known the plot of the Defense of the Silent Star in advance, he had already completed an assessment of the upcoming xenos army.
Although the other side had high-damage energy weapons that surpassed the level of the Imperium of Man, their weakness was their low defense, relying only on their own crystal structure and lacking corresponding shields.
At the same time, their slow movement also made it impossible for these crystal constructs to effectively counter their guerrilla tactics.
In other words.
Kasjia was cheating.
Full map vision, infinite turns, and hidden health bars.
By kiting and pulling, he slowly wore down this glass-cannon-type, stat-checking monster.
Of course, this did not mean that Kasjia's tactic was invincible and that no one could beat it.
They would face more challenges in the future.
Perhaps a daemon army of Chaos would be almost immune to ranged attacks.
Perhaps the data transmitted by the aerial servitors would be tampered with by some scrap-code daemons in the future.
But for now, against these unprepared xenos, it could be said—
—there was no solution.
"First and Second Companies of the Emperor's Children, return to formation."
The xenos army's personnel on the surface were being pushed back, their morale collapsing. Their complete annihilation was only a matter of time.
Kasjia ordered the Emperor's Children companies, who had been waiting inside the fortress for a long time, to return to his side.
"What are you bringing them back for?"
Arcur was a little surprised.
"Isn't now the time to step up the pressure, throw the Space Marines into the battle, and deliver the final blow?"
"Our combat targets are not just these ground troops."
As he spoke, he looked at the starry sky beyond the poison-cloud-covered day.
There, there were still several xenos warships,蠢蠢欲动 due to the failure of the ground offensive.
"Tarvitz, Lucius, and Arcur Tona, prepare to board the Stormbird with me. We're preparing for a boarding action."
"Master, I'll have to rely on you this time."
The powerful xenos warships gradually revealed themselves from under the cover of the poison clouds.
With their ground troops at a long-term disadvantage and on the verge of being wiped out, the xenos fleet waiting in low orbit finally lost its patience.
They decided to descend to the surface and use their powerful ship-mounted weapons to carry out the final extermination of these annoying flies.
But just as they lowered their fleet's altitude, wanting to pass through the poison fog of the Silent Star's atmosphere to unleash their ship-mounted weapons on the forces below...
...the strike cruiser and its fleet, which had been avoiding them for a long time, now returned above the Silent Star.
[Do not engage the enemy.]
[Leave this area and wait for the optimal firing opportunity.]
This was the order Kasjia had given them when the xenos warships had passed through the gate.
And now, the enemy fleet's altitude was low, and a large number of their ship-mounted weapons were pointed downwards and still in a charging state.
The human forces, catching the enemy off guard, already had the advantage of high ground for a strike!
An opportunity!
The Imperial forces had been waiting for this moment for too long.
Macro-cannons, lance batteries, plasma cannons, torpedoes.
And countless gunships launched with them.
In that instant, they all opened fire madly on the enemy fleet!
Logically, if an ordinary Imperial Navy ship were to face such an all-out assault, although they would be a little alarmed, they would ultimately be able to withstand it with their powerful void shields.
But... these xenos fleets didn't seem to have void shields.
Apart from the central flagship, which could withstand the missiles and lasers with its own materials, in just a few minutes of firing, eight xenos warships had turned into scattered dust in space.
Having suffered such tragic casualties, the xenos fleet also chose to abandon their ground personnel and prepared to retreat immediately through the gate.
And next, it was the pleasant phase of chasing down the fleeing enemy.
The Imperial fleet commander showed a pleased smile.
After holding back for so long, finally—
"Wait!"
"Leave that one ship!"
"We're boarding! I want one alive!"
The order from Lord Regent Kasjia came through the communicator.
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